Guymons Easter

Well we thawed out enough up here to have an Easter Egg hunt in time for Easter. The kids went down to Smithfield's Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, and then we went to McDonald's for pancakes, and hit IFA on the way home to look at the easter chics and bunnies. Then Grandma Guymon came up to stay with us and we had yet another Easter Egg hunt. The kids had tons of fun finding the eggs and were a little dissapointed when they were all found so they took them and hid them again themselves. Then we colored Easter eggs and talked about the real meaning of Easter. Then Easter morning the kids woke up entirely too early as mom did not get enough sleep the night before. They were thrilled with their new planet heroes and new Easter clothes. Cate's favorite was a little doll that has snap on clothes, and a Horton stuffed animal. We had Swedish Pancakes with lingon berries for breakfast, and then went to church to hear Chris sing in the choir. One of my favorite things this Easter was that Cai wrote the cutest note to the easter bunny about what he would like for Easter. All of the words are spelled phonetically with the word spacing a little unpredictable, but if you sound out each letter he did such an awesome job. He has been writing stories, letters, and notes all the time now that he feels like he an sound out any word. He gets so excited about it. Cole has done remarkably well too. He has started writing his name all by himself recently, and he drew a picture of a polka dotted egg. He also realized that he is part of the food chain. We were driving in the van one day and he said "Mountain lions eat meat, huh mom. I'm made of meat." I love being a mom to watch kids grow up and learn new things is awesome to watch. Cate has recently decided to serenade us with "E-I-E-I-O" continually, and with her 20 word vocabulary she does it amazingly well. She also has developed her own sign for swimming. When Kerrie and my mom got a hotel in Logan, the kids got to go swimming. The next day Cate kept rotating her arms in front of her when she saw I was getting her swim suit ready, I finally realized she was telling me she wanted to go swimming. The whole drive back to the swimming pool she kept yelling "MOM!" and then paddling her arms in front of her. Delighted that I knew exactly what she meant.

Happy St. Patricks Day

Well Cai was a little devastated this St. Patricks Day. He got up and got dressed by himself, and in the morning rush I forgot that it was St. Patricks Day. So of course his first School St. Patricks day experience will be traumatic. No GREEN! When I picked him up from school he proclaimed "I had a really bad day mom, I got pinched 3 times. You should have told me to wear a green shirt!" So to make up for it we went home and made green waffles for lunch. Then Cai and Chris were in charge of the Family Home Evening lesson, which of course was about St. Patricks Day. Cai was St. Patrick and wore a kilt, Cole dressed up as the pirates that kidnapped him and introduced him to Christianity and then Cai rid our living room (Ireland) of plastic snakes. Then we were treated to an Irish jig by Cai who danced to the tune of weird Al Yankovich singing about what is worn under a Kilt(nothing). Unfortunately his father treated us all to a picture of a man in a kilt on a windy day. Very appropriate for Family night eh! Besides the colorful visual aids they both did an awesome job, Chris made a matching game, coloring pages, and burned an irish CD to listen to.

The best Valentines Day ever!

Well my wonderful husband and his friends totally outdid themselves this year. Chris had meetings the week before Valentines day, so Chris and I went down to Vegas for the weekend. We went to some fun restaraunts, saw Mama Mia, and just hung out by the pool and watched movies in our room. It was a much needed break from the arctic climate of Cache Valley, and a priceless opportunity to feel like we were dating again. Thanks to Debbie for taking the kids.

Well if that wasn't great enough. Chris and some neighbors cooked up a Romantic Valentines Day Dinner. About five couples got together and the men did all the planning, cooking, and everything. We went to our neighbors house and they had decorated the table with candles, roses, and rose petals, they had Andrea Bocelli playing in the background, and then they made butternut squash soup, filet mignon, steamed asparagus with a viniagrette, Pome de Terre Anna (thinly sliced potatoes painted with rosemary butter and baked), with a crisp meringue heart for dessert with fresh whipped cream and raspberries. One of the guys was the head chef but everyone did their part. The men served us each course and then gave each of us a dozen red roses and a very thoughtful card. It was one of the most romantic things he has ever done for me.

Let us catch up!

Well since we are a little new at blogging I thought we need to do a warp tour of the past 10 years. So here goes. Chris and I met at Westminster College while attending school. about 2 years later we married August 21 1999. We bought a house in West Valley and began our little family.

You may now kiss the bride! Our wedding took place in the backyard garden of our house in West Valley. It was an absoloutely wonderful day, although it poured the night before. We planted a flowering cherry tree which died that winter. Our first anniversary we were sealed in the Salt Lake temple. On that day we planted a Japanese maple behind the koi pond where we loved to spend our evening watching the fish and talking. That tree thrived, and is hopefully alive today.

Cai: Born 2002. Cai was a little butterball as a baby. He was happy and giggling almost continuously. This is one of my favorite pics of him. He is now in Kindergarten and wants to be an artist, a scientist, and really wants to be a daddy someday.

Cole : Born 2004 about a month after moving to Cache Valley was a little ray of sunshine. His squishy smile just brightens your day no matter what. Cole was 2 in this picture. He is now 3 1/2 and he loves playing with his older brother.

Cate(Catherine Victoria): is 1 1/2 and was kind of a surprise. One night after having a dream that my grandmother (recently deceased) told me I was pregnant and going to have a girl, I woke up the next day to take a pregnancy test. The result was negative. I joked about it with family, but then a few weeks later I kept having a nagging feeling that I needed to retest. After retesting I was pregnant! It must have been too early the first time. She was our souvenier from our trip to Victoria British Columbia.