Such a good break~

Last Saturday we had a family temple day because my nephew Trent was going through to receive his endowments. He's leaving on his mission soon and it was so cool to be there with my husband and family. I love temple days. Dan and I try to go once a month but will hopefully be able to go more now that we live only 20 minutes away. After the session we ate lunch at the cafeteria there and then headed to ASU's Gammage Auditorium to wee WICKED. I have seen other plays like Les Mes and Lion King but have never been so impressed as I was with this one. It was hilarious, entertaining, sad, and also a love story. The music was absolutely AMAZING! I could listen to their voices all day long. They were so beautiful. It was such a fun filled day and I loved spending it with Dan. I'm so glad that I have a husband that goes to the temple with me and honors his priesthood. Thanks Dan for being so awesome and for working so hard for our family. We love you! -Becky

EAT MOR CHIKIN

I had just finished making dinner...boring spaghetti...when my niece Katy called me and told me about the Chick-fil-A deal they had going on today. If you went with your cow apparel on you received a free entree. So we ditched the spaghetti and Dan and I whipped up some cow spots out of construction paper and taped them to all the kids. They had horse rides and crafts for the kids to do. They also had games where the kids could win free chicken sandwiches or desserts. Sam and Mia, Gracie's cousins were with us for the day. Dinner for 7 of us cost $5.55...(soda and fries). We had such a good time and it was even more fun because it was free.
Reece and Violet destroyed most of their spots in a matter of minutes.


















Gracie....
Yesterday she drew this picture for me. About a week ago Dan had the idea to take Gracie to see the movie, "Monsters vs. Aliens". "It's only a buck!" Dan said. "I don't know. I'm pretty sure she won't like that kind of movie." says mom. Well, mom lost that one and they ended up going to the movie which Gracie said through half of it, "I don't really like this Daddy." So the last couple of nights, I wake up with Gracie standing by my side of the bed claiming she is having scary monster dreams. When she showed me this picture she told me, "This is the alien monster that was in my dream. I bet if I show daddy it will really freak him out!" Dan got a big kick out of it and said it looked pretty similar to some of the characters in the movie. I wonder if he will listen to me next time. :)



















How is this humanly possible for a room to get this trashed in a matter of hours? Makes me crazy!!





Reece Monkey...that funny monkey!
Her laugh gets me every time. She is cruising around everywhere and gets so excited when she starts walking towards me. It's almost as if she runs. I hope I have this baby before she gets any faster. She probably could outrun me. :)

















Violet...aka Vie-Vie
She is a little more hesitant to walk very much. She will usually take a couple steps and then start to wobble until she just can't keep her balance anymore. But, she is laughing and smiling the whole time and thinks it's a game.

I absolutely love the expression on her face in this one.
















This is her new thing. I guess she like the way things look upside-down. I used to also as a kid. I remember thinking that if we could turn our house upside down and the ceiling became the floor, it would be so much cleaner than the floor was at the time. I know, I'm a weird one. :)