Easter Fun

I better not procrastinate any longer or it will be way too late to even put my Easter pictures on. We had Brielle for a few days before Easter so we got to take her on an egg hunt. We had to search for one because Fillmore's got canceled due to snow. We rode over to Scipio and joined in on theirs. It was a lot of fun and Brielle really loved finding the eggs but after about 10 she was finished. Mahala and Nicklaus encouraged her to find a few more, well okay let's just say they found them for her. Who wouldn't want to find more, Scipio has the best egg hunt ever. Brielle (and Mahala and Nicklaus) scored with 8 cans of pop, 4 candy bars and a prize egg where she got to pick out her own toy, on top of all the candy she picked up. Morgan and Kyle made it down late Saturday night but we was able to enjoy everyone on Sunday. Nolan said he didn't get to do anything special for Easter but he was able to watch all of conference. The kids even made an egg in honor of him.

Playing Catch-Up

March 2010

I usually don't have anything to blog about and now that I actually do I have gone and let myself get way behind. I will start on our trip to California. We went to Fresno and spent a few days with Adams family and then we drove over to Gilroy, which is by San Jose, for a golf tourney for Nicklaus. It was at the prettiest course Nicklaus has ever played and trust me he has played many. It was also the hardest. It was a course designed by Johnny Miller and every green was surrounded by the deepest sand traps you have ever seen. It was fun and Nicklaus did okay. He finished 6th which isn't all bad since he hasn't played golf in like 5 months. I LOVE watching Nicklaus play golf.

I have never been to San Fransisco so I asked Adam if we could drive up there for a few hours. I loved it. I thought it was a beautiful city. I loved how the inner city was. I also loved all the houses smooshed up together and their yards that consisted of 1 foot of grass by the front door. I really did think it was a charming city and would LOVE to spend some more time there. We drove across the Golden Gate Bridge which I thought was pretty cool too. We also ate at one of the coolest restaurants ever. It's called Rain Forrest Cafe. It is like the one that is in the movie Mall Cop. It was so sweet. It had these huge aquariums everywhere and then every so often the animals would all come alive "figuratively speaking" and make a bunch of noise. I huge volcanic waterfall was right in the middle and mist was everywhere. The atmosphere more than compensated for the outrageously priced food.

And one last thing, everyone who know me knows what a freak I am about all the cool things that grow in California that we can't grow in Utah. It amazes me that people could have an avocado tree, or almond tree, or lemon tree in their own back yard and yet they don't. If I lived there I would have one of everything. But then I don't have a fruit tree at my house in Utah either. I loved the drive from Fresno to Gilroy. You pass miles and miles of fruit groves and grape fields. I think it is absolutely beautiful. Gilroy is the garlic capital of the world and boy you could sure tell. It was a fun, quick, impromptu trip, which is what you get when you are married to a Britt.

Happiness is.....

I was tagged by Morgan so I thought I would play along.
To me Happiness is....

* A great letter from Nolan on Monday afternoon
* Having a granddaughter whose face just lights up when they see you
*Having my kids get along for more than a few seconds and really enjoy each others company (which doesn't happen very often around my house)
* Having a backyard that actually has a little grass in it
*Knowing that Spring has got to be just around the corner
* Talking to Morgan on the phone at least four times a day
* Watching Nicklaus play golf
* Sunday's after church when every one is together and relaxed
* Homemade bread
* Going to the temple on a date with only my husband
* Going out to eat
* Having a day with no pain
* Watching M*A*S*H reruns
* Beating Adam at any game but mostly Mexican Train
* My family and just doing anything with them.
* Good friends who will just listen to me when they know that I need to vent.

Now I tag Barbara....Sheri D (you have to blog again this week and also Happy Birthday today:)....April.....and Sara S.

