Birthday Gifts for Dad!!!

It was Rob's birthday this last Friday. Here are the things that the boys made for him. (They were just too cute.) This is Hayden's Birthday card and precious note. Wyatt brought this up to show me before he gave it to Rob. I said---Wow!! Are you giving Dad some money for his birthday?? How much is in there? Wyatt said--I gave him two of my dollars..........and some of Hayden's cents! Rob loved his gifts and loves his boys!!!

He is such a great Dad.
I'm so thankful
for his example
to our sons!!!
We Love You

HAYDEN ROCKS!!!

I noticed this little piece of art as I was at the kitchen table this morning. Great decorating Hayden----way to leave your own personal touch!!!

MARKER MISHAP

I found Wyatt on the couch watching cartoons with marker all over his face. Our conversation went something like this:
MOM: Wyatt! Why'd you draw on your face? That's not going to come off you know! Where's the marker you used?
WYATT: It won't come off?
MOM: Probably not. (This is when he starts to cry)
WYATT: I just wanted to be like the cool guys.
MOM: Cool guys draw all over their face with a marker?
WYATT: Well, like cool wrestler guys sometimes do.
MOM: What?
Once I saw the marker streaking down his face from the tears, I thought it would wipe right off. Nope. I think it was a dry erase marker and we tried everything but you can still see it on his face right now as I'm typing this.....and it happened yesterday. As I was scrubbing his arms he sniffed and said----Mom (pause)... I did my socks too.


MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH WYATT....
(He'd been sick with the stomach flu)
GRANDMA KARLA:(on the phone) Wyatt I'm so sorry you've been sick!
WYATT: Do you still love me even if I'm sick?

(Cache fell and was crying, I was holding him...)
WYATT: Mom, why do you only care if Cache gets hurt and not anyone else?

(We were at the golf range with Grandpa Phelps, he was helping Wyatt hit and giving him some golfing advice.....)
WYATT: I KNOW Grandpa, that's what I'm TRYING to do.....but my mind just keeps thinking about SNACKS!!!
(A couple of minutes later....)
GRANDPA: Wyatt choke up.
WYATT: (Starts coughing all loud....Like he's choking!!!)
(Grandpa was laughing so hard.....)

JUST SOME OF THE PLACES I FIND A LITTLE CACHE.....

i'M SO GLAD i HAVE MY VERY OWN LITTLE E.T. HiDiNG iN THE CLOSET!!!

April Art and Extraordinary Easter Eggs

I LOVE THESE BOYS!!!

Cache was so much fun this Easter. He loved holding the eggs under the dye with his hands and eventually worked so hard trying to help me paint some blown out eggs, that he CraSHed on top of the kitchen table. SO CUTE!!! He loved the Easter egg hunt we had at Aunt Jen's house and also getting to drive there with Dad!!! --- (Which happens every time we go to Jen's house.... It's a good thing it's just up the hill) and I'm glad I now have proof that it's Rob's fault, when Cache tries to take the car there by himself one on these days! Every time I'm buckling Cache in his car seat he is saying---I Drive?! I Drive, Mum?! I say--- No Cache! You don't. Cache says---I sis-teen? (sixteen) I biggo? (bigger) His little voice and the things he says is precious! (But he also says stuff like--Go Away!--Zip IT!!(that's a very popular one right now and he always catches you off guard when he says it, it's so hard not to laugh)--Get Away.... from Me---(and last but not least).....Shut Up!!(this is new and I'm not laughing so much at this one) He is quite the character. Easter morning all he really cared about was his "Star Wars PEZ" and his sidwalk chalk.

Wyatt painted this lovely picture "Spring Blossoms" at pre-school. We had tons of fun dyeing lots and lots of eggs! Kari and Parker came to visit the week before Easter and they showed us how to blow eggs out! The boys loved it!!! I let them pick out their favorite egg they painted and dyed, to take pictures of. They did some really cool eggs this year. I kept trying to copy what they were doing, but theirs always turned out better than mine! ---I love these thinking pictures of Wyatt because he is a Thinking Machine!! The questions this boy comes up with? He brings up conversations about what he's going to do when he grows up--(yesterday it was a Dr. and a Jazz basketball player)----what Heaven looks like (he said there's no dirt there)----he often brings up the topic of who he will marry!!! (Once I told him he can choose who he wants to marry when he's older. He paused and looked at me and said,"But there's no girls in my pre-school class!!!"---I guess he's worried there's no one to choose from!!)----He's also told me that we need to get a girl dog, so Teeko can have a girlfriend. I love the picture of him holding the back of his britches. The boy is sooo skinny!! His pants are always way too loose. I wish I had that problem!!!

Hayden drew this cute picture "April Showers" in a calendar he made for me at Christmas time. I love it! I think he's getting a little offended that I'm not using the calendar ( I want to save it forever ) he's asked me a couple of times why I'm not using it? (I guess I better start writing in it.) Hayden had lots of fun this Easter, but said last year was better? (I asked why, he said---Don't know, it was just a little better) Funny! Maybe because Grandma and Grandpa Anderson came and sayed at our house last year?? I had to hold Hayden back, so Wyatt and Cache could find some of the eggs. He was hogging all of them. In Sacrament meeting I see Hayden reach in his pocket (all sneaky like) pull out his hand....and it's covered in chocolate! He had stashed a ton of easter candy in his pockets, and it was all melted! And now on his shirt.... and pants.... and hand.... and arm....and....HELLO!!! Why did I buy new church clothes for Easter?? Saturday night Rob and I decided to show a video to the boys about the Savior. I wasn't sure how well they would sit and listen. They were silent and glued to the screen! It was really great. Afterwards we talked about Jesus and the Atonement and why we celebrate Easter. I think we will do this every year!!!

Go Jazz!!!!

Two weekends ago, we were able to take the boys to a Jazz game!! Thanks to awesome Uncle Matt and Aunt Sandy for giving us their amazing tickets! It's alot more fun when you have great seats! Rob bought each of the boys a jersey. Hayden -(Williams) Wyatt and Cache (Korver). I told them if they jumped around and acted silly enough that they would be shown on the jumbo tron. Well..... they got on twice!! We had a great time and the boys loved it! We stayed in Salt Lake that night at Little Hotel America. (It is Rob's favorite place to stay) And I only had to get after the boys once this time, about not running around and around in the revolving door at the front of the hotel. YAY Boys! We swam in the pool till late that night. They love the indoor/outdoor pool. Sometimes it's nice to get away, even if it's just for a night! I love spending time with my favorite boys.

Asking my boys to sit for a picture, is like pulling teeth. It includes immediate bawling, hidden faces, pouting, stomping, whining, etc. Well, acutally it would probably be easier to pull their teeth.....