Gymnastics and Mac & Cheese

I would just like to call some attention to my little brother, Steven. On Saturday he competed in the State Competition for gymnatstics for tumbling and tramp. He took FIRST place for both events in his level. Next stop, Regionals, and then Nationals. Last year he took second place at Nationals for his level! He's pretty amazing. It's so cool to watch him flip and twist the whole way and then stick his landing. My parents camera didn't have any battery, so as soon as Steve's girlfriend emails me pictures, I'll do a follow-up post.

Now for the Mac and Cheese.

We bought some caselot boxes of Mac & Cheese recently, and they have become quite the entertainment. That was the Mac & Cheese Train...

Mac & Cheese Dominos....

and Towers O' Mac & Cheese.

Who knew Mac & Cheese could be so fun? And yet another bonus to buying food storage.

The End is Near

Some of you may know that is almost time for finals at UVSC. We sure do! Kev has worked so hard this semester at all his classes, but particularly at Anatomy. This class is a true kick in the pants. I am ready for it to be over and I didn't even endure the hour on end in class, more hours in the lab, late nights at open lab and an average of five test a week. And now it is almost over. Saturday is the lab final, which the mid-term was two solid hours in the lab naming everything they'd learned to that point on the body, so the final is sure to be a doozy(sp?)! Then Monday is the class final. We will let you all know if Kev actually survives all of this, plus the finals for his other classes. He's been so great with it all. It's no secret that it has been a LONG semester, but he still manages to come home happy and be a great dad to the boys and help me with dinner and cleaning the house. Too bad that after he finishes this semester, he starts summer with only a six-day break. Good luck Kev and all of you out there that go through this!

ABC... Marie tagged me!

A- Attatched or single- Very attatched!
B- Best friend?- Kev, who I am attatched to!
C- Cake or Pie- Mmmm, Coconut Cream pie with graham cracker crust, but I like cake too
D-Day of Choice- Any weekend day, more time with Kev
E- Essential Item- Chapstick, I think I am addicted
F- Favorite Color- to wear: black,maybe pink in the world: yellow
G- Gummi Bears or Worms- bears
H- Hometown- Orem, UT
I- Indulgence- Pedicures!
J- January or July- no contest- July!
K- Kids- two hilarious, busy boys Ty and Jordan
L- Life is incomplete without... Kev, Ty and Jordo and I really like having the rest of my fam and friends around too
M- Marraige Date- December 17, 2003
N- Number of Siblings- 7: Pam, Jim, Dave, Rico, Todd, Steve and Matt
O- Oranges or Apples- Oranges, if someone else peels them for me (I'm with you Megs)
P-Phobias or Fears- Alligators and Crocs, many disturbing dreams have brought this upon me
Q- Quote- sooo many- "It will all be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end."
R-Reason to smile- conversations with my little Ty and Jordo's two-teeth cheeser!
S- Season- spring is perfect, but I love summer swim time too
T-Tag Seven- Pam, Jenny, Rachel, Trina, Heather, Melissa, Karin
U-Unknown fact about me- I've had kidney stones and they were surgically removed on our two-year anniversary
V-Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal- I'm not quite like my brothers, my I do like meat
W-Worst Habit- complete indecisiveness
X- X-Ray or Ultrasound- Ultrasound
Y-Your favorite food- not even going to try to narrow this one down, I love food.
Z-Zodiac- Scorpio

St. Paddy's and Easter Catch up

It totally threw me off this year to have St. Patrick's Day and Easter back to back. I was curious, who decides that any ways? This might be something everyone knows, but I don't. Who decides when the holidays are? Help me out on this would you?

Get ready, this post is a long one!

Sorry that the picture is the wrong way. I bet everyone else had a lovely green meal on the 17th too. It was a lot of fun for us since this year Ty knows his colors and he caught on to the idea. Now everytime I put anything in a green cup he says, "Happy Patrick's Day Mom!" We took a big green basket to Kev at work, which was a lot of fun, and we were all very festive in our choice, or better said, my choice, of clothes. And my dad can just deal with it. He told me the only thing he was going to do on that day was avoid all green. He's such a party pooper. I cooked dinner for them that night and they got a wonderfully green spread as well, so I forced him to have be a little green.Ty had way too many egg hunts this year. This was the ward one, with eggs everywhere! When they first said go, Ty took off and then his little friend was right behind him. Ty thought Mason was chasing him, so he kept running. He didn't stop for anything, not eggs and not candy. Finally we got his attention and told him to stop and grab some eggs, and then we couldn't get him to stop. He loved it.

Even Jordan got in on some of the action.

Next we went to Grandma and Grandpa Shaw's neighborhood hunt. This is what the boys did while they waited for the eggs to be hidden. For Jordo, this may have been the highlight of the day.

The boys enjoying their loot!

Last stop on Saturday was Grandma and Granpa Naylors. GG Naylor to Ty and Jordo (Great-Grandparents). These are Kev's mom's parents and they do a candy extravaganza every year in their back yard. Little Easter candy's everywhere and all the kids collect all they can.

Easter morning Ty had golf clubs waiting for him. For those of you that have seen him golf, he does pretty good for a two year old and his last set broke. We were waiting for the summer stuff to come out so we could get him some more. When he saw the stuff on the couch he stopped and said, "What is it Mom?" He's such a funny kid.

Jordo got a couple of balls so he can keep up with his brother. Ty was trying to sneak in on that too.

Hopefully everyone's Easter was as great as ours, even though it was a bit early this year.

AAAHHH! Sick again!

That's not aahh as in a sigh, that's AAAHHH as in it makes my crazy! Just when the weather starts to warm up and it looks like we are in the clear, my boys are sick again! They both got the gross nose and little cough. They are good to still be happy and play, but it is enough that don't sleep good and their little noses get sore from wiping them so much. I know all you parents know exactly what I am talking about and have been there, done that, but when you are in the thick of it, it seems like it will always be this way.
Oh well. Here's hoping they get over it quick and the warmer weather helps clear out some of the germs and bugs that are going around.