Last weekend we went camping with my mom, and Danny's brother Tom and family. We wanted to go to the Valley of Fire like we did last year, but they were all full so we drove to Overton and found a camping place called Echo Bay.
It was really close to the lake so we took a walk down to the lake and the kids put their feet in and threw rocks. We just went for one night, but we had a good time together.
Breakfast Time
Max and Zachary
My dad and Debi came into town last weekend and brought Hanna a red radio flyer big wheel with a big flag for her birthday. After Danny put it all together Hanna and grandpa were out back and Grandpa asked Hanna, "How do you like your new big wheel?"
Hanna: "I said I wanted a princess bike. (Pause) This one like boy."
Grandpa: "Oh, well maybe for Christmas you'll get a princess bike."
Hanna: "Oh ya, I like my big wheel." (Happy)
I didn't hear their conversation my dad told me about it, but luckily he found her funny. I was a little embarrassed that she would say that, but I guess that's where children are brighter than adults and just say how they feel.
I was happy with the big wheel because she can start using it now and Van can play on it too. Most 3 year old children can only sit on their bike and do nothing else with it for a year. She's been having a lot of fun with it and so has Van!
My dad and Debi have been fostering a little boy Jaden, he is Debi's nieces baby. They're not sure how much longer they'll have him, but they have grown to love him, he's a cutie!
The other day Van didn't like what I gave him for breakfast and I turned around to grab something and he pushed his highchair try and fell out, landing right on his lip! He started screaming and his mouth was full of blood, I was a little nervous because I couldn't see where the blood was coming from. After the blood stopped there was his big fat lip; poor baby!
Max bore his testimony in sacrament today (with Danny's help), he did such a wonderful job! He told Danny on his own that he wanted to bare his testimony and while he was up there he wasn't silly (which usually happens when he speaks in front of people) and he said everything Danny whispered to him, I really enjoyed it
On Monday I saw on my friend Melissa's blog that her little 3 year old girl could ride her bike with no training wheels! Max saw the pictures and said, "I want my training wheels off my bike." So that night Danny practiced with him for a few minutes and then put the training wheels back on and said, "he's not ready yet." So on Tuesday Max was determined to ride his bike, so I took the training wheels off again and went running along side of him just holding the back of his shirt, but I was worn out quickly! When Danny came home I told him if you just ran with him he could do it I just can't run for too long. 
So Danny took Max up the street and told him not to petal just to put his feet out to get his balance, and Max did it! Max kept riding down the street with his feet straight out. The next day we practiced some more and on his way down the hill he started to petal. Here are some pictures of Max riding his two wheeler!
This Easter was the earliest Easter ever (200 years) and it won't be that early for another 200 years, crazy! Anyway, I just thought that was interesting and needed to be posted. We have church at 9:00 a.m. 
so we hurried and got ready and then I let the kids find their baskets and the eggs, they hurried and looked through their baskets and then we ran out the door and we're just 5 minutes late for church, whew! 
I felt bad hurrying them, but kept telling them will go through them more after church and they were fine. After Church we rested a little and then went to my sister-in-law Cindy and Jeff's for Easter dinner and a big Easter Egg hunt. 
My kids aren't ones to believe in the Easter Bunny because Danny doesn't like that stuff and so they were with me when I bought all their things for their baskets. They're just happy to get all the junk and they enjoy finding their baskets and hard eggs. Van is at that cute stage right now and is just so fun to watch! We had a very Happy Easter!
They had a neat Ghost Town close by that we visited the next mourning before driving through Death Valley. Death Valley was pretty and the sand domes were too, but we thought there would be more so we didn't take pictures or get out and walk on them, whoops! We were in too big of a hurry to get to Yosemite. Well, we made it to the road we are suppose to take to Yosemite, but March is still Winter and the road is closed until late April or May. So we sadly weren't able to go there. 
We continued driving North and we made it to Lake Tahoe, which was very pretty, but we didn't know what to do there and it was very cold, so we jumped out took a picture and went on to Carson City (Nevada's State Capital). 
In Carson City we saw the Governor's Mansion (which was all decorated for Easter), we played at the Children's Museum, and drove around down town to see some Carson City history (this was something Danny was interested in). We stayed in a nice hotel and went bowling to make the trip a little more fun for the kids. The next day was Sunday, so we went to a ward there in Carson City and then drove to Virginia City which was another Ghost Town where in the 1850's, 400 million dollars of gold was found. 
The town is now a tourist place to visit.
