Easter Time

We had a wonderful Easter this year..the kids were spoiled (yet again) by the elusive easter bunny! Our good friends had us and some of the other neighbors over for Easter breakfast (which was fabulous I might add) They managed to feed 10 adults, and probably twenty kids, and their house was still mostly intact by the time we left! They also hooked us on this game called eggstravaganza...(did you catch the pun?) It was funny, and even though I didn't win (I'm pretty sure the egg in question was rigged somehow) it was quite hilarious to watch, the winner however will be rewarded next year with this awesome trophy...

Jen Hoover...(whose egg was rigged...) Won this year, but watch out everybody, next year, I will have won the trophy! Here are some more pictures of the event!



Basically you bang the ends of two eggs together and whosever cracks is the loser...I know this game is very strategic!
I'm sorry I forgot to get pictures of them in their Easter attire, so I will post them as soon as I get them all dressed up in their outfits again, be prepared cute pictures coming soon...Here are all of the kids after they smashed their eggs together, by the way Rachel, won out of all of the kids, that's my girl!


Hope everybody had a great Easter, and stay tuned for more cute pictures of the kids in Easter attire, and from my mom's only vacation...it was entertaining and somewhat relaxing!

The husband tag..

What is his name? Danny William Stott
How long have we been married? 10 years!!! Yes I am getting old!
How old is he? 31
Who eats more? He does...but I am practicing to get on the next biggest loser, so I think that soon, I will be able to out-eat him by a mile!
Who said I love you first? He did..but his friend had already told me before, so I was expecting it
Who is taller? he is by 11 inches, I could wear 10 inch heals, and not even come close!
Who sings better? He does, by a long shot, but he will never sing in the choir, so don't even ask!
Who is smarter? I think that we are pretty evenly matched here, he is definatley better at math, and science, but I have him schooled in English and history (unless of course it has to do with WWII he knows everything about this, and has seen every movie)
Whose temper is worse? I think we are both a little short-fused, but he does well when I am having a bad day, and vice-versa.
Who pays the bills? We do it together, he likes to know where the money goes, and I like him to know where the money goes!
Who does the laundry? I do, but when I am slacking he pitches in.
Who cooks dinner? I do mostly, but he does whenever I don't feel like it, and he enjoys it!
Who drives when together? He does mostly unless, I am already in the car and picking him up, but I prefer it when he drives, I hate driving at night!
Who is more stubborn? It is defintaley me for sure, he is the most un-stubborn person on the planet! I am probably one of the most stubborn
Who is the first to admit when wrong? Dan, again I am incredibly stubborn, and will spend hours proving my point, even when I know that I am probably wrong, and it annoys me when he gives in to fast, because I want to explain to him all of the reasons that I am right!
Who's parents do you see more often? Probably mine, because they live so close, and my dad comes over at least once a week to borrow our wheelbarrow!
Who has more friends? I would say we have a tie... he makes friends very easily and all of the people that I get along with he gets along with too! He is so easy going!
Who wears the pants in the family? I do, and he will definatly admit it...he always tells people that he has to ask the boss, before he can commit to anthing!
Who eats more sweets? Me, by a long shot...he is not much of a sweet eating person, he likes salty snacks, and I will eat anything chocolate!
Guilty pleasures? He loves to fly remote control airplanes with his brothers...I know kind of geeky, but he loves it and I love him!
Who mows the lawn? I do and I love it, so he lets me!
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do, and always will!
Who kissed who first? He did!
Who asked who out first? He did
Who proposed? He did, but I knew that it was coming, because we had already talked about it, and I picked out my ring...he was very romantic about it though, and we had only been dating about 2 weeks, from the time of our first date, to the day we were married it was 5 months!
What is my favorite thing about him? Everything, he is so good to me, he is a great dad, he tells me he loves me 200 times a day, and he tells me I am beautiful, at least twice a day, he never lets me put myself down, and never ever talks about my weight, and trust me I was way thinner when we got married! I trust him completely, he works hard, and I love his broad shoulders and he makes me feel safe (not very many people would mess with him though) He makes me feel loved, and important, and he tells me everyday that my job is hard, and he thanks me for being a mom/wife/best friend almost everyday! He never undervalues me, I love him..he is my perfect match!

I tag anyone who has not done this and would like too!

