Dying Easter Eggs

Here are some belated pictures from Easter. Austin had so much fun dying Easter Eggs with Aunt Tiffany! He decided it was just too big of pain to use the spoon and much easier to use his hands. When he thought an egg was done he would grab it with his hand out of the dye and then give it to grandman. Then he'd hold out his hand to mommy and say "egg... egg" wanting a new one to drop in the dye. The dye doesn't wash off to well so he went to church on Sunday with orange and green fingers. :)

Mr Money Bags

Elderly people seem to love Austin. It doesn't matter where we go...the grocery store, Walmart, resturaunts...they all want to stop and talk to Austin. As any mother does, I love to hear people tell me how beautiful and cute my child is so I stop and let them. This past Saturday we went to breakfast at a little cafe and as usual Austin had many admirers...Only this time they started giving him change! Thats right change...coins...money. He had one couple give him 2 nickels and another give him a quarter. Since when do kids get paid for being cute? Chris and I got a kick out of it. If we take him there a few more weekends he might be able to fill his piggy bank up :)!

Like Father Like Son

When we lived in New York there was this bakery in the city we used to go to called The Magnolia Bakery. You might recognize it from the TV show "Sex and the City".
They have awesome cupcakes, cakes, and all kinds of desserts. Most nights you would have to line up around the block and wait to get in the door. Whenever we went there Chris used to the Banana Pudding. He loved it. Its the kind that has the Nilla Wafers in it. So this week I found a recipe on the internet and made it to suprise Chris. Chris wasn't the only one that LOVED the dessert. Austin thought it was the best thing EVER! Here are some cute pictures of him eating his pudding.

Hanging out with Great Grandpa

These are some pictures of Austin with his Great Grandpa Stoddard. He has lots of fun going to visit his Great Grandma and Grandpa.

Date Night

Chris and I had a date night on Friday and we thought you'd like to hear a few of the things that happend in the ridiculous city of Butte, MT.

We had bought tickets online to go to a movie. We drove an hour there and when we get to the theater we find out that they had cancelled the showing that we had bought tickets for. They let us exchange them for a different movie but it didn't start for an hour. So we walk up to one of the workers and I say, "Are you seating for this show yet?" and show him our tickets. He looks at us with this blank stare and proceeds to say, "Ummmm we don't seat you...You have to seat yourself". So while trying to keep a straight face I ask him if the door is open yet. It was. We made sure to seat ourselves. :)

We had not eaten dinner yet, so after the movie we decided to go through the Wendy's drive through. This is what we ordered:

2 Large Cokes
2 Jr Bacon Cheeseburgers
2 of 5 piece chicken nuggets

We get to the first window to pay and the following dialogue takes place, "
WENDY'S WORKER: "$18.79 please".
CHRIS: "I don't think that is our order"
WENDY'S WORKER: "Did you have 2 Large cokes, 2 jr bacon cheeseburgers and 2 -5 piece nuggets?"
CHRIS: "Yes"
WENDY'S WORKER: "$18.79 then".
SHELLY: "Thats impossible"
WENDY'S WORKER: "Things have gone up a bit"
CHRIS: "We had 2 jr bacon cheeseburgers @ $1 each, 2 - 5 piece nuggets @ $1.29 each, so unless our drinks are over $6 a piece it cannot be $18.79"
WENDYS WORKER: "Thats what it says"
SHELLY: "Can we talk to a manager?"
MANAGER: "Did you have 2 Lg Cokes, 2 jr bacon cheeseburgers and 2- 5 piece nuggets?"
CHRIS: "yes"
MANAGER: "That will be $8.14 please"
SHELLY: "thank you!"

We were really grateful that the manager could add.

We started driving home joking about there being something in the Butte drinking water and how we should have asked for no ice in our drinks. About 10 miles out of Butte we're driving in the left lane and Chris sees lights coming straight at us. He moves into the right lane and sure enough some idiot passes us going north on the southbound side of I-15.

I think the favorite part of the night was the comment "Things have gone up a bit". Chris and I keep saying it and laughing. It was a crazy night but it was lots of fun!

West Yellowstone

This weekend we took a little trip to West Yellowstone. Austin had a blast swimming and on Saturday we took him to see the Bear/Wolf Exhibit. He had fun watching the bears but the highlight of the trip was all the snow. Austin loved playing in the snow! There was at least 3 feet of it. Chris and I decided we're going to come by ourselves one weekend, rent snowmobiles and go through the park. Here are some pictures:

Weekend Trip

This weekend we went to Billings so Chris and I could go to the temple for our Stake Temple day. We stayed at the Cmon Inn and I just have to say it is my favorite hotel ever! It is clean, nice, and it has a regular pool, a baby pool, and about 8 different hot tubs all scattered around an indoor waterfull and fish pond. Austin had so much fun! He swam in the big pool and waded in the baby pool. He loved the fish pond also! Saturday morning my mom watched Austin while Chris and I went to the temple. That afternoon we did some shopping and drove home. Below is a picture of austin swimming, the hotel and of the Billings Temple.