Our Staycation Day 1

Since gas is $4.00 a gallon here... we decided that our Spring Break would be a STAYCATION.  I REALLY need a vacation (the beach would be nice) but that just isn't going to happen, so in order to trick my head and make me feel like we had a real Spring Break, we are gonna enjoy every minute.  Here are our pics from Day 1.  I have my list of things that I wanna do and a list of things that I need to do.  I'm thinking the wanna do is gonna come first place.

We ended our night long boarding and scootering under these lights followed by ice-cream cones. It was a perfect ending.

Trees

Lately, I'm obsessed with trees.  I think it's because I'm just waiting for them to blossom.   

Something is amazing about Spring.  

There is a lot to be said about the seasons in our lives.  

We go through times where the weather just takes everything from us and leaves us bare and dead.    

Other times when we get to bask in the sun and enjoy our fruits.  

The kids are enjoying the trees too.  I found these monkeys hanging around at the park.

My Marley-Girl

I never get tired of taking pictures of my Marley-Girl.  She is my favorite little model.

Between the three boys, she keeps everything calm here at our lil home.
She is a peacemaking sweetie-pie and a second mom to Elijah (he calls both of us MAAA).
She has a soft girly side but gets rough with the boys.  She has a little bit of a bossy-mommy side but is always the one to make sure everyone is okay.
She likes to tackle Haini but wants me to tuck her in at night. She always requests to "be tickled".
She sings at the top of her lungs every night using her own lyrics. (poor Sitani has to listen to it all night/ they have a bunk bed :)

She tries to wink at me all the time but it looks like she is just squinting her eyes.
She wakes up every morning and wants to eat fruit snacks. She doesn't want to go along with Sitani's healthy lifestyle. hahaha

She is almost 4.
She has a hello kitty karaoke machine.
She thinks that she can train Elijah like a dog.  She makes a sound and then tells Elijah to make it.  She throws a ball and he gets it.
She likes to wear the same pair of skinny jeans EVERYDAY.
She talks about playing soccer a lot and every day I come home from work, she has her ballet stuff on. She gets excited when she makes a basket with her new pink and purple ball at the gym.
She is REALLY competitive and wants me to time her (on my phone) running buts she hates when she loses to her cousins.  She always asks them to hold hands and so no one will be the winner (or she won't be the loser).  She doesn't like losing.
She likes me to read books to her but even more, she likes to read books to us. She opens up her book and makes up stories.

Sometimes I come home and Haini has done her hair.  I'm glad she has a daddy who will sit with her (even if it is doing hair.) hahaha.  Just the other day, she asked me to do her hair the way that "Daddy does it."  I was shocked. :)
She is getting taller and thinning out.  I think she weighs as much as Elijah.
She has her own opinion and knows what she likes. I like that about her.
She still loves everything I do, though.
She asks me all the time if I'm her best friend. I hope that we will always be best friends.

Favorite color: pink
Favorite food: broccoli's
Favorite sport: BYU
Best friend: Stani

These two are my favorites!!!

LOVE for your Walls

So a while back, we read this scripture and I realized that I LOVE it. I thought it would be perfect to blow up big and put on our walls. So I made this and then got a big 20X30 frame from IKEA.  I sent it off to Costco and I'm so excited to get it and frame it. I hope the colors turn out as bright and bold as photoshop makes it. Costco tends to be pretty good with sticking with the coloring.  If you want a copy (or even in with a different color) for your little home... just let me know and I can send you one, too.  (p.s. It only costs about $9.50 to have it printed.)

Here is another one I made... I thought it was the perfect quote for our family to be remembering right now. 
(kinda sunbeam-ish)

Relaxing

We are planning on a nice relaxing weekend with boxed pizza and cinnamon rolls.  We plan to visit the park and enjoy the sunshine.  I plan on doing absolutely nothing but listen to conference and enjoy my family.  In order for this to happen, I need to first do the dishes. hahaha

Stitches

I'm sad that this is the only shot I got of Elijah with his stitched-up face.  He now has a scar on his cheek and Sitani says that it looks cool like the stitchings of a football.

On another topic... he got his first STAR done by daddy. 

This kid is way to big for me. Marley still calls him "her baby" even though is getting up to her height.

This Kid

He is growing up.  My first baby... the one who introduced me to motherhood. He is still teaching me daily. He has a huge heart and always wants to make me happy. He is starting to wonder about everything and ask me all sorts of questions. I still see him as my baby.  He has been doing some karate classes, basketball camps, soccer, and is signed up for tee ball in the summer.  I love to listen to him play with Marley and Elijah (when they don't know I'm listening).  He makes inventions and has a wild imagination.  It is just so fun to watch him grow up.


I came home and he had this little contraption around his waist. He was playing "police" with Marley (something that is very popular in our house lately).





He asked me to take a picture of him because he made shoulder pads using the his pillow balls.

This one cracks me up.. I came home and he said that he was playing football against the Utah team.  This was a Utah player that he had built.

Patient

We are patiently waiting for Spring/Summer to come.  We have already marked our spot at the park.  We are ready.

As you can see... everything is still dead out here.