How'd He Get Out?

My little Cameron is the sweetest little guy ever, but he is NOT a climber. Well, that is until today. I went in to get him up this morning and he wasn't in his crib. He was running around his room destroying everything he could get his little hands on. I have NO idea how he got of his crib - and more importantly, how he got out and didn't break something or at least scream. We will see what happens tonight!

Magic Kingdom

I can't believe what a FANTASTIC time we had in Orlando! Here is the FIRST round of scrapbook pages from our trip. Yes there are 14 pages just from our trip getting us there and the first day at Magic Kingdom. I just love pictures of my kids! Disney World really is a MAGICAL place!

Splash Mountain

I haven't had time to even begin to scrapbook our super fun trip to DisneyWorld so I thought I would at least post a picture from Splash Mountain. I love that Ed is looking directly at the camera, Gavin is hugging Ed, Matthew is screaming happily, and Dallin is trying to be happy and not scared. Hopefully there will be lots more about our trip soon!

Happy Green Day!

Holidays are so much more fun with little ones around! We don't do any of the traditional St. Patrick's Day things - we just turn food green, wear green, and have a trail of "gold" coins from their rooms to the kitchen where they find some fun little green treats. We also make sharmrock pretzels out of breadstick dough - the boys love making those.

Shark Boy

Gavin will be 6 in May and before yesterday had not lost any teeth (he was not happy about that). He had to go to the dentist yesterday to get his 2 front teeth pulled because his 2 front permanent teeth had come in WITHOUT his 2 front baby teeth falling out. I had planned on taking pictures of his teeth being taken out but found myself gripping the arm rest of the chair I was sitting in - apparently I needed the laughing gas too. I don't do well when my kids are being "hurt". Luckily, he didn't feel a thing during or after his teeth being taken out. What a tough guy!

Fruit Pizza Recipe

So yummy, so pretty and so easy to make! I made this for a Relief Society dinner last night - I wasn't able to stay but I had signed up to take a "rainbow" dessert (the theme was "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"). So, since it is "warming" up (no snow on the ground at our house) I thought this would be a fun dessert. The only fruit I would not normally put on a fruit pizza is the mandarin oranges - but I needed orange for my rainbow.

I got the recipe for the sugar cookie crust from my friend Nichole (thanks so much - it is super yummy and works great in a big pan). The recipe said to bake it in a cookie sheet but since I needed a pizza, I baked the cookie in a big (20") pizza pan that I lined with aluminum foil. Then for the frosting, I tried a recipe from my mom and Aunt Hazel. It was the PERFECT topping! The coconut cream was so yummy (and I am not a huge coconut fan) - it really made the dessert great!

Pirates the Musical

Way back in October (at least I think it was back in October), Dallin started practicing with the school choir for "Pirates, the Musical". He had so much fun doing it. He had practices twice a week after school and he didn't miss a single practice. In February was the big production and it was GREAT! Ed's parents were nice enough to come down to see the play and were both very impressed. Ed's dad (who use to teach Junior High) said it was better than the junior high plays he use to go to. It really was a great play - especially since it was 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. Dallin even drew a picture that they displayed on the table as you went into the play. Way to go Dallin!

Super Bowl Party

With having 5 boys comes a LOT of sports (which I don't mind). And for a while that meant FOOTBALL! So when Matthew & Gavin's favorite team (the Steelers) made it to the Super Bowl this year we had to have a few friends over for a party. Unfortunately, the Steelers lost (at least it was a good game) and there were tears, a LOT of tears. But before the Steelers lost, we all had a lot of fun. Food, friends, and football - what could be better!

Blue & Gold Banquet

We had the annual Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet (birthday party for Cub Scouting) last month. I am the secretary for our pack so I helped with it. I decorated the tables and did the desserts. I didn't do anything too fancy but I think the tables with the wrapped "presents", balloons, and candy turned out really cute. We even wrapped the forks with the napkins and had little tags on each one that said "Happy Birthday Cub Scouting". Then for dessert I made 162 cupcakes - 6 different kinds all with homemade cream cheese frosting. I made:

* chocolate peanut butter (a Reese's in the middle)

* chocolate cookie dough

* chocolate caramel (a Rolo in the middle)

* yellow with a chocolate Oreo in the middle

* yellow with a regular Oreo in the middle

* blue and gold (yellow cake with each cupcake half yellow and half blue)

I think the whole night turned out to be a success!

Chocolate Popcorn Recipe

Super yummy and super easy to make! This is another recipe from my chocolate class. I really like this mixed with the butterscotch popcorn. Enjoy!

Vacations are GREAT but . . .

nothing is better than coming home to these 3 cutie pies! I sure missed them but Disney World was much more fun without them - 3 in diapers at Disney World would NOT have been fun. They will get to go one of these years. We got back this morning (got up at 1 am Utah time to make our flight) so I haven't had time to scrapbook our amazing trip - but hopefully I will do that soon. I just wanted to say we are back and had a great time and my 3 little ones still love me!