What's all the Buzz?

I have a good friend who has a daughter with some great talents! (she can be my friend also right?) Anyway, the blog is www.hollyhocks&honeybees.blogspot.com, and she is having a show with other vendors on the 14th and 15th of May. I'm blogging about this to be entered into her give a way. If you want a chance to win, just visit her site, or if you want to attend her "Hive 2" you can come with me. I plan on attending! Good fun!

Crazy Spring

It's Spring in Utah. This means many things to me. I thought I'd mention just a few here on the blog. First of all , Spring means soccer season is upon us. We only have Jaxon to watch again this year but it is still really fun. This season, they aren't using refs for the youngest age teams. This means that the "game" is really just a glorified practice. I'm not really sure where the money is going that the parents pay for their child to be able to play. So far the kids behave and the coaches/refs are doing a good job.

Jaxon loves having the family here to watch him. Molly would watch the game and yell at the kids.

Yes, he scored here. Jaxon has got a real racket going. He has talked both of his grandmothers into giving him $1.oo for every goal he scores. He'll be able to make the house payment this month.

Spring in Utah also brings some crazy weather. Last night we had a huge wind storm. It sounded like someone was slamming doors all over the place and I even heard something hit one of the windows upstairs! We got up this morning to find our roof like this. What a mess!

At least the siding didn't blow off this time. It did blow off a few years ago. When I went out to take these pictures, as you can see, it was snowing. I am looking forward to some nicer weather and warmth.

St George 2010

We just got back from our annual golf trip to St George this past weekend. This year everyone came except Molly. It was probably wise to leave her with Jessica's mom but we all missed her a lot! Once again we stayed in Kelsey and Brady's time share. Thanks guys! Here are just a few pictures of our rooms.

This is the kitchen/front room. There is a nice roomy deck with furniture and a hot tub just outside those sliding doors. If you look closely in the very back, you can see the blow up mattress pad that Kara and Phil brought to sleep on so we could all stay in the same unit. This unit had three nice bedrooms with TVs and three bathrooms.

The kitchen was very nice even though we only really used the fridge. We brought snacks and drinks and then ate out the rest of the time.

On Friday we traveled southwest of Mesquite to a brand new golf course that Phil had arranged for us to play on. It was about and hour and 45 minutes from St George but it was very nice and beautiful. When we pulled in, there was all kinds of people waiting to park our cars, unload our clubs and do anything else we wanted them to do. This course is in the middle of nowhere and they probably always know when someone is coming. The course name is "The Chase" and I believe it was designed by Jack Nicholas.

All of the carts have coolers with water and ice. They also have more coolers with ice and water sitting on some of the holes if you need more. After we loaded up our carts, we were directed to the driving range with range balls to warm up with. After that, we practiced on the putting green and then traveled to the first tee.

I took a few pictures of the landscaping. It was really beautiful. This course is only two years old and the grass was all green and lush. There were cart paths everywhere and a few tunnels that we drove through also. The kids really liked that part. Most courses won't allow young children, but this place was fine with it.

Jaxon and I rode in this cart. He got a little overheated and so Brynly was riding with us and making sure Jaxon drank plenty of water.

Since the course is so new, we had to use port a potties. I took some pictures because they were nicer than most bathrooms. No stink either.

The only down side of this course was that there was nowhere to get anything to eat. You are a good hour away from anywhere and the clubhouse didn't even have a snack bar. Other than that, it was very nice and fun.

Jaxon took this picture of Brynly posing out on the deck. You can see the pool behind her. The kids spent every chance they had in the pool. The weather was wonderful and we had a really good time.

Jax took this of Bryn and me in our PJ's

Last stop before leaving for home. IN and OUT for lunch! I look forward to next year.

Ahh... Phil

Yes that's right, Phil won the masters this year!! This is his third green jacket. I am thrilled that he won. Golf is my second favorite sport to watch. Yes I know it's slow and boring to some people but I love it. Especially when Phil is winning. My reasons for being a fan of his is more than golf. If you have watched him at all or read anything about him, you know that he is one of the kindest and most polite golfers around. He is the ultimate family man. When he has a bad round or a terrible tournament, he will still sign autographs, give polite interviews and simile and wave to the galleries. Quite a difference from Tiger. I know that Tiger has "done a lot for the game of golf." I just can't really separate the skill and personal side of him. I never could. Even before we knew about all of this "stuff" that Tiger has been into. I have just always disliked him. Now I have been proven right. I so hope that Phil has a great year this year. I hope even more that his mom and wife recover quickly and have an even better year.

Relax and Enjoy

This is my most favorite thing to do in the world! Friday I was able to get cut from work and so I spent the day with the grandchildren. Jaxon was busy with my I-Pod touch and of course Brynly has to do whatever Jaxon is doing and then Molly needs to get up and see also. Kelsey couldn't resist taking a picture. The kids just love playing together and I love having them with me! Molly definitely knows when to pose and Bryn is still doing the botox smile. Jaxon and Molly are great to give me hugs and cuddles but Brynly is a little harder. I usually have to trick her into it like this day. She wanted to play the touch and I told her that if she cuddled by me for a few minutes then she could play it. I probably should have taken advantage of the extra day off and cleaned or mowed my lawn, but why would I want to do that when I can enjoy this!

Birthday Celebration

Saturday the 3rd of April was Brooks' birthday. It was also the Priesthood session of conference. It's a family custom of ours to take the whole family after the session and go out for dinner. This year we decided to kill two birds with one stone and celebrate Brooks' birthday at the same time. The grand kids and girls and I left early to guarantee our reservation at Texas Roadhouse and the guys caught up with us after the session. While we were waiting for our table, Brynly started crying about her ear hurting. Kara and Phil decided that they had better just go home since Bryn couldn't settle down and feel better. (side note, Kara took Bryn to the doctor today and she has double ear infection and swollen tonsils) Jaxon wanted to stay with us and so the rest of us had a nice dinner together. Just as we were finishing up, Jaxon managed to flag down the waitress and tell her that it was his grandpa's birthday and that his grandpa wanted to sit on the saddle and have some ice cream. Shortly after that, along came the saddle and a bowel of ice cream! It was entertaining but the picture I took is really poor. I only had my phone and it was dark. The other picture is of the new wedding band that I gave to Brooks. He has now decided that he wants to start wearing one and since the original has disappeared, I got him a new one. Brooks also has the largest (diameter) fingers in the world and they can't size the ring that large and so we had to order a larger one. We'll see how often he remembers to wear it and how many times he misplaces it. Kind of like his cell phones.

Both photos are pretty fuzzy. I don't know why I struggle sometimes with the camera.

Ready for Easter

Today the grand kids and I colored Easter eggs. I decided that I might need a little help so I recruited Kelsey and then Kara stayed when she brought Jaxon and Brynly down. Molly was here also but Jessica couldn't come because she was working. I had bought four different kinds of coloring kits. One was supposed to put sparkles on the eggs but it didn't, they looked the very same as the regular colored ones. I had another kit that kind of made the eggs look marbled and then I bought some egg tattoos. Wednesday I drove to Ritewoods and bought two flats of minis so we had plenty of eggs to color. I also bought some extra whisks. You place the egg inside the whisk and then a small child can check it all she wants without making a big mess. It went really well and kept every ones attention the whole time except for Molly. Next year Molly will be ready. Of course I forgot to get pictures. I could kick myself! The kids were great and Kmart had all of their Easter stuff on sale so I picked up some cute buckets for the kids to take their eggs home in. We'll probably make this an annual tradition unless the kids want to do it on their own. Fun times!