Better Late Than Never!!

I suppose the best place to start is at the top- so here it is:

-Met Clinton Kelley from "What Not to Wear" and yes he is just as fabulous in person as he is on the show. He signed our book and told me he liked my "cute little jeans" -pretty much made my day or week for that matter! Best part is his book is very informative and quite hilarious.....

Me, Lauren, Shelby and Clinton

Clinton and I

Lauren and Shelby promoting his book

-For career week at school Lauren's class held a mini job fair in which each of the students had to choose a career they would like and find out about it; schooling, salary etc. Lauren chose to be a hairstylist and did the research to create this cute board. Other classes in the school came around and they had to talk to them about the career they had chosen.

-That same day(April 28) was also Lauren's 11th birthday. She had me bring Krispy Kreme donuts to her class for her birthday treat. After school she got to open all her presents. Then Grandma Nelson came over and took her shopping at Justice. After that Lauren chose Red Robin for her birthday dinner and I even let her order an Oreo milkshake!

- Jace got his Wolf in Cub Scouts and now he's ready to move up to Bears!!

-Mother's Day was a great day. I wish the kids acted this good every day!! Jace just kept asking me if there was anything he could do to help me. I got lots of cute things that they made at church and school, plus the new wallet I pointed out to them at Target that I wanted. My family came over for dinner that night and the guys took care of all the food and even washed the dishes.

My two crazy kids!!

-Alas, spring 2010 semester is over. It was a quite pleasant semester and got through it with not a single meltdown. I took CADD100 and Art107. These are my final projects:CADD100- upper pic has furniture layout/ lower pic has dimensions


this is the final look with both on a template
BTW for those of you who don't know this is drafting but on the computer. Like it much better than hand drafting!!

I did two finals for my art class, not that I had to but because in case the teacher didn't like one of them she could grade me on the other- I know I'm crazy....just deal!

So this one above was my back up. I named it "He Loves Me" because it looks manly but like a flower with petals. The irony however is that there are two petals left and since it's name is He Loves Me and after picking the petal there will still be one left which means when all is said and done- He Loves Me Not. Yea bet you saw that coming!! Notice the use of complementary colors, illusion of depth in space, rhythm etc.....

This is my original final. I call it "Time Flies" because taping off all of those lines and waiting for the paint to dry in between took FOREVER!! Plus there's that cute little bird. I used complementary colors, rotation, curvilinear lines and I can't even remember what else..... The good news is that I got A's in both classes!!!

-Lauren's friend Kristen had a hobo birthday party. Had to take a few pics of Lauren before she left- note the present wrapped in the trash bag w/ duct tape!! Lauren had fun at the party and even won for best dressed hobo (if that can exist!!)

-Went to a Stars, I mean 51's baseball game. Had a great time- Jace even caught a foul ball!!

-Last but not least our little Jace turned 9 on May 20th. I brought him KFC for lunch at school then brought Drumstick ice creams for him to share with his class. After school he got to open his presents and Jason surprised him with a BBgun- without consulting me of course.

LAME>>>>>

this picture depicts the utter lameness my blog has experienced latey. my mind is backloading five or six worthy posts which i'm hoping to let out soon, very soon. school for me comes to an end this week, perhaps that will clear up some minutes to upgrade this blog from "old and tired" to "fresh and hip"...... let's all keep our fingers crossed......

spring break......

no bedtimes, no worries, no schedules

a bowling outing

good times were a "rollin"

plenty of strikes and a few spares

amazing what the bumpers can do...

Funny story while bowling:

Being the nice aunt that i am, i was helping my nephew jaxon bowl. well he's only two and doesn't really grasp the point of the game yet, so i helped him roll the ball. instead of watching the ball go down the lane, he takes off after it. well guess who has to take off after him to avoid him being crushed by the pin setter upper thing.yes, that would be me. within a split second(i still have good reflexes considering my age)i take off after him. i'm going to now share with you a little known fact: the actual bowling lane is super duper slippery. yes, who would have known. i lose my balance and my arms are flailing, all the while jaxon is still en route after the ball.i regain my wits and my balance and grab jaxon by the shirt. this spectacle all happening in about 26 seconds but was all slow motion to me. meanwhile tiffany, the mother of jaxon, was roaring in laughter and taking pictures.i guess his life was never really in danger with me on the case. it resulted in some good laughing- the kind that involves tears. after all was said and done i learned that you need to really hold on to a two year old when helping them to bowl.

lauren and i made these cute hair clips



saturday morning we stopped in st. george on the way to cedar city and hit a few balls (the mini golf line was way too long)


we planned on spending the weekend at the cabin but 10 inches of snow got dumped up there, so we stayed in cedar with grandma and grandpa robb. there was still snow on the ground in town.

grandpa robb dug out these fabulous hats for the kids to wear. i think he dug way back to nineteen seventy three to get them.

good times playing in the snow

we were there for easter sunday but the easter bunny still found lauren and jace.

sweeeeeeet

took a drive up to woods ranch to check out all the snow




after watching conference and a ham dinner we headed back home. i think we wore jace out.......

Disneyland- again.

In February we took a little trip down to Disneyland- after all we have to put our annual passes to good use. This trip we mixed it up a bit and took along two extra kids, our nephew Sam and niece Abby, which meant Jason and I would be outnumbered. We all had a great time and everyone behaved themselves quite nicely.

Abby

Lauren

Sam, Jace, Abby and Lauren at Sleeping Beauty's castle

riding the cute little car

Sam and Jace ready to ride Thunder Mountain

Whiplashed on Muholland Madness

Lauren and Abby ready to get wet on the rapids

Abby, Lauren and Sam

The Gang at Paradise Pier

Nice glasses!

In the dark on Pirates

Ready to celebrate!

Mickey wearing his party hat

Riding the double decker bus

Lauren and Abby were complimented by the driver for having such good manners

Tarzan's Treehouse

Dessert at California Pizza Kitchen

Nice face Jace!

Ahhhh AhhhAhhh

That's supposed to be the noise Tarzan makes.....

Sam and Abby on Peter Pan

So you see it was a fun little trip for all. Jason said that if we asked a stranger which two kids they thought belonged to us they would most likely pick Sam and Abby over our own. So true!! Can't wait to go back....... maybe next month......