Aspire dance competition...

olivia had her first dance comp of the season on St. Patricks day, which meant 

the girls went early saturday morning while the boys stayed home.  too long of a 

day for those boys, but they will be to the other ones. 

we went with my sister Jill and her daughter camry, which made it fun for liv.  

she danced 3 dances.  2 jazz numbers and 1 hip hop! 

the hip hop dance is my all time favorite! it's ridiculous! ha.

when we had a break we ran to cafe rio for some lunch and then back for awards!

i love having me some girl time!

St. Patrick's day...

holy cow, it has been over 2 weeks since i've blogged.  i'm kind of a slacker, life has been busy!

i'm more of an Instagram-er now!

if you have instagram look for me... shashtay!

those silly leprechauns left some footprints and a mess in the kitchen. 

stinkers!

my kids laughed hysterically when they went to the bathroom. hahaha!

 We celebrated st. patty's on friday when the kids went to school in

 all of their green clothes! 

we had a dance competition early saturday and i didn't want to miss out on the fun.  

 i  sent them off to school with their lunches packed with all green 

{except their sandwiches of course} 

"gym on the bus"

Ivy started "gym on the bus" with her bff mckelle!  

 it's hilarious... this bus drives to your house and inside the bus is all this gymnastics equipment

where their coach teaches them for 30 minutes.  each week it is something new.

only in utah! haha

she loves it! 

scout winter campout!

Boston went on his very first Scout campout!  yikes!!  

he had so much fun! they had to snowshoe into their campground,

 and after they set up their tents and campsite they went sledding well they

 called it "redneck sledding" and he said it was crazy!!  

maybe i don't like to hear about the crazy stuff they do!

waiting for all the boys to arrive so they can pack up.  

state basketball tournament!

My nephew Derek's team made it to play for State in basketball! we packed up the family and headed to Boise to support the "Moscow Bears!"   

we had a blast hanging out with cousins and watching lots of basketball games.   

The first game mynephew hurt his ankle but continued to play and WIN the game.

later that night they found out that his ankle was broke 

and he had to be on crutches.  

So devastating to him since this is his senior year in high school 

& he worked so hard for this!

they ended up taking 3rd in the State which is still good, but they had the potential to win

the whole thing.  Derek makes about 15 points a game and so they really needed him to win.

regardless, we still enjoyed hanging out with our Pennington and Carson cousins.

lots of pool time!!

we saw the Lorax on Imax and it was so cute!  We loved this movie!

 our hotel room had a sweet huge tub the kids used as their hot tub every night! haha

then on our way home we ended up staying one more night at the "Grand America" hotel!

  they have the cutest little candy shop "Jou Jou's" inside the Hotel and it is darling!

finally it snowed!!

it finally snowed and the kids were dying to play in it!  it was actually the second time it

 snowed and stayed on the ground this winter.  The first time we went skiing and

 came home to sled and it had all melted so they were bummed! 

We have had a very mild utah winter.  

just look at these happy faces!

we LOVE snow!!

this one cracks me up with her awesome outfits!  she changes so many times in a day!

happy {heart} day!

thank goodness for Pinterest this year!  We had so much fun making our own Valentines.  

I got Olivia and Ivy's idea from my very crafty friend jane!

I found the bug idea here.

they LOVED their valentines this year!  Boston wanted NO business in passing 

out Valentines, except one! haha  

I took Boston and his friend Jake the night before to pick out something for their valentines. 

Oh boy!

I made the kids a yummy French toast breakfast with strawberries and they

 got some yummy treats from mom and dad!  then off to school where i surprised them 

with a valentines lunch. 

I went to help out with the twins party, they made their own valentines bags and played a

few games, it was a bit exhausting!  then to top it off, i helped with the 6th grade 

party AFTER School.  It was their very first Valentines party with a bunch of

 Wii's set up in different rooms and then pizza, popcorn and soda.  

These kids had a blast!  sometimes 6th graders are a bit obnoxious, 

but luckily i had a diet coke so i was able to hang until 4! ha

cory and i had a valentines day Lunch at Cafe Rio and so we spent the evening 

hanging out with our sweeties eating some Papa Murphy's pizza and watching "Dolphin Tale."  

Cory made the kids strawberry daqueri's that were Delicious!

we love staying in on Valentines night, it's way to busy out there!

and the winner is...

Thanks to all the entries for this awesome giveaway! 

be sure to follow Hapari on twitter and fb for more giveaways...

Congratulations to...

Hapari swimsuit giveaway!!

It's that time of year that i LOVE!  

swimsuit season is upon us and who doesn't love a "GIVEAWAY?"  

i am so loving these new Hapari swimsuits and designs this year and can't wait

to get my hands on them.

here's what you have to do to enter to win...

*****

~go to Hapari's website and see what swimsuit you LOVE

{i am loving the new ruffle cinch tankini}

~ come back to my blog and leave a comment with what one you want

 ~go to hapari's facebook page and like them!

tweet it and facebook it for more entries!!

{leave an extra comment for fb and tweets so i know}

also to all you local readers... tune in tomorrow on abc 4's "Good Things Utah" 

to see the new hapari 2012 swimline!!

on to the tournament!

Boston's Bantum Basketball team is going in to the tournament 

as the #1 seed! woop woop!!   

They are so much fun to watch!   This is boston's first year playing on 

a competitive basketball team and he loves it, he plays daily and practices all the time. 

 it's fun to see him love the sport so much.

16 years!

you know you are happily married and comfortable with your spouse when on your 

anniversary you would rather hang out at home and watch your fav dvr'd shows 

that you have been dying to watch! ha!

we had our anniversary on a friday and also 2 basketball games along with another 

one on saturday night at 9pm! Cory is coaching Boston's bantum bball team so 

we couldn't miss out on these games.

we decided to spend our "sweet sixteen" doing what we love best! spending it with our kids

and our ultimate fav burger joint!   we all love "Sammy's" and since it was early out

we grabbed the kids from school at noon and spent the afternoon together.

the best part about it, is we Loved it! this was one of our fav anniversaries... 

sometimes it's best just keepin it real!

"sammy's" is famous for their Pie shakes! My ultimate favorite is their pumpkin pie shake! 

 run don't walk to their new location in Pleasant Grove. 

Their hamburgers are TO DIE FOR!

Ivy dresses herself and this was probably one of my favorites of hers.  

performing on stage in her JB shirt! ha