Birthday Time!

I realized that I never posted on my Hubby's Birthday. Also, looking at pictures, I realized that I never got a picture of his cake. He asked for a poke cake, so that's what he got. Lemon cake with Cherry jello poke and cool whip for frosting. It tasted really good. :)

Here are some pictures of the event:

Spring Break!!

Last week was Spring Break. We had a busy/fun/big week. We put in an offer and got it accepted on a house to be built for us. It'll be built just west of here, so not too far away and Mike will probably add another 5 min or so onto his commute. :)

Here are some pictures of the lot and a copy of the plan.



At the back of the property is a stream with a walking trail that will be city maintained.

Here's a floor plan, not sure how well you can see it, but.....


We also got to go to Trafalga in Lehi. I think everyone had a good time. Here are some pics of that...








We also got to spend some time at the park

Ben

Here are pictures from when Ben got the citizenship award in his class.




The first grade class put on a Honesty program. Ben played a part as Abraham Lincoln and had a line to say. Here are some pictures and a video with him saying his part.






The video didn't work. I'll try to add it later.

My Birthday!

The next pictures I have are from my b-day... I have to show you the cake. My new favorite kind to make are ice cream cakes. I did strawberry swirl ice cream with a chocolate cake.

The best gift was to go to the temple with Mike in the afternoon! It was great. I won't tell you how long it had been since we went, but it was well needed and so worth while. :)

It's fun to turn another year older when it doesn't matter :)
Thank you family!

Jacob's Birthday!

HapPy BirThdAy JacOb!

He made it to 2 (back in Feb, we're slow posting)! He is such a cute little boy and we had fun on his day. Here are some pictures of the event.

$$$$$$

Curious about..... My son needed a prescription and with insurance right now we have a pretty high deductable so it cost us $40 to fill it. The thing I really don't understand is that this morning I gave him the last of the dosage, but I still have at least 3 days left of medicine.

So, I spend $40 for a prescription that I don't even use all of?? I don't understand why? If you are in pharmacy or know something about this, please tell me what's going on. Is the medicine really that expensive to make, then why do you give me more than I need. If not, I think someone is making good $ from all of us that get more medicine than we need.

As a side note....how do you tell someone that they should finish the prescription, but yet they have more than we need to take? Just looking at these 2 bottles that I now need to throw away, sure makes me wonder what we are teaching ourselves and others to do.

Sorry, I just wish I understood what we really are supposed to do. I will throw out these bottles, but I can't help but wonder if my son should actually be finishing it off.....

Princeton

Mike had to go to Princeton again to work on the Praxis test. (He went last July.) We decided that I would go with him this time. With help from my wonderful mother we were able to leave all 5 children and take this little trip on our own.

We left Thursday morning and got into Princeton about 6:30 local time. We were able to have dinner with some of the others on the committee. Friday and Saturday Mike was in meetings from about 9-5 so I got to wonder around Princeton, relax, nap, and read. We did go to Princeton together Friday night and walked around and did a little shopping. I ate at a place called My Panera, it was very good. The closest one to me here is in Denver or Las Vegas. I may not get to go back there for awhile. I also got to take a tour of Princeton University. It was neat to see and learn about the programs that are offered. I felt a bit out of place, but it was good.

We then left just after noon to head back home. We got home about 9:30 at night. Mom seemed to have survived. :) Thank you mom.

Here are some pictures of our trip:

This is where the Princeton University Pres. lives.


This is inside the Cathedral on campus. It seats 2000, one of the largest Cathedrals on a campus. (It might be THE largest, but it might just be the second largest.)


A picture taken while driving to the airport of the Philadelphia skyline.




These are 2 bridges that we passed. I just thought that they were cool looking. Don't see many of them around here. :)