Sunday, April 10, 2011

April so far...

April has been a good month so far. The only thing that could make it better is the weather :( I feel like we have gotten more snow this month than we did in January. I'm just hoping it doesn't last. I'm ready for some warm sunny days!

Well we started the month with Ben's mission reunion. His mission president is from Columbia. He is in the quorum of the seventy so he has been able to come to Salt Lake which makes it a great opportunity to have a mission reunion. This was the second time for me to go to his reunion. Everyone was speaking Spanish. I could pick out a few things, but I don't know much. Ben's mission president told Ben that he needed to translate for me. It is great to be able to meet the people Ben served with and his President and Family. His President is a great guy and I am so glad I have been able to meet him. The reunion was at one of the Elder's homes. They had Mexican food of course. The meat was delicious. Then we sat around and went around having everyone say what is going on in their life. Then the President talked for awhile. It was a great night and even though I didn't know what anyone was saying I enjoyed it. I look forward to the next reunion.

Here we are with his president, his wife, and one of his daughters.
Here is a picture of The president and family and his missionaries.
That weekend was General Conference weekend. Saturday was not a very busy day up at the Spa so I was able to watch/listen to all but one talk. I was thankful for that. I enjoyed every talk. One of my favorites was Henry B. Eyring's it was on Service. He mentioned the primary song: "Have I Done Any Good In The World Today" I love that song and think of it often. He spoke on how the Lord provides ways for us to help. We always have sympathy for those in need of help and we need to turn it into an act of service. Take the opportunity whenever and wherever it happens. I loved that and just wanted to re-share it :) That night during priesthood I went with my in-laws to Thanksgiving Point for a girl's night. We first did some shopping then ate at their cafe. Their food is delicious. Then we stopped at Ikea for some cinnamon rolls. It was a fun night! Thanks for inviting me! Sunday was great as well. We were able to go watch at Ben's sister's house. It was a great day. And I would re-share it all! I'm grateful for those who spoke and know they were all prompted to speak on what we needed to hear.

After conference we went over to my parent's for dinner. Dinner as always was delicious. We teased this little girl for awhile. She is a cutie. Like her brother at the same age would make this squished face when the orange light on the camera would go on. I didn't get a good one of it, but she is adorable and I love her.Well my mom is going to be in New York with my sister and her family for Easter so we are having Easter Sunday at my parent's tonight. So last week my nephew was playing with toys and some of the toys my mom has is play food and in there is some plastic eggs. In the easter eggs is cash instead of money. My mom told my brother that Jack gets a head start. So he decided he needed to train him on how to get the eggs fast. I got some good videos of it. They are below and we will see if his training worked. I will post soon about our Easter at the Grossen's.




Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Never mind

Never mind on the whole previous post about, Spring has Sprung. This was the view from our Garage Sunday morning. Spring has officially not sprung! I repeat, Not sprung.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Spring

Spring has Sprung here at the Trujillo household in the WJ, it's supposed to be 70 degrees today so I guess my snowboarding days are numbered. I know Brit and I are stoaked to get working the yard as well as getting our garden going.




Friday, March 25, 2011

Pintura

So we decided to paint our bedroom. It was somewhat of a tough week and I thought the busy work would kick up the endorphins and keep us busy with something fun. Here are before and after pictures. We bought paint and supplies at Lowes. When we got the first coat on we realized it was too flat and we wanted more of a gloss finish so back to Lowes we go. We got a Satin finish this time and we think it came out great!


What do you think?

BEFORE








AND..........


















AFTER



Sunday, March 13, 2011

Bountiful Baskets



Brit and I did another Bountiful basket purchase yesterday. You get on their website on Monday, make your purchase, pick the location nearest to you and pick it up Saturday morning. It's a great deal and look at all these fruits and veggies we got for $15!

Cauliflower
Bananas
Asparagus
Tomatoes
Pineapple
Apples
Green Beans
Lettuce
Strawberries
Black Berries
Cantaloupe
Oh and a Garlic clove.

If you want to do it check it out here. http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/


Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Herways in Town

A couple weeks ago my sister Melanie and her family came into town. It was a blast having them here. It had been fourteen months since we had seen them. That is way too long to go with out seeing them! On President's Day Melanie and Jake took Rachel skiing for her first time. She loved it. While they were gone I helped watch Tommy and baby Kate. I am so glad I finally got to meet her. She is adorable. We helped Tommy build this and it brought back lots of memories playing with it.


He loved getting up on the chair and making the marble go. He is such a fun kid and his personality cracks me up!



Tommy wanted to go skiing too :)


Baby Kate and Sophie finally meeting each other. They are about a week apart.


They are so adorable.


My niece Rachel. I can't believe how fast she is growing. She is a great reader and is super smart. I love her little personality. I have great nieces and nephews.


That night we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. We got to sit with this silly kid. He would give us some dirty looks then just start laughing. He was our entertainment for the night.


Trying to do a fish face.


He had lots of silly faces to pull.


They left for a few days up to Driggs to be with Jake's family. They got back on Friday and we had our traditional New Years Eve Dinner (a little later in the year). We brought our waffle cone maker and made some for the family. Melanie and Sophie watching.


Tommy and Jake enjoying their ice cream.


Jack Jack enjoying his. Love this kid!


Rachel was too busy to look up at the camera. Do you think she loves sprinkles?


On Saturday Rachel and Tommy were sick. So we just hung out and watched the BYU basketball game. Then that night we went to Cafe Rio for dinner then to Dan and Amy's to hang out. We played Wits and Wagers it was a fun game. Then we played Just Dance. That was a lot of fun and hilarious. It was fun to watch my brother compete against my sister. I went up against Jake and had a blast. He has got some good dance skills. It was a fun night to be able to all hang out.
Then Sunday we had a dinner and the best part of dinner was Jake's AMAZING mashed potatoes! :)
Monday was "Fun" Day according to Rachel. We went to Provo to see my Grandma Pett. She was excited to see the Herway clan. The kids loved playing up in her play room. Then we headed to Brick Oven. I love that place. Their pizza is the best. Everything about that place is great!
I love my nephews and it was so fun to see them play with each other!



After lunch we headed to see Carl Bloch's museum. It was great. He was an amazing artist. I wish I could paint like that. Then we headed to the BYU creamery. We had to stop there of course. You can't go down there and not get their ice cream.
Then we went to a place that use to be called incredible pizza, but is no longer called that and I can't remember what it was changed to. The kids played some miniature bowling, mini golf, and rode on the go-karts. They had a blast and it was fun to watch them.




It definitely was a "fun" day!

Tuesday before I had to go to work I went up to my parent's to hang out with them. It was a beautiful day so we decided to build a snowman. Tommy ended up just wanting to drive Lightning McQueen. He is great!



Here is the making of our snowman.


Rachel showing me the snowman's pepper nose.



The end result.


It has been a long time since I have built a snowman. It was fun to do it again. I think it turned out great, but he didn't last very long being it a nice day and all. He already lost a blueberry eye by the time we got a group photo with him.


That night we just sat around and chatted. Mel and I watched Jake and our mom play Jenga the wrong way. It was pretty funny. Then we played some Blokus. I love my family and wish my sister and her family could live closer, but it sure is fun when they come and visit. They are great and a lot of fun to be around.

This one is for Melanie. Love you sister!


We had a great time with them in town and I sure do miss them tons. Love you all!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Out with the old.....

Out with the old.......


And in with the new (well, kinda)