I Turned 31!

Happy Birthday to ME!
MMMMM....German Chocolate Cake made by my kids (Isaac read the recipe while Leah did the mixing).
My wonderful Mother sent me FLOWERS!!! lovely!
And my amazing Hubby got me an ipod iTouch!!! It ROCKS! My very first ipod ever! And he took me out to eat at Macaroni Grill where I was seranaded "Happy Birthday" in Italian by a real opera singer! It was cool!
Thanks to Aunt Becky for babysitting (we left Simon for the FIRST TIME EVER) so we could have a night out!
All in all, a GREAT BIRTHDAY!!!

Utah Vacation 2009

The last week in June, we flew to Utah to spend a fun-filled week with my side of the family, and celebrate the homecoming of my sister Mary from the Hungary Budapest Mission. We had a great time! One of the highlights was "Grandpa Dodge's Day" when he took the kids downtown, and for a train ride, up to Ogden to a children's museum, and out for pizza and garlic bread. Yes, he does look like a jolly Amish man in a hat...but he's the most awesome Granpa there is!

I wish we could go visit more often! It was so much fun!

Jump Isaac, JUMP!

It was the last day of swimming lessons today, and Isaac gathered his courage and headed for the HIGH DIVE! My sweet little guy was scared, but DID IT! When asked what made him brave he said "I found it in my brain to be brave, and so I just wasn't scared anymore".
You can see Leah in the background go off the low-dive, just before Isaac. Apparently her brain didn't tell her to be brave quite yet. Haha! (Turn down the volume a bit...sorry I'm so loud! LOL!)

So You Think You Can Dance....Leah?!

Leah loves this show. And tonight she found one song particularly inspiring. She didn't know I was behind her video recording her. It is so funny! So here is Leah busting some sweet moves!