Butterfies!

For Easter my mom gave Makenna a Butterfly Garden. You send away for caterpillars that come in the mail and you watch them grow until they form a cocoon and eventually turn into butterfies! It was so fun to watch them grow! After they had turned into butterflies we decided to let them go in the garden! Makenna held one of them on her finger for a long time before it finally flew away!

Pre-School

Makenna is an official pre-school graduate! Kindergarten, here she comes and she couldn't be more excited! Here are a few pictures of Makenna and her pre-school friends at a few of the field trips we had throughout the year (at least the ones where I remembered to bring my camera).

Makenna on graduation day!

We went to Cabella's for one of our field trips.

Makenna had fun at the shooting range at Cabella's

We also had a field trip at the brand new Herriman fire station. It was pretty cool and the kids loved it.

This firefighter took us on a tour and showed us the fire pole. Pretty cool!

A tour of the fire engine.

They each got a turn to sit inside.

The kids were so fascinated in everything they saw!

Mothers Day

For Mother's Day, Dallin and Makenna got me this fun outdoor lounge chair and side table. I walked out of my room that morning and it looked like a picture out of a magazine so I had to snap a picture. Thanks Dallin and Makenna for a great Mother's Day!

Easter

Here are some pictures of our Easter festivities...

My Mom had her annual Easter Party and served these fun Easter Bunny pancakes and scrambled eggs.

Makenna playing some Easter games with her cousins.

Searching for eggs at Grandma's house.

The Easter egg's contained some "Bunny Money" and the kids got to go to Grandma's "store" to buy prises.

Grandma also took them on a treasure hunt and Makenna got her very own Butterfly Garden!

The day before Easter Makenna and I colored Easter eggs.

Makenna got Tangled this year from the Easter Bunny!

Makenna's Easter basket.

The Easter Bunny left some eggs around the house for Makenna.

Makenna's new Easter Dress

My Birthday...

Well it has been almost 3 months since my birthday, but I thought I would post a few pictures anyway! I had a great day. It turned out that Dallin ended up taking the day off of work and played Mr. Mom while I finished up working. He did all my chores including getting Makenna ready and doing her hair. Later he sent me shopping while he and Makenna got my "party" ready. I came home and they surprised me with a pizza party and a new bike!

The Big 3-0!!

Exactly one month ago my handsome hubby turned 30! Makenna really wanted to surprise him so we decorated the house and had a little surprise party when he got home from work. Afterwards we went to Cafe Rio (Dallin's all time favorite place to eat) for dinner where I had all of Dallin's friends meet us there to help celebrate his birthday. I think he was quite surprised to see them all there. Happy Birthday Dallin!

Dallin with his "surprised" expression on his face!

We got Dallin a GPS Navigation system for his birthday!

Christmas Festivities (Better late than never)

I finally found the chord to my camera so it's about time I post some pictures of Christmas! We had a fun Christmas this year...

We took a trip town to Temple Square to see the lights...

We had a Christmas party at Grandma Price's house and Santa showed up. Here is Makenna telling him what she wants for Christmas.

Makenna got another pillow pet from Grandma Price. This time a lady bug. This is Makenna and her cousin Kailey.

We had another Christmas party at Grandma Ballard's house. This is our nativity story with all the cousins dressed up. Makenna was Mary, Matt was Joseph, Maren was the Angel, Kaylee was baby Jesus, and Collin...the pet dog!

They fished for presents...

and got spoiled with lots of presents.

Christmas morning!! Makenna got a new doll house from Santa...

Makenna opening her stocking.

Makenna opening presents from Santa. She got her doll house, barbies, barbie clothes, polly pockets, zhu zhu pet, and other fun stuff.

Every year around Christmas time we get together with all of our High School friends. This year we had everyone over to our house. We had everyone bring a dish from around the world. We ended up having Brazilian food, Venezuelan food, Thai food, Australian food, Mexican food, and American food. Everything turned out so yummy!

We played a little rock band and had a present exchange. It was a lot of fun!

Here is a picture of "The Guys". It's fun to still be able to get together with our friends and have a good time!