I'VE BEEN JIMMERED!!!

I don't think I have ever had so much fun attending sporting events than I did the second week in March. My parents and Shad & I decided to buy tickets for the entire week of the Mountain West Conference. Although BYU ended up losing in the championship game, we were not disappointed with the awesome basketball games we saw throughout the week. We watched Jimmer score his record 52 points against New Mexico and finally got their first win against the Lobo's. Seriously that is a game we will NEVER forgot!! It was AWESOME!!!! My Grandpa Whipple and Uncle Belmont played basketball at BYU, both my parents graduated from BYU, my Uncle Steven teaches there, and my Grandma Whipple has season tickets to all football and basketball games.... so there is definitely COUGAR BLUE running through our family's veins. P.S. If don't already know the Cougars have made it to the Sweat 16 in the NCAA tournament so don't miss there game tonight when they play Florida Gators. GO COUGARS!!

We attempted to take the boys a girl's basketball game... Shad & I left about 15 minutes after arriving.

My Mom's sister and her husband - Uncle Leland and Aunt Beverly - love all four of these individuals!!

My Dad wouldn't put his Kindle down in between games... we had great chats by ourselves.

We had awesome weather that whole week in Vegas... we made a trip to the park with Grandma and Grandpa.

Thanks Mom and Dad for coming down. We had such a great time!

XOXO Melanie

February Happenings

Many times I think Shad & I don't do enough fun things with our kids. After looking at February pictures, I see we have good intentions. LOL!

Shad decided one day after work that we would surprise the kids with setting up the tent and sleeping with Kyson overnight. I got the kids in the bath while he did the setting up.

I don't get many pics of Brox doing his "cheese" smile. Cute boy!!

Kyson pretending to sleep.

But then when it was time for bed, Shad decided it wasn't such a great idea because he was really tired and had work the next day. So the kids just played in it and then we took it down. Next time it will be spectacular I'm sure!


We decided to take the boys to the Outdoor World at Brass Pro Shop in Vegas. My kids loved this store!! We happened to be there when the Mermaid was playing with the fish in the big tank right outside the store and just inside the casino. It was actually pretty cool. Can you see her holding a sting ray?

Kyson loved it!! Can you tell?

We probably shouldn't have let our kids do this... but they had fun.

And then the fun was over ...at least for Brox. You always can tell when you hit nap time. LOL!

Shad & I decided that we weren't going to give gifts this year for Valentines. I decided to at least buy a Valentines card. Shad on the other hand decided to do this...

I was running late that day for work and so yes I took the van just the way it looks in these pictures. I was mortified. I ran upstairs and asked Shad if he would hurry and clean off the windows but he said, "Have a great day at work babe!"

I noticed this on the drive into work...

And when I got to work I noticed this... so you can imagine the hit to my self esteem when I realized not one single person honked at me on my way to work. Am I really getting that old?

May be next time I'll just let him buy a present for me.

We made a trip to St. George to celebrate Elsie's 1st Birthday. We went to an indoor pool and had lots of fun. Kyson was so excited to finally be back swimming again. My little fish!

She is so CUTE!!

An attempt at a fun FHE night was trying to make our own pizzas. They actually turned out pretty good.

My three children...

However Brox decided not to participate and just enjoy a bag of chips. This is the only way he will sit in his highchair now.

XOXO Melanie

The Lion King

Shad bought us tickets to The Lion King show in Vegas for one of my stocking stuffers for Christmas. I was so excited to go. I have been once before in L.A. when I went to California for a dance camp with Snow College Badgerettes and I absolutely loved it!! The show in Vegas did not disappoint. If you have not seen this show in Vegas, I highly recommend it!!

Thanks Babe! You are the best!!

XOXO Melanie

Christmas Day

Yes, I do realize it is March... but I am doing it anyway. We had a fantastic Christmas but I only managed to take these three pictures. Christmas afternoon we drove down to Cedar City and spent a couple days with Shad's parents and sister... and we managed to not take a single picture. The boys had so much fun playing with their cousins and Ky would not leave Papa Rollo alone and asked him to play the Wii every minute of the day starting from sun up.

Thank you to all for the fun times and many memories we made in 2010.

Now I will let my blog officially welcome in 2011!!

XOXO Melanie

Christmas Eve

I couldn't wait for Christmas Eve to come! Shad had to leave after the day after the Baugh Christmas party to get back to work. He was meeting up with us on Christmas Eve. YEAH!

Saying goodbye to Malad!

Broxy sharing a bowl of cereal with Aunt Z.

The kids can't get enough of Olin's rodeo stuff!

Our family tradition on the Whipple side is to eat lunch at Chuck-A-Rama on Christmas Eve. Always interesting.

Kyson with my cousin Brock.

The whole familia (minus Evan)!

We then make our way to Grandma Whipple's house. She always gives out books (she is a retired school teacher) and then one other present. The books are always a hit!!

Cheese!!!

Broxy is a present!

That night we made it to my parents house in Ephraim. We talked to Evan for almost 3 hours on Skype. It was so fun to see him and talk to him. I can't believe he is coming home in June!! He is working so hard in Fiji and we are so proud of him. He opened his Christmas presents in front of us and he gave us a package from Fiji. We all got Fiji snow hats... not sure why they need snow hats in Fiji?? We read the Christmas Story and played games all night. It was a great time!

This picture is by far my favorite!! Gotta love the Christmas Eve pajamas.

XOXO Melanie

Malad Idaho

After Scrooge we stayed over at my Grandma and Grandpa Baugh's house. We woke up to the most fantastic breakfast. My most favorite memories of Grandma Baugh are her morning breakfasts! We also played a bunch of games with them and then we headed up to Natalie's school in Tremonton. We helped her kids make gingerbread houses before they were out for Christmas break. Kyson loved being in "school" and now he won't stop talking about when he gets big he gets to go to Aunt Natalie's school.

We then made our way to Malad Idaho to see Natalie & Olin's land and rental home. We helped her paint her kitchen and dining room, made cinnamon rolls for neighbors, boys went clay pigeon shooting and we also pulled Olin out of the snow three different times in two different vehicles. Good times!

We also got to eat at one of the few restaurants there (population 2,100). It was a small house turned into a Mexican restaurant and of course it was AWESOME!!

Kyson posing... can you tell where he picks this up from? Note: see pics above.

Lovely.

Thanks for the fun time Natalie and Olin!

XOXO Melanie