April…

Here’s our recap instagram style:

Made some turkey meatloaf potato cupcakes for dinner for April Fool’s day!

Jasper styling a bowtie I made for a friend’s baby shower gift

General Conference: Always comes at a perfect time!

Some of my favorites from this conference:

Favorite saying right now:

Boston Bombing: My Heart broke that someone would do something so cruel to all these people who trained so hard and for so long to run a marathon.

Jasper got comfy while Neal was sleeping.

Neal’s family had a German exchange student when he was 10 yrs old and they still keep in touch with her. Her and her family came to visit and I got to meet them for the first time. They were absolutely delightful! Silke, Marc and Ben (Jasper photobombed)

I got to go to Time Out For Women with my sister Holly and my mom and then I went back home to visit the family for a week afterwards. It was so fun but I sure missed Neal!

Grandpa Ron and Grandma Olsen

Grandma and Grandpa Davies

Of course it would snow in April in Idaho

Bonfire with my sister Heather and her hubby Mark and my parents…roasted starburts, smores, and hotdogs

Early birthday party while I was home with delish food

Went to the temple and then to Scotty’s Drive in where we used to always go growing up.

I also got to meet up with my brother and sister in law Nephi and Mallory at Orange Leaf (frozen yogurt place) and we talked for hours. Love the family I married into!

I got super spoiled for my birthday this year! My family threw a little party for me while I was home, my friends threw me a girl’s night with games, cupcakes, and yummy food, and Neal topped it off with a great day and Birthday Itinerary.

Choice One: Breakfast at Cottage Cafe

Choice Two: Shopping and G.I.Joe Movie

Choice Three: Work Out, open present {Neal was so proud of himself for color coordinating the bag and the present} and Soup and Salad at Olive Garden

Friend B-Day Party at Cara’s: Thanks for the fun night and laughs!

March…

Seattle Trip:

We headed to Seattle with some good friends of ours – the Sullenger’s.  The boys had to do some CE classes for Optometry so Cara and I hung out with her kiddos for a day and a half without them.

 

We arrived Friday night late. Saturday we headed to Ikea and shopped for 2 1/2 hours!!! We had a blast! After we grabbed some quick lunch and headed up to the aquarium that is down on the pier. Cara said to her kids jokingly “We paid a dollar per fish so you better enjoy it” It was smaller than I thought, but it was fun regardless.

After the aquarium, we met up with Neal and Kash for some birthday dinner. We tried to go to Pei Wei (twice actually) but couldn’t get in without a reservation, so we settled for Cheesecake Factory.

Day 2 started out with some shopping. The kids played at the indoor play area for awhile and shopped at a few stores. We then returned to play and get some yummy cupcakes. They were delicious!

We met up with the boys and walked to a sandwich shop a couple blocks away.

 

After we went downtown to the Chihuly Glass Museum and the Space Needle. The glass museum was really cool. I can’t even begin to fathom how much time it would take to put it together.

 

After we took the monorail downtown and ate at the Crab Pot and walked through Pikes Market.  Cara and I weren’t as adventurous as the boys.  We both got chicken strips and the boys got a seafood platter, with bibs and hammers and all!  After dinner we rushed back to our cars and headed home.

Day 3 consisted of lots of shopping at some outlets and a drive home! 

It was a way fun trip!  Can’t wait for the next one :)

February…

We got to go visit my sister and brother-in-law in Portland for their birthday and got to see my cute nephews.

We went to IKEA, celebrated their birthday, crafted, visited with them and Neal’s sister and our brother-in-law that also live there (Jordan and Tim go to the same chiropractic school there)

It was so great to visit. Sure love my family!

Aren’t they a cute family?!

Valentine’s Day, was pretty low key but we had fun spending time together. Neal gave me flowers and a wonderful card and I made him this candy bar wreath.

Had the best mail day! Received 2 packages, one from my sister and her kids and one from my mom and dad. Love receiving fun mail! It made my day!

Neal got his new hand gun and just had to try it out on one of our days off, even though it was freezing out!

Went to Frank’s Diner in Spokane with Neal and his parents, it’s a cute little restaurant in an old train car.

$1 Wednesday movie @ garland theater--Wreck it Ralph