Good Times, Great Talks....General Conference!

Matt was away for Conference weekend this year :( but we had my brothers over for most of the sessions to keep us company since mom and Millie were away too! (Conference in person) Sammi and Maddi both woke me up on Saturday by saying "Happy General Conference!" They make me laugh. We played Conference Bingo, took notes, colored the Authorities ties and snacked on suckers, fruit snacks, 7 layer dip and my Conference Cinnamon Rolls. "Good times, Great Talks...General Conference!" (You know you sang my song, Bonnie!)
Kenny was way into it.

Keith loves his uncles!

Maddi...right before she threw-up (too many cinnamon rolls, fruit snacks, and dip...makes for quite the combo *gag*)

Eli's Blessing Day

Rock Stars!

Sammi and Maddi decided to be rock stars one afternoon and showed us the result. Needless to say, Matt and I laughed really hard after we took pictures. Ah, Maddi.

Eli's Forthcoming Blessing...

We'll be blessing Eli on March 29th, 2009 at 1pm. Friends and family are welcome!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Last Monday was Matt's 31st birthday. Since his birthday landed on a weekday, I planned months in advance a surprise party in his classroom at lunch. Much to my dismay, about two weeks beforehand, one of the gals in his class that was helping me, told me that his birthday was the same day as Solo and Ensemble, and he would be out in Eagle the whole day! Grrr...but, we worked around it, and spread the word to the students to come AFTER school and surprise him. As for getting Matt back to the school, I had the Principal call him in for a "meeting". Matt was pretty upset at having to go back (he thought he could come home early and hang with us). It all worked out great - he came, he was surprised and he got delicious cake and a present even! The kids all pooled together and bought him a DVD Player (for the TV in our room) and a $20 gift certificate to Cabelas. Sweet! We then went home, and I gave him the present from me...a flatscreen TV for our room (to go with the DVD player). He was excited. :) Later, his parents came over and brought him some cake and the Planet Earth series. Happy Birthday Matt!