Spring Break!

This year, I decided to take some time off with my boys and try to enjoy some time with them on spring break.  I was also needing a much needed break from everything as well, so it worked out as a good excuse.  We did a lot...from spring cleaning the boys room to 3 hours at the park...it was a blast and I am glad I had this time with my kids.  Here is our/my day to day spring break-down:

Tuesday: Done with work--got my nails done for the first time in a really long time! Mommy pamperin time! And we went a little karaoke.

Wednesday: Shon has to work. :-( He was called in for a 12 hour shift! So...we spring cleaned.  I have 20 grocery bags from the boys room for our family yard sale.  We super scrubbed the kitchen (gross).  And we chilled.  Them I made Grandma's famous cabbage soup.

Oh and I had made a lot of these for breakfast! The boys love them!

Thursday: Game afternoon/night! I forgot to take pics of this one.  Frary game nights are always interesting.  We played and munched on A LOT of munchies and pizza.  Serious munchy overload!

Friday: Happy Birthday Kolton! My nephew turned 4! Some of the family was going bowling so we just added more people and made it into his birthday party! David and Jordan bowled for the first time.  It was super cute and funny!

Then we ate some cupcakes and opened some presents! After that we had to take Ashton home for the week. 

I met his mom at a park in Lehi to drop off and I couldn't contain the kids to not play at the park on such a nice day! So they played there for 20 minutes, then we were invited to meet up with some friends at the park by our house...we went and almost 4 hours later...we became lobsters with some sun stroke!

You would think I would remember that I burn in like 2 seconds! And so does Jordan.  Dave got a little kiss fom the son too! So we nursed ourselves that night and hit the hay early.

Saturday: Another early morning.  I had to go get my Bountiful Basket early again (ok 7am is kinda early for me on a weekend).  So we ventured off to get our surprise basket.  We were all still so sore from Friday so after that we bummed it on the couch. 

Sunday: Absolutely nothing! The way I like it! Our cat pretty much sums it up here...

Orange State Here We Come!

Well...that is kind of a maybe-but more yes than no. We made the decision last night that next summer we will be venturing to Jacksonville, Florida. I feel it is a much needed change for my family. Last night we went to Olive Garden for our date night.  We talked and we wound up talking about which Florida University team we would support.  Our waitor just happened to over hear us and asked why we were talking about Florida.  We explained and he piped up and said he just moved here from Orlando! He didnt want to move here and he loves Florida! So we talked up a storm with him...but what a sign huh?

There were a lot of factors towards moving and very little towards not. However the factors that weighed against not moving were HUGE factors. So, as long as we can work those kinks out (which I don't feel will be a problem, just some work) we will be Florida bound!

We chose Jacksonville for a lot of reasons as well.  Work there is easy to find (for me at least).  Shon might be a chore, but I am blessed with a sister who works in HR and works with recruiters to help people find jobs...oh and she lives in Florida! See it adding up? Jacksonville is a city about oh just minutes from the beach and totally affordable (eh hem...meaning MUCH cheaper than Utah!).  We will be living about 30 minutes from my parents who just bought a house in St. Augustine. 

I am so excited and SO ready for a change.  I am ready to be closer to my side of the family and to be able to spend more time with my sister!  Too many years being apart!

So let's hope everything works out and in about a year or more we are packing up and heading out of the Beehive State!

Reflections of Ashton...

So for some reason I was blessed to have 3 boys with birthdays within a 2 week span.  I know, lucky me right? 

Ashton has taught me a lot about motherhood.  He was just about 2 when Shon and I got married.  He has a really hard time coming around.  I was the stranger that was with daddy for a very long time.  It wasn't until he was about 4 when he really started to get comfortable. 
I still have the evil step-mother mole on my face with him sometimes.  He definitely tests all of our parental skills when he tries to work both sides against each other. 

He has turned out to be the best big brother to David and Jordan that I could have asked for.  He is very protective of them and is always wanting to teach them something new that he knows. 

So now Ashton is the big 1-0! I told him he is SO old cause now he has a double digit age! He just laughs and told me at least he isn't tappin on the door for 30 (like me).  What a smarty pants!

8 years with my little Ashton who sparked the reason why I wanted to be a mom after all.   Thank you Ashton for being my son.  I love you and I am excited for many more birthdays with you and your brothers!