HAPPY EASTER!!!!

I'm a little bit slow posting my Easter pictures! I'm always a little behind! Anyway.... We had a really fun Easter weekend this year. We had a neighborhood Easter egg hunt that I organized. We had it out in the park behind our house. We had a really good turnout. I think we had close to 100 people come. We had a potluck picnic after the hunt. I made 100 hotdogs and there were only a few left over. Besides being really cold I think everybody had a lot of fun.

On Sunday we went to church, as usual. Marlie and a group of kids sang a song in the Easter program. After church we went to Grandpa and Grandma Hancock's house to have Easter dinner with the family. Lynnette, Ryan and Shawn all came with their families. The kids dyed eggs and we had a little egg hunt for the little kids. It was a nice day. I love those days when I am surrounded by family. I feel so blessed to have all that I have, especially such a wonderful family.

OOOOOPS!!!!

Well St. Patrick's Day didn't turn out to be so lucky for us this year!! Bryce got in an accident while taking Keaton to school in the morning. He looked down for a minute and missed a stop sign. We feel so blessed that nobody was hurt. Two seconds earlier and Keaton would have been hit and probably injured pretty badly. We are blessed. The insurance totalled the truck, so now we are on the hunt for a new one. Bummer huh?

Some of my Latest Photo Shoots

JACOB, 6 MONTHS

ABBY & BAILEE

which tv mom are you?

Which TV Mom Are You?

My Result: Claire Huxtable

You are Claire Huxtable from The Cosby Show. You have high expectations for your children, just like you have high expectations for yourself. You've probably got your own life and your own career, but nothing is more fun than spending time with your family. You may be a professional woman, but you enjoy getting silly with the kids sometimes.


You want good kids, but you also want them to be successful, smart individuals who can speak their minds — as long as they do so respectfully. While you enjoy being the kind of mom that your kids can come to with a problem, you are not afraid to set them straight when they're acting badly. When it comes to discipline, you try treat your kids like adults, talking calmly and coolly. And that's ultimately why they're going to grow up with such unwavering respect for you — as both a mother and a successful person.

What are you?
http://web.tickle.com/jumpto?test=tvmomogt&c=50652

hancock happenings

Which TV Mom Are You?

My Result: Marge Simpson

You are Marge from The Simpsons. You may not share Marge's blue bouffant, but you do share her animated style of mothering. Sometimes the pressures of maintaining a happy home may push you toward the edge, but at the end of the day, you believe in your children wholeheartedly, even when they're being rather, um, spirited.


You encourage your kids' creativity and individuality, whether that means watching them perform the saxophone or helping them raise exotic lizards. You may sometimes say things that sound like old-fashioned parenting clichés, but when it comes down to dealing with domestic disasters, you can be a pretty together, modern mama.

What are you?
http://web.tickle.com/jumpto?test=tvmomogt&c=50652

I took this twice because I couldn't decide on some of the answers. If I'm like Marge does that mean my kids are like Bart? and Bryce like Homer? :)

Tagged by Missy

I have never actually taken the opportunity to do a Tag but this one is pretty fun so I'll give it a try. Since I'm using this blog as a sort of journal this will be good to record for posterity right?

What was I doing ten years ago? (1998)



I was a mommy to two little kids, well almost two, I was still pregnant with Marlie. We were living in Wellington, Ut. in our first house. Keaton was about to turn 3 and was about to put me into an early grave. I just remember that he was so difficult. I'm sure being pregnant didn't help my tolerance level but I was always exhausted in every way trying to raise this kid! He was so big that I couldn't physically make him do anything he refused to do, so it was very frustrating. he still wasn't potty trained and the baby was coming soon. He still had to be next to me to fall asleep. I started letting him fall asleep on the couch because I was too pregnant to lay in his twin bed with him. He had to have chocolate milk in a sippy cup to go to bed too, most of the time he didn't even drink it, he just wanted to hold it. I was Young Women's President in my ward. I guess 10 years ago I was busy trying to figure out how to be a parent! (I'm still trying to figure it out !!)


5 things on my "to do" list today
1) mop the kitchen floor, it's getting scary.
2) make cookies for "thank you's"
3) laundry, that's on my list EVERYDAY
4) go to Savers to look for things to sell on Ebay
5) go to Enrichment Night


5 things that I enjoy

1) Photography, definitely #1
2) Gardening, growing things, especially flowers.
3) Traveling. There are so many places that I would love to see.
4) Social get togethers, parties, family gatherings, game nights, etc..
5) Cooking, trying new recipes.


3 of my bad habits
Only 3? It's hard to choose only 3. I don't want to be too revealing,
so these are some of the least serious bad habits........:)

1) Gas station nachos.....YUM.
2) Not washing my face before bed and applying anti-wrinkle cream.
3) Not exercising.....bad,bad,bad!!!!




5 places I have lived

1) Idaho:Blackfoot and Pocatello

2) Utah: Provo,Orem, Wellington, Payson

3) Laie, Hawaii

4) Tokyo, Japan

5) Cupertino, CA

5 jobs I have had

1) McDonald's cashier- yes, back when the uniforms were brown polyester.

2) I worked at two different garden center/nurseries

3) apartment manager

4) Retail cashier (KB Toys, Kmart, Gymboree)

5) real estate appraisal photographer

5 things people don't know about me

I am a pretty open book, so there isn't a lot people don't know about me but I'll give it a shot.

1) I was in the Jr, Miss pageant in high school (I know you are all laughing)

2) It took me 7 years of going to college to get my bachelor degree, nine years after I graduated from high school. But I did it!

3) I don't know how to swim.

4) I spent 6 weeks in Europe after I graduated from high school. I was visiting and traveling with my friend Stine who lives in Denmark. What a great experience!!

5) I want to go to culinary school someday. I also have a secret dream of opening an ice cream store. Payson really needs an ice cream store. :)

I am tagging everyone who reads this! Try it, it's fun. Just do it!!

BYU ROOMIES

On Tuesday, last week, I had a get together will two of my roomates from my freshman year at BYU. Janet was in Utah with her family for some business. Cathy lives in Lehi which is pretty close to me. We met at Los Hermanos in Lindon. We each brought our daughters with us. It's kinda weird that all of us have 2 or 3 boys and only one daughter. It was really fun seeing them again. I haven't see Janet for five years, since she moved to CA. Janet lived with me after our freshman year and we also went to BYU Hawaii together. We had so many fun times! I'm so glad that I have been able to keep in touch with these two girls. We have been friends now for 20 YEARS !!! That is so hard to believe. I am going to add some old pics to this post later but for now I'll post our get-together. Janet's daughter, Brenna is the same age as Marlie. They are our "mini-me's". Cathy's daughter just turned 1, I don't know why I don't have a picture of her!