Easter Excitement

Just one little story that made my whole easter...a proud mom moment. We were doing an easter egg hunt at my parents and I put a dollar bill (I know I am a big spender!) in 3 of the eggs so each kid would get one. At the end of the easter egg hunt, Tyler and Brooke had found 2 of the 3 eggs with the money but Sydney did not have one yet and they had searched high and low. Needless to say Sydney was very sad that she did not get an egg with a dollar bill in it. Next thing I knew, I heard Tyler say, "Sydney, look what I found,"and he points to an egg on the ground. She was so excited to get this egg, it made her whole day. I couldn't believe that Tyler had taken his money and egg and pretended to hide it and give it to her. It was very sweet moment and it made me think that just maybe he gets what's really important in life more that I sometimes give him credit for. I have to celebrates these moments because I feel they are rare.

This One's for you MOM!!

Last Saturday my brother Brady and I ran in the Rex E Lee 5K run ( yes, he beat me by 2 or 3 minutes...dang him:)) and I was finally able to get some pictures of it. It was so much fun and really meant a lot to us. We ran this race for my mom who had a really rare form of neuro endocrine lung cancer this past fall. She was able to have a very painful surgery where they removed the spots of cancer in all 3 lobes of the lung. It was a very long procedure but we are so grateful that she is doing well and has had an amazing recovery!! My mom is an amazing woman and we were so honored to run on her behalf. Next year my dad and her promised they would meet us at the starting line and run/walk this race with us. We are going to hold them to their promise!!:)

We were also able to run this for our 8 year old neighbor boy, Drew, who is such a courageous cancer survivor!!

Mom and Dad, thanks for coming and supporting us in this race. I don't think my dad has ever missed one of my races. You guys are the best!

I have been HUSBAND tagged

Ok, so I have been husband tagged by Diana and I am so proud that I am actually responding. I am usually pathetic at these tag things. So here it goes:



What is his name? Brent David Adams
How long did you date? 3 years (way too long, I don't recommend it, but I will say we both knew what we were in for after that long.)
How long have you been married? 12 years on August 16th.
Who eats more sweets? That's a tough one. I think it depends on the day, I probably eat more sweets and he eats more desserts.
Who said I love you first? I honestly don't remember, I know that is so sad. I am sure it was him:)
Who is taller? Brent
Who is the better singer? I would have to say Brent, although he prefers nobody knows that.
Who is smarter? Brent knows very weird random facts and is known for knowing the answer to almost any question, but I 'd like to think I am smarter in some aspects of life.
Who does the laundry? Me. I think most of the laundry comes from him, but I usually do it.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me.
Who mows the lawn? I have a little obsession with mowing the lawn, it is one of my favorite things to do. Brent does it on occasion, but I think my lines in the lawn always look better:)
Who cooks dinner? Me. Brent is not very picky and really could care less if I cook dinner which is a good thing, but if I put forth the effort and he has gone out for lunch and is not hungry... this drives me crazy!!
Who drives? It depends if he is tired. We both do.
Who is more stubborn? I would have to say I am more stubborn. He is silently stubborn and I am more vocal. It is so annoying, I wish sometimes he would just get mad!
Who kissed who first? Brent kissed me on like our second date, a little forward don't you think?
Who asked who out? Brent asked me out.
Who proposed? Brent finally!!
Who is more sensitive? I am much more emotional and up and down than he is but he is very sensitive and very aware of people's feelings.
Who has more siblings? I have 5 siblings and Brent has 3
Who wears the pants? I think we are a pretty good balance, he might beg to differ :)

He is such a good guy!!!

I now tag Kristen, Jordan, Heather J. and Kim

Friday Night Fun Issue

I have this issue with feeling like we should always be doing something fun and exciting on Friday and/or Saturday nights. I think it goes way back. According to my mom, I was never home on weekends. Ever since the fifth grade my friends always had something planned. We started out going to high school basketball games with the Gardner's and as the years passed it seemed we always had something planned for the weekend. I remember on one of my birthdays in junior high a bunch of kids were going snow skiing and my parents wouldn't let me go, I thought I was going to die! Yes, I said junior high:) Anyway, I still sometimes have issues with just being home on a weekend night and yet lately at times it is just easier:) So these are some pictures from our fun relaxing Friday night.

Tyler had a little fun with the camera. Lately I have been checking out some girls on facebook for my cute single brother and I think every girl on there does this lip picture pose thing. I think it is kind of funny. I don't quite do the pose justice:) ME, once again in the kitchen, I am sure cleaning up number ? mess of the day.


I have no idea how Brent is actually sleeping.


The kids decided to make a secret hide out under the bathroom sink. They took a flash light and told stories in the dark. Oh, to be a kid again!



Tyler and Mckay then thought it would be fun to spike their hair. They both need haircuts so they thought it was pretty cool.

A good southern cooked meal

Last night we had the chance to feed some of the youth in our ward for missionary month. We had lots of fun and I have to say I broadened my southern cooking skills. Actually I don't think that I had any southern cooking skills so it was a learning experience. Brent went on his mission to South Carolina and has always told me he liked chicken and dumplings and biscuits and gravy and all this Southern food and the great wife that I am always thought these foods didn't sound that appetizing so I never bothered trying to cook them. I now admit I was somewhat wrong. I now realized I just had to put forth a little effort and try something outside of my little box. So I had this great idea that I would make a sample of all these things including fried chicken. So here is where my experience started. The chicken and dumplings turned out pretty good and I really actually liked the biscuits and gravy but I have to be honest about the chicken. So here it goes, when I told Tyler we were going to have fried chicken this was his response, "Mom are you cooking it or are you buying it at KFC, because I really like KFC's better." (you gotta love kids honesty). So yup you guessed it, I wimped out and went for the easy way out, KFC all the way. In the end I was really glad Tyler made the suggestion because boy it saved lots of time and stress:) Well now that I have confessed that I somewhat cheated I feel much better but personally I think I made the right decision:) The dinner turned out great and my kids and I had fun trying foods that Brent ate all the time on his mission. I don't think we will be eating biscuits and gravy or grittz every morning for breakfast or anything but it's always fun to try something different.

This did make me realize how sometimes I get into cooking ruts and tend to cook the same things over and over so if any of you have any good recipes (easy and good) feel free to send them my way!!