Another Moment With Madison

Madison: Mom why is life so hard?
Me: I don't know. Why do you think its hard?
Madison: You have to listen to your mom and dad...... you can't do what you want, and you have to do hard homework.
(Madison is in Kindergarten, she is reading quite well and enjoys it, I don't know how that equals a hard life. She is soooo cute though!)

A Converstation with Maddie

Madison: Mom you don't look like my mom with glasses on. You look like a babysitter. Me: I do? Madison: Yep, sometimes I think I have 2 moms. One with glasses and one without. I think you look better without glasses.

(note to self......don't leave the house with my glasses on! and I don't think she meant my sunglasses.)

Happy Earth Day!

Well in honor of Earth Day...and really just another reason to post cute pics of my kids on the blog! Here are some pics of the Holsey's enjoying the Earth!... (Corny I know!) Just enjoy! The Pacific Ocean! CA
The Atlantic Ocean! Florida

Statesboro Georgia

Lake Bay Washington

Big Cottonwood Canyon Utah!



Alexandra

Camping '08

flowers in Pikes Market

Kayaking in Seattle

San Diego.....The Pacific Ocean!

SPRING! SPRING! SPRING!

Today has been my favorite day so far this year! I bought plants for my garden and flower beds. oooh it feels so good!

This week was all about Scott. We celebrated all week long. I surprised him with tickets to see Phantom at a local theater. It wasn't Andrew Loyd Weber's Phantom of the Opera.....in fact we both kept sitting there waiting for the music. It was good...it wasn't....Phantom of the Opera...though. That is his favorite play. We did see it last summer in Las Vegas...but really nothing compares to that theater.
Madison gave her Daddy the 2009 Sugar Bowl DVD. He literally took it out of the gift bag and put it right into the dvd player. Luckily yesterday we were at live game and watched the Utes play their spring red and white game. The icing on the cake this week however was seeing Brian Johnson and getting a better photo with him! He is tooo cute.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT!

Hip Hip Hooray!

We are just a couple days away from someones birthday. Let me tell you about this guy. He loves to wrestle..... not like pinning and half nelson type wrestling....but teasing and playful wrestling. He has the cutest bald head. He loves country music (blah!) He loves to just sit on the couch and talk everyday. Yep he likes to just talk. He loves to go window shopping. He is a big Utah fan and wears a horrible white shirt every game. He will add ketchup to just about anything. He appreciates my cooking but still can't taste the difference between a yukon gold potato, a russet potato or a red potato. He runs a very successful business. He doesn't like his feet touched. When he was 14, he was the Florida BMX Champion. He is a southern gentlemen and would do anything for me. ANYTHING! He once went to the store at 3 am because I was sick and needed some medicine. I also remember him rocking the girls through out the night when they were babies so that I could sleep. I love you Scott!

Happy Easter!

OH YEAH!

Today the weather was beautiful. The girls and I walked to the park and enjoyed a dose of vitamin D.

Can you tell she likes to pose?

Oh and then there was this photo taken today....Brian freaking Johnson! Isn't he cute? GO UTES!

aahhh!

Is there anything better then springtime? Today is a beautiful spring day. A BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY! I've got to get off this computer and get outside!

This picture was taken just 3 weeks before Grandma Margie passed away in October. I found the photo in our old camera. I forgot that we had bought a new camera around the same time.

Margie was just 63 years old. However, you can see that her body was old and failing.

So the following pictures were when we were in So. Cal this week. We couldn't take phones, cameras, purses or bags into American Idol. These pictures were taken before and after we went to the taping.

Elyssa and Jeff waiting for our flight!

Our favorite pose!

We saw the Good Year blimp off the 405!

I live in the desert! Therefore I have to take pics of plants! oh how I would love to live in So. Cal!

Gotta take this photo!

Scooner or Later in Long Beach...best breakfast!

Elyssa and Jeff at breakfast

Family Party

This past weekend the family was here from out of town. We were only missing Courtney and Robert! We had Honey Baked Ham, funeral potatoes (by request) home made rolls, and yummy bread pudding. We played pool, spoons and poker.....all a must for family get togethers. Enjoy the pics!

Luke and Bourbon
Nathan and Luke

Carma and the newest grandbaby Emily

Cheryl, Jenny, Elyssa, Jeff and Alexandra

Spoons!!

Rick and Cheryl

Grandma and the Grandgirls

Our favorite pose....me holding the camera!

Fun!

This week has been an exciting week! We went to American Idol on Tuesday. Elyssa, Jeff, Teisa(friend from work), Kelly, Kacey, Scott and I flew down Tuesday morning and flew home the same night. WOW! I got an email Monday afternoon asking if I wanted tickets for the following day. I was able to respond this time and get 8 tickets. It was a really rushed day but so much fun! The only pictures I took were at breakfast. Before you go into the show they confiscate your phones. Anyways....we had a fun time. I had so much fun that I decided to pick up strep throat somewhere along the way. If you have ever had this horrible sickness....you know its the worst! Body aches....massive throat irritation and headaches! Im sicky! However it was soooooo nice to be out of the snow and enjoy sunny California just for one day. So Cal never disappoints!