Merrill Family

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Daddy helped his girls make a Leprechaun Trap. They didn't catch a Leprechaun, but they woke up and found green footprints all over the floor and gold chocolate coins trailed around....
They were ecstatic!!!

......and then they found that he got into our fridge and turned the milk green!
And our breakfast was a rainbow, fruit and pancakes!

Charlotte said she found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow,
a yummy fun breakfast!

And then a "Clover Casserole" for Dinner!
This Leprechaun got a little carried away on our food, but the kids loved it!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY CHARLOTTE!


Hoot n' Nanny for her Birthday Breakfast!
Good Morning Birthday Girl!
We spent the whole day together, just Charlotte and Mommy!
She got a manicure for her birthday and she picked Sparkly Green!

We had so much fun sharing a lunch together with her class.
I got to sit at a table with all her friends!

I loved just spending the whole day with her
and watching her learn and participate in her class.

Her good friends, AJ and Hayley
(I even learned that lots of boys have a crush on her!)


Charlotte's Rapunzel Cake!
(She calls Rapunzel the princess with the long long long long hair
and now she wants to grow her hair long!)
I thought it was fun that she asked for a pajama party, so everyone came in pajamas!
She had a wonderful 7th Birthday!!!!

Busy Week.......

SNOWBOARDING!!!!!!!
I went as a leader with the Laurels. I had such a great time, but am paying for it after.
I always forget about all the muscles I use and the amount of times I fall on my tailbone
Caroline and I got to go see Austin and Jon.
Austin had Hernia Surgery, so we got to spend the day with him. We only got to see Jon when we got Austin, but Caroline was so cute how excited she got to see her big brothers!
It was hard to say good bye to my boys again when I dropped Austin back off at AZPC.
His surgery went well and we had such a special day together.
I love my sons and can't wait until they graduate, so they can come back home!
They are doing so well and we are so proud of them!


Kalicia's and Mommy's trip together!
......Waiting to board the plane to Utah!

Kalicia got to go hang out in the cockpit of the airplane and meet the pilots!
She was so amazed by everything and everyone thought she was so cute!
Kalicia's 1st time on the Airplane!!!!!
She was excited and nervous all at once.
(she kept tightening her seatbelt)
Watching her excitement as the plane left the ground was so magical.
She was in such awe.....

We went to Utah to help our friend, Natalie, just after she had a baby and surgery.
What a cute little family she has!
Kalicia was such a good helper entertaining Colton, while mom helped Natalie.
.....And she learned she loves trains and now she wants to save her money for a train set.

She loved all the "Mommy time" ~Just her and I for a whole week!

We went to Eager for Daycee's Baptism.......
Charlotte and Kalicia were so excited about their cousin, Daycee, getting baptized!

In the midst of winter,
we are enjoying "spring" in our Greenhouse!

Kalicia was excited about the baby oranges growing
and she loves going out to pick strawberries so we can make fruit smoothies!

Happy Birthday to Mommy!!! 32 years and I found 5 gray hairs!!!



Happy Valentine's Day!
The kids always look forward to waking up Valentine's morning!
The girls enjoyed their cookies before I got a chance to take pictures!
I guess that's proof that they love the yummy tradition!
My boys were worried about getting their Valentine from mom. So I took pictures and mailed pictures of their cookies to them and told them I would save their cookies in the freezer.
They were thrilled!