Getaway to Salt Lake City . . .

Steven and I always enjoy going to the Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg. We love the movie, Joseph Smith, the Restoration, what a wonderful tribute to our Prophet, Joseph Smith. We also ate dinner at the Roof restaurant. It was a really rainy day so we didn't get to have a horse and carriage ride like we normally would.

You can see how rainy it was from inside the Roof Restaurant. I always love seeing pictures of the Salt Lake Temple. What a magnificant temple.

We stayed at the Little America hotel and had a gorgeous room with a perfect view.

Steven and I had a wonderful weekend together. Thank you Chelsea for watching the kids and doing such a great job.

Happy Birthday Steven Dear . . .

The kids and I surprised Steven at his work with balloons and lunch from In and Out Burger. They had a nice time touring his lab.

Steven always enjoys a good ice cream cake for his birthday.

We had a small party for Steven with my parents and the kids. Everyone had a good time.

Happy Birthday Steven, I love you very much. You are a wonderful husband and father and I hope you had a great birthday dear. Thank you for being such a loving husband.

I Love Mother's Day . . .

I love being a mother to our sweet son, McKay. He brings me a lot of joy and love. I also have three foster girls whom I also love. One day I will be able to show their pictures on my blog.

Steven gave me a dozen beautiful red roses for Mother's Day. He is always so thoughtful.

Steven also gave me a couple of cards and lovely gifts. He also took me out to Red Lobster on Friday. I have a wonderful husband and family. I am very lucky.

My Beautiful Mother . . .

I have a wonderful mother and I love her so much. She has always been there for me and my family and I'm so glad to be able to honor her on this Mother's Day. She is an amazing lady with a lot of extradordinary talents. She is dedicated to her family and the gospel and I'm proud to call her Mom.

McKay's Mother's Day Program at Learning Dynamics . . .

McKay's preschool teacher, Mrs. Colleen Mulliner. She is an excellent teacher.

They had a wonderful Mother's Day program at McKay's preschool on Friday. McKay did a really good job with the songs. My Mom went with me, it was a nice program.

A Kid Can Be a Kid at Chuck E. Cheese . . .

We went to Chuck E. Cheese's for Faith's 2nd birthday.

Vacation to St. George . . .

We went to a fun place called Jumpin Jacks. McKay loved bouncing on everything.

We had fun miniature golfing.

McKay loved all the arcade games.

We went swimming most every day. We had a wonderful vacation and much needed rest in St. George. The weather was perfect.

Happy Easter . . .

We had a wonderful Easter celebration at our house. We had an Easter egg hunt on Friday, colored eggs on Saturday and listened to conference and gave the kids an Easter basket and had two treasure hunts on Sunday. The kids were really excited with their new Easter gifts.

Happy St. Patrick's Day . . .

McKay enjoyed wearing green to preschool today. Everyone in his class had green on except for one little girl, but he said that no one pinched her. I made McKay and Faith green macaroni and cheese for lunch, they loved it. For dinner, I am going to make a pistachio salad and a few other green items.

Happy Valentine's Day To My Dear Family and Friends . . .

We had a quiet Valentine's Day this year. It fell on a Sunday and half of my kids were home from church sick so Steven and I had to take turns going to our meetings. I decided to make a fun red dinner with salmon, red potatoes, strawberry salad, etc. Steven and I exchanged cards and candy and gave cards and treats to the kids. McKay enjoyed taking Valentines to friends in the ward and Grandma and Grandpa Pearson.

How Fun to Have "Great" Little Nieces . . .

I love having two "great" little nieces and one on the way. Brynlie turned 2 before Valentines Day. She is a sweet little girl and we love her so much. She also has wonderful parents. Happy Birthday Brynlie.

It's Time for McDonald's . . .

The girls were out of school on the 12th and so after we picked up McKay from preschool, we all went to McDonald's. I cannot show you pictures of the girls, but here are a couple of McKay.

Valentines Party at School . . .

McKay was so excited for his Valentines party at preschool. He took 13 bags of goodies for his classmates and had a really fun day.

Birthday Celebration . . .

Randy and Toni Pearson.

Brigham Bateman, Tyler and Brittany Nelson and
Breanna and Robbie Carlile.

A lovely carrot cake - thank you honey.

My dear parents.

Mark, Brigham and Lynette Bateman.

Coleman, Lynsi, Lucie and Brandon Pearson.

Natalie, Brynlie and Jeff Pearson.

Nick, Kaden, Ryker and Lacie Pearson.

Luci and Andrew Bateman.

Megan, Tyler and Michael Pearson.

I had the most amazing birthday. My dear husband took me to Magleby's for dinner and then he arranged for my family to come over and wish me a happy birthday. I love my husband, my children, my parents, brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews. I have the greatest family ever. They are always so good to me.