Tagged!

I guess I should finally respond to being tagged. Tara has tagged and and Mike's sister Kerri tagged me. So here it is!

1. What was I doing ten years ago?

I was graduating high school ten years ago. My 10 year reunion is this year. I also worked on the grounds crew at BYU and I went to UVSC for my first semester. I worked in the training room as a trainer. I was with the Men's basketball team. That was a ton of fun.

2. 5 things to do today.

• Clean
• Feed the baby a whole bunch of times.
• Feed my other kids a whole bunch of times.
• Go to Madelyn's parent/teacher conference.
• Take cookies for the teachers at PTC.

3. What snacks do I enjoy?

Fiber-one granola bars, they are really good. I also like almonds and cookies.

4. What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire?

Pay tithing. Put the majority of it in savings. Pay off our Van and House. Move more north in a house that can fit all our kids. Give money to both of our parents. Give some to my brothers. Buy a vehicle with a dvd player that could pull a trailer and get good gas milage. Buy a trailer to camp in. Buy a nice treadmill. Get Mike some nice golf clubs. Buy an ipod. Go on a trip to San Diego and see Sea World, Disneyland and anything else. We would take the kids for a week and then send the kids home and stay ourselves for a week.

5. 3 Bad habits

• Eating too many sweets.
• Not doing things that are a hassle, even if they'd be fun.
• Yelling, I always talk loud, even if I'm not mad.

6. 5 jobs I've had.

• I worked at Mcdonalds in high school.
• Sears. I took incoming calls and set up repair times. That was for about 2 weeks.
• Grounds three different times. The summer after I graduated, the next summer when I met Mike, and 3 months after we were married I started there again.

7. 5 things people don't know about me

• I really like to run. I ran in the 4th of July 5K in 2006. I think I'll do it again this year.
• I have weird issues with picture frames. I don't like to put pictures in them because they grow out of date. Unless it's the picture of the family or kids that you replace every year.
• I can't touch sunscreen, I'll do whatever I can to have the kids put it on or buy spray stuff or have Mike do it. Yuck!
• I was on the dance team in High School my sophomore and junior year.
• Someday I might go back to school and get a degree in nursing.

I tag Becki, yes, Becki you and Jaclyn.

Easter!

We had the Brown family Easter picnic on Saturday. We flew kites, blew bubbles, hunted for treats and rolled Easter eggs down the hill. It was a ton of fun. Here's Mike and the kids getting
ready to roll their eggs.

On Easter morning the kids looked so cute in their Easter clothes. The Easter bunny left them some treats and some eggs to find. They had 2 more Easter egg hunts. One at Grandma Spencers and another at Grandma Blacks.
Abby hunting for Easter eggs at Grandma Spencer's house! She would have eaten every piece of candy if I would have let her!

Madelyn looking pretty in her new dress. She found all her eggs in about 5 minutes. She said later when she was going to bed that now things were going to be boring because all the Easter egg hunts were over.
Logan forgetting the Easter egg hunt and going for the candy! If I didn't keep an eye on him he start shoving as much candy in his mouth as he could.
Camille missed out on the Easter egg hunt, but she still looks cute! She did get a basket from Grandma Black with a cute dress and some chocolate in it.

Here's the kids with my nephew Gavin. We had to hurry and take the picture before Gavin and Logan took off. They had a lot of fun hunting for eggs.

" I Bless Train"

Last night Logan was saying his prayers, and as we were helping him he said, "I bless train", so we said,"okay bless the train," so he did. Then he wanted to bless the car and the bed. It was really cute! Logan loves trains. He likes us to draw them on his magna doodle. He erases the train and then says, "draw train." If he's drawing something himself and you ask him what he's drawing he whispers, train. He actually whispers it. It's a good thing kids do cute things, especially after tipping the chairs over and breaking the blinds or coloring all over the wall.

It's been nice to have good weather. The kids have been outside all day playing. It's nice to send Logan to the back yard and let him play in the sand and on the swing set. Our backyard neighbors put their little boy over the fence so he can play with Logan and the girls. It's faster than walking around the block. His name is Porter, but Logan calls him Quarter.

On monday we had 3 friends over to play on the swings. All girls, it was dramatic, and there was a lot of screaming. I guess if you're playing a game and someone tells you that you have to be a 4 year old and you don't want to be, it's grounds to cry and come and tattle-tell. I love my girls and their friends, but sometimes it just too much drama!

Swinging good time!

We set up our swing set on Saturday and the kids love it. It will probably lose it's novelty in a month, but for now it will keep them busy. They can go to the neighbors and jump of their trampoline and then come over here and swing. We had about 4 extra neighborhood kids over to "help" with the assembly. We couldn't let Logan outside while they were putting it together because there were way too many screws and bolts for him to lose. And he would lose them. Mike and my Dad and Dan help put it up. It only took them about 3 hours. It was nice to have some help.

Abby loves the swings, but she refuses to pump her legs. She says she just can't do it, but I think she just likes to be pushed!

Logan likes the swing too, but he likes to ride them a little different. He is a climber and hopefully the swing set will keep him busy and get his energy out.

Madelyn is almost too big for it. But she still has a good time. I imagine it won't be too long before she's figured out how to climb on the very top of it!

Camille's Blessing

We blessed Camille yesterday. It was a nice blessing. Mike did a really good job. He blessed her to be a peacemaker, which she is already. Her dress was beautiful. Everyone at church just loved it. My mom made it, she has such amazing talent. Madelyn kept going on and on about it being Camille's special day. I guess kids aren't official, especially at church, until the blessing. We love her and are glad she's in our family.