We are in TROUBLE...

Last night Macie had the longest and most traumatic tantrum she has ever had, and you'll never guess what it was about........shoes! She LOVES shoes. Last night we were at Target getting Reed some shoes and I remembered that Macie needed some white sandals. So I take her over to the little girl shoes...huge mistake! While I was looking at all the white summer shoes, she fell IN LOVE with these shiny pink sandals with a big sparkly butterfly on the front. Kind of ugly in my opinion, but to Macie they were GORGEOUS! She would NOT try on ANY of the shoes I wanted her to, just the pink ones. And when we had to take them off of her she threw a major fit! So Reed walked around the store with her for a while and tried to calm her down. Then we tried again to get her to try on these white sandals that I had picked, but she REFUSED! She was screaming her head off and kicking, and making a huge scene. So I just decided to get the sandals without having her try them on, and take them back if they didn't fit. So I walked over to the clothing for a second to look at the swimsuits for Macie and Reed let her put on the pink shoes again. She instantly stopped crying, her face lit up, and she ran over and gave him a big hug! ha ha! I would have loved to buy them for her...but she needed white shoes, not pink butterfly ones:) Plus they were like twice as much $ as the white ones, and I didn't want to give in to her tantrum. So Reed took her out to the car while I bought their shoes. She was crying when I got in, and she cried about the shoes the whole way home. When we got home she kept saying, "Shoes, Shoes!" So I gave her the white ones and she put her hands over her eyes and fell to the ground crying! Finally, right before bed, she wanted to wear her new white sandals, yay! When she woke up this morning the first thing she said to me was, "shoes!" I said, "Juice?" And she said, "NO, SHOES!" So I thought she wanted to wear her new shoes! We went in the living room where her and Reed's new shoes were still in the bag. I gave her the box with her shoes in it and she opened it and........covered her eyes, threw herself on the ground and started crying again! Oh, the drama:) But luckily it only lasted a couple minutes and then she was wearing her new sandals all round the house. What a GIRL!

Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter/Conference weekend. Conference was a little harder to listen to this year with Macie running around and demanding attention, so I am anxious to get the Ensign next month so I can read the talks. But even though I was a little distracted, I was still able to enjoy it. Saturday night when Reed got home from work we colored easter eggs. I didn't think Macie would be that interested, but she LOVED it! That made it so much fun. By the way, I haven't been able to play with my camera for a while, so there are a MILLION pictures on this post. I was having a little too much fun experimenting:) Sunday morning we hid the eggs (in plain sight) in the living room, and had a little egg hunt for Macie. Again, I thought she wouldn't really care about the eggs with no candy in them, but I was wrong...she had so much fun running all around and picking them up. She especially LOVED the candy she got in her basket. I was a little surprized she never threw up from all the candy she ate that day! Sunday morning we listened to conference at my parents house and were able to eat a delicious lunch with them. Then that evening we had an Easter dinner at Reed's Parents house with all of the family! They even had a little egg hunt and GOODIES for all the grandkids. We had a great weekend with lots of good food, family, and Spiritual guidance.

Coloring Eggs...











The HUNT...Finding her eggs.
The GOODS.

Easter Dress...Reed and Macie in her new Easter dress.