According to O!

"Breaking News Aunt Brookey, Taylor Swift is coming to EARTH, she is going to have a CANCER, and it's going to be really good!!!"

Now, don't go spreading rumors because I do have the translation: Taylor Swift is coming to UTAH. She is going to have a CONCERT, and it's going to be really good!! :)

O my big girl!

My baby got her ears pierced today!!!! I can't believe how big she is getting!! I wish we could freeze time right here, right now! I just love the stages that both my girls are in! Yeah, we have our good and bad days, but really we just have fun! Love these girls! Before.....
After!!!

I told her she was so brave, she said "no I wasn't, I cried!" Really she was so brave! She sat there in that chair waiting to get her ears pierced and wasn't even scared! I'm just glad that they pierced both ears at the same time!!!

Our little support system!!

Easter Day! (NOT FOR KIDS TO READ!)

Easter morning was an interesting one....K woke up at 5:00am completely terrified that the Easter bunny had been to our house!! She is my very logical child. She thinks things through way too much! Easter Bunny, Leprechauns, Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and she doesn't like any of them! She hates the idea of someone being in our house while we are sleeping... that IS a pretty scary thought! Anyway, she was trembling from head to toe. It was so sad! The night before I told her that I would stay awake to let the Easter bunny in and let him out too. It obviously wasn't enough. I think next year that stupid rabbit will just doorbell ditch the baskets and call it good! On the other hand, O loves everything! She was so upset that K didn't want the Easter Bunny to come! She loves the Easter Bunny, Leprechauns, Santa, and the Tooth Fairy! So, what do I do? Do I tell Kaybree the realities of life, or deal with a terrified child every holiday?

After all the DRAMA.... The girls truly loved their baskets!

Happy Easter all y'all!!!

Easter Egg Hunt!!

Saturday, Bryce's mom had a big Easter egg hunt! She filled over 500 eggs with candy!!! The kids were definitely on a sugar high!!! They loved it!!

Vegas Baby!!!!

Monday, after the funeral, we left for VEGAS Baby!!!! We had a blast! We met up with our friends Anthony and Shauna. We were supposed to leave with them on Sunday, but had to go to the funeral instead. Anyway, we met up with them, and didn't stop until we left Friday night! Seriously, I can't remember a more fun trip!
Monday night we got there late, so went straight to bed!
Tuesday, we slept in, (ahh...) got up and went shopping at the Town Square. (South end of the strip.) After Town Square, we hit the Premium outlets (North end of the strip) Let me just say.....OH MY GOSH!!! Best outlets I have ever been to!!! We (Shauna and I) shopped and the boys hit the casino! We went to dinner later at PF Chang's, then we hit the strip to see the Bellagio fountains and the Mirage volcano. (We didn't see the TI show. Bryce and I saw it last year and it is a bit naughty so DO NOT take your kids!) After the strip, we went back to our hotel and hot tubbed!
Wednesday, we slept in again! We went to Cheesecake Factory, did some shopping and then went to PHANTOM of the Opera! It was soooo much fun! That was the first show I have ever seen!!! I loved it!! After Phantom, we hit Outback Steakhouse, then back to our hotel for midnight bowling! Sad though, the bowling had a 1 1/2 hour wait, so what do you do in Vegas? Hit the tables!! We went and played craps and won some money!!! We were on fire!! :)
Thursday, more shopping of course...Chili's for dinner, then we saw Duplicity. None of us liked it very much, but then again, we were practically asleep!!!
Friday, slept in, checked out, drove to St. George, shopped, drove home.........TOO MUCH FUN!!!
Thanks Aunt Brookey and Uncle Jer for taking the kids!! It was a much needed vacation!!!

Anthony, Shauna, Me and Bryce at Phantom

Mirage Volcano

cruisin' the strip!!

Grandma Leah

Last Monday we attended the funeral service for Bryce's Grandma, Grandma Leah. It was actually a very good funeral. I really didn't know her very well, and it was fun to hear of a whole different side of her than what I experienced! She has been dying for a very long time! She almost died while Bryce was on his mission. Ever since then, her kids have been taking turns taking care of her. She would live at Bryce's parents house for 3 months of the year. I saw her often, but it wasn't a great quality of life. It was refreshing to have a different image in my head of how she used to be.

Don't Be Surprised....

So the other morning as Bryce was leaving for work, he said, "Don't be surprised if I come home with a new golf club!" I thought those were funny words. I mean who says, "Don't be surprised if I come home with a new golf club" rather than "I was thinking I'd get a new golf club today" He obviously wasn't asking my permission (which he shouldn't have to) but rather telling me in an odd way that today he was going to get a new golf club. I really didn't think about it after he left. I just went about my day grocery shopping, Costco shopping, when all of the sudden I stumbled upon these awesome pictures at Costco. They have been there before, but I've always thought I should ask Bryce first before buying one. As you might have guessed, his words rang in my ears!!! "DON'T BE SURPRISED!!" So, don't be surprised that I bought a picture for my house!!! :) HaHaHa!! I still can't figure out why he was surprised!!!

