Tubing at Solider Hollow :)

Last week my mom came into town! OH MY, it was so much fun! I was so excited my mom was coming, in anticipation for weeks, I would walk by the guest bedroom and smile knowing she was going to be staying in that room soon! When my mom came we partied hard! We ate lots, went out and did lots of fun things and even went sledding at Solider Hollow in Midway! This was probably the highlight of the trip! It was such a nice day out, we ended up shoving our jackets in our tubes! It was the best! The snow was a little slushy, so you had to get a running start to make it all the way to the end of the runway! I do love the tow rope! Its nice because you dont have to walk up the sledding hill! Here are some pictures from our adventure!

Tuna did his own blog post on his blog about his experience sledding at solider hollow. He even through in some awesome pictures of him sledding not pictured on my blog:) You can find his post HERE.

something I found on my phone

I was going through photos on my phone and came across this video. Jake clams he did not make it and Tuna did it all by himself.

Happy Easter

Easter Sunday was great! Tuna wanted to wear his bunny costume all day. I dont think he will take it off for at least a month. He loves wearing costumes. I let him do it because I think he looks really cute as a bunny or whatever he chooses to be.

At church, Jake and I got to say the opening and closing prayer in Sacrament meeting. We even sung in the choir, and then taught Sunday School. It was a big day at church, but fun!

We ate Easter dinner at Jakes parents house. I got to make a fruit salad to take over.

Dinner at Jakes parents.

Skyler, Devon, Spencer, and Liz. Some of Jakes cousins.

Uncle Doug, Dylan, Cameron

Mama Harris, Aunt Christi! It was a great dinner and fun time hanging out with the family.

Sadly, we got home a little late and didn't get to dye eggs on easter, but we did get to dye easter eggs on Monday evening. Getting everything ready to dye!

 Jake writing a secret message on his egg.

 Tuna getting ready to dye his egg.

 Jakes secret message was discovered!

 Remember when Jake dropped his egg and splattered pink dye all over? It was funny, and kinda cute.

The pink dye got on Tuna. Thank goodness for stain remover :)

 This was my favorite egg I made. We ate tons of starburst jelly beans while we made eggs.

I think you can kinda tell we lost interest in dipping eggs after cleaning up the mess from the egg dye. Its ok though. We still had a blast!

 Time to put away all the easter decorations. I forgot to take pictures of all of them, but heres the table. It was a great easter!

Bow Ties!

Ever since Jake and I have been married, he has been asking me to make him some bow ties.....that was over a year ago since the first asking of this task...and I just now got around to it! Well, I am glad I did, because they turned out so cute! I am so excited for Jake to start wearing some cute bow ties! I always love when he is a little more dressed up for the day, but not too dressy, so a bow tie is perfect!

 Tuna wanted his own bow tie to. I thought that was a great idea, so we made him one!

A few bow ties down...more to get sewing.....

Tuna goes in the washer

Tuna decided since Thanksgiving is coming up he would take a bath! I think that was a good choice!

Jake brushed Tunas hair.

Tuna looks so handsome!

Happy Holidays! Thanksgiving is wonderful! I am so grateful for so many things, but especially today a washer and dryer to get Tuna looking so good :)

Tunas Halloween Costume!

This year for Halloween Jake and I are being pumpkins, and Tuna wanted a pumpkin Halloween costume too! Since I couldn't find one his size anywhere Jake had the great idea that we should make him and his girlfriend Shi Shi one. I think they are both super cute pumpkins! I am getting way excited for Halloween! I can't believe October is almost over! Happened way to fast! Here are some pictures of Tuna modeling his outfit.

Tunas Birthday!

Today was the best day EVER! We got to celebrate Tunas birthday! We didnt realize we missed it June 6th so we had to make up for it! Good thing he didnt even know it was his birthday! So he choose a banana themed party! Yellow it is!

To prepare for the party, Monday Jake and Tuna played rhinestone powers. Tuna became a rhinestone ninja.

                                         While the boys did that I got to make Tuna a party hat!

Then we went grocery shopping to get some stuff to make yummy food! Hopefully it turns out!

The turtles were so excited about Tunas birthday they were jumping on and off the dock!

This morning, woke up bright and early and got everything ready for Tunas party!

Sparkle cupcakes in monkey paper tins! Putting buttermilk in cupcakes make them so good. and I cant stop eating them! Good thing there is 24.

Then Tuna picked out center pieces and placemats for the table! Good choices!

For dinner we did home style cafe rio but a bit different. Cilantro lime pineapple rice.

Homemade pico, guacamole and black beans and cilantro lime ranch dressing!

The finished product with homemade sweet pork and tortillas with cheese melted on them on the bottom! I was surprised that I made something yummy! I am still learning to cook! I got all the recipes from a new cookbook that my Aunt Christi gave me for graduation called "Our Favorite Bites." It is fabouls and easy to follow! They have the book at Costco! I would recommend getting it!

After a yummy dinner, it was time for presents! Tuna was so excited about them! He loves presents!

Look at this awesome present from Aunt Megan! She knows Tuna so well! She really put alot of thought into this gift. She knew Jake loves to skate board and so she thought Tuna should have his own skateboard so they can have some father son bonding time at the skate park. Also she knows Tunas obsession with Stacey. So she bought him a journal, with a lock so no one can read his secret thoughts about her. Thanks Aunt Megan! You are the best!

Aunt Stacey got Tuney some money (because she knows Tuna takes mine and gets things he is supposed to use his allowance for) an awesome b-day hat and a pooh-bear number one ribbon! Tuna pinned on his #1 Ribbon to him with his Batman pin from Megan's Card. That was cool. Thanks Aunt Stacey! I love you!

Then Jake helped Tuna open his next present.

Tunas favorite Pokemon Nee Nee! He loves her popcorn tail! This is what Jake ordered from China because they do not make Nee Nee in the U.S.A. We also got Tuna a sleeping bag his size for when we go camping but we forgot to get a picture of it!

Here we are laughing! And Tuna let me wear his new hat.

Since I am the worst at Birthdays we also celebrated Megan's belated birthday, Stacey's soon to be birthday and Emily's far away birthday! It was fun!

Here we all are having fun talks around the dinner table! Emily, Megan, Staceypants, Me. Thanks girls for a great time! (also, Stacey I am honored you ate the pork! It made my night! You are the best!) This was a blast!

After the party was over it was time to say our goodbyes and take down the banana party door! Thanks everyone for an awesome birthday! Tuna loved his 11th birthday!

We found at a candy store all banana runts and got a bunch of them. Jake cant stop eating them! They are kinda tasty when there are no other runts to pick from!

Thanks everyone for a great time! Tuna loves you!