Chimichangas for fifty please!

For Easter this year some of our friends in our class had an Easter dinner at their house with an Easter egg hunt and games for the kids. They invited all of the students in Jared's class from our ward which ended up being around 50+ people including kids. They hand made 90 really yummy chimichangas to feed us all. It was really nice, it's going to be hard leaving all this soon :( *sniff sniff*.

Here are all the kids lined up, they all got to find 12 eggs each.


Then the kids got to play a little game and while Jackson was waiting for his turn I realized there weren't even close to 12 eggs left in his basket. Ergo, both the kids were off the wall Easter evening.


Not the best picture of our family, but I'll post it for the world to see anyway.


The boys got new hats for Easter and they LOVE them. Jackson got a really cute new suite (is that how it's spelled?, doesn't look right) but I forgot to take a picture.

Ahhhhhhh!

I don't think my brain has enough compartments to accomodate all that's going on around here. I feel super stressed about moving back to Utah so soon, but I'm also really excited. I don't really like feeling so many strong emotions, I just like to choose one at a time and right now I choose relaxed (At least I think that's what it's still called).

Enough about my mental breakdown, It looks 99.87% like Jared has a job in Utah. We are excited about that! Jared just got done taking the Weastern Regional Exam (Boards) last weekend. Way to go Jared!!! His brother Jonny came out to be a patient and it was really nice to have a dependable patient! (THANKS JONNY!!) Here are a few things that we've been up to...

This is Virginia Beach, it was pretty chilly but the beach is great any which way.


I thought this was a cool picture of Tanner flyig a kite.


Here we are in Washington D.C. - really is awesome there!!! In a couple of weeks all those drab trees will be blooming with cherry blossoms.


After a long day of touring D.C. we finally got some grub around 9:30 p.m. While we were digging in to our food some thief was digging in to our car and stole our dvd player and busted our window all over Tanner's car seat. Luckily they didn't grab our camera or Jon's Zune!! (Might I also add that we just got a new transmission in less than a week before. Cars!! GRR, are they a blessing or a curse?!?!) Needless to say we had a VERY loooong night after a very loong day. BUT the hotel we stayed in was FANTASTIC!!! It was a 4.5 star with an awesome breakfast buffet (my favorite part) and a flat screen t.v. in our room (Jared's favorite part), it was a steal. As you can see the boys were very happy to finally get settled in. SO it was a pleasant end to an unpleasant evening.


The boys taking a lunch break.

one day down, five to go

Jared is currently in Utah looking for a job. We have never been apart this long before and it isn't really very fun. I don't know why it is that when your with someone you love you always take them for granted and you don't realize how much you depend on them until you're all alone :(

It really isn't as bad as I expected, thanks to American Idol for filling up most of my evenings (go little Archuleta) and the boys are actually keeping me good company.

So I've made it through day 1. Wish us luck and I hope to be seeing a lot of you (permanently) in a couple of months.

"Terrific" Twos

So I have been trying for what has it been..2 1/2 weeks to put Tanners birthday pictures up but for some reason my computer doesn't want to upload those pictures. Of course I can upload any other ones, but not the ones I want.

But it was a fun birthday for him, he actually had two. On the 7th (on his actual birthday) we went to Chucky Cheese for dinner. It was the first time to experience all the cheesey fun for all of us and we had a GREAT time. On the Saturday following, Tanner had a big party with all of his friends which involved a lot of cars, pinatas, and lots of sticky two year olds. It was probably the first time Tanner had so much attention and the first time Jackson did not have any attention. So all in all it was a fun week full of "firsts" and birthday fun.

I also have to add that for some reason a lady at church described it as the "terrific twos." Apparently my children are the only ones that seem to enjoy terrorizing the house and find it amuzing to watch me clean up five pounds of rice strewn across the house while dumping brand new cds out all over the computer room just to slide across them like a roller skating rink. People like that just make me feel so good.

Valentine Tag

My one and only...



What is his name? Jared Maughan Weaver aka weav

How long have you been married? 5 years this May

How old is he? Almost 30!

Who eats more? That's a tough one. I think I generally do, but he makes up for his lack of eating on nights and weekends.

Who said I love you first? Jared, it was on my porch when I lived in the house at Bridgerland in Logan.

Who is smarter? I wish I was and sometimes I even pretend I am, but lets face it, I spend 24 hours a day with a 3 and 2 year old while he goes to school every day.

