Its Been A While!!!

Sorry for not blogging regularly we have been busy with family outings! I'll try and recap most of the highlights!

We enjoyed Derick's basketball game:

We made a Go-Cart named Herbie like Franklin the Turtle:We went to the Santa Monica Aquarium with Serene:
We went to Sea World:We had a wonderful Conference Weekend, Easter Saturday at Underwood Family Farm, we dyed Easter Eggs, and went to church with Kurtis in his new suit from Pops and GG:

Kurtis Story

Today Kurtis and I were playing with his tools and other toys when he said he wanted to be a doctor. So I thought I would be his patient. I put my head down and said my head hurt and I had a fever. The sweet little boy put his hand on my head put his finger on his chin like he was thinking and then knelt down and said "I need to say a prayer to fix you mommy". It was so sweet, I could not bare to tell him I was pretending so that he could be a doctor. He said a very tender prayer and then touched my forehead again and told me I was better now. So cute!! He is growing up so much and we love having him in our lives!!

OuR WeAthEr!!!

The weather here has been so nice lately. Last week we decided to go as a family to the beach for a few hours! It was so relaxing and just the perfect weather. We look forward to doing this more and more often as summer approaches!!

Yo-Gurt

A few months ago our friend Brit showed us this wonderful Frozen Yogurt place, and we have been going once a month or so since then. It is just so good!! Well Kurtis and I decided to go a few weeks ago but on the way there he asked if his friend Zoie could come along. Lucky us she was available to come on a date with us!! They were too cute, they both got Strawberry ice cream and loved every minute of it!! When I was getting them into the car Kurtis told Zoie "You are beautiful" and Zoie said "You are too..." , so innocent and adorable!

Getty Villa

Yesterday we had a fun day at the Getty Villa. It was beautiful and a great thing to do even though it rained in the morning! By the afternoon the sun was out and shining bright!! Thanks Anne and Zoie for inviting us to come along, and thanks for coming with us Serene!! We had a great time!

Our Little Artist

Kurtis has really started to enjoy drawing and is getting pretty good at it too. He loves to draw cars especially Herbie and his family. I was pretty impressed because it was the first drawing of his family we all had arms, legs, and bodies not just scribble. Here is some of his artwork.

Celebration!!

This week Derick and I celebrated our Anniversary, 6 Years!! I remember the special day like it was yesterday walking into the temple and seeing him standing there waiting for me as he would for the rest of his life! At least I can admit I am the one that is always late! I am very blessed to have him and appreciate all that we have been able to do together! Six years is just the beginning, Love you!

My hobby!

I hope that Erin does not check out my blog very frequently, hopefully I can deliver it to her this week!! Anyways, I have been working on my quilting skills and made this Noah's Ark quilt for my friends new adorable baby girl. I had fun doing it, and it was pretty quick and easy!!

Looks like I have a lot more to do with everyone having babies soon, Congratulations everyone (You know who you are)!

Rainy Day

Last week the weather was a bit rainy so we had to be creative and find things to do around the house. Kurtis taught me how to play hockey, his favorite part was "checking" me (I am learning lots of fun things that Kurtis and Derick used to do during the day!!), we made up an obstacle course for Speed Racer to race through, and then we made an entire playdough family. Simple things, but we had a ton of fun together!! Then we had a wonderful Sunday. Here are some updated photos:

Giving Blood

Derick volunteered to give blood last Saturday, so we decided to make it a family trip!! As we drove up Kurtis saw a Red Cross Hummer and was so excited to go up to it and see the engine. For those of us who can not give blood (because we pass out...not sure who that is), thank you Derick for being so strong that you can suffer through the pain and give blood. Anyone who can should, I know especially in CA right now they need it. Here are some fun pictures of our experience!

Kurtis Hair Cut

Kurtis started preschool last week, so we decided he needed a hair cut this week. After some time he decided it would be ok for me to cut his hair. When I started he said "momma this is nothing", he was a little scared! Afterwards though he was so excited that his hair was cut like his friends Josh and Sam!! Here are the pictures of his wonderful (and much needed) hair cut! He really did not want me to take photos, he was too busy playing!

The before, shaggy and over his ears!

Family Vacation

So here are the photos of our vacation, there were really too many, so this is the easiest way to show everything we did!! We really enjoyed our time, and having the entire Gholson Family together!! These are just a few of the photos, I will do some other blogs with some other highlights of the trip!!