This was a while ago but it is something I dont want to forget....

while we were driving down the road, Austin shouted out "STOP LOOKING AT ME!!!"

I said "who are you talking to?"

He said: "The Sun"

The sunlight was shining right in his face and he had to keep his eyes squinted....so cute!!

Alyssa has started undressing herself and tries to get dressed on her own too!

Chad's Aunt Viki and cousin Margo came up to Salt Lake from Arizona to visit. We all got together tonight for a family dinner. It was good to see everyone. I can't believe how much everyone changes each time I see them.
Babies were the hot topic of discussion tonight. Viki's daughter had her 3rd AND 4th daughter--TWINS, on Valentines Day. Their names are Isabelle and Olivia. Kim had her little baby Seth not too long ago on November 18th and Casey and D had their first little babyboy-Preston on February 27th. So our family has had a bit of baby fever!! And because I get to be the aunt and not the new mommy this time around, I am loving every minute of it (baby is snuggly and cute in my arms...baby starts crying and goes to mom or dads arms)... It was good to see everyone.
Austin and Alyssa are getting to the point that they fight bedtime. I remember doing this myself, so I am sure it is just payback. I told Austin that if he would please go to bed and stay in bed then I would take him to go see the Easter Bunny at South Towne Mall on Wednesday.....he quickly did as I asked. I am excited to go. I invited my best friend from high school, Jessica and her little boy Noah who is Austin's age to come with. I hope it works out. It seems like every time we try and do something one of us has something....I guess that is the life after high school, being married and having children. I am glad that we even keep in touch at all.

Austin's entered the world of questions....as in he asks them non-stop. As of right now I love it!
his latest are about different animals teeth and eating habits...

"Mom, polar bears dont bite people, they only bite fish because they live where it's cold, but what about at the zoo, do they bite people there?"

"Mom, do Sharks bite snakes?"

"Dad, the lions can't get me at the zoo, because they are in a cage,right?"

Alyssa's new word...cuz!

Alyssa why are you dumping that powdered sugar out on the table...."cuz."

Last night I stayed up with Ashley until 5am!!! Why you ask?!?! We have been so bogged down watching kids from sun up until sun down and we stayed up late just doing girly things and having a good time. I paid for it today though...I have been exhausted all day. We went out to lunch with Luan, Nick Kim and kids, and I brought Grace along since I was tending her today. We went to Cafe Rio...yummy! I was hoping Diana and Preston would come but they weren't feeling up to it quite yet. We are getting together for dinner tomorrow night at Nick and Kim's with Chad's Aunts and cousins and they are planning on coming to that. I did get to see Seth and he is growing so fast. He looks like a little boy and not a newborn anymore. The weather has been so nice and then we got a surprise snow stormwith 1 1/2 inches...crazy!! We went out to dinner with my mom, Melissa and Grace, Jeff and Jen and Ashley. It was fun we don't really ever go out to dinner with my family, so it was afun change. Chad and I were invited to Adam Lynch's 30th birthday party. We weren't able to go. We stayed home hoping to talk to Jeana about how she has been acting lately, but surprise, surprise she didn't get home until after 8pm...I was bummed that I had to miss the party. I dont really get to see Jessica very often. We are hopefully going to try to get together on Monday. Tomorrow is our Stake Conference. Elder Dallin H. Oaks , a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Is speaking. I better get to bed so I can get the sleep I need to pay attention!

Today was a pretty good day. Chad had 6 cavities filled yesterday and one of his teeth was bothering him so he went in early this morning and had the Dentist file it down so it felt like 'normal' again. The kids and I had a good day. Matt and Kevin have been waiting for a kids show to come to theater so they could take Abby and Austin. Today 'Horton Hears a Who' came out to theaters so this was the perfect opportunity. Tyler and Ryan overheard and wanted to go too. So they all went. Matt and Kevin said the kids did really well, and sat in their seats the whole time and were giggling and laughing at the movie. I guess there was apart where they kept calling eachother a boob and they all thought that was pretty funny. While they were at the bank I ransome errands, went to the bank nothing exciting. I had Haylie and Alyssa with me and I think they enjoyed the extra attention. When I got home I did 'The Firm' workout, it was interesting considering my obliques were still really sore from yesterday at the gym, but once I got through the warm up it was nice. I am very proud of myself I have already lost 8lbs and just started 2 weeks ago. When Chad got home the kids wanted to go to the park. I had told them as long as the weather was good I would take them. I looked out the window to see tiny snowflakes! I couldnt believe it, wehad been having the nicest weather...oh well I am sure tomorrow it will be sunny again. Mike came and picked up his kids and I love them to death, but I always feel like I can finally relax when he has them on his weekends. Chad is getting excited for our trip to escalante next week. He has been painting my paintball gun with some hot pink accents. Getting all of his hunting stuff ready so he can try out his new bow and making lists of everything we need to bring. Darrel and Rose sold their house this week, so Darrel should be moving down their at the end of the month. We are going to miss having them so close, but are glad that they are still in driving distnace (about 4 hours) so we can visit often. Tomorrow is going to be busy. I am tending Grace for the day while Mark and Jack are in Wyoming for his BMX racing and Melissa is at work. I hope she doesn't get too bored. She is always such a help and keeps Austin and Alyssa busy. Maybe I can get some cleaning done. We'll see....

I know, I know I am going overboard....

I started a "spencer family journal" so that I could keep track of our day to day happenings and thought I would put it on a seperate blog, so I didn't bore allofour readers... Our 'meet the spencers' blog has been a great journal and scrapbook, but there is so much more of the "little things" that I want to remember and look back on that I don't blog. So here goes....