Who does the laundry? I do! He will help fold when it's my turn to put the kids to bed but if it were up to him we would do laundry semi-annually. There's a funny story about him wearing an old nasty pair of jeans to church when we first met b/c he was out of clean clothes.

Who does the dishes? I do. Sometimes he puts his cereal bowl in the sink after breakfast...sometimes.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Depending on the room, I usually sleep next to the wall when applicable (that way I'm guaranteed some of the bed), or I sleep closest to the door (easy access to the potty). I tried switching sides with Jared to trick the kids but they still found me.

Who pays the bills? William D Ford Federal District LOAN Program.

Who mows the lawn? Some wierd guy with cut off sleeves and a big old snaggle beard.

Who cooks dinner? I do on the weekdays, Jared usually does on the weekends. And I have to say I cook so we don't go hungry. He cooks because it tastes good when he does it.

Who drives when you are together? Usually Jared, unless he's sleepy. Bad things happen when Jared drives when he's tired!

Who is more stubborn? Next question please, I'm not answering this one.

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I don't know, I've never seen it happen.

Whose parents do you see the most? Both, we have to make it even.

Who proposed? Jared did. He tricked me, but to make a long story short, it was all very romantic with a lot of roses and a lot of cute pictures of us together. He did it on Valentines day 2003 at the Logan Temple.

Who is more sensitive? Definately Jared.

Who has more friends? Jared. Sometimes he gets on my case about making more friends, but I think I enjoy being alone most of the time, one of my strange quirks I guess.

Who has more siblings? He does, but only three times as many. He is 4th of 9 and I am 3rd of 3.

Who wears the pants in the family? Definately Jared, no...Definately I do. No...Probably Jared, or maybe I do. It's hard to say.

Bring on the Spring!!

Sorry it's hard for me to blog very often when I'm outside soaking up the 75 degree weather (neener neener for all those who got 15 inches of snow yesterday).

We had a great super bowl party...Go Giants!! Most of the girls stayed in the kitchen with all the yummy food (we had the whole melting pot restaurant recreated in my kitchen..Michelle is always welcome at our house) while the kids ran around causing a muck and the boys couldn't unglue themsleves from the game. The highlight of the night was when Rus would squeal like a girl when he got excited about the game (which happened quite often toward the end). All in all it was a great party (sorry the Hales missed out-we missed you guys!)!




(I tried to get Madeline to pose 'cause she looked so cute in her cheerleading outfit but this is all I could get from her)

Here are some more cute pictures of our boys.






BTW-there probably is not a more white trash (no offense) place for our kids to be than right in front of those apartments in the first picture. The guy who owns the old Ford pick-up revs his engine every morning around 6:30 and it wakes up the whole world. Apparently someone put water in his gas tank (I swear it wasn't me, I would've put oil) but it didn't help. He still does it every day. GRRRRRRR.

The Party's Over

So, we've made it back to Virginia in one piece. We had a great Christmas! We suprised Jared's family and I think the best reaction came from his mom. She stood there and stared at him for a while before reacting at all. I wasn't sure if she was going to laugh or punch him in the nose. Eventually she ended up laughing and giving kisses, so that was a releif. We suprised everyone at the Weaver family Christmas party. Which we have Sharidee to thank - so Thanks Shar!!

We had our own Christmas before we flew out to Utah because Santa wanted to bring the boys bikes, and that would've fit on our plane ride home.





I am going to try and do this fast. Here it goes...
This is how the Weavers party








Here are Jared and the boys making use of all the snow





We spent Christmas Eve with the Weavers







And Christmas morning. Dad Weaver made his famous Christmas breakfast made to order (thanks Dad!!)






We spent Christmas afternoon with the Astles. It was defnately more quiet, but it was a fun filled day of opening gifts and playing Jenga!

In a contest, Kali could beat Brian and Jared in Jenga



Last but not least!! We went sledding with Grandpa and Grandma Astle. John and Misa and the kids were able to come too and we had a great time at Murray Park.





Ahhhhhhhhhh, I did it. All in all, we had a great time!! We never got to bed before 2 am because we were up playing games almost every night and I loved every minute of it. Jared is experiencing withdrawls from not playing St Petersburg and I'm going into withdrawls from not playing Rook..so if anyone wants to come aleviate us from our sorrows, our house is open for visitors! Thanks everyone for letting us stay at your houses and play games and keep you up 'til the wee hours of the mornin. We love and miss everyone!!!