What the Renaissance Festival?

So, we did eventually go to the Renaissance Festival! Shawna and I had planned on going this past Wednesday, so we bought our tickets at Fry's and drove all the way out to Apache Junction and drove right back because the Renaissance Festival is not open during the weekdays, only the weekends!!! So, I decided to return my tickets back at Fry's because a lady said that I could and when I went back, they said that I couldn't. So, we decided to make a trip to the Renaissance Festival on Saturday.

The Renaissance Festival was reminiscent of when I was at BYU. It was like seeing all the people on the lawn at BYU with their swords and their medieval outfits. Aaah... the good old days... :) I felt right at home... hahaha... It was fun, but it is definitely DIFFERENT. We felt out of place and a little overwhelmed. But everyone should have the opportunity to go to it at least once in their lifetime, right?

This is the glass blower man that I thought was really cool. He made a really nice vase and I wanted to buy it, but didn't have time. He was really smart and knew a lot about glass. Sometimes he was too scientific, that it was hard to listen. Really smart guy...


They had a jousting tournament that I thought was interesting. They have you sit in sections where you cheer for your knight. We had this knight and he actually won. It's probably all staged, but it was pretty cool that he won, made the show worth it to watch.


They had a little knighting ceremony for the kids. I remember someone telling me about the tremendous amount of cleavage that we would be seeing. They were definitely right about that! For sure not cute cleavage. This one is pretty ok... but for sure not something that I want to see.


Emi was so scared of this knight. It was just a statue, but she didn't want to stand next to it.


AND... this made the trip out to Apache Junction worth it. TURKEY LEG!!!

Happy Easter

This Easter was an interesting, but also a memorable one. This past Saturday we were able to take Emi to our community Easter Egg Hunt. I think it was more for us to take pictures because she had no idea what was going on and plus she can't walk yet. But through it all, she was able to get one egg, so that was nice. Later that evening, we had to go to a Boy Scout Auction where Blaine was starting to get sick. Then on Sunday, Blaine got really sick, so we decided not to go to church because we didn't want to spread more germs. So, we relaxed took it easy and watched Lamb of God and other BYU TV programs that they had and also slept.

Other than that, it was a nice Easter. Kind of weird that we didn't go to church, but it's ok. It was fun being together as a family.

Emi with her friend Sydney. Ooh, she wants that candy so bad.


So, this is what it's like to have twins.
Emi with Mason. Mason is super friendly, not like our little one.



Emi waiting for the Easter Egg Hunt to begin.

Who needs the Easter Bunny?

This past weekend, we went to Arizona Mills to do a little retail therapy. As we were walking through the mall we saw HELLO KITTY!!! I think I got a little too excited and decided to let Emi take a picture with her instead of the Easter Bunny. Seriously, who needs the Easter Bunny anyway? As you can see, Emi is in her scared of everything stage. She does not look too happy here, but it doesn't matter because I am. Also, I love how I look so skinny next to Hello Kitty. It's sad that I compare my body to an animated creature. :)

Happy Girl's Day

Happy Girl's Day!

In Japan, on the 3rd of March, they celebrate Girl's day. Basically, we display our japanese dolls and eat cake. I guess it is just a celebration of girls, what's wrong with that, right? So, since we have Emi-chan we decided to start the tradition of getting fat and eating cake.

In Tempe they have a great japanese bakery and make the best cakes and little desserts. SO GOOD....

Here's our little, little cake. It was the perfect size for us. Here you can see the actual size of it with our huge child next to it. Look at those eyes wanting to ATTACK the cake.


"Hinamatsuri" = Girl's Day Celebration


Happy eating cake. :)


Happy Girl's Day Everyone!