Hello Smart Cookie!!!

OH MY GOSH!!! My new favorite thing right now is "SMART COOKIE" My friend Allison introduced me to them! If you haven't had one, you are seriously missing out!!! They are located in American Fork. If you feel the urge to go get one (I suggest you do) call me first so I can put in my order too!!! :)

3 Weeks In A Nut Shell!

I know, I know....I haven't blogged in a while! I promise I will do better. My excuse is, Bryce has been out of town (during the week) for the past three weeks!! So to make a long story short...I have been Mom and Dad here at the Newbold residence!

Here are the girls being silly as usual. They decided to put every bow in their hair! Looks like some old fashioned swim cap huh?!!!

One of the weeks, we decided to go stay up at Grandma and Grandpa's house!! We had so much fun!! We ended up getting a kite, taking it to Draper Park. We had a great day soaking up the sun, flying the kite, and rolling down the hill!

We had two reels of string tied together!! Our kite was so high I couldn't take a picture of it!!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for keeping us entertained!!

About three weeks ago we had our friends from Huntington up! We always have so much fun together!! Obviously Easton thinks the same thing!!!! No really, we love it when they come to stay!! Easton just didn't want a picture with all the girls!! hahaha! That will change soon enough!

All the girls ready for bed in their matching pj's!! (not planned by the way!)

I Love To See The Temple

Yesterday, I was able to take the girls up to the Draper Temple open house. Bryce is out of town. We tried to find a time when it would work for us all to go, but couldn't. So I took the girls myself. They LOVED seeing inside the temple.

K said her favorite rooms were the Celestial Room and the Marriage Room. She is a little romantic at heart!

O, well...she just might be my trial in life. She informed me this week that, "I don't want to be BATHTIZED. I don't want to be a NUMBER of the church!" I actually thought it was pretty funny, but don't want her to know! I said, "well, you have four more years to decide that."

As we entered the baptismal room, she said, "Mom, why are those pigs under the swimming pool?" As you can see, I have lots to teach during family home evening!!!

The last day to visit the temple is this Saturday. Go if you can!!! It really is one of the most beautiful temples I've seen.

Men's Warehouse

Right now Men's Warehouse is offering Buy One Get One Free on some (not all) men's suits. This offer has been going for a little while, so hurry in if you need some. Bryce has lost some weight recently, and was desperately in need of new suits. I thought it was a great deal. Hope you do to!

Give Away Today!!!

I saw this awesome blog site on Good Things Utah... Everyday they give something away!!! Totally free!!! All you have to do, is go to the blog site each morning and enter for the newest item. Each item is posted for 24 hours. They post the winner the next day!!! How fun is that?! All items are given away by Utah companies! Hope you all win!!

http://www.giveawaytoday.blogspot.com/

Snowmobiling FUN!!!

Saturday, we went up to the mountains to SNOWMOBILE!!!! :) We had so much fun. We'd ride the machines up the mountain, hop off with our sleds, and go down. My Dad, Bryce, or Ryan would pick us up at the bottom and take us back up the hill!! When we got cold, we'd go sit in the trailer and eat treats!!! Grandma had some fun crafts to work on too!!! We had so much fun!! Thanks MOM and DAD!!!

Our little fam on the snowmobile
Grandpa Dean, K, and O
The cutest Snow angles ever!

O and her candy heart necklace

K and her candy heart necklace

The Rest of O's Birthday!

As you all know there was a bit of drama at our house during the month of February! Bryce did such a great job with O's birthday party and I even have pictures to prove it! We also celebrated her birthday with Grandma's and Grandpa's. O is a funny little girl. She loves anything girly...or not. When she play's dress up, she goes for anything but the princess dress. We have a Care Bear costume that she has on regularly, and the neighbor has a chicken costume that she has seen O in a few times! Right now she loves Dora. Her favorite dinner is spaghetti. Her favorite color is pink or purple. (which ever color Kaybree will let her have) She is always making us laugh!!! We love you Peanut!

O on her new scooter

O about to let loose on the MONEY JAR!!!

My pathetic rear end on the couch!

O's party that Bryce was in charge of!!! :)

Duck, Duck, Goose!!!

Teddy Bear Picnic!

This actually happened right before I was down and out, but I couldn't not post it.

This was O's Teddy Bear Picnic. She was able to bring her favorite bear his name is "Moe" I don't know why, but that's it's name!! She brought him to school, we had some snacks, and played games!! O absolutely loved it!!

Me and O

O and Moe