For The Record...

My days have been filled... with what I am not quite sure... but filled with enough "stuff" that I have slacked in the world of blogging. So here it is, my current update, for MY record.

Keagan, Jack's best friend moved to Alpine. Last week when I told Jackson that Keagan was moving, he cried, actually, he sobbed. It broke my heart. Thankfully he is close enough to still schedule some playdates. So today was their first official play date ... it was a party at our house!

Keagan - Bella - Jackson - Clara - BrodyBella has been singled out in our neighborhood with the boys. But she loves it! She watches spiderman with Jackson and is his cheerleader when he plays football.

Goofballs!

Lisa came to visit this week and brought the kids some adorable Easter Outfits. Getting a good picture was a bit rough. They wanted nothing to do with the camera. They didn't even want to sit by eachother - but somehow I got them to sit just long enough for a quick shot. But of course - no smiles. Gotta love it!

*I can't get over how big Jack looks in this picture. It kills me.

When Clara is tired. She goes to her crib, slides one arm through the bars and rubs her sheet between her fingers. She then, of course, sucks on her other fingers. It is soooo cute.

Our clubhouse did a fun Easter Party for the kids. Lisa was here so she came with us. It was cold and windy so we didn't last too long.

Jack and Clara with the Easter Bunny. Suprisingly they were not scared at all. Woo-hoo for no screaming kids with the extra large, semi-odd looking rabbit...?

Clara loved picking up the eggs and putting them in her bag.My dear friend Mykelle turned the big 30 years!!! We celebrated at The Cheesecake Factory. So delish! They brought her a dessert and asked her name so they could sing Hapy Birthday -- she told them her name was Candy. It was really funny.

*Quick shout out*

- i love you mykelle, thanks for being such a fab friend and for always being such a great example!

Lisa Anne - Katie - Mykelle - Me

*unfortunately the waiter blurred my big group picture! as for now this is my one and only shot of some of the girly girls.

Jack and Clara love to put these hats on.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST...

My best friend Jessie asked me if I wanted to do a girls night and get dinner and a late night movie. My answer... YES! So off we went - to downtown SLC - chatting chatting chatting in the car - when out of nowhere, she tells me we are not going to a movie BUT she got us tickets to Leagally Blonde at Capital Theater!

WHAT?

Pretty sure she is one of the funnest, most giving, best friends in the entire world!

We had so much fun and ate delicious pizza at Cettebello's and then headed off to Legally Blonde. It was adorable! I loved it.

Before we left. Still - no clue what the night had instore... (hence the casual dress).

Outside the theater.

Jessie even went to the extent of making "Girls Night" music for the drive. But of course with all the chatting going on we didn't have much time to listen. We got home around 11:30 pm - but rather than go inside we chose to sit in the garage and have a dance party to all the cool jams!

Ordering Frames....

REMINDER!!!

We are placing the order for all the frames tomorrow. PLEASE get the details of your order and email me your final choices.

Thanks!

A MUST HAVE!!!!

My sister-in-law has a whole sale account with this picture frame company. They are absolutely adorable and I am wanting to place an order, BUT the only problem is for wholesale orders they require a minimum order of $350.00. And although I would love to place that order on my own,

I am pretty sure my husband would have a heart attack!

So, I am opening up the offer to any of you that would like to purchase these frames at the wholesale price. Its a great deal compares to all the boutique prices out there.

Here is the website:

http://www.obrienschridde.com/

Browse through the website and then email me for the price list. Its not allowing me to copy and past into this page - so I will have to email you the prices.

mccallrandall@gmail.com

If you are interested, let me know! We set up a pay pal account for everyone to pay through so we don't have to mail or meet up to get checks... Anyways, take a look and get back to me. We will be placing the order April 1st.

Luck Of The Irish...

When I was a little girl my mom always made St. Patrick's Day very special. Green breakfast, freckles, green clothes, green lunch, and of course the day ended with an Irish dinner. My great grandfather is Irish and if you know my family you know we are all very proud of our heritage! So of course, the traditions that my mom did with us, I have willingly carried on with our family.

