Only GIRLS!

Only girls can look good wearing sunglasses while eating breakfast!



Only girls can get away with dancing during a movie!




Only girls enjoy a day at the mall with friends!



Only girls truly appreciate an outing out to lunch!


Here's to my sweet girls and all the others girls in my life that make my life so much more fun and interesting! I would probably never leave my house if it wasn't for all of you!

Bittersweet!

We survived our first big holiday without our precious baby boy..Easter has always been my favorite holiday, this year it was bittersweet. Sad, having a celebration without our Gunn Gunns, but so happy to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior.. I know Gunns would still want us to find joy in the journey, in all the fun activites we did and in all the pictures we took, I found my thoughts always wandering to him. On Easter Sunday I was asked to give my testimony to all the primary kids about the resurrection.. What a special experience that was holding up the picture of my sweet baby boy and sharing how much I love and miss him, then holding up a picture of the Savior and expressing my gratitude for Him for making it possible for me to someday be with my son again. The spirit was so strong as I shared this and looked in the faces of all these sweet primary kids, I know Gunner was there with me.. what a special Easter it was!

My mom loves holidays and always made them extra fun for us when we were kids, well she carried the tradition on for her grand kids. Only my mom would be okay with 10 little kids dying Easter eggs at the same time at her house. They made these cute bags to hold all their loot from the big Easter egg hunt she had for them in their backyard consisting of a ridiculous amount of eggs.. she wanted to make sure each grand kid came out with a bag full.. and they did!

Lets talk about the Benjamins baby! :) One of the highlights of the year at the Goodman household is the annual adult Easter egg hunt! Yes, I said adult Easter egg hunt! We are all hunting for one of five hidden golden eggs and also collecting as many colored eggs along the way that we find as well.. Each golden egg has cash varying from $25 bucks to $100! And whoever collects the most colored eggs gets dinner out with Grammy and Pappa! Trav's parents are known for being pretty hard core and they will hide eggs in super thorny bushes (hence.. the gloves) they will half bury eggs in dirt, put them in popsicle boxes in the outside freezer..it gets crazy! So we all braved the rain and went at it!(with each couples' legs tied together I might add!) Oh what fun it was!
I felt an urgency to get some family pictures taken, it's so hard to look at these photos and not help but think there is somebody missing!

March Madness!

With the craziness of our crazy lives I have neglected to post about two very important birthdays that occurred in March..The first being this handsome guy! I am so lucky to be the wife of such a hottie!
Here are 10 interesting facts about Trav....

It's no coincidence he is holding a bowl of ice cream in this pic..he is well known for being able to pound desserts like nobody's business!

He likes to sing the "Star Spangled Banner" in the shower!

According to him, he has dance moves that are too great to be shared. He says if we saw him dance once, we'd want him to dance all the time!

You may think this guy is quiet... But if you've ever seen him play any sport, you know this is not the case, once he gets in a game, there is no getting him to be quiet!

He loves to wrestle me, according to him, he thinks he's pretty good at it..I always tell him he'd make a terrible attacker so to not quit his day job. This just gets him even more riled up and he tries even harder to take me down! Hilarious!

Every night, right when we get the girls quieted down and ready for bed.. without fail he starts teasing them and chasing them all over the house!

He is a great daddy, he has been known to let the girls do his hair and paint his toes and fingers on more than one occasion!

He is very sweet and is always slipping cash in my wallet! He never gives me grief if I go shopping!

He is a very honest and hard working man! He is always doing favors for people around him and would give his own shirt off his back if someone needed it!

He loves to laugh and have fun! One of his favorite places to go have fun at is the dunes! I can only think of one thing he likes better than the sand dunes ;)







Shelley and I are mean little wifeys, we planned a little surprise birthday party for our twin hubbies.. YES they were surprised and NO, they did not know they would be dressed alike! (I told you we were mean!)We had family and a few close friends over to play rock band, ping pong, and a couple fun games.. One of which was the newlywed game! Talk about a good excuse to get a couple good laughs and learn way more than you wanted to about each other! If you look closely, we even made our men their very own sand dune cake! It was so fun planning a special night for our hubbies, they deserved it! Happy belated birthday Trav! I love you bud!



The other special birthday that occurred in March is this sweet girl! Our little Taters turned 6 years old! She is the sweetest girl, I am so lucky I get to be her mom! Here are 10 interesting facts about Tate...

She is definitely a lover and not a fighter! She is truly a friend to EVERYBODY! A quality I love and admire about her so much!

She LOVES horses, and has quite a large collection of them at home!

She is my good eater, she loves most foods and never complains at what I make for dinner!

Tatum has an amazing voice and loves to sing! When she was a baby, I used to wake up to her singing giberish in her crib!

She has a head full of thick hair! When we go out, we almost always get stopped by people admiring her thick pretty hair!

Taters can sleep like a bear! She sometimes even snores like a bear! She loves to go to bed at night, she always has. She often asks to go to sleep!

She is the best big sister! She loves Peyton, they are truly best friends! Tatum is always kind and patient with her sister and always happily shares whatever she has with her!

Tate is a good student and loves to go to school! She is so excited to be a big 1st grader next year! Her teacher always tells me how kind and sweet Tatum is!

Taters loves to go to the beach! She loves the water, no matter how cold it is! She could sit and play in the sand all day!

One of her favorite things to do with her family is have pajama parties in the family room! We have to all get in our P.J.'s, make popcorn and watch a movie till we all fall asleep!

Tatum's birthday happened to fall on "Field Day" at school! Some of the events consisted of shoe throw, hula hoop, flag pull and tug-o-war! Trav and I we able to spend that whole day with her at school and watch her compete! She did such a great job and was such a great sport! We love our Tater Bugs! Happy birthday pretty girl!