His Two Favorite Things

The other day Carson was begging me to take him to the bank.
"Why do you want to go to the bank so badly, Carson?"
dead serious and slightly exasperated look on his face:
"Because, Mom, the bank has my two favorite things--money, stickers, and suckers."

Easter Sunday

Yesterday we colored eggs with Aunt Alisa and Kimberly...they had a great time! Then we went to a local Easter Egg Hunt in Goodyear, and they had a blast! We hunted eggs, jumped in those bouncy things, went down crazy slides and decorated paper eggs. The kids made out with a good bit of loot! Then this morning the boys got their Easter baskets...The bunny was sweet to them! They got gardening gloves to help mom pull weeds :) LOL, cool new bath towels from Granny, and a big stash of candy, eggs, stickers and water guns from Grandpa and Jaime. We also made yummy strawberry cupcakes and decorated them with peeps! So cute! Then I hid our eggs (Trevor calls them "ayds") and let the boys find them...over and over. This has probably taken up most of our day today. Hiding and Finding...Hiding and Finding...even in the same places, they think it's hysterical.

Happy Easter Everyone!

Sedona Sweet

My mom used to have a cd of new age music that was called "Sedona Suite". I don't know why I remember that, but that's always what I think of when I hear "Sedona". I can see why they make "relaxation" music about it..the place is breathtaking. Reed, the boys and I went there yesterday for a day trip. The boys were completely bored, but us old folks enjoyed it. The pictures don't do it justice...this is the first time I was wishing for a panoramic lens, because you really needed it to capture everything you saw. We were surpised, however, because when you usually see these pictures, we, at least, picture this incredibly vast area of beauty, and while the whole area IS pretty...only a very small portion of it looks like this, with red rock cliffs that are staggeringly steep and majestic. The surrounding areas are more rolling mountainside with dark soil and lots of harsh looking green shrubs dotting the sides. Very strange. The dots on the one picture are from our very dirty windshield...I took that one from the car. :)

Anyway, enjoy! And if you want to listen to relaxing music while you surf the net...click here