This will be a marathon of posts since I haven't kept up on life very well. Actually- I have been so busy keeping up with life that documenting it has definitely taken a back burner. :)I wasn't thinking when I uploaded my pictures so they are actually backwards-- the bottom is the beginning of April and the top is towards the end.
At the annual Bezzant Family wienie roast. My dad actually ate that big piece of scorched marshmellow that one of the grandkids so lovingly cooked to perfection for him!My mom and dad sporting their matching John Deere hoodies. Now-- will we see them wearing matching sweaters that my mom picks out???? :)
My brother, Joe's birthday!
He loves these nanaimo bars that he had on his mission in Canada so I had to whip him up a batch for his big day. I reminded him that this shows how much I love him cause I don't spend 3+ hours on a dessert for just anyone! Seriously- Joe is a cool brother. He is ALWAYS quick with a joke and a teasing comment. We could say that he lives up to his calling as a brother to the maximum... even now that he is another year older! He has been a good sport to take the kids to a few Utah Flash basketball games-- which they LOVE!!My other brother, Dave also had a b-day in April! Unfortunately for us, he lives in Arizona so he spent his birthday in warmth and sunshine so I don't have any pictures to post just yet. They will be up for Strawberry Days and I did promise him that I would make his favorite strawberry shortcake when he comes. Dave is generous, hardworking and seems to look on the bright side of things.
Easter Sunday 2011!
Last year Mason was just a few days old and I don't think I even took his picture so this year I had to make sure to get one of him alone. He loved hauling the easter basket all over the house and was even happier when he realized he had a few treats inside the eggs that he kept shaking! A new thing from the Easter Bunny this year was a solid large chocolate bunny! I don't think Landen's made it through the day-- he enjoyed each morsel so as it wouldn't go bad! :) Abbey got a double dutch jump rope, Braxton and Landen got Bey Bladers that they are VERY into and Mason got a beach towel. Everyone was very excited and happy for their stash.
More of the Annual Weinie Roast & Easter Egg Hunt! Abbey with her sweet cousin, Hannah.
My dad giving the kids a ride on the trailer around the orchard. Of course my mom is checking to make sure everyone is safe and happy. Mason lasted about 2' before he started crying. Everyone else had a blast and wanted more!
Landen with a cheek full of roasted marshmallow!
Landen searching for Easter Eggs! He was so excited about it I couldn't get him to stop talking for a second to snap a smile! :)
Can you see the egg in the middle to upper right hand part of the tree? Landen can and he is determined to shake that baby out of the tree! He got it down too!
Braxton w/ his best buddy & cousin, Porter! What a tag team!
Mason found one! He had a great time with that purple egg and didn't really care to find too many more! The rocks all over the ground that kept tripping him didn't help the situation either.
Yep- Mason is checking on his prized purple egg! He put that same egg in and out of his basket at least 30 times!
He has a concerned look on his face. Or maybe he is scowling at the rest of the kids to stay away from HIS egg!
The girls w/ Mason. Me, my sister, Kristie, my mom holding my niece, Mindy, my sister, Karen and my sister, Lisa, holding Mason.
Is it a baby bird? Nope- just Mason getting spoiled by Aunt Lisa with roasted marshmallows!
How did Bryce start off the month of April??? On the RIGHT foot! Literally!!! Bryce broke his left foot dirtbiking! He went out with a few friends down to Green River, UT one Saturday and ate it pretty good on his bike. He was going really fast through a whoop section and back end of his bike started getting out of control and bucked him about 15' in the air to which he came down and landed on his bike and broke his foot. Bryce wears all sorts of protective gear-- including big tough motorbike boots. He had to ride out several miles w/ his broken foot to get to the truck and then drive another 3 hours home! When he called me to tell me he was on his way he said," I think I hurt my foot." I didn't think anything of it-- a few scrapes and bruises are common and since he didn't give me any details at the time about his wreck-- I went about my night of feeding, bathing and taking care of the kids. He rolled in about 9:30 pm and I was busy in the office working on relief society stuff. I was trying to calm down after a really hard day with the kids. I was also probably having a bit of a pity party for myself. I felt overwork, underpaid and underappreciated at the moment. I was trying to figure out how I was going to strategically "let Bryce have it" to be a bit more aware of helping out around the house and spending more time with me. I was EXHAUSTED! (It didn't help that it had been rainy and cold ALL day, we were stuck inside with hyperactive boys that kept pushing each other's buttons while Mason quietly undid anything he saw was put away nicely!) Anyway- I hear the boys come home and then Bryce comes hopping in the house and down to the office. I said hi but kept working and didn't turn around. He started to tell me that his foot really hurt and that he couldn't walk on it. I turned around to give him a curtesy look and tell him to take some advil when I saw his foot! It was at least 3 times the size of his other foot and already getting black and blue! So much for my speech on "letting him have it!" How can you lecture somebody that is in this condition??? My sister, Lisa, ran up to the house to sit with our sleeping kids and off to the insta care we went. I have to admit- I wanted to cry all the way there. I thought I had reached my limit on people needing me and here is Bryce now needing so much help and is absolutely no help at all now! Heavenly Father was mindful of me and helped me work it all out. Bryce's foot has healed quite quickly and I had to learn to keep taking it one step at a time. So many people were great to keep checking on me and that helped my sanity alot!
This picture doesn't even come close to doing justice on Bryce's foot. I should have taken more pictures the following day when it was completely black on the bottom and even more swollen. He sprained his ankle as well so that added an extra bit of fun for him to deal with! Luckily for Bryce they just let him use a special boot instead of a full cast (as long as he was careful.) From the picture above-- you can see how careful he is! :) Even now that it has been 6 weeks-- his foot still gets all swollen at night and he is limping around but is done with the crutches!