We then drove to Reno, we weren't too sure what to see here either. We saw the temple and state line and saw that Reno looks a lot like ID we were a little surprised, I guess we thought it would look more like Vegas, but it didn't at all.
On our way home Monday we drove through some smaller towns we've heard of, but never been through like Fallon! It's great to say I've been to all these places now! Our big adventure happened on our way home on Monday. After we passed Walker Lake we were headed towards Tonopah and we saw there were still three cities on the map we would be going through before getting to Tonopah. When we arrived at the second city and saw there were no gas services (there wasn't any in the little town before either) our car was already on empty. We decided to just keep driving and see if we could make it to the next town, we made it! But there were again NO SERVICES! We still had about 20 miles to go before Tonopah and our gas light was on! So we just kept driving and were happy to see Tonopah about 6 miles away when our car finally couldn't go any further! I was still very impressed we made it that far. I just told Danny to hitch hike in to town and try to hitch hike back. These workers/drillers picked Danny up brought him to town and drove him all the way back, we tried tipping them, but they wouldn't take it. We felt very blessed, they were great guys!
Our trip was more driving and seeing than anything, but we had a lot of fun and I was proud of the kids for traveling so well! They just enjoyed staying in a different hotel every night. And there favorite was in the 1 star motel in Beatty that was actually a mobile home made into a hotel. It's so nice how little ones are so easily pleased!
Hanna's favorite thing at her birthday was her princess cake! I baked it and put it together and my friend Alena decorated it, oh so pretty!
Hanna getting her hair done like a princess.
Hanna with Princess Aurora.
Max, Hanna and Baxter with Mickey Mouse!
I just loved how this picture turned out!
Friday night I went with Carolee, Laura and Lisa to dinner at Olive Garden, we got together because we were planning a shower for our friend Hanna the next day. Hanna is one of my very close friends since the sixth grade. She is the strongest person I know, she's been faced with many challenges that most people would not be able to make it through. Hanna and her husband Kevin lost their first child Dexter at age 2 to a brain tumor that they found out about when he was 9 months old. They spent the majority of his life in hospitals with a lot of ups and downs. Hanna, happily got pregnant again last June with a baby girl. When Hanna was only 28 weeks along on Dec. 10, 2007 she gave birth to baby Matilda. She was only 1lb. 13 ozs. at birth. Matilda has been in one of the same hospitals that Dexter was in for his treatments. Hanna and Kevin have again gone through many ups and downs with this baby. Matilda is currently doing really well, she weighs about 4.5 lbs. now! Matilda had a surgery last week to find out why her liver isn't functioning properly, they were happy to know she doesn't need a liver transplant but they're still not sure of the problem. They hope to bring Matilda home this week. Her due date was March 3rd. We were able to throw a shower for Hanna and baby Matilda last Saturday, which was so nice! Hanna's mom goes way out and the shower was the nicest baby shower I've been too. The food was wonderful! We did a lot of work, but it was well worth it!
Eating rocky road ice cream out of a diaper. Hanna won, but I was right after her!
The baby rag quilt I made Hanna (my second rag quilt).
Saturday, after the shower my mom, the kids and I, went to Oceanside and stayed at Betty's (my sisters, mother-in-law's house) beautiful beach house. The kids always enjoy staying there and playing in the sand!
Monday, My sister Rebecca, her son Baxter, my mom, the kids and I went to Disneyland! My mom was planning on just her and Hanna going for Hanna's birthday, but then my sister and I wanted to go too. So it was still more for Hanna's birthday, so we made sure to do the few things that she wanted to do. Which was to see some princesses and Mickey Mouse. My sister bought Hanna a beautiful princess dress and my mom paid to have Hanna's hair done like a princess and then we took her to meet the princesses all dressed up! She looked so cute! I hope I can put it all back in hair for her birthday party. After she met the princesses, I asked her if she wanted to change and she said, "No." She loved all the attention she got, she wore the dress the rest of the day! We left Disneyland at 7:00 p.m. and drove all the way home. Well, my mom drove all the way home, I was beat!
Max is 4 and has lost his two bottom teeth (he did get them in at 4 months old)! He is just growing up too fast! The first tooth he lost, he lost it at his friends house and when he realized he lost it he said he was car sick and wanted to go home. When he got home I asked him what was wrong and he showed me that his tooth was gone and he couldn't find it (he wanted to cry, and he doesn't cry too often). I called my friend and asked her to look for his tooth, but truthfully I think he swallowed it. I told him not to worry he still gets a dollar a tooth even if he can't find his tooth, that made him feel a lot better! We didn't talk about the tooth fairy, we just give him a dollar a tooth. 
