On May 28th Russell and I celebrated 13 years of wedded bliss in Zion's National Park...without the kids! We hiked and hiked for two days. I think we probably did 15 miles of trails. It was awesome. I loved spending time alone with my honey.
Eliza got her ear's pierced last night!! She's been talking about it since Christmas...wanting them and then not. But the last few days she has been saying she was ready, so we did it!
Here she is getting ready. They let her hold a little teddy bear. She was so brave, no crying or screaming. Her eyes did get a little teary, but she did so good!
All done! She picked earrings like her cousins Maelee and Makia. Little crystal daisies.
This morning she got up and looked in the mirror and said, "I feel so grown up!" She sure looks cute with a little bling in her ear!
My little sister Megan came from Denver to spend a couple of days with us and we had such a great time. Meg and I were watching a late night showing of Easy A when Jack Simon popped his head around the corner with a big smile. It was almost 11 o'clock and he should have been asleep hours ago. We patted the chair between us and he came up and snuggled. He knows how to get to us...
It was fun having Megan here, we partied like rock stars. That is if rock stars are stay at home moms with three kids! We went to Trafalga in Lehi and played laser tag and rock climbed, went to the Carl Bloch show at BYU, watched movies, played games, played wii, went for yogurt, went to the Brick Oven, and the mall. Sure, that is definitely what rock stars do. Miss you Meg! Come back soon!
We just finished up another season of soccer.
There was a lot of hugging...
A lot of running...
Went to Lowe's a couple of Saturdays ago and they let us build some bird houses.
It was a free project and they even gave the kids aprons and work goggles.
Eliza and I worked on hers together. And it really stretched my capabilities. It was really simple and it was still a challenge for me. I don't like to use my mind to put things together, I like to use it to think about when my next Dr. Pepper will be consumed. 
Jack wore his apron for the rest of the day, including the soccer games.
These little bird houses won't fit in our souls, but they sure were fun to build!
Last month we gave Eliza's room a make over. She wanted a new paint job and boy did she get it. Four different colors. It took about a week to complete it. Including six new can lights. It is definitely a little girl's room now!
Here we are hanging out by the pink wall. We tried to talk her into a new bed. But she loves this one because she can swing around on it like a jungle gym. I don't think that is what Russell had in mind when he made it, but that is what it is now!
On May 28th Russell and I celebrated 13 years of wedded bliss in Zion's National Park...without the kids! We hiked and hiked for two days. I think we probably did 15 miles of trails. It was awesome. I loved spending time alone with my honey.
We want to bag some peaks this summer. So peak #2 we bagged was Angel's Landing (peak #1 was Squaw Peak last fall). I hadn't done that hike since I was 14 and it was a dozy. We started at 1:45pm in the heat of the day so I don't know if that was very helpful. But it was so much fun. Here is Russell holding onto the chain so he won't fall off of the mountain. :)
This is me pointing to a squirrel on a rock. It was not scared at all, I probably could have touched it. They said that the animals are too used to being fed that they don't fear people anymore. In fact in 2003 a coyote stalked a kid and bit them. Crazy.