This isn't the best picture but I had to document how excited I was at getting my cherry trees all pruned up! It was an all day project but I did it! This isn't my first time doing it but with all that I have felt overwhelmed about-- I had to make sure that was included in.
Four handsome fellows just about to head out to General Priesthood meeting for General Conference! Lisa's husband -Kellen, my brother- Joe, my hunk of burning love- Bryce and his brother- Dustin. Thanks for being good sports for a quick photo-- They didn't really want to participate. :)
The girls w/ Mason. Me, my sister, Kristie, my mom holding my niece, Mindy, my sister, Karen and my sister, Lisa, holding Mason.
Is it a baby bird? Nope- just Mason getting spoiled by Aunt Lisa with roasted marshmallows!
An impromtu BBQ with a neighbor and LOTS of kids! It was a last minute idea with scrounged up food from the house but we all had a great time! It was the perfect way to spend the evening. Now- I just need to plan ahead so that I have have ALL the neighbors over! :)
How did Bryce start off the month of April??? On the RIGHT foot! Literally!!! Bryce broke his left foot dirtbiking! He went out with a few friends down to Green River, UT one Saturday and ate it pretty good on his bike. He was going really fast through a whoop section and back end of his bike started getting out of control and bucked him about 15' in the air to which he came down and landed on his bike and broke his foot. Bryce wears all sorts of protective gear-- including big tough motorbike boots. He had to ride out several miles w/ his broken foot to get to the truck and then drive another 3 hours home! When he called me to tell me he was on his way he said," I think I hurt my foot." I didn't think anything of it-- a few scrapes and bruises are common and since he didn't give me any details at the time about his wreck-- I went about my night of feeding, bathing and taking care of the kids. He rolled in about 9:30 pm and I was busy in the office working on relief society stuff. I was trying to calm down after a really hard day with the kids. I was also probably having a bit of a pity party for myself. I felt overwork, underpaid and underappreciated at the moment. I was trying to figure out how I was going to strategically "let Bryce have it" to be a bit more aware of helping out around the house and spending more time with me. I was EXHAUSTED! (It didn't help that it had been rainy and cold ALL day, we were stuck inside with hyperactive boys that kept pushing each other's buttons while Mason quietly undid anything he saw was put away nicely!) Anyway- I hear the boys come home and then Bryce comes hopping in the house and down to the office. I said hi but kept working and didn't turn around. He started to tell me that his foot really hurt and that he couldn't walk on it. I turned around to give him a curtesy look and tell him to take some advil when I saw his foot! It was at least 3 times the size of his other foot and already getting black and blue! So much for my speech on "letting him have it!" How can you lecture somebody that is in this condition??? My sister, Lisa, ran up to the house to sit with our sleeping kids and off to the insta care we went. I have to admit- I wanted to cry all the way there. I thought I had reached my limit on people needing me and here is Bryce now needing so much help and is absolutely no help at all now! Heavenly Father was mindful of me and helped me work it all out. Bryce's foot has healed quite quickly and I had to learn to keep taking it one step at a time. So many people were great to keep checking on me and that helped my sanity alot!
This picture doesn't even come close to doing justice on Bryce's foot. I should have taken more pictures the following day when it was completely black on the bottom and even more swollen. He sprained his ankle as well so that added an extra bit of fun for him to deal with! Luckily for Bryce they just let him use a special boot instead of a full cast (as long as he was careful.) From the picture above-- you can see how careful he is! :) Even now that it has been 6 weeks-- his foot still gets all swollen at night and he is limping around but is done with the crutches!
This isn't the best picture but I had to document how excited I was at getting my cherry trees all pruned up! It was an all day project but I did it! This isn't my first time doing it but with all that I have felt overwhelmed about-- I had to make sure that was included in.
Four handsome fellows just about to head out to General Priesthood meeting for General Conference! Lisa's husband -Kellen, my brother- Joe, my hunk of burning love- Bryce and his brother- Dustin. Thanks for being good sports for a quick photo-- They didn't really want to participate. :) A few other things to note from April-- I have kept up on planting my garden and I am so excited about it!
I started running each morning before the kids wake up. I go just over 2 miles but haven't been able to run the whole way until TODAY!!! I was SO excited today! I had a minor setback at the beginning when my back started spasming when I would run but that seems to be ok now.
Bryce still traveled quite a bit. He learned how to make it through giant airports on crutches and could leave everyone else in the dust. He would just show up to the boarding gate a sweaty mess! (I bet his seat buddy was happy about that.) He did have a close call though when he went to pass a guy who was walking really slowly down the terminal, accidently put one of his crutches down on the guys luggage strap which pulled the bag out of the guy's hand and made Bryce's crutch go flying through the air. Luckily he caught himself before he face planted in in the middle of the airport and the guy couldn't seem to get mad a cripple. :)
I got a new Relief Society calling! I am now the 1st counselor and am over the activities. JUST when I finally felt like I had a handle on things being the 2nd counselor! This made April CRAZY! Our secretary was taking some time off with her new baby so I was filling in as much as I could there, we lost our 1st counselor so she could be the YW president so I was trying to help there and then it became my job! After a few weeks they called a new 2nd counselor so I tried to help get her going on my old job while learning the in and outs of my new job! Whew! I am glad May hasn't been so crazy.
That will have to be for another post though.
Oh- one more thing! The perfect note to end on... Bryce and I have been going on more dates lately!!! We have been trying to go on a date each week. Generally nothing big but it is SO nice to get away for a few hours together! We have been to dinner, the temple, shopping, an art exhibit and I can't wait for more! It hasn't worked out as well in May so far but we are getting back on track this week!
