Gramma' Darlin & Hyrum

I love this picture of my Mom with Hyrum! Hyrum looks so happy to be outside and holding his Gramma's hand :)

Birthday and Mother's Day!

My birthday lasted all week :) Monday we went to Red Robin for the free meal and sundae they provide on your birthday (if you sign up for it on their website-highly recommend it!) Then Friday one of our hometeachers and his wife came and babysat Hyrum so Jeremy and I could go on a date. He took me to a nice seafood restaurant that used to be the old train depot. It was a beautiful building and the food was great. Jeremy gave me the Pride and Prejudice piano music which I was very excited about :) Then today he made dinner and a cake. What a guy! I turned 28 this year, it's so weird to keep getting older but to not feel like I'm older. Will I ever grow up? Probably not! Happy Mother's Day to all you mother's out there!!!

A NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY.....

This new addition actually came about back in February but I have failed to acknowledge it. I was just thinking, again, how awesome it is having a piano so I had to put it on the blog! It makes our home even homier. We found a great deal at a local shop and decided to go for it. Without this piano I would never play and I love to play so it has been so much fun. Thanks Jeremy!!!!

Oh and it also doubles as a bookshelf for Hyrum :)

Brigg & Havalah are married ..... (finally! =] )

So we have just returned from a fast but great trip to Utah for the wedding of my brother Brigg and new sister in law Havalah! What a blast it was to see family and friends and be together. Here are some pictures from our trip...there are a lot!

The happy couple :)

Hyrum by a statue of his namesake (Hyrum Smith)

Hyrum & Aunt Becky

The Turner fam

Picture of the guys (Hyrum is actually smiling!)

The bride and the bridesmaids

Hyrum in his cute orange vest and bow tie (thanks Anjuli!)

Ginger, Mom, Meg & Hyrum

Hyrum & Amber

Hyrum with Pa (my Dad)

Shakespears

Our good friends Heather & Dan (with their cute boys Drew & Forrest) came to the reception!

Heather & I

Holly and I with our kids (Hyrum was tired of pictures by this point)

Holly & I -she was my best friend growing up and we haven't seen each other for probably 7 or 8 years

We were able to spend lots of time with Jeremy's sister Alison :)

Hyrum feeding himself yummy, sticky ice cream

My good friend Lilly

Hyrum flying

Hyrum enjoying the moving sidewalks at the airport

We went to eat at Ruby River with my brother Zac and his wife Joy-it was such good food, we had baby back ribs and lots of other things, we were soooo full!

We love those ribs (thanks for dinner Zac & Joy!)

Jeremy's Vacation

Today is the last day of Jeremy's 12 1/2 day vacation from school...sigh...it has been so very much fun to have him around all day everyday!!! It will be very weird for him to be gone all day tomorrow. It's cool how fast I get used to having him around when he gets these nice breaks in between semesters and things. I think it will be hard for him to get used to studying once more. But it just means we'll be that much closer to being done with school! This past Friday and Saturday was graduation at the University for a lot of programs and as we drove by the stadium there were lots of people wearing caps and gowns. I got this surge of excitement for that day to come for us. But it will be weird too. You are a student (or your husband is) for so long it just feels like that's the way it will always be. Then we'll have to start helping our kids with their homework. Guess I should take some refresher courses at that point :)

So, we went to a lot of parks because there were many nice sunny days. We had a bbq with friends, went bowling, went for lots of walks, Hyrum saw his very first movie 'Happy Feet' in the theater and he also tried Chinese food for the first time. We took Hyrum to Xtreme Bounce Zone where they have a bunch of blow up toys that kids can bounce around in. He was a little young for most of it but there was one big slide he really loved and he loved all the extra space to run around in. Hyrum has also added the word 'cracker' to his vocabulary. We think it sounds very cute when he says it. Jeremy and I enjoyed lots of different kinds of super yummy ice cream. We spent what felt like probably 50% of our waking time looking for a house/duplex to rent. We are really hoping to get into something this summer sometime. With how expensive rent is out here, it's really not that much more to rent a house than an apartment! So we'll keep ya'll posted. Oh yes and we bought a printer-yippeee!

So vacation is over but spring semester is only 6 weeks and Jeremy will be off for two whole months. He did great this past winter semester. It seemed to be twice as hard than his first semester. He was a lot busier and had to study more and finals were crazy but he did great. He really amazes me! I would be so stressed out I would be impossible to live with. But he always remains so calm and laid back and just gets everything done and still has time for Hyrum & I. He's great =]

Xtreme Bounce Zone

Checking out a creek with Dad & Mom

Playing in grocery bags

More fun at Xtreme Bounce

Hyrum is getting into the I love dirt phase of life

Too many toys!!!!

Hyrum at his first movie

My new hat
( I remember when that bowl was HUGE on his head and now it fits perfectly!)

More dirt

Hyrum and his friend Hunter

We love ice cream!

Hyrum's first eggroll

Gramma Darlin' Comes!

My Mom came for a week!!! It was so much fun for her to be here with us. Hyrum bonded with her immediately and they had so much fun together. As you can see from the pictures there was lots of laughing =] The time went by way too fast though. During the week we took Hyrum to the library, the mall and a toddler play place and spent a lot of time playing at home. One of their favorite things to do together was read books. I LOVED having her here to talk with and we spent most our time chatting away and playing games. One day we even made a four layer pumpkin cake that turned out scrumptious!
Jeremy is in the middle of his winter finals and is doing well with his tests so far but is really busy studying for more. He has 10 days off in between winter and spring semesters and I know we are all looking forward to it!
We had a nice Easter Sunday. After church, we had dinner with a few other families in the ward and it was nice to have lots of good food to eat and good company. Hope everyone else had a happy Easter as well.
Oh and if anyone is wondering about the diaper picture, Hyrum thinks it's the funniest thing to take his dirty diaper and throw it in the air or try to throw it at me or something (maybe because it's the way I react to it-EWWW!)