cede & mark's wedding

Jeremy's little sister Cede got married on the 12th of March. She and Mark are a perfect match, I'm so happy for them. The sealing was sweet & very emotional, she looked perfect, it was a beautiful day. It's crazy to think she was just 10 years old at our wedding, she feels just like a little sister to me.

Mark has a whole slew of brothers and its the 'Lindblom tradition' to have a bull at the reception. I thought it was super fun and it gave everyone something to do! My boys (mostly Brayden) were obsessed with it and rode it as many times as they could! Cede even rode it in her wedding dress.

spring break day one.

Last night we made a list of Spring Break to-do's:

• Peter Piper (yay)
• Zoo
• Museum
• Hike
• Jump Street
• Bike rides
• Friends over
• Outside Mall

We went to Peter Piper today, zoo trip tomorrow. We are always here during our very lengthy Spring Break. I always try real hard not to be jealous of all the other families going out of town. It would be fun. BUT we are going to make the most of our typical staycation. I want to be more of an outdoorsy family. I've been set on going on a family hike for weeks. Hopefully we can finally pull it off. Today on the way to Peter Piper, we pulled up right next to a cop car. Brayden said, "Kosty. Just keep reading and act natural."

Oh yeah, and my house is already trashed.

Happy Spring!

cede's shower

can you tell they're related? Mindy, Cede, Susan

I'm such an oddball in this brunette clan ;)

We had Cede's bridal shower at our house a couple weeks ago. She asked me to make the tissue poms and they were surprisingly very easy! She gets married TOMORROW. Crazy.

I'm so proud of Kosty! He can write his name now! He came in our room on Sunday with this little notebook, its the first official time he's done it with NO help.

I need to record my frustrating moments more. Not that I want to dwell on them, but they are a part of life. I was furious with these boys today. There is a neighborhood t-ball league going on and they refused to go to practice or be a part of it. I slammed my door and put myself in a time-out after yelling at them and calling them 'ungrateful brats'.

"I used to BEG my mom to sign me up for things!" I told them. Why should I have to BEG them to sign up for fun things? Not cool. Later, Kosty slammed his door and I had to go apologize for my terrible example and tell him its not ok to slam doors... I shouldn't do it, and neither should he.

Goodness, parenting is tough sometimes. That's all.

valentines day.

I love Valentines day. I usually do pink pancakes, strawberries, and strawberry milk for our traditional Valentine breakfast, but since Jer does not do pancakes, and I couldn't find any decent strawberries, I switched it up this year.

We had fresh raspberries

French Toast. Made with day old homemade white bread (or for those who are in my ward, it was a loaf of Trish's sacrament bread recipe) I made a few days before and I let it get a little stale. I have never eaten french toast quite so delicous. Try it.

Sausage Egg Casserole...also a must try recipe, found here.

two cute boys, one with some serious bed head.

And then after we ate and ate and stuffed ourselves to the point of feeling ill, the boys cordially invited us for a trampoline party. Oooh, I don't recommend it.

I had to get a picture before these new front teeth push their way through. I have really enjoyed this boy with his missing front teeth, I love the toothless smile and the way he lisps when he talks. Ready or not: Here come those big jagged adult teeth to ruin our fun! ;)

Oh, and he is finally at his dream hair stage that he begged and pleaded and even cried for. He loves his luscious locks! it was very hard for me to allow it, but when I saw his eyes fill up with tears I knew I needed to loosen up my reigns and simply let it be.