Out of the mouth of babes...

Caymbree is a little stinker when it comes to eating dinner. It seems like it is a battle every single night. I have finally gotten to the point where when she refuses to touch anything on her plate I put her in time-out until she is ready to come out and have at least have ONE bite. And so the story goes...

We sit down to the table to eat. Caymbree takes one look at her plate. Lays her head down on the table and says, "I just go to time-out." And the Oscar goes to...

Hope knocked me out of my socks with her latest comeback yesterday. My ego is still recovering.

I notice the red greasy smudges on the sleeves of Hope's white shirt ONCE again. It's the same old story. Hope wears lipgloss. Somehow that lipgloss always ends up on the sleeves of her white shirts. Mom lectures. Mom threatens. And so the story goes...

(After noticing me looking at the red smudges) Hope says, "Wow. How did that get there? Mom, I really don't know how that happened.

Me: (Very irritated and apparently a little harsh) "Hope, you are ruining your shirts! That looks SO ugly. Do you like to wear ugly things?"

Hope: (Feelings hurt and looking for revenge) "Well, all those red spots on your face (yes, those would be zits), are just as ugly!"

Touche Hope, touche. Now I think I might just cry.

Here comes the sun...

When we left it looked like this - a day after we got home it looked like this... But for a few short days we got a glimpse of this...

SUN! BEAUTIFUL, GLORIOUS SUN!!

I wish I could say it was the kind of sun that warms you to the core and provides the picture perfect moment for a sun kissed tan but it wasn't. It was cool. But it was sun. And I wasn't complaining.

My friend Tara and I packed up all six of our girls and began the four and half hour journey to sunny St. George. Our hubbies joined us the next night. They got four and half hours of peaceful, quiet chit chat. We got four 1/2 hours of hmmmm......what exactly shall we call it? Not sure I can find the right word to do it justice. :)

We did a little shopping, a lot of swimming, a few Easter activities, and plenty of hiking. Snow Canyon turned out to be the highlight of the trip and we went two days in a row. Caymbree was so funny to watch and declared her independence by rarely allowing us to carry or help her during our hiking trips. It was amazing and humorous at the same time.

Easter in St. George

Easter activities started with mad dash search through the house to find where the bunny had hid their baskets. After searching five bedrooms, four bathrooms, and two living rooms they finally found them in the cupboards of the laundry room. Sneaky bunny! They were thrilled with their baskets full of girly trinkets. You know the can't-live-without staples of girl-hood. Things like gum, jewelry, lip gloss, and clothes. Still wondering why the Easter bunny skipped right over me this year.

Later we headed outside to find a yard full of eggs. Let the games begin!

It was such a fun Easter {slash} Spring Break {slash} if-I-don't-see-the-sun-soon-I'm-gonna-scream vacation!