• Christiansen Wedding Cake

    Our R.S. President’s son got married over the weekend. She asked me to make the cake for them.  This is the final result! 🙂 I just got an email from her this morning…

  • Would You Like a Spot of Tea?

    Alayna cooked up a fun idea the other day. She started making invitations (and I’m really sad I didn’t get a picture of them…they were cute) for a few of her friends inviting…

  • Eli’s Academic Night

    It’s a busy week for this guy! Eli had his Golden Scholars-Academic Night tonight. This is the 2nd year in a row he’s earned this award! He’s a smarty pants!! 🙂  We are…

  • You Had a Birthday Shout Hooray!!!

     Eli had a birthday! He’s not this cute little trouble-maker anymore! ;P  Boy he was adorable!  Eli is now 11 years old and is quickly becoming a young man. He will be an…

  • The Easter Pageant!

    I love Easter! We’ve been doing our traditional 30 Day Easter Countdown and to add to the Spirit we went to the Mesa Temple Easter Pageant. Last year was our first year in…

  • Daddy Daughter Dance!!

    I just said good-bye to Alayna and Jared as they left for the Daddy Daughter Luau Dance!! Alayna has been giddy all week. She LOVES her Daddy so much and adores spending one…

  • The King!

    It’s that time of year again….Pinewood Derby!!!  This is the last pinewood derby car Jared & our boys will make. I think everyone gave a sigh of relief with this news at the…

  • Desert Botanical Garden

    Alayna and her class went on a fieldtrip to the Desert Botanical Garden yesterday, and I was lucky enough to go and be a chaperone. I feel very blessed that I am able…

  • Cutie Patootie!

    Miss Alayna is becoming a young lady and is starting to voice her opinions about her ‘style’. 🙂 This year she has cut her hair…a lot! We’ve always kept it pretty long. About…

  • Abracadabra!

    Eli had is final Chorus Concert tonight! The theme was based off of Harry Potter. The kids worked hard. There were a lot of solos by the 6th graders and dance moves by…