Easter

We had my parents and brother and sisters come over to our home for Easter! Its always fun to have them over and sit and talk. I love my family and am very greatful for them.

My Brother and sisters.....we have 1 other brother on a mission

My Cute parents!

and us...

I am loving it!

So my sister Elaine is staying with us for a while and Iam just loving it! She is here with me when Bear is gone all day at work and at the gym and keeps me company! I now have someone to watch my mtv shows with, go grocery shopping with, and just another girl to talk with!

I came the other day and she did the dishes for me and cleaned the kitchen for me! How nice is that! After that I felt bad for not being the good wife I should be! Her being here for a while will help me and put into check :)

Last night we made dinner!! And this is another positive of her being here, we can make dinner together! From previous posts, we all know that I am not the best cook and don't really have the desire to cook but last night I actually enjoyed cooking and it turned out really yummy! We made chicken enchiladas and for desert chocolate covered strawberries and bananas! The enchiladas were easier to make than I thought and turned out good! And Bear really enjoyed them which is a ++. After this whole cooking "experience" I think I just might enjoy cooking and will hopefully get better and better!

Ingredients

After(It doesn't look delicious, but it sure WAS)

The yummy desert....Mmmmm

We are waiting for the tour-tis-is-tis

We went to the hockey game with Bear's brother and his family! I have never been to a hockey game and didn't really have a desire to but it was more fun than I thought. It was really fun just hanging out and talking. We had not seen them in a LONG time so it was a nice time visiting! And they have the cutest little boys also! As we were walking back to our cars after the game, Bear and Josh each had a boy on their shoulders and were running and the oldest one said," We are waiting for Mom and Melody. The tour-tis-is-tis. He was trying to say tortoise but was saying tourist and tortoise at the same time! It was so funny! So the whole time he was saying hurry up tortoises! I guess we weren't walking as fast as he wanted us to :]

Yay for free hats, shirts, soda, food, and tickets!

Enjoying the game with this little cutie!

When we were being called tortoises

Trying to get him to look but the game was more fascinating than us of course!

Vacation!

We just got back from a 4 day trip to Cali! It was a lot of fun and it was a good break from work and Arizona! The main reason for this trip was my younger brother! We took him to go see a friend knowing that it would be cheaper then him going all by himself! I wasn't really looking forward to it but it turned out to be a lot fun! I love vacations because that is when Bear doesn't really mind us going shopping :] Now we didn't go overboard but I was able to get a couple of new shirts without him getting a little upset with me about spending money!

We left at around 2am on Thursday and didn't get there until like 4pm! It was a longer drive then I thought but it was a fun drive! We went to Marine World on Friday and it was the perfect day! The wind was perfect and the weather was in the 70s! This six flaggs had elephants, and sea lions, penguins, sharks, whales, and dolphins! It was so awesome to see all those animals in real life and not on camera! It gave me a different likening to them and just how amazing they are!

On Saturday we visited San Fran and that was interesting! All I can say is that I love living in Arizona and that I can handle the traffic here! We went to Union Square and it was fun too see but I could never live there! There were herds and herds of people and let me say that some of them were kind of scary.... We went into this mall and it was HUGE! It was 8 stories high full of stores! I wasn't able to shop there because we were on a time limit due to the parking meter but it was fun just walking around and seeing everything!

And then on Sunday we made our way back home to Arizona! I started the drive out and it was fun! It was really windy so it was kind of a jerky ride but other than that it was fun! I have never driven in any other state than Arizona so I wanted to! Its not a big deal or anything but to me it was! While we were driving into Santa Clarita we saw a HUGE fire! We first saw a small patch of red smoke and then after about an hour the whole sky was covered with black and red smoke! I have never seen a fire so huge in my life in person and seen the effects of it.

So our trip was full of fun and interesting things to do! It was fun being with Bear and knowing that he didnt have to work and that we were able to spend time together! And it was fun spending time with my brother and sister! But being in a car for 12 cars can make you crazy and somewhat irretiable :]

These are some pics of us on the way home!

And here are some just random fun pics from our trip!