Scrapbooking Cabin (Mormom Moms Gone Wild)

I was so blessed to be able to go scrapbooking with ten other friends at our annual retreat at the cabin. We've been going since 2006 and we all love it. This year we added another night to the trip so we could be there for three nights (April 28-May 1). We had a blast and got a lot of scrapbooking done too. I love these women and feel so grateful for their examples and the ways in which they touch my life. It was so much fun to laugh and be very silly. Here's our top 10 memories!

Top 10 Scrapbook Cabin 2010 Memories

1- Getting caught in a blizzard. It was pretty scary. Bless Bishop Zwahlen's heart for coming to rescue us.

2- All 11 of us braiding our hair and getting the adorable picture above. Lloyd said it looks like "Mormom Moms Gone Wild"

3- Our "food babies." The fathers were mint brownie, scotcheroo, or oreo.

4- Doing step class, the splits, and gymnastics in the kitchen area.

5- Another year of Cafe Rio. We can never have enough Cafe Rio! I should add, we can never have enough diet Pepsi either.

6- "Frozen diapers" - Ashleigh never fully explained this one so we are still wondering.

7- My crush on Paul, aka Tom Selleck

8- Brittany shoveling snow

9- "Nuggets" and "Sizing Up" (I think you had to be there).

10- Lauri reminding us that this is "the last time" for the scrapbooking cabin. We hope not, but we also understand. Me - for some reason I like to stand when I scrapbook!Starla and LauriKathryn and Cindy Stacey and Natalie

Katie, Diana, and Brittany

Katelyn's Braces

On April 19 Katelyn got her braces! She was so excited. She has been such a trooper about them. She rarely complains about them hurting and she meticulously brushes her teeth. Katelyn looks adorable with her new tin grin! BEFOREDURING

AFTER

In about two years, Katelyn will be sporting a whole new smile. Can't wait to see it!

Magic Mountain

I took my girl scout troop to Magic Mountain April 5-7. We had been preparing and looking forward to this trip for about three years. we sold lots of cookies and saved our money so we could go. It was a great time for me, my co-leader and the nine girls (ages 13-15) who came.

Our trip started at the Modesto Amtrak station early on Monday morning.

We took the train to Bakersfield and then we took a bus to Valencia.
In Valencia we took the city bus to our hotel. We were quite the travelers!
On Tuesday we went to Magic Mountain. I have never seen so many roller coasters in my life. Each ride was a little different, but my very favorite was X2. It was so different than any roller coaster i have ever been on. It plays music throughout the ride and it makes for a very unique experience.
It was fun to spend time with Courtney.

We even met the dancing old man from the Six Flags commercials. I think we all enjoyed the trip - the train rides, the Holiday Inn express, going out for pizza, getting a midnight snack at Denny's, and just laughing and being together. Girl scouts can be fun!

Our Easter

Our ward didn't have an egg hunt planned so I decided to organize one at the park. A lot of kids showed up ready to hunt. They still loved finding all the eggs even though it was raining a bit.
Here's my kiddos - Conner, Cameron and Kylie hunted, and Katelyn and Courtney (along with other youth from our ward) hid the eggs.
At home we dyed eggs and each of the kids got an Easter bucket. Since Easter was on General conference this year it was a very relaxing day to spend with the family.