what are you doing today?

happy earth day!!! click here for a few fun things to do... plus for a disney earth day click here ...disney is going to plant a tree for every person that sees this movie the rest of this week!!!

...and... i want this shirt... made from recycled plastic bottles...

we already miss him...

it has only been hours... but we are counting down the days... 87 more left... we miss him very much!!! good thing he is the tough one!!!

...love you

...miss you

...cant wait to see you and hear your voice again...

ssshhhhh.... dont tell....

for christmas my parents gave everyone a "fondos para disneylandia" (disneyland funds) money counter... so that whenever you have change you can save for disneyland in hopes that we would could go sometime this year.... well.... while living in mexico we saved all our american change in one big baggy... so when we got this money counter we started putting all the change in and before we knew it we had.... well.... lets just say a lot.... because guess where we are heading as soon as i am done typing.... you guessed it...

.... but.... ssssshhhhhh.... we are totally surprising my brother... you know how you get into disneyland for free on your birthday.... well, brandons bday is tomorrow so we are all going... he has no idea...

.... we are so excited to take jones... and to be able to spend such a fun weekend together right before brent leaves for boot camp...

(for those of you that dont know... he sprained his ankle really bad and had to stay home for two extra weeks, he leaves monday)

the tradition pushes on...

a long time ago... grandma and grandpa clark were helping my family move from utah to arizona... and i was just a little girl... grandpa had these funny cookies... and you know how little kids are for cookies... so i asked, "can i try one of those?" .... little did i know that those cookies would become one of my favorites and that we would always joke about the first time i tried the cookie that is more than just a cookie... fig newtons....

just recently grandpa and i were talking about this while they came to visit and he reminded me that i must carry on tradition and that jones must soon try these delicious little cookies in hopes that he too would love them....

... well... that day came just last week and i am proud to announce that jones too is in love!

to a life time of memories..... we love you fig newtons!

what is this you ask???

it is a picture of a party.... but not just any party a pijama party!!!

jones just had two molars break through and to celebrate we bought new pjs... dont you wish you just got new teeth???!!!

... he was so strong and tough... poor thing... we just thought that he was stilling getting over being sick... but then they appeared... not just one... but two teeth... yeah for easier chewing!!!

happy easter...

happy easter... the pixxy stixxs were a hit...

i am writing these words this afternoon not to recieve sympathies but to give thanks... while our little family of three lie in bed sick... each one of us with different symptoms... we feel the pain of sickness... and i cant help but think of HIM, especially on this day... our ELDER BROTHER... who died for us... who gave us HIS all that we may live again... i cant help but think of the pain that HE suffered... that the pain i am suffering is nothing in comparison to what HE went through and endured... to sum it up... i hope that we all remember HIM... our ELDER BROTHER... our SAVIOR... on this day... the happiness that we can all feel and celebrate because of the knowledge that HE lives and that we may also live again... that "His peace fills our hearts and eases our minds. Jesus is in very deed “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6)." (www.lds.org) thank you....

as we woke up this morning we found a trail of chocolate eggs outside our door... what a sweetheart my brother is...

jones loved picking up the "balls" and finding a bunny at the end... thank you alex... that was so thoughtful!!!

easter traditions...

brents family got together early friday morning to visit the grave site of his grandma lunt... although i never had the chance to meet her before she passed away, i know how wonderful a woman she was because of the reverence that is present whenever she is spoken of...

then we went to a park, ate breakfast and had an easter egg hunt...

jones had so much fun with aunt rachel finding eggs... and then eating the chocolates inside...

sprinkles...

while the boys were at the priesthood session of conference my mom, jones and i went to sprinkles cupcakes... yummy!

cupcakes are one of my most favorite desserts... although expensive... $3.25 per cupcake... these cupcakes were so yummy! my favorite was the dark chocolate cupcake... we also tried the vanilla milk chocolate... peanut butter chocolate... red velvet... and brown sugar praline... they did not last long...