The End

After nine long months we can finally say that drill team is over. No more fund raisers, no more early mornings, no more drama, no more service projects. Done! The team ended up taking 2nd at state, which most people would be thrilled for but it was a bit of a heart breaker for the girls. They took state last year and were so looking forward to winning again. Mahala really did learn a lot and she improved a ton this year. I love to watch her dance but I don't know if she will try out for next year or not. She is just starting track so maybe a little time away will help her to make up her mind. The team at State, trying to hide the tears behind the smiles.

"Sally" started out being my favorite dance, but kick ended up being my favorite. At first I hated their costumes but by the end I loved them, all except the sewing the hat on their head every time. Mahala was lucky as a freshman to make every dance this year.

The four freshman this year - Amory * Mahala * McKinnah * Lyndin

Kassidee and Mahala are good friends and they ended up being team sisters this year. The Selgae Spectacular is the final thing for the year. It was fun to see Mahala all dressed up in a fancy dress. I think she kind of liked it too. Granny, Morgan, Brielle, and Grandpa Spencer came down to watch her dance. And for all those who are not from Fillmore and are wondering what the heck a Selgae is, it is Eagles spelled backwards. I always thought it sounded like some sort of booger or fungus or something. Now you know.

Fun With Brielle

Okay I could see if I had fun little kids around all the time that I would be a much better blogger. I told Morgan that Brielle did about 100 things yesterday that about cracked me up. BUT I have to share this one. I was sitting at the computer reading Nolans letter and I had my camera right there by me and Brielle was sitting on the arm of my big chair right by the side of me and she started saying "oweeee, oweeee"(she loves to carry the E extra long) Anyways I looked to see what had happened and she was busy digging in between her toes. I had put her on a new pair of white socks that morning and between every toes she had the dreaded "Toe Jam" Every time she would go to a new toe and find more she claimed another owie. I mean this girl was serious. She really got into digging things out. At one point she tried sampling a little taste of the toe jam but I hurried and got it out before she found out she might have a liking for it.

















On one more note, it is so fun to do little girls hair again and YES Brielle is finally getting enough to do. It is still super curly in back and when you get it wet it curls up really tight. She is pretty good about letting me play with it as long as you have Dora on the TV in front of her. I love little girls and especially this one.

Happy Valentines Day

Yesterday Kyle and Morgan brought Brielle down for a couple of days while they work on their house. It was the best Valentines Day Present ever. She is so fun but also very busy. I am glad I have Nickaus and Mahala here today to to help me. She loves "Hayee" so much and for the life of me I can't figure out why because Mahala is constantly bugging her. Brielle loves everyone now and in a way that makes me kinda happy, kinda sad because for the longest time she was just my girl. Oh well I guess a grammy has to share.We took this picture yesterday so we could send it to Nolan on his email. He isn't going to believe how much Brielle has grown. Now can anyone remind me of how you clean your house with a two year old at your feet. I have forgotten, oh yeah now I remember. My house was never clean.

Better than Christmas

Okay this is how lame I must be and how lame I think January is. I have nothing better to blog about than my recent shopping trip. That's pretty sad if you ask me. I have always hated January and we can now add boredom to the list. I haven't been grocery shopping for over 6 weeks. I mean I would run to the store and grab milk and bread and a few things here and there but mostly we just ate up all the nice food storage that I had been working so hard to build. So I was practically out of everything and they were having good sales finally up north so away I went at 5:30 this morning. I was going to list everything that I got but it was too long so I erased it.This is all the stuff that goes in the fridge or freezer.

This is all the pantry items.
This is the stuff I hate spending money on the most, Cleaning and Personal Care items.

I got enough food to last over a month minus getting more bread and milk. I am scared to tell Adam how much I spent because it was alot. He told me not to worry about it when I told him it was alot but his alot and my alot are very different numbers. I will tell him first that I saved over two hundred and fifty dollars before I tell him how much I spent....Good idea?

Man I will be glad when it is February and I can get over these January Blahs and maybe have something post worthy to write about. But I might add that I have a two year supply of Nutter Butter cookies.