Donuts on a Stick

This morning we woke up to find that we were out of milk. We headed to the grocery store to get some and of course had to peruse the bakery (why must I always check out the bakeries? I think I have a problem.) They had these cute "donut holes on a stick" So we decided to get some and head to the park for a little picnic breakfast. We have a great park by us that is always so crowded. Luckily this early in the morning we had it mostly to ourselves! Pretty fun!

That is one big bite. Can I just say how much I LOVE being the mom of these three great boys. They are my best buddies and I love to spend time with them. I never could have know how much my children would mean to me. I really lucked out.

Palmer chose to eat his "corn on the cob" style.

Then they played their hearts out at the park.

Palmer helps me so much with the boys at the park.

Lincoln found a whistle in his pocket. He blew it to his hearts content and there was nobody to tell him to be quiet. To be honest it didn't even bother me since we were outside.

The boys have so much energy. I figure if we can get it all out during the day, bedtime is a lot better. It usually is.

Palmer showing me how he hits the ball.

Belated Memorial Day

We didn't get to the cemetery on Memorial Day. I was very sad about it but it just didn't happen. I am not a huge fan of crowds either. Today I decided that I wanted to go and find my grandparents graves. After some serious ingenuity the boys and I found them. I haven't been back since my grandpa's funeral so it was wonderful to be there.

My handsome and charismatic grandfather.

My beautiful and classy grandmother.

This tree was so neat. The boughs of the branches came down and almost touched the ground. The boys said it was a house. It felt like one. So cool.

The trees in this cemetery were amazing. It is a pioneer cemetery so they are all very old and enormous.

The boys were such good sports.  They thought it was a pretty cool adventure and Palmer helped me look for my Grandpa's grave.

Everything was so green and beautiful. The cemetery itself was on this little side road out of the way. I bet everyone that lives there just loves it. It smelled so wonderful.

President James E. Faust is also buried in this cemetery. My Mom told me that my Grandpa knew them. Pretty cool.

Just being his studly self (yes I did just say STUDLY!)

Another of my tree pictures. This was from the inside of the enormous tree above.

This tree was so neat it had a huge middle section that the kids wanted to make a house out of. I am sure that the cemetery would have loved that.

Cupcake Extravaganza

I found a website called utahmama.com. It has a calendar of events all around Utah. It listed that today was a story time at the Holliday Library. I thought sounded like fun so we headed there. Palmer asked if we could get cupcakes today as well...and of course I said yes. We got to the Holliday Library and found out that it was wrong and there was in fact-no story time. Well, we decided to go find some cupcakes. I wasn't hopeful since I didn't know of any bakeries. We just drove down Highland Drive and look what we found. The cutest shop that sold CUPCAKES! Here is their website so you can get your own cupcakes.

Too many choices!

The service was wonderful. I forgot to order drinks and they brought out a pitcher of water and cups for us. I picked peach with chocolate chips in it and heavenly frosting (the most important part is the frosting.)

Hunter's cupcake was Oreo.

Palmer picked red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting and red sprinkles. Good thing he liked it because I think that the sprinkles were the reason he picked it.

Lincoln picked a brownie cupcake with chocolate frosting.

Do you think he liked it?

I am a sucker for atmosphere. I was once in a meeting with someone lecturing and the question was asked if people would rather have good food or good atmosphere at an event. I automatically thought "atmosphere." Well his answer was food. Not mine. If a place has a fun feel about it that is where I will go. This place was so CUTE!

Hunter is a frosting nut. He always eats the frosting off first. This place must be good because he usually doesn't finish the cupcake part. He ate every crumb. Okay not every crumb-we left a huge mess behind us and the staff was so cheerful and nice about it (secretly hoping we never come back, well too bad we will be back!)

I love all of the artwork they have hanging around their shop. This one was in the bathroom if you must know.

Palmer seriously licked the paper.

Of course after devouring their cupcakes the kids all wanted to "share" mine. I need to eat faster :)

Another cute picture.

All the way home the kids kept asking if we could go there again. Maybe tomorrow...

Grandma's Trampoline

My kids are at the funnest ages. I really love doing things with them all day. They absolutely love grandma's trampoline and ask to go there every day. Their favorite game to play is one that I taught them called "crack the egg." I used to play this on this same trampoline when I was little. You sit Indian style, and hold on to your toes and everyone tries to "crack" you, or get you to uncross your legs. I am actually the only one that does the cracking and I never get a turn to be cracked...the boys love it.

As you can see the trampoline is missing a few springs. The kids love it all that much more because when they are done they just slide down that side and are off in a jiffy. They just stay away from it while jumping.

Hunter's signature trick.

Yep I took a picture of his cute airborne legs.

Yet another great Palmer expression...

This was a serious "trick."

Spendin' Time With the Sistas

My little sister Michelle is going to Nauvoo for the summer. My sister Debby got us together today to give her a send off dinner. We went to The Garden at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. I absolutely LOVE being with my sisters.

Wasn't my entree beautiful? Too bad it didn't taste as good as it looked...but it looked great!

This is my youngest sister Heather. She is expecting a baby in October. We are so excited for her.

Isn't my Mom adorable? Honestly I don't think she could be any more wonderful.

My sisters are my best friends. Deb and I can talk on the phone for hours. She is the best Mom and is so funny!

We ate around sunset and it was beautiful.

Such a wonderful night. I have the best family ever!