Meet the Dunphys! - Modern Family

You MUST watch this show. It is HILARIOUS!!!!! It airs Wednesdays. It's laugh out loud funny most of the time.

A couple more pics from the trip

Church History Museum

My SIL Cara told us about a children's exhibit that they have at the Church History Museum across from Temple Square in SLC. So after we went to see The Little Chocolatiers we stopped at the museum. The kids had so much fun. I would recommend it for little kids especially. Note: Jim doing the Coy Turtle in this shot.

The Little Chocolatiers

I am a Reality TV junkie. I will freely admit it. I have been watching The Little Chocolatiers on TLC. It is about a husband and wife who happen to be little people who happen to have a chocolate store in the Avenues in SLC. Well, when I decided to go to Utah for Spring Break, you know I just HAD to go see them and try and get a picture with one of them. When we got to the store, I did talk to both of them but I was too embarrassed to ask for a photo shoot. So when Jim heard about it, he has no shame, so he asked if we could get a picture. The lady of the house was very nice and allowed us to snap a picture with her. (I wish Jim and Shelley had a trick that helps you not look pregnant in pictures but let's face it, they aren't miracle workers.)

The Great Easter Egg Hunt of 2010

Every year, I hear about the Easter Egg Hunt that my mom hosts in her backyard for the grandkids. We have never been able to attend until this year. I brought all my plastic eggs and a bunch of candy with me. My mom had a ton of eggs and candy at her house. Put both together and you have an Easter Egg Hunt where the kids get so many eggs that they stop looking before they have found all their eggs. Everyone's basket was full to overflowing. So much candy, so much fun.

The Coy Turtle

If you know me, you know that I am not a fan of getting my picture taken. It has something to do with the double chin I am sporting these days. My brother Jim and his wife Shelley told me about a trick that I will pass on to you. It is called "The Coy Turtle." Apparently this move has even been discussed on Oprah, so you know it has to be legitimate. It feels really dumb while you are doing it but I think it actually helps. You stick your neck out as far as you can (like a turtle) and tilt your head down and sideways at the same time (like a COY turtle) This move is supposed to help eliminate (at least in the picture) a double chin. I'll let you be the judge.

Intensity

I asked my brothers to pose for a picture I could use to make my mom's yearly scrapbook calendar and this is what I got. Right before I snapped the picture, Jim yelled "Intense faces!" and this was the result. When I looked at the picture, I said "Wow, pretty intense" and they looked and said "That's not intense, these are intense" and they both whipped out their driver's license pictures where both look like the pictures you see after the police have caught a serial killer.
Somebody else took this picture of Shelley and I think it's pretty intense too so I added it to this section.

Bailey's 1st birthday

While in Utah we got to help celebrate my niece's 1st birthday. Bailey is too sweet. She liked me right away and every time she saw me, she would whisper "Hi!" This includes multiple times each visit. My kids loved her too much. And I mean too much because they loved her so much they almost sent her to the ER several times. I guess they don't know how to love without hurting.

Spring Break 2010

I got brave this year and decided to exercise my newfound freedom from apartment management. I took the kids to Utah by myself. In the car. By myself. It was quite an experience. Allie only asked about 10,000 times on the way there "How many more miles before we get there?" Jackson was pretty good, all things considered. He had to be ejected from one restaurant before I realized that it would be better to eat all of our meals in the car where he was imprisioned in his carseat and couldn't run laps around the dining room. I was extremely happy to see my parents house on day 2 of the trip. More to follow....