Sweet little Mariah!

Mariah woke up very early the other morning and climbed into bed with me. I just layed there holding her and she started singing "Twinkle Little Star" to me (one of her favorite songs). She is really so sweet and tender. . . most of the time!

Aubrey--testing her dad's OCB

Yes, it is usually called OCD, but in our family we call it OCB because it is not a disorder, it is a behavior--just how we are. Jon loves his DVDs. He has them in a certain order on the shelf. He notices when there is one missing or moved. I always tease him about this and I guess Aubrey caught on because yesterday Jon noticed a DVD was in the "wrong place". He moved it back, wondering who moved it--blaming me, who was innocent entirely in this case. Well, later on he noticed it was moved again. He blamed me because he thought it was too high for the kids to reach. Aubrey started giggling and much to our surprise, she confessed that it was her! We were so surprised that she had thought up this scheme herself that we all just started laughing, much to her delight!

DRUG BUST. . . well, not quite.

Wow! What a night! We had stayed up late (our usual routine) and were laying in bed about to go to sleep when a loud truck pulled up and stopped right by our window (our room is right next to the street on 1470 East). The engine continued to run for quite a while. Jon decided to get up and look out the window. There were two guys just sitting there--one with a cell phone that he kept checking. Finally they turned off the engine, but they continued to just sit, periodically checking the cell phone. We didn't like this situation and now it was 12:30am! Jon went down stairs and turned on lights to let them know they were disturbing us. They still sat and waited for something. We decided to call the police and ask if we should be concerned. We sat upstairs peeking through our blinds, hoping they wouldn't see us as we talked to the police. The police said that this seemed very suspicious so they would come out and check it out. Then the truck started up, drove over to the park right next to another truck that appeared to be parked. Then the truck drove away really fast. We told the police they had left, so nevermind. We turned our lights off, settled down from the "excitement" and layed back in bed, being quite tired now that it was almost 1:00 am. Not ten minues later the truck was back in the same spot. We called the police immediately and they said they were on their way and it would be about two minutes. Meanwhile the passanger was getting something out of the glove compartment. He stepped out of the car and there on the seat was two little plastic baggies with white stuff in it!!! At least that's what it appeared to be from the crack in our blinds that we were watching through. Then he grabbed the baggies and disappeared out of our view! We just couldn't see him and we weren't sure where he went. About 1 minute later he got back in the truck! And about another minute later the police showed up--three cars, two of which with huge spot lights shining on the truck. The truck from the park drove away while the police were getting out of their cars (I am not sure if they noticed or if they were even suspicious of the other truck). The police made each guy come out, one at a time and the police had them hold their hands up in the air while they checked them. There turned out to be three guys--the third was in the cab, which was tinted so we didn't see him. He was the creepiest looking. Well, the three guys just sat on the curb while police searched the vehicle for drugs. They searched and searched and talked to each guy individually about what they were up to (probably checking for consistency in story). We realized that the police hadn't found anything, so once again we called the dispatch and told them we had seen something that appeared to us as possible drugs on the passenger seat and that the passenger had left the car and was out of our view for a minute--we didn't know if that would be helpful. They hung up and called the head cop on the crime scene (we had quietly opened our window so we could hear what they were saying--though we couldn't hear much). The message was relayed to him and he started to search around a little more thoroughly. After a long time (almost 1 1/2 hours) they gave up and let the boys go. We were so disappointed that they didn't find the drugs! If only they had gotten there more quickly, darn! The police left and it was quiet again, but now I was paranoid that there were drugs hidden somewhere on our property and that these guys would be back to get them! So I woke up to every noise all night and wondered if something was going on outside--or if they knew we had called the police and were going to get revenge on our family--But we did all wake up alive and well--except extremely tired! We looked around outside. There are many places they could have hidden something, but maybe we didn't see what we thought we saw! Who knows! Hopefully they will learn not to come to the street by our house again--if they do, we are going to call the cops sooner!

Continued Easter Celebration 2008

We spent Saturday with the Hansen's in Kaysville. The Easter Egg hunt was a little more challenging for the girls since they were the youngest (by several years) that were involved. The family let them go look first for a little while. They did very well though and thoroughly enjoyed it! There were also suckers hidden around and stuck in the ground in various places. I think they ate more suckers that afternoon than they have in a lifetime! Then we had lunch together and the kids all played together while the adults visited and tried to stay awake! It was really nice!

Sunday--finally Easter Day for real! The girls looked adorable in their new dresses (left on our doorstep as a surprise)!! Jonathan also looked adorable, but we didn't get a picture of him :(

Easter Celebration

Friday, March 21, 2008--Easter Celebration

This morning Aubrey, Mariah, and myself met at the park for an Easter Egg hunt with ward friends and neighbors. Each child brought a dozen eggs, and while the kids played on the park, the parents hid the eggs around. Then all of the kids got to find a dozen eggs. It was really fun--lots of kids were there and they were all so excited. Aubrey enjoyed playing with some friends under a big pine tree--they were "making a garden"--unfortunately they had dirt all around their lips--I think they decided to take some samples of the garden.

After the park, we went to Grandma Robertson's for an Easter afternoon with their cousins. We had lots of candy, we colored eggs, made bunny ear hats, and had an egg hunt outside! I was really suprised how much the kids, especially Aubrey, James, and Joseph, loved dyeing the eggs! It was fun to show them different techniques and see them get excited! Their bunny ears were adorable! Emily shared the idea and brought the bunny ear hats ready to assemble--the kids colored them and glued cotton balls on the them. They were just the cutest thing ever! The kids, of course, loved the Easter Eggs hunt. It was just an exciting, full of fun day! The pictures of the kids wearing their bunny ears was taken on Sunday morning so their morning looks and bunny ears are a little in distress. But they look cute anyway!

Grandma Robertson made these cute carrot candy holders and filled them with m&m's. The kids each got a basket and tons of candy, a homemade card, and the cute "carrot".