General Conference...you gotta love it!

Oh, what a wonderful weekend it has been! Don't you just love General Conference? To participate in a "solemn assembly" and sustain a new prophet of God was amazing! Every speaker seemed to have a message just for me and I grew to LOVE President Uchtdorf (I already had a soft spot for President Eyring, and of course for President Monson)!. I loved how down to earth President Monson was during the last session; so dang funny, but also so sweet and to the point. Here's a few pictures showing our family enjoying this Conference Weekend...
Kelsie and I started the morning off with a fresh batch of cinnamon rolls (before you start thinking that I'm Miss Molly Homemaker, remember, I make the dough in the bread maker!)...

Kaycee and Briana listened intently to our Church leaders as they played Conference Bingo...

Brian was "listening with his eyes closed"...

I know that our Church is definitely inspired of God, because we get this awesome spiritual rejuvination every 6 months! General Conference is always so uplifting to me and it comes just at the right time...when I'm starting to feel inadequate as a mother, as a visiting teacher, as a Young Women leader, as a wife, as a member of society. The prophet and General Authorities speak to me, make me feel loved, and give me that little push that I need to continue moving forward. I hope you all enjoyed it too!

Dying Eggs, Hunting for Eggs, Singing to Grandpa, Going to Church, Eating Cadbury Eggs and Egg-Salad Sandwiches

It looks as if Easter Weekend has come and gone, and boy was it early this year! We had to pull out the winter hats and scarves just to have an Easter Egg Hunt! Brian's dad turned 60 so all of Brian's family was in town for a surprise birthday party for him. While here, we had all the Pope cousins at our home for an Easter Egg Hunt. We had nearly 200 hidden eggs; the kids found them all in record time as they tried to hurry in from the cold! Sunday morning the Easter Bunny left a few good things, including a new outfit for the girls (instead of the usual Easter dress...he must have noticed that they have enough dresses in their closets!) and our Sunday lessons were very nice and focused on the Savior and His Resurrection. And we finally finished eating the last colorful hard-boiled egg! Farewell Easter of 2008!

 

Typing Test

I thought that I was a pretty fast typer, but apparently not as great as I thought. If you have a few minutes, scroll down to the bottom of my blog and take the typing test...let me know how fast of a typer you are (or how slow....it's okay!) I was a little confused when I first took the test, so make sure you press the space bar or enter/return when you are finished typing the first two lines and then the next lines will appear. It times you for a minute. Have fun and let me know how you did! ( I really am a busy person, but I had to take a minute and throw this on my blog!)

My Blogging problem...

Thank you Kellie, Heather and Allison for helping me with my blogging problem! Apparently it was that dang slide show that I had inserted on my post. I removed the slide show for now, so there is no pictures on here from our trip to Moab! But, after this busy Easter weekend, I will put some picts on here from Moab...because it was gorgeous there! Thanks again!

Spring Break in Moab...(it's over already?!)

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We just returned from a very fun and relaxing time in beautiful Moab...and guess what...we didn't even bring the jeep! That's right, we took a little family vacation and hung out in Brian's favorite place...Moab, Utah. Now that we live in Burley, it takes quite a while to drive to Moab, so we drove to Price, stayed in a nice little hotel where we swam and swam and got "swimming" out of the girl's system. Then we went to Moab and stayed in our favorite little tiny cabin at Moab Valley RV Park.

Our biggest problem was the weather...we were hoping to wear our capri's, but instead we had to pull out the winter clothes because it was so cold! Our first day in Moab, we hiked the most gorgeous trail I've ever seen...Little Wild Horse Canyon in the San Rafael Swell. It's actually the 7th most beautiful hike in the U.S. A lot of the hike you are seriously walking between two canyons and there is only like 2 feet to walk between! It was definitely the best part of our trip. You don't want to be on this trail if it starts to rain, though, because flash floods can go ripping through those steep walls and wash you away! Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! (Watch the slide show below, but the pictures do NOT do it justice! I'll have to post some pictures from Brian's camera, he got a lot of better shots!)

We then went to Goblin Valley and if you've never been there...you should make the trip! There are a ton of weird looking rocks that you can hike on and play on. Kaycee and Kelsie were "playing house" in all the cool rocks and caves. Check out the slide show, but once again, the pictures do NOT do it justice!
Brian, Briana and Kaycee hiked up to Fisher Towers, while Kelsie and I stayed in the truck, where it was warm, and watched Care Bear movies! I'll have to get Brian's camera to show their adventure!

We also saw some gorgeous arches...Jug Handle Arch, Wine Glass Arch, Looking Glass Arch, and some tiny little arches that Briana named "Tiny Arch 1, Tiny Arch 2, and Tiny Arch 3". Oh, and of course we checked out the Indian writings in and around Moab.

We tried to go on the LaSal Loop, but it was too blizzardy! Luckily we were able to go to the Minor Overlook and the Anticline Overlook in the Needles. Amazing canyons and rock layers! And of course our trip to Moab wouldn't be complete without eating at the Diner...the Moab Diner, that is! This is our favorite place to eat, visit, eat, and visit some more!

The girls' favorite part was shopping at the cute little souvenir shops in Moab and then, as we were driving through Salt Lake, stopping at the South Towne Mall for a little more shopping. While we were at the Mall, we ran into Tiffany and Braiden, Mindy, Allie, and Maddie! It was so fun to visit and shop for a minute with them! (Thanks Mindy and Tiffany for helping me pick out some cute things for the girls for Easter!) What are the odds of running into your family members at the mall in another state?! I guess when your family is as big as ours, it's possible! Now, it's back to real life again...Spring Break just goes too quickly!

We're off to Moab!

I know I've been slacking on my blog lately, and it looks like I'll be slacking for a while more! We're leaving tomorrow for Moab and we won't be back until next week! Spring Break...here we come! Hopefully I'll have some cool pictures and exciting info to share when I return! Adios for now!

Clearance sale in Kaycee's room

I sent Kaycee down to her room to clean it last weekend and the next thing I know, she's marching around the house trying to sell her junk (the stuff she doesn't want to put away)! Here's the sign she had made along with the stuff she was selling. Apparently Dad wanted to buy Kaycee, so he picked her up and bought her...she only cost a nickel! It looks like I have a little entrepreneur on my hands! (The funny thing...she's in the highest level reading/language class and aces her spelling tests...can you tell from this sign?!) Come on over, bring your nickels, and find a bargain!!

As most of you know, our 3 girls are all blonde-haired, blue-eyed girls. I have dark hair and dark eyes, so it is not too "genetically correct" for this to happen since brown hair and brown eyes are supposed to be dominant! Well, we wanted to see how my blondies would look with dark hair...so here it is! Don't worry, it was just that hairspray stuff that washes out! Weird, huh?!