Easter Fun!!

Our Easter was pretty uneventful this year. Caleb and Cole were up first and Tank and I enjoy our sleep a little too much to get up before Cooper wakes up. So the boys had already scoped out all the places the eggs were hid before we got out to the Front room. Brock is a bear when he sleeps so we let him sleep in peace. So Caleb and Cole found all but 1o of the eggs that we left for Brock and then dug into their loot! And yes I am the kind of Mom that lets her kids have candy for breakfast on Easter! (Just ask my brother, Ryan his thoughts on what I let my kids eat (frosting, cookie dough!) Hey its a holiday right!! Brock eventually woke up and found his eggs and he dug into his bubble gum. We got ready and headed for Church. I had a pretty nice Sunday, in Young Women's but Tank ended up with Brock and Cole in nursery!! Happy Easter to him. We had a nice dinner when we got home and went on a walk. We ended our day the usual Sunday way. a treat and watching Amazing Race as a family!! Earlier in the week, Tank was out of town again! So we had a few friends over and had a Easter Egg hunt in the backyard! And if Tara is reading this I tried to make the Cake Pops (which looked super cute!) they tasted good but didn't really turn out the way they looked on your blog, Maybe next time! Overall, it was a nice Easter break!

All that Jazz!

Well it has been quite the season this year for us and the Utah Jazz. Tank bought Season tickets and let me just tell you there are a lot of games. Don't get me wrong, it was really nice for Tank and the Boys and some of our other family members to be able to go, but 45 games later I was ready for it to be done. I finally convinced Tank that it was Brock's turn to go and he was so excited. He kept telling me and the other boys "I not too little!!" The poor kid is always being told that he can't do this or that because "he is too little". So finally his turn came and off they went Jersey and all. He had his popcorn and Sprite like the other boys do and played find the Jazz Bear and Tank was ready to go at Half time. So home they came.

Caleb finally got his turn with the Jazz Bear down on the court. I have to say Tank has been able to have some pretty nice hook-ups with this whole Best Buy gig, that we are really grateful for. Caleb enjoyed being on the court by the players and meeting the Jazz Bear, but Tank said the part that he enjoyed the most was being even with Cole. I don't have any idea where my kids get their competitiveness from.

You know I always have to have a shot of my favorite Jazz player!!!

Viva la Mexico!!

As most of you have seen on our blog here the vacation countdown for the Eves Family Baja Cruise, well it has come and gone. Let me start this post with saying it is a lot harder to take pictures when you and your husbands hands are full with kids. So needless to say the pictures are few and far between. Our vacation started off rocky with the scare of our cute little niece and cousin Jayla being sick and having to go to the hospital in an airplane for surgery (for more on that story click here http://dmeves.blogspot.com/2009/03/ivs-ambulances-and-life-flight.html ). After we were sure Jayla was okay we were able to enjoy the vacation with regret that the Ryan Eves family would not be able to join us.

We headed to Natalie's on Sunday night had a great dinner and hung out. The next morning we were on the road to Long Beach to get on the boat. The kids did pretty good traveling. We checked-in our bags with a little help from the LA Dodgers!!! Went through the lovely check-in process all the time getting brand new people training. Got on the boat ate some lunch, had a life boat drill with 2 crying kids that did not want their jackets on and then headed to dinner (Our first time sitting down with all the kids in any form of a restaurant setting) Checked out the ship and headed for bed. Needless to say I was exhausted! We got a little puppy backpack (LEASH) for Brock and it was hilarious to watch him drag Tank around the ship. It did work pretty well to keep him by us. But by the end of the trip he never wanted to see that puppy backpack again.

Tuesday we stopped at Catalina Island. We all rented Golf carts and took a tour around the city. After we were done we browsed the shops and Tank and the boys hit up the local Vons for drinks and snacks!

Wednesday it was off to Mexico, Ensenada to be exact. The boys were amazed at the huge Mexican Flag by the port. I was a little leery about getting off the ship with Brock and Cooper. But we decided to get off for a little while and go shopping. Caleb went with my Mom and the Hafens to La Bufadora, Tank, Cole, Cooper, Brock, Brandon, My Dad, and I headed downtown to go shopping. We all ended up with some souvenirs Tank got a Leather (yard work) hat and some sunglasses. Brock and Cole got guitars, I got a Gucci purse, and Cooper got a hat. Caleb got sunglasses.

