Another Tucker Play Date

Rhev has been a really good boy this week and really wanted to have a friend over to play. Tucker was his friend of choice. Once i got Trayvn and Maylie down for naps I took the two boys down stairs to do some St. Patricks Day crafts.

First they made these fun Leprechaun hats to wear. This is the one I made for Trayvn.

Then I went and got a green pepper and cut it in half to use it as a clover stamp. Tucker thought it was really cool. Rhev couldn't get past the smell :)

They were really proud of their finished products.

Then they decided they wanted to make a puppet show. I went and found some old miss-matched socks and Rhev cut a hole in the side of a box for the stage. We glued some eyes on the socks and away they went. I was seriously one of the funniest things I have ever seen. I couldn't even begin to write the story line because it was so crazy.

I got a little bit of video and showed it to Kim when she came and picked tucker up. She agreed that it was hilarious! 

I'm so glad those two boys are becoming such good friends!

Body tatoos

There's really not much I could say about this. I bet you can guess just how I was feeling. I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Pedicure with Rhev

I had just got all three kids down for naps so I decided to have a little "spa" day for myself. I made a delicous lunch, got a foot bath made and even pulled out my wax machine. 

I was so ready for a quiet afternoon with some much needed "me" time. I had just got the show going and my feet soaking when I heard little foot prints. Sweetly Rhev popped his head out from behind the table and said "Mom I'm just not sleepy and my feet are dirty too; I think I need to soak them with you". 

Of course I couldn't resist his sweetness and I said yes.

He even had to scrub the dirt off too.

As soon he decided he was finished, he kissed me on the cheek and said "goodnight". He went right back to his bed and I finished my "spa".

He such a funny little boy and I love moments like those that we can share together!

FHE games

Family Home Evening nights are the BEST days of week. It seems like lately the boys have finally figured out that it is a time to be good and listen and have fun as a family. 

Tonights game was Rhev's assignment. He wanted to play something with the glow sticks. We had no idea what the rules were, all we knew is that Rhev was winning. Dad and Trayvn were still good sports and kept playing. It was such a powerful moment watching them interact together.

Maylie got a little too tired from the excitement. She didn't want to play, but her and I got some great snuggle time.

Flash Back

I was so excited for church today. My sweet little Maylie was able to wear another dress that I wore as a child.

I thought that it made her look alot like me, but my Mom showed me that the Williams blood runs deep and even wearing my clothes, she still looks more like her Dad and her Mom. It's a good thing he is so handsome, or I would have to be REALLY upset.

She is still the prettiest little girl I've ever seen, even if she doesn't have anything that resembles her Mom :)

Potato Museum Activity Day Girls

I have been blessed with the greatest calling in the church. I am the Activity Day leader in our ward. We have a lot of great girls from ages 8-11 in our ward and I just love them all to pieces. Today we got the chance to go to the potato museum in Blackfoot. I have only been there 1 time when I was a little girl and I was really excited to go with them. They are all such good girls and we had a great time!

(left-right: Elizabeth Wada, Kayla VanOrden, Aliza Haroldsen, Gracie Jones, Elise Driscoll, Morghyn Gentillen, Lacie England, McCall Ranstrom)

We have six girls that were not able to make it. Like I said, it's a lot of girls. I get to work with Stephanie Mecham and we have a great time together. I am so grateful to her for all her help. She is such a sweetheart!

Surprise from Aunt Lori

Look what came in the mail today!!!

Aunt Lori even has the "Maylie Shopping Bug". :)

We've all decided that shopping for little Miss is way too much fun and there is so much cute stuff out there. It was really fun to get this super cute spring/ summer outfit from Aunt Lori. We're so excited for the day that it will fit. She's gonna be cute.

Thank you for the smile Lori! We love you!!!

The Little Honda

Well she's gone. The first thing my husband and I ever bought together is gone. Tyce decided to sell her to his little brother Kayl. He gave her away to a teenager. I'm really going to miss her!

Who you ask? 

My little purple 2001 Honda Civic

We bought her in August 2005. She has been the best car. She runs like a champ. We've never had any problems with her. She just can't fit our family any more :( She's got a lot of memories of great road trips put into her.

This is the first CD radio I ever had. My dad gave it to me for Christmas one year. It was first put in the blazer, then in the Taurus and then in the Honda. I know it sounds silly to be so in love with a radio, but my Dad made such a big deal about it and he was always so good to transfer it into every car I drove.

After we had kids Tyce got me the key-less entry for it. I was having a hard time getting kids in and out of the car with out it because the only way the car would lock was with the key in the driver-side door. It cost him about $200 to do it and it was such a surprise Christmas morning 2010.

She really is a beauty. I hope Kayl will appreciate her just as much a we have.

Rhev's giant Train

Rhev's creativity was at it again. Today he decided he needed a huge train that he could ride in. So between him and Mom, we were able to make that dream come true. He train even had tracks to drive on. (Rhev made the tracks all by himself)

(I love Trayvn's face in this picture)

Running to the door

The boys have decided that being able to run and open the door when the doorbell rings is the funnest thing in the world. The only problem is that Rhev is just a tad faster then Trayvn and Trayvn usually ends up in tears laying on the floor in front of the guest bawling because "I wants to open the door". We've tried to get them to take turns, but Rhev is just too fast and they just can't get it figured out.

If anyone plans on coming to my house any time soon, please excuse the crying 2 year old. He just wanted to open the door :)

Valentines Day

We had a wonderful Valentines weekend. It all started Thursday with preschool and story time. Rhev's class invited all the kids to make Valentines boxes. He was so proud of his. He cut out a picture of Thomas the train from his magazine he gets every couple of months and glued it to an amazon box.

I thought it turned out pretty dang good. He was really happy with it and was so excited to take it to show his class. All of his teachers thought that it was the best box :)

Both Tyce and I stayed up late last night and decorated the house, wrapped the boys presents. We really wanted them to be surprised when they woke up.



We don't usually make Valentines Day a big deal, because I'm usually gone with cheerleading so this year we decided we needed to make up for lost time and do it big. We got the boys just some trinkety things and some balloons. Of course they thought the balloons were the best.

I got Tyce a new belt for his snowmobile, some snacks and planned him a snowmobile trip for Saturday.

Tyce beat me in the gift department though. He got me flowers and a hand gun :) All week I could tell he was hiding a secret from me and I was getting a little upset at him. He was glad when Valentines day finally showed up because he was tired of my constant nagging to get him to tell me what he was hiding. I never once thought that it might be a valentines surprise. He is such a great man for putting up with me.

After we opened our gifts, Tyce surprised me with a date to the temple. It has been a year since I was able to do a session because of the pregnancy and the new born baby. I was truly ecstatic to finally get to go. He organised babysitters and everything. After the temple, we got a quick bite to eat and went to get our boys. The rest of the day we spent as a family working a playing.

Later tonight we blew up the glow in the dark balloons we got for the boys and decorated them like monsters. The boys were SO cute with them.

When we told them it was bed time, they insisted that they got to sleep with them. It was a great ending to a great day!

Happy Valentines Day!!