Eye Appt.

We have the best eye doctor (and next door neighbor) in the world! Talbie has needed to wear glasses since she was 4 yrs old. She started wearing contacts a couple of years ago so we don't see her in her glasses very often. I think they're so cute.

Since she's getting older, her eyes have really improved and her left eye is just about perfect. She wears the lowest strength contact in that eye now. I don't think there will be much hope for her right eye and she will always need help with it, but it's nice to know she's seeing better. I've even noticed that she can read and see pretty well without them in so she's not completely "blind" anymore!

"Newsies"

Talbie had her last choir concert of the year. She LOVES to sing and is quite good at it too! They dressed up like "Newsies" because the last song they performed was "Seize the Day!" Great job, Talbie!

"Spring Fling"

Maddie and her group of friends had a great time at "Spring Fling" this weekend. The theme was "Broadway" but instead of dressing up like a character, they made "I {heart} NY shirts (only they substituted the NY with the initials of their dates.)

I don't know why she has those glasses on? In some of the pictures they are wearing glasses but Maddie chose to wear them in all the pictures!

Happy Mother's Day

Early Mother's Day

I couldn't post this with the earlier post about the stitched hand-prints I made for Brittany because I had a little more self control and I waited to give my mom her Mother's Day present. My dad took us all to the "Brick Oven" for lunch today and we decided to give her our gifts then.

This was a little more difficult to make than the embroidery hoops. Also, it was a little more difficult getting the hand prints. I called my sister-in-law, Caleen in Texas and she mailed me Markelle, Chase, Aiden, and Ember's. Cody and Kali also had to mail Ally's to me because they live in Sandy. I loved how it turned out and it freezes time a little bit to see how the grandkids have grown.

Grandma getting ready to open the present.

She liked it :)

Brittany gave her a beautiful necklace and a priceless frame with all 4 of her boy's blessing pictures in it.

The beautiful flowers Cody and Kali gave her.

Cody and Ally - I post this picture to show you Bronson. Notice Logan in the above pictures too. These boys live with headphones in their ears. I had to get mad at Bronson and make him put them away and socialize!

Happy Mother's Day, Mom. We sure love you!

"Miss Siagon"

Last night Dave and I went to see "Miss Siagon" in Salt Lake with Brittany and Jared. We had such a great time together! Dave and I hadn't been out on a "real" date in forever and this was Brittany and Jared's first outing without Boston. Our friend Natalie Hill is starring in this show as "Ellen." Natalie grew up a couple of houses down from ours when we were young. She has been starring in "Grease" on Broadway but the show just closed and she came home to do "Miss Siagon." It was a great show!

Before the show we went to the Cheesecake Factory. So yummy. We rolled out of there very full and happy.Dave and I - below is a picture of Dave trying to eat his giant hamburger! He actually didn't have any trouble finishing it!

Dave and Jared refuse to act normal for a picture!!!

Natalie didn't know we were coming but we saw her mom and dad before the show started so we got to meet up with her after the show for a picture :)

Birthday in the Canyon

On Monday we headed up Provo Canyon to help Aunt Sandy celebrate Alisa's birthday. We met at this beautiful park past Vivian Park and built a fire, hiked up the trails, watched the raging river, and ate delicious food. Thanks for inviting us guys!

Aunt Sandy and Maddie decorating the bday cake

Robert and Alisa. Robert forgot to tell Alisa to dress warmly so they had to turn around and change!

My two little scouts getting the fire started

Roasting our hot dogs and marshmallows. Some got roasted more than others!

Mother's Day Ideas

I made these cute hand prints for Brittany for Mother's Day. They turned out so cute because her kids have the perfect hand shapes right now with their ages. Brock's hand (who is 10) is actually quite a bit bigger than my hand. I liked them so much I gave them to her early. That's why I can post them and not spoil anything!

"WICKED"

Last night Talbie and I were finally able to go see "Wicked!" Talbie got the tickets for Christmas and it's been a long wait for her. We couldn't believe it when the day finally arrived.

As we were driving to Capitol Theatre downtown, we were behind the "Weiner Mobile". So strange - but we had to get a picture. I wish we could have gotten a picture of it from the side. Oh well.

Here we are outside the theater waiting to go in.

Talbie bought a cute shirt. It's not the one she's wearing. I got that one when I saw it in New York a couple of years ago. Luckily I bought the wrong size and I never really wore it. She has loved it more that I ever did. The shirt Talbie got was purple. I should have gotten a picture of it!

We had amazing seats. The best seats I've ever had at that theatre.

Here you can see Talbie and you can see our seats on the front row of the 2nd level. What a view!

We had a wonderful time and Talbie soaked in every second of it. She is a true "Broadway" fan and is looking forward to her next show!

We're Off To See the Wizard!

The day Talbie and I have been waiting for since Christmas has arrived!! We'll post pictures tomorrow :)