Cow, cow and more cow!!!

So I don't know if any one remembers that back in June 2009 we had bought some cows with a few friends...well a few weeks ago it was time to take them in...we had raised them just under a year. We went in on the 2 cows with Bruce, Todd and the Gunnels so we would all get half a cow. Well we received our half of the cow and boy is it a lot of meat...we are so excited and now don't have much more room in our freezer, but that is ok. We have made spaghetti and had steaks two different nights and it is really good. I would have to say I would definitely do it again, and the pic below isn't even all of the cow!

New niece!!!

On April 3rd my little sister Katie and her hubby Josh had theri baby girl, baby Brooklyn was born at 1:08 pm and weighed 8 lbs 9 oz. She is so beautiful!!! Here she is...

Grandma got married!!!

On May 8th grandma got married!!! He is the sweetest person and so nice to her. He is so good to her and treats her the way she deserves to be treated and she is so happy, we love you both and wish you the best! Welcome to the family Robert!!! It was such a pretty wedding too!

Matt's birthday!!!

So Matt had a birthday! His birthday was April 18th and it was a big one...the B-I-G 40! :) Since it was such a mile stone I decided we needed to have a big bash...so for his birthday with the help of Daryl, I was able to plan a surprise birthday party, which I started planning end of February and was able to pull it off up until the week of his birthday. He figured it out but was very excited about the party. I had planned an 80's theme party at Skate Land! It was lots of fun and couldn't have worked out any better!!! We even rented out all of Skate Land so it was all family and friends! I had lots of fun dressing up and thanks to Sara White and her craftiness she made great skirts for Jillian and I to wear and then I did the shirts for me, Jillian and Madison. Marcus wasn't all that into dressing up but that is ok, it was still lots of fun. Happy Birthday Matt!

Jillian, Jillian, Jillan...

This morning while I was unloading the dishwasher Jillian comes up from behind me and as I turn around this is what I find...

Jillian is crazy...

So on Wednesday I was sent home early from work because it was slow...after the kids got up from naps we headed outside to play. While the kids were playing Jillian had come around the corner from in between the two houses and had a dead bird in her hand! It was gross...she was holding it upright in her hand and turning her hand side to side and here is the poor dead bird and its head flopping back and forth. I picked her up and took her over to the garbage to throw the bird away and she would not let it go so I'm trying to shake it out of her hand and the birds head is just flopping back and forth, I felt so bad and it was so disgusting...so Chris our neighbor had to come over and help me get it out of her hand so we could throw it away!

Phoenix Zoo!!!

During spring break we went to the zoo with Stephanie, Halee, Austin and Sarah. It was lots of fun! It was also pretty hot that day so after about 3 hours we decided we had enough and headed home.