Thursday we were at sea all day so we took the kids into Camp Carnival and played with the toys. The boys played basketball, mini golf, ping pong and entered a sports trivia contest where my Dad took 3rd!! We only ate in the dining room twice because the buffet was just easier with our kids. Overall it was a good vacation with our family and we loved spending time with them. But like any vacation with kids these ages and one of them being Hurricane Brock, it was a lot of work. We are glad to be home!!

Thomas the Train, a Dropout,a Bobcat and an Army Guy!!

Tank was able to get tickets for Thomas the Train Live on Thursday March 12th. Caleb had Pack Meeting that night so Tank took Brock, Cole and our friends Tyler and Raleigh with him and Caleb, Cooper and I went to Pack Meeting. Tank said that the boys loved the show and Brock was dancing to the songs and singing along. He is our little singer in the family he always sings and dances with the shows he watches on TV. So for the next few days after the show, Brock kept telling me that Dad was his favorite because he took him to see Choo-Choo.

Cole has been having a really hard time with preschool and church classes lately. He literally holds onto the car so that I can't take him in. We have gone through all the stages of hiding before class, locking me out of the car, and waking up everyday asking if it was a preschool day and practically throwing a party when it wasn't so I have finally gave in and let him drop-out!!! Hopefully this break will help him be a little less stressed when Kindergarten starts in the fall.

Caleb received his Bobcat at Pack Meeting, he got it finished the first week he was in Cub Scouts. He has really enjoyed cub scouts. We are so proud of him!!! Tank had our Camera at the Thomas the train show and the picture I took of Caleb on my Camera Phone didn't quite turn out.

Cooper turned 8 months old on March 8th. He has become quite the little chubby baby. He will eat just about anything you give him and he finally cut his first tooth on the 12th of March. He has started to army crawl and will get up on all fours and rock.

Take you back Thursdays!!

This weeks song takes me back to the summer Brock was born. I have a CD with this song on it and every time we would get in the car, Cole would say "Oh Snap" meaning he wanted this song on. Now for those of you that know our Cole, 2 1/2 years ago there weren't a whole lot of phrases coming out of his mouth so this meant he really liked this song. Tank also played it for our nephew Wesley and for the longest time he went around saying "Oh Snap "

So "Oh Snap" here's to you Cole!!!

Crazy Kids!!

The boys have been quite the handful this week and it is only Wednesday!!! It all started Sunday night..... I cut the boys hair and Caleb and Cole like to spike it up in the front. I told both of them that their hair was too long int he front so I would trim it Sunday Night before they went to bed so they could wear it spiky to school. Well, Cole came out of my bathroom and told me I didn't need to cut his hair any more because he had already done it for me. Luckily it was just a little in the front so it still looks okay.

Then Hurricane BROCK hit on Tuesday morning...... I was in the bathroom with Brock doing my hair and only half paying attention to him (My 1st mistake that kid needs total attention!) I heard him say help me Mom, I look over and this kid and taken my bright red nail polish and spilled/painted the inside of my tub. I was so mad. (I should have taken a picture but I was too worried about getting it off before it dried. I did get it off with some nail polish remover okay when I say some, I mean the whole bottle.

Then about 15 minutes ago, Cooper was playing by the couch and he figured out how to pull himself up. The kid doesn't crawl yet but has figured how to pull himself up to be closer to Mom. Don't get me wrong this is a good and exciting thing. It is just one more reminder to go along with the other 2 events, that I have my hands full with these CRAZY KIDS!!!

Take you back Thursday (on Friday)

I am a little late with this weeks take you back. But here it is. This weeks song takes me back to when I was dating Tank. We listened to this song all the time and eventually it became our wedding song. The funny thing is that my brother Ryan was on his mission when Tank and I got married so he missed out on the whole wedding, reception and anything that had to do with the wedding which included our wedding song. So when he got married a couple of years later, it was funny to hear that he and his wife had chosen the same song as one of their wedding songs. They were sung by different people but the words were the same. So here's to my great husband Tank!!