Hana's School Talent Show

April 24, 2009: Hana participated with her Kindergarten class, in their school talent show. They sang a song called "Colors of the Rainbow" and did the sign language as they sang. So adorable! (watch part of it on the video below)

Waiting for their turn on stage!

Conrad gave his sister some flowers for doing such a wonderful show!!!

Easter Weekend ...

April 11th: Saturday morning we had a blast with 2 Easter Egg Hunts!! The first one was the typical candy dash at the park and the second was an egg dash at the local elementary school. Good times!!!

April 12th: Happy Easter! On Sunday we headed over the G&G Mack's for a DELICIOUS Brunch and FUN- Filled Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard! We love being with our family on Easter!

Hana, Conrad, Elyse and Delaney. FUN cousins!!!


Easter Traditions: Well, since we did not go to St. George and G-ma Holt was not having a gathering at her house, we didn't have anyone to rely on to parttake in my family's tradition and we were really craving our favorite Passey/Holt family traditional Easter dessert . . . Easter Lily's! YUM.

So I called my mom, got the recipe, and made my first-ever batch of Easter Lily's for my little family that evening. And of course, they turned out GREAT!

started by my mom...we love to top these tasty treats with fresh strawberries!

Spring Break! With Hana in Disneyland...

I surprised Hana one morning, during her Spring Recess from school (Easter Break), and we went to Disneyland and the Beach!!! What a BLAST!!!

So I packed a backpack the night before . . . got a cheap hotel room for one night and a great deal on a car. . . set up a tender for Conrad . . . woke up early, dropped Conrad off, and told Hana "Just go with this kiddo. I will explain more in a little while." We already had been to the airport very early dropping Scott off to work (parking and one car in lot at a time stuff), so Hana was curious why her and I were at the airport getting on the bus from the employee prkg lot. So while on the bus she looks at me and asks, "Mom, what are we doing here?" So I say, "Well, Hana, what would you say if we went to Disneyland right now?" Her eyes, with confusion and excitement lit up, and she knodded her head enthusiastically. "Well, that is exactly where we are going! Just you and just me are getting on a plane and going to Disneyland!!! What do you think of that?" She was thrilled ... her head, I could tell, was spinning ... she had a lot of questions through out the next couple hours, as we were in the airport and on the plane. It was kinda funny . . . I think she was in shock . . . there seemed to be SO much emotion that it overwhelmed her so there appeared to be no emotion. For the first part of the plane ride she just sat quietly. She slowly started to loosen up and realize what was going on.

Ultimately we had a BLAST together!!!

Here are a few pics that show our girl fun!!! . . .

We rode several rides, went on Tom Sawyer's Island (if they call it that still), had lunch and then headed for Toon Town!

Hana and I pretended that we lived in Toon Town (Hana's fabulous idea of course!). We called all the rest of Disneyland "Down Town." It was so much fun! We visited all our friends in toon town ... Goofy, Donald, Mickey, Minnie. We checked our mail and went to the local market to purchase some nescesities. ;) For a while we were staying with Goofy, then we decided that it would be good to stay with Minnie, and then the final decision was that it would be best to stay with Mickey in his house and visit Minnie. So that is what we pretended most of our day in DL.

Around dinner time we headed "Down Town" and went out to dinner at the Carnation Cafe - YUM. Then watched the parade "Down Town" and took a drive "Down Town" - Autopia. It was great!

Then we headed back home (Toon Town) to be with our friends and walk through Mickey and Minnie's house over and over, just to make sure it felt like we lived there. ;)

We pushed a LATE night and Hana was asleep long before we got to our hotel. It felt good to rest and sleep. We hung out the next morning in our hotel for while. Then headed for the BEACH!!! It was over cast, yet still very fun!!! We build the map of Disneyland "according to Hana" with sand. It was cool. Then we collected tons of creature filled, tiny shells -- they were cool!

This is definitely in my TOP 5 favorite trips EVER!!! I sure love you Hana-bear! Thanks for helping me remember how to have REAL "KID" FUN!!!

Amy's big 30th Birthday Bash ... Decade Do-Over!!!

I turned 30 this year!!! I decided that this is an age I am old enough and responsible enough to have a big BASH!!! Becky helped me think of the theme and we had a blast with some of my best friends and my crazy family!!!