10 Years of wedded bliss...and three kids later!

Gary A. Lawson and Wendee W. Lawson are pleased to announce the marraige of their daughter Heidi Ann to Danny William, son of A. Chad Stott and Patricia L. Stott on February 20th 1998 in the Salt Lake Temple...that's pretty much the jist of it all..Here we are ten years later and three kids, my how time flies! He was our first family photo, I couldn't find our engagement photo so this is the next best thing, I think we had this taken a couple of weeks before we got married!

Here is a picture of Dan's first love, the dog...when we were married the dog was almost four years old, and yes she is still alive, and driving me nuts...she is almost fourteen now!

While I was trying to find pictures of our engagement and wedding day Rachel was helping me (because back in the old day's we didn't have digital camera's) She made the comment that we look so young...does that mean I have aged that much, I still think of myself as twenty!

Here is some of the loot from one of the bridal showers, and even I think that we look about 12 in this picture, especially Dan...Note the ginormous bangs on my head, and yes they were still very popular back then...I realize that some of you were still in Junior High when I got married!

Ten years later and I still love everything about my life, my marraige, and especially the new little loves that have come out of it..Rachel, Jackson, and Landon, I wouldn't trade one second of it!

We are the Champions (not) my friends....and we'll keep on jogging till the end...!

So Dan, and I ran our first 5K this last weekend in Ogden. I have been running now for a while, but Dan just started running about 3 weeks ago, and decided to run it with me at the last minute! We saw Steve and Heidi Terry there, and they left us in the dust within seconds of the starting horn, but the good news is that we finished and we were not in last place, which was my original goal. My new goal is to beat this time now! Let me say that training in West Kaysville does not give you the right kind of hill training that I could have used...the hills on this run, were ginormous and never-ending, but coming down them was awesome! When Dan came through the finish line, he was huffing and puffing, and the first thing that he said to me was, "this doesn't ever make me want to do this again!" About 10 minutes later he was "that was so rewarding..I think I will do that again." His brother has been begging him to run the Memorial day 5K in Kaysville, for about 5 years, and this is the year that I think we will do it! However I being the crazy person that I am signed up to run the 10K on march 1st, and the 10 miler a couple of weeks after that...I think that I will go and run now!

It's offical....Landon is growing up too fast!

Landon has been crawling now for a couple of weeks..and just the other day, I went into his room and found this....

My baby is pulling himself up and standing next to things....you know this can only lead to one thing...WALKING! I know that I am being a little over dramatic, but it's going by too fast! He is so busy, and he is destroying my plants now that he can get to them! I have all of these new things to worry about now, like for example did you know that barbie stuff has like a zillion different little choking hazards, and Rachel, cannot seem to get them all and put them away? Heaven forbid that the Barbie doesn't have her shoes on...and then they get lost and guess who finds them? I do...inside Landons mouth! Oh well, I guess that I will just have to keep my house cleaner, and vacuumed more often! Gotta Love it!

The dancing queen, and the amateur photographer!

Rachel had her winter dance recital last week, and she was amazing, if I do say so myself! She practiced really hard the last few weeks, and it finally paid off! Now if only her mother had practiced a little more with the video camera! WARNING: Not for those with weak stomachs, as you might get a little motion sickness! I also got some really great shots of the floor! Stay tuned...

Here is a picture of the three cutest dancers there

Here are Rachel and Mickell, striking a pose

Rachel, with her most famous, and favorite dance pose!

Scooby, video games, and LOTS of pizza...ahhh the life of a brand new 4 year old boy!

So Jackson Danny Stott turned four on Saturday January 26th! He is growing up so fast! It seems like he was just born...here is sneak peak back in time!

Jackson as a newborn

Jackson first birthday

Jackson 2nd birthday (take note of the lack of hair on his 2nd birthday)

Jackson 3rd Birthday

Jackson Celebrated his 4th birthday Saturday, here are some of the "good-times" during the big event!


Dan's older brother Jeremy and his wife Lora!


My brother Jeremy and his wife Kathie, and their son Hayden, (also pictured kathie holding my little man lando-commando)

Jackson blowing out his birthday candels, on the Scooby cake that took me hours (more than I thought) to make.
Jackson ended up getting three nerf dart guns, and I am not sure who had more fun with them, the kids....or their father! You be the judge!


Landon was just happy to chew on the darts that came his way!