HA HA HA HA HA GOTCHA!!!!!

Picture if you will........Jessica laughing her FOOL HEAD OFF for well........about 20 min!! Let me set this story up!! When Joel first moved to AZ, someone told him to ALWAYS check his shoes, because sometimes scorpions crawl in and will sting you when you stick your foot in....so Joel - no matter WHAT shoes he is putting - always shakes them out. Last night, we were sitting on the couch chatting - and he was getting ready to go running with Shiloh. He had his shoes - and was shaking them out - and the idea hit me......GET HIM and GET HIM GOOD!!! Why you ask- because for whatever sick twisted reason - NOTHING is funnier to me than someone getting scared!! So - with a look of HORROR on my face - I started screaming and pointing.....as if a scorpion was falling out of his shoes.....you have NEVER....NEVER EVER seen Joel jump off the couch faster!! He was......I guess a mix between grunting and yelling.....his arms were out....and he was squatting - like he was guarding someone in basketball.....spun around TRYING to figure out WHAT THE HECK my problem was....Cassie JUMPED A MILE ( so I considered it a twofer!). I started LAUGHING.....and he realized what had happened...he wasn't really mad, but he kind of sat on me.....and I continued for the next 20 min to have a laughing FIT!! May not sound too funny - and I guess you had to be there - but TRUST ME....IT WAS PRICELESS!!! And just to add......Joel is SUCH a good sport - and SO STINKING EASY TO SCARE!!!! *Cute Joel is the little guy on the right......cute Sean is the little guy on the left!! Just LOVE this picture of Joel and his big brother!!

WHEW!!!!

MY FAMILY CAME FOR A VISIT!!! It was the perfect visit! The only bad thing about it was that it was WAY too short.....and it ended WAY to soon! I spent most of Yesterday just being sad......just because I miss having them here....but I am also SO happy because I was so blessed to have them come! I love my family! I am SO grateful for them!! What is better than memories made!!!

I just can't even describe how WONDEFUL it was to have them here! The house was full of noise, laughter, crying, kids and fun! It felt like a house should feel! I woke up and got ready every morning to my Cannon coming in to say "hey bubba" then he would get on the scale and boldly tell me he was "sirty four pounds Bubba!" Every time I looked like I was going somewhere he would say "I go with you Bubba!" before he would go to bed each night, he could come in a sit with Bubba......I loved EVERY SECOND of it! The girls were SO stinkin' cute! Sidney was the perfect little snuggle bug! She was a SWEETHEART! And Savana was darling! It took her a couple of days to

figure out when Bubba was teasing her....but she did and I just have to say NOTHING is cuter than her sweet little giggle! It was amazing to have Debbie and Mom here. We laughed, we talked, we cried, we just spent time together and enjoyed eachother! I LOVED having them here!

The kids got to go with Joel and Jason to Makutus Island on Saturday afternoon before we died eggs. The guys were such GREAT sports and the kids had a blast!!

Easter was FUN! The kids had a blast coloring eggs.....Cannon broke his by just plopping them into the dye....the girls had fun adding sparkles and stickers to their eggs and we had fun helping. They got up in the morning and found all of the inside candy eggs, and then went outside to look for the eggs they colored. It was a beautiful Spring day, couldn't have been prettier.....we all went to church and Sacrament Meeting was wonderful, I had to teach in Relief Society and it was really fun to have Mom and Debbie there to support me.

We went to the park A LOT! The kids had so much fun playing with eachother! Debbie thought it was FREEZING - GIVE ME A BREAK!! It was in the high 60s and the low 70s but it was fairly windy...Debbie, Mom and I enjoyed just hanging out and watching them play.

The amazing week ended with us all going to Cassie's school carnival! they had bounce houses, a hay ride and the various kids carnival booths. The kids had SO much fun and it was really a great way to finish up an amazing week! Cannon and Sidney got to go inside the big Fire Enginewhich was REALLY cool!

What a WONDERFUL world!!!!

I am constantly amazed at how my beautiful daughter's mind works. Cassie is just amazed and enthralled by EVERYTHING that Heavenly Father made. She wants to know how EVERYTHING works and LOVES to learn about anything and EVERYTHING....especially new things. Cassie is in the CATS program at school....Let me just say that I think EVERY CHILD.....GIFTED OR NOT should be given the extra opportunities for learning that Cassie has received. ANYWAY....Saturday (between conference sessions OF COURSE) Cassie was able to go to the CATS expo...where all of the CATS teachers in the district do a variety of displays, science stuff, dissections, experiments....EVERYTHING to interest someone like Cassie. She had SO much fun! The sheep eyeball dissection was for the 7th and 8th graders....but Cassie talked her way into it and LOVED it. She enjoyed the squid..... and JOY OF JOYS....brought home the "beak".....BOTH with no gloves.....at least at first.....She had a blast "digging" for treasures, having a bubble around her, and visiting with "Einstein". I have tried to figure out what it was that made her the way she is.....well obviously she came that way....but Joel and I, from the time she was TINY just really tried to figure out what she liked and what she was interested in, and just really encouraged it. Even though she was our little girly princess......we loved that she loved her bugs, insects, animals, dinosaurs....and basically, we just really encouraged her to be her. And what an amazing HER she is!! It is a JOY to see the world through her eyes......AMAZING!!