The Fam

What a great weekend I had! It started with a trip to the zoo courtesy of melaleuca, and a cool classic car show. Then we met my parents, Brady, and Becky at the Idaho falls temple visitor center, where they had a collection of enlarged and enhanced photos from the Hubble telescope! They had fun fawning over Courtney, but we were only able to visit for a little bit because they were taking Becky back to Provo. They stopped by yesterday for a while on their way up to Spokane. The battery in my camera died after one not so great shot, but she definitely was being her cutest to impress! We went to DI and Pizza Hut before they had to depart again. Tomorrow Devin and I are going to see Brian Regan live in Blackfoot, should be an awesome show!!!!!!!!!!!

Becky is in town for a few days WOO HOO!!!!! Today while i was at work she took Courtney to the park and they had a fun time watching people on the carousel and sharing a lunchables. I was let off work early, so went back to the park and rode the carousel too. Becky took Courtney on a bench and I took her on one of the horses! She had a death grip on me the whole time. It was cute though. We also played on the swing and slides, but she always grabbed the sides and tried to climb back up before she got very far!! On the way to the park we stopped off at a farm where we saw two llamas!! Devin even got to pet one before we scared them off! Courtney broke Becky's sunglasses, so we went to wal mart so she could get new ones. We also took the time to buy Courtney her pair of tennis shoes and church shoes! She'll definitely need practice because she tripped all over the place! More pics and videos to follow.

Curb Appeal

We've finally done it. We painted the outside of our and it looks so much nicer! We did several layers of primer so the wood looks smoother and newer, and the color scheme is so cool and modern. We're about ready to paint the garage to match, and with the new roof on the garage, it's like a whole new home!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the fantastic mom's, especially my own mom, who aresuch a great influence on my life! And another special Happy Mother's Day to Carol Tartini, affectionately known as Llama for being a mom to my Devin! I had a great celebration yesterday. We went to Fong's, a little chinese restaurant that we love and visit all the time, with or without cause for celebration! Then we went to Idaho Falls and Devin let me wander the mall and buy whatever I wanted. I got a sugar scrub from Bath & Body Works; it's been a long time since I was there, and I forgot how much I love it! While at the mall we sat down to take a little rest, but the Fetus was restless. So we put in her a toy bus and she loved it! What you can't see on the video is that when it stopped, she shook it to try and get it going! She is also walking all over the place! She still gets tripped up, like by clothing laying flat on the ground :) but she has improved so much!!

Today, Devin went to Idaho Falls to take a test to get into the Air Force. He did so well he can get pretty much whatever job he wants. I started Working full time so that Devin could stay home with Courtney. I wanted him to have a break before he signed his life away for 4 years :) We have had visitors just about every weekend for a month. We first had Devin's brother, Dominic, and his family over 2 weeks before easter. Below you can see Courtney with her cousins Leesy and Rachel in matching dresses that they got from Grandma Tartini.

Then we had mom, dad, and Becky over the week before general conference. Grandma and Grandpa Mitchell had professional pictures taken of her which we just picked up today. They look very cute and I will post them ASAP. Becky came over the day after general conference because it was her spring break. I had to work, but we still found time to go visit the temple, fit in some fine dining and shopping, and watch 4 whole Barbie movies!!! My favorite series:) Below is a picture of the fetus passed out on the floor. This was taken while I was at work, and it was the first day that I worked full time and Devin stayed home. She was soooo tired, but it was sudden, and Devin thought she'd died! Poor guy, I guess it's just part of parenting. If you don't have 1 premature heart attack, you're doing wrong!

Here are some late birthday pictures for you to enjoy. I shall write again with news and goings on of the Tartinis.

These are the outfits that grandma mitchell made for the princess and me. Unfortunately, no one attends gerneral conference at the stake center, so I'll have to wait to show them off. Last weekend we had mom, dad, and becky visit us. We went to have pictures taken of Courtney, played Five Crowns, visited campus, and visited. And ate a ton of red licorice of course. I have finished my first month of work under the radar. That's right, although I get paid, they have lost me in the system so they don't know my call handle time, what I say on the phones or anything! I can say whatever I want...bwahaha!!! It's nice to be able to work without the pressure. Becky is coming to visit me again this week, and she is driving on her way as I write!!! Woo-hoo!!