TRUE Africa Fundraiser...

Over the past couple of months I have been helping my friend, Rachel, plan a fundraiser for her family's non-profit organization called TRUE Africa.  The organization provides schools, education and supplies for orphans in Uganda, to get them off the streets and give them a chance at a better life.  We had a garage and bake sale last year and made enough money to send several children to school and buy tons of other necessary supplies.  So this year she asked me to help with it again and be in charge of the bake sale.

We had such wonderful volunteers, 35 people baked things for the sale, and many others volunteered to work at the sale.  In the end it turned out beautifully, everyone did an awesome job...

 My good friend Chelsea helped me at the 5:30am shift to get everything set up...

 We even had some crazy guy dancing on the sidewalk and waving at cars to bring in customers..

The garage sale was probably 5 times the size of the one we had last year.  We had to have it in a parking lot so there would be enough room for everything...

 Rachel, the mastermind behind the event....  

It was an awesome day, (supposed to be two days, but the second day was rained out).  We earned way more money than last year.  I'm excited to see the results of our hard work.  Rachel's family goes over to Africa every year to personally make sure that these funds are put to good use.  Thanks for letting me be part of such an amazing event!

For more information on how you can help this great cause, please visit www.trueafrica.org. 

Sidewalk Painting...

Another one of those times when Dad was "watching" the kids...

Good times are always had when you are unsupervised...

Who Knows??

These are some of those pictures that we will definitely be holding onto to show Hayden's kids...

I have no idea what he was doing, but it was so hiliarious!  We actually had some friends over for dinner when this happened, and as he came into the house their baby started screaming from fright.  He quickly ran over to the baby, ripped off his mask and seriously said, "Oh, I'm soooo sorry.  I was just try to mask my identity."  

Like I find myself saying all the time, that kid seriously makes me laugh!

Chinese Bananas...

This is what happens when your husband is supposed to be watching your 3 year-old, and she gets a hold of a red Sharpie...

It totally looked like she had written Chinese characters all over them.  Thank goodness it was just on the bananas!!

Baseball Birthday...

For Rob's 35th birthday, his parents sent him tickets to go to a Rockies/Dodgers game (his two favorite teams).  We had sweet seats right behind the Dodgers' bench...

It really was a great game, and to top it all off, Giambi hit a walk-off home run to win the game...

  Happy Birthday Rob!

BYU Women's Conference 2012

I was so lucky to get to take off on a super fun road trip weekend with some of my girl friends to go to BYU Women's Conference at the end of April.  What a treat!

Some of us stayed at my in-laws' house and that was a blast.  It was so great to spend some kid-free time with my friends and family, and be spiritually fed at the same time.

The girls (Amie, Tiffany's friend, Tiffany, Brooklyn, Rachel and Miriam, who was apparently really excited)...

 On day two my good friend Marylin, who moved to Utah last year, joined us.  It was so fun to see her and catch up...

I'm so grateful for such wonderful friends that lift me up and make me laugh!  Thanks girls for such a fun trip.  (And thanks Wendy for letting us stay with you and for all the super YUMMY food!)

Spring Break Bucks...

The latest "I caught you doing something good" incentive program...

It seems like we have to change up the routine every now and then.  Over spring break we started giving out "bucks" for good behavior.  The kids cashed them in for little prizes at family home evening last week, so now there is a renewed effort to earn more Spring Break Bucks.  I guess we'll keep going with SBB, even though spring break ended 2 months ago...

Baby Day...

We were so lucky to get to watch my friend's little baby boy a couple of weeks ago.  It was pure entertainment for all of us.  Hayden asked me probably 20 times if he could have a baby brother.  All of the kids just adored him and wanted to "help" him do everything...

Nana and Grandpa...

My parents were able to stop by for a visit on their way to meet their newest grandson in Utah.  It was so fun to see them, the kids just love it when they come...

Easter Catch Up...

We had a really low-key Easter this year with just our little family.  It was wonderfully relaxing and gave us the chance to remember how special Easter really is.

Because it was so low-key... I forgot to fill the Easter eggs.  Which led to the best Easter activity that I could have ever "un"planned for!  It was a beautiful day, so I let the kids fill their own eggs, and hide them for each other.  Which led to finding and re-hiding and finding and re-hiding... for about 3 hours!  It was great.  They had fun, and Rob and I got a nap...

Happy Easter!