The night before we made a leprechaun hat trap!
*Thank you Jessie for supplying me with the idea and the oatmeal can. What would I do with out my favorite neighbor!?! We set the trap and en-twined green string everywhere hoping he might get stuck! Unfortunately when we woke up, the leprechaun was no where to be found - but lots of yummy treats replaced his tiny little green body. Jackson. Clara. Keagan (our neighbor... that most days is part of the family)Jackson and Clara. This was the one and only shot I could get of these two little green kids. The weather was beautiful and they were anxious to get out and enjoy it!Later that day we made a trip to Costco. Feeling the "holiday" spirit, I caved and we walked out with a frozen yogurt and churro. The goods were well worth the messy faces and sticky hands. Jackson was messing around in the car. Of course his playing is finished off with....Clara pulling his hair. If only he could remember the same obsession he had of pulling his cousins hair...?

Well... I have to admit... our day did not end with our traditional Irish dinner. We had the corned beef and cabbage on Sunday and since the Leprechaun left us the Lucky Charms we decided to eat that for breakfast and I was going to do the green breakfast for dinner. But when Scott got home he told me the green food coloring kind of grosses him out... well great! What was I supposed to do? I left dinner up to him and went to the gym. Ha (oops, sorry mom, please don't judge). *oh - and his dinner was hot dogs.

Hair Clips?

So I am on the search for some new hair clips for Clara. I have looked on Etsy... and there are some adorable ones... but each place I buy from I have to pay shipping from... my total just about doubled because I wanted only one clip per store.

Does anyone know a place I can go that has a good selection and decent prices? I would love to not pay shipping at all - so if there is a place close by, please shout it out!

anxious for spring...

i want to wear a t-shirt with out a coat.

i want to play outside with clara at the park.

i want to swim in the pool.

i want to throw away our winter clothes.

i want to go on a walk and actually sweat because its hot, and not because i am working hard.

i want to open our windows.

i want to wear flip-flops.

i want to drive with my windows down.

i want to go on a hike.

i want to eat ice cream with out getting the chills.

i want to turn my heat OFF.

i want to see flowers bloom.

i want to sweat.

i want the sun.

i want spring.

I KNOW... I WANT WANT WANT. WHAT CAN I SAY, I AM A SELFISH GIRL.

Happy Birthday Jackson!

My Jackson turned....

4 YEARS OLD ! ! !

My very talented sister designed this invite for his b-day party... I know a Super Hero party, so suprising right? I asked Jackson the day before his birthday what he wanted for breakfast, out of everything I suggested, he chose...

DONUTS -- BLUEBERRIES -- ORANGE JUICE

So first thing in the morning we all went to the grocery store, in our pj's (which he thought was pretty cool), and picked out donuts (his happened to be a sugar cookie... for breakfast... whatever its his birthday), he got his blueberries, and OJ.

Here is the Birthday Boy, ready to get breakfast!

I took on the challenge of making the cake for his birthday this year. I decided to try making fondant. It turned out much better than I had expected... I was pretty sure I would end up purchasing a cake from Costco the morning of - but I suprised myself, and I think everyone else for that matter.
His party was at CHUCK E. CHEESE... for all you moms that hate the chaos, the kids, and the idea all together - so sorry - but we loved this place! It was our first time, and I am sure we will be going back in the future.

It could not have been a better place to throw his 4 years old super hero party.

Alot of the boys dressed up. Jack stayed in his shirt that we had given him that morning, I guess it was "cool enough".

He has sooo many good friends here. The attendees:

Brendan, Keagan, Kevin, Nixon, Dash, AJ, Andrew

*I think it will be just as hard to say goodbye to his buddies as it will to say goodbye to mine, when we leave for school this fall.

Jack is not much of spotlight person. So when they did the whole "chuck e. birthday performance" (which by the way was pretty lame), he was a little uncomfortable. The rat/mouse wanted Jack to dance with him - he looked back at Scott like, Daddy please don't make me do this.

Although the crown and medal made it all worth it!

Birthday kids with Chuck E. (Is that his name?)

Loving the rides.

Clara loved it too. This jeep was a favorite.

The party lasted 90 minutes. Although we stayed for 3.5 hours! Jacks friend Nixon and his dad Morgan, stayed and played around for a while too. Dads are always boys at heart - especially when it comes to playing with their boys.

Finally at home - I was able to get a picture with my birthday boy!

And of course, Father & Son.

His birthday could not have been a more fun day. I don't know who was more excited at the end of the day - Jackson or me! We had so much fun, and the chaos at Chuck E. Cheese on a Saturday at 2:00 in the afternoon was well worth the smiles that I saw on every little boys face! Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of Jack with my family or Kristen... but it was so fun to have them all there to support Jackson on his special day.

Happy Birthday to the sweetest most sensitive boy that I know. I love you Jack.