Brad and Kendall got me a WONDERFUL cake!!! It meant so much to me!!! I loved it!!! There were SO many candles!!! :)

I didn't get pictures of everyone's but we had some fabulous costumes --- from so many different decades!!!! What a blast! Every gave great individual presentations as I judged the costumes! haha! I so loved the crazy, fun spirit of the group and the whole night! We had some great prizes for the costume contest winners!!! Becky and Michael tied for 1st place - however everyone's were SO unique and SO cool and individual that there really wasn't a BEST one because they were all SOOOO Great!!! It was just a lot of great fun!!!

The games were hilarious!!! Becks did a great job with them (thanks Becks)! Everyone had such a blast and some great laughs!!! We played a fun game the revealed some pretty hilarious things about people! I laugh just thinking about it!!!! haha

Thanks for making my break-in to my 30th year so memorable!!! Love you all!!! (And for those who couldn't come -- I missed you) Thanks for your continually love and friendship!!!

Team Glauser, Part Deux: The Disneyland Experience! March 19 - 23, 2009

We arrived early so just the four of us went to Disneyland while the rest of the Glausers made their way, by car, to CA.

That night Scott, me and our kiddos picked up Cami from the airport (she flew ALL day from the east coast) and only my mom and us were in on the secret! We surprised the rest of the family that night with our sister Cami!!! Brad and Kendall did not see her until they joined us in line for Submarines w/Nemo the next day in the park- what a surprise to see Cam in line with us!

Such a surprise for everyone!!! Us Glausers LOVE the surprises!

Speaking of surprises ... Scott and I worked it the weekend before to make matching shirts for the Glauser Team! Then when they arrived the first night we surprised them with shirts (at the same time Cami walked in the room to surprise them) SO FUN!!!

Saturday - Brad and Scott M. went to watch the Utah B-Ball game at the ESPN Zone, while we went on Autopia and other rides! I have to admit, I still got it goin' on - I was able to flirt with the guy at the Autopia Fastpass line and get our whole family through the Fastpass line! Thats right! haha! Good times!
Sue and Jared and their two cute boys also surprised us and drove up from their Catalina home and joined us in Disneyland that day too!!! Such a FUN party with the fam!!!

They went with us to the beach the next day too!!!

We hit the beach on Saturday! What fun, relaxing and COLDY day! I love my silly family!!!

Scott and I got to have some fun time with Hana sinking in the beach sand and looking for sea shells and sand dollars! There is some cool stuff on the beach this early in the Spring!

Saturday night our little family went to Downtown Disney and ate, shopped a little, danced to the music! Our kiddos were exhausted . . . Conrad feel asleep as I was giving him a piggy back to the car and then Hana fell asleep on the way to the hotel! Big day!

On Sunday we hit Disneyland for a while, then we headed over to California Adventure! We rocked it on the new Toy Story ride! SO FUN! Its definitely my favorite ride in CA Adventure - and in my top 3 favorites out of the whole Disneyland Resort!!! Good times!!!

These four cuties sure had fun together!

Our little family of four had one more day in Disneyland! We hit it hard this whole weekend! We can't get enough!!!

Resolutions? . . . or Intentions? . . .

. . . I have both!

I resolve to . . . take the STEPS I need to take to complete my goals, and to trust the flow of life!

-- I have realized that I have great ideas and goals, but I have a hard time starting and following through consistantly with the steps to make it happen. The person who does that, is now in the past!!!

I intend to . . . to be better at calling people back, keep up on my work, laugh more, get on the floor with my kids more, perhaps get on the floor with my hubby more ;) (hee hee), be more relaxed about a messy house, call my friends on their birthdays, clean my bathtub more often (um, nah!), find the best sales at Old Navy, shop at Walmart less, eat more blueberries, eat more sushi, and bake cookies for more people . . . I also intend to add to this list! :)

We see each other through . . .

My friend emailed this link to me and as she said "it stuck me" too!!!

It came at the perfect time - and helped me see that I am not alone in my experiences and struggles and it helped me remember ALL my wonderful family members and friends, the love I have for them and the love I feel from them.

I love you all -- may we all see each other through life and remember to THANK, GIVE, LOVE!

It's a 5 minute video - take some time to watch it . . .

(It is mostly about women - but it is for men too -- for all of us!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4qwVLqt9Q