First Trip to the Lake...

We cleaned and de-winterized the boat, packed a lunch and headed to Rockport for an afternoon of fishing and boating. The weather was amazing! The water on the other hand wasn't. We were not really planning on getting in the water, but miss Sophie had other ideas. We beached the boat on a sandy little shore and cast out our lines. Sophie was content playing in the boat for a while. She wandered around eating all of the junk food she could find, played with the "snakes" (worms) we were fishing with and stood up on the seat and threw almost an entire bag of Lays potato chips into the lake. When we started getting out to fish on the shore, she wanted to also. We got her out and she sat and played in the sand for a good 30 minutes. She was throwing it all over the place. I think most of it ended up on her face. I kept telling her not to throw it all over, she finally looked at me and said "mommy it fun"! When she was done playing in the sand, she decided it was time to go swimming. Sam held her hands while she proceeded to put her feet in the chilly water. The cold didn't even phase her. She loved it. She was wet from head to toe by the time we were ready to go. I took her clothes off and wrapped her in a towel. We drove around the lake for a few minutes before we headed for home. And of course, It would not be a Sharp trip to the Lake without something silly happening. Just as we were leaving Browns canyon, My Mom called us to tell us they were at a stand still in Parleys Canyon. We got barely past Park City when we hit the back up. We asked a trucker what was going on, he told us it was an accident at the bottom of the hill. We crept along for a while, luckily I brought the DVD player so the kids watched monster inc. We started getting closer to an exit when we realized we were all being detoured off that exit. We asked a highway patrolman where we were supposed to go. He told us everyone was to go back to park city for a couple of hours. We started getting off the exit when we saw all of the cars in front of us getting right back on. They forgot to block the on ramp! We followed, and got right back on the freeway. We drove for a while and then hit the traffic jam again. We finally got past it and saw a badly mangled car that had smashed into a cement barrier. We ended up getting home around 9:30. It was a long but fun day! I am so excited it is this time of year again!

Blue bag...

this is the 5th bag I have made. I am sad I didn't get a picture of the others. I am going to start selling them. If you want one let me know!

Mother's Day...

I had a wonderful mother's day. I got clothes, flowers and vegetables to plant in my garden! My mom gave Sophie a princess swimming suit today. She loved it. She had to wear it the rest of the day.

finger painting...

I let Sophie use water colors for the first time. She Loved it! We made pictures for Grandmas for Mother's Day. I loved watching her paint. She sat and painted for almost a half hour. Her favorite part was dipping the paint brush in the water. She also used her fingers and thought the paint looked silly on her skin. After the paper was painted, she proceeded to paint the tray on her highchair.

dressing up...

Sophie loves to dress up. It is her most favorite thing. Recently she has had to pick out her own outfits. I think it is so funny and I don't care! She usually has to have her bracelets and necklaceses (that's what she calls them) on, and her pretty princess shoes. Her favorite shoes right now are her red Christmas shoes. Yesterday Corey took her outside. She had heart pajamas on with a navy blue polka dotted skirt, relly shoes, bracelets up to her elbone (in her words), her Christmas hat and her necklaces on. I wish I had taken a picture. Here are pictures of some other days.This is what she wore the other day.

This day she let me get her dressed, but she had to have her pajama pants on her head

This day she had 4 pair of socks on, her "Christmas Hat" as she calls it, and her pajama shirt

She is always making me laugh. She is such a GIRL! I love it! She is talking so much. It is so much fun to here her little voice. She has started grabbing my chin to turn it in her direction as she says "Listen Mom, Listen". She loves to be outside I am so glad it is warm again so we can play outside.

The Big Three-O...

Corey turned 30 this year. He spent the entire day watching the NFL Draft, which luckily ended up being on his birthday this year. The only way he would let me throw him a party was, A: if there was a lot of good food, and B: if some form of gambling was involved. I agreed to his terms and threw him a party, we had a really good time. The Blancks brought their Craps table, which kept the boys busy the entire night. The girls had fun talking and watching a movie. Thanks everyone for coming! Sunday My mom and I made him a surprise Puerto Rican meal. He was under the impression we were having ribs. To his surprise when he walked in the door he was greeted by the smell of frying oil! We made Arroz Con Habichuelas (Rice and Beans), Tostones, Fried Pork Chops and Mofongo. He was in Heaven, it really was delicious! For dessert I made PF Changs Great wall of Chocolate cake. I love you so much! You are an amazing person! I hope you had an awesome Birthday!

*A funny story, after dinner on Sunday we were cleaning up. I asked Corey if he would get me the vacuum. He brought it to me and plugged it in. He then decided he was going to vacuum. He flipped the switch on the handle and nothing happened. He continued to flip the switch back and forth, until finally saying Ahh!!! I think this thing is broken. We were all sitting there watching him laughing silently . My Dad finally told him that what he was pushing wasn't the On, Off switch, but the switch that turned the rotating arm On and Off. He showed him where the real one was and turned it on for him. After my Dad exclaimed I can't believe you don't know where the switch is, have you ever vacuumed before? Corey's reply was "Yes, probably close to 100 times". I laughed and thought, in all my years with him. I had only seen him use a vacuum a handful of times. I said "you haven't vacuumed 100 times, it's probably more like 30". To which, Corey's nice little Mom Linda replies, "I'd have said less than 10". We all laughed. I decided I better get this monumental occasion on Film for posterity's sake, they may never see it again.