Baby Roman comes to visit!

My brother, Tony, had lots of leave from work since they had just had a baby boy and wanted to venture down for a visit!! I text him this picture the day before they came just double checking that he still wanted to come....they live in St. George and every time they plan an Idaho visit, it snows! This was a little more like hail,but thankfully it was all gone by they time they got here. 

We could not wait to meet our new nephew/cousin baby Roman! Oh he is such a handsome little thing and for a little bit, I missed the baby stage. (Don't worry, it quickly left)

 But man I LOVED snuggling with him.  Tony and Monse make good lookin kids!

 Tay and Jord heard Tony was coming up and so they came down for the day for a quick visit and to meet Roman.

 And of course it was SO good to see Ashton. He is growing and changing SO much! We love having him in our home when they get to come. The kids all play so well.

 And my girls could NOT get enough of Baby Ro-Ro as we nick named him. They were constantly begging to hold him .

 But I played the mom card and got to hold him lots too. Oh...i DO miss that little under the chin snug!

 After church we decided to venture in and show T&M Temple Square at this time of year. IT. IS. GORGEOUS!

 Bri was such a ham and loved smelling all the flowers she could.

 She was in a particularly silly mood and all the pictures have her posing something like this. Don't know where she even got that!

 LOVE this pic of a dad and his girl. <3 p="">

 Here's the gang!

I always feel so blessed to have this historical temple so close to us and that we can visit it whenever we want and still feel the influence of the temple even if we don't go in. I hope our kids will always have a love for the temple and have a desire to go there often. It is the BEST place to be. 

Thirty-threeeee

Pretty crazy that I'm 33...most days I still feel 14. But thats ok because I truly feel that I am at the prime of my life. I didn't have much planned for my birthday because Chad was in a busy season at work, but he did manage to surprise me on my birthday morning. I woke up to this card saying that he had arranged a babysitter and that I had a massage apt waiting for me later that day! He sure knows the way to my heart!!!! 

I taught step class and we had donuts afterwards, then went to Cafe Rio for lunch with Janna, Emily, and Nannette and ALL our kids. It truly was a labor of love to go to lunch with me 

Later that night we did gifts and cupcakes as always and just enjoyed the day as a family. 

THEN it was time to party! A few weeks ago my friend Alex asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday and I told her rollerskating (thinking of going with my family). A few days later she told me she had put together a party on facebook and that we were doing a girls night rollerskating night!!!WHAT?! How cool of friends do I have?!
So we pulled out all the neon, 80's, random things we could find! Carter was totally embarrassed.

All these friends came over to celebrate and eat this incredibly AMAZING rollerskating cake that Alex made. She has mad cake skills!!

 I mean seriously, a dream come true kind of cake!

 The bottom later was rice crispies with REESES PB CUPS mixed in with it! AMAZING! YUM!

 Then we hit the road to Classic Fun Center in Sandy! Love these 8 ladies who dressed up shamelessly to come celebrate me!

Party favors were of course....neon socks! We slapped them on and hit the roller rink (some of us harder then others....ahem....Nan...)

 The night was filled with  (lousy) music....what do kids listen to these days?? Am I THAT old? Until 9 when they kick the kids off and only 18 and up skate...THEN the good music came on.

I guess it was also super hero night so we got pics with all of them!

 Cute girls in pink!!

 Luckily for those who weren't too comfortable on skates could still hang out and chat the night away. I think everyone had a good time. Even those who left with a few more bruises.

 Janna was of course a blast and loved seeing her let loose on the floor!

 Me and Nan!

 And to conclude my birthday week, a  package from my brother Jordan showed up on my door step and it was one of my favorite games!! I was very excited!

Until we meet again April 3rd! Be good to me this year!