Amber's visit!!!

Well I couldn't be happier, my sister Amber has moved back into the states. She will be living in Iowa!!! Much much closer than Japan if you ask me. So she had the chance to come and visit us in little Utah and I was able to take the girls and spend some time with her and Sadie. I thought I would add some pictures of the fun nature hike we went on up in beautiful Little Cottonwood Canyon. Peyton was crazy as always trying to jump off things, run ahead of us, and fall on her butt a few times. Go Peyton!!! Destinee did great and had a blast. Then Amber and Sadie had the chance to come over to our house for the night and it was fun. We had pizza, played outside, admired the jewelry she had helped design and make with my dad and sit and visit. All in all it was a great visit. Thanks Bino and Sadie as always for the fun time we had to spend with you guys. The girls had a BLAST!
What happened to Oakley??? What a fatty. I love it...

Cupcakes anyone???

Ok so this is just to toot my own horn! So a couple of years ago my dearest friend Doranne from my work gave me a cupcake book that I have fell in love with. I have made a few attempts at recreating these adorable cupcakes. So me, being the baker I am,(HA HA)signed up for a bake sale for a little boy needing to have cancer removed from his eye. I always try to sign up for things and serve when possible. So I decided since it was for a little boy to make the alligator. It turned out to be a blast to do, and finally I had something turn out like it was supposed to! Steve was wonderful and helped with the frosting also! So expect more fun cupcake pictures to come, as I have found some adorable ones to make for these fun summer months coming up.

Ok how lame am I??? It has been since February since I last posted anything. So much has been going on and losts of fun pictures to share!! So one of the biggest things... I have gone blonde.. ok but not completely. I weaved blonde in on top (most of it is blond) with some dark, and its all dark underneath. I was really nervous and I still have to get used to it but to say the least I love it!!! Little Oakley (who is not so little anymore), now has two little teeth. She looks all grownup now. She loves to stand, wants nothing to do with being on her stomach, and loves to eat table food. She pretends to be eating something when she wants people food. She is so much fun!! Destinee is reading exceptionally well. It is so much fun.. and she now has lost her third tooth (picture to come soon) and her fourth one is loose. As for Peyton, she is just a bundle of joy. She is Destinee's shadow right now. She is always begging me to go outside and "play with friends". We are loving the warm weather here. I spend time with Peyton outside while Destinee is at school. I have actually been sunburned.. AND I LOVE IT. Bring on the warm weather to warm up those lakes!! So it is official. We have dewinterized our boat. We changed things to help it run better and it started up just like a champ. Now we are counting down the days till we can go out. Steve's job is actually getting better. The guys are finally warming up to him and have been better. They had a few guys that quit, and the new ones replacing them are much better. So overall, things are looking up for Steve. It still is tough, but its all worth every bit of it. We miss everyone back home. We can't wait to be close to family and friends again... Don't be afraid to come visit (HEHE). Till next time, PEACE!