!!!April Fools.... You Fools!!!

I'm NOT pregnant you FOOLS!!!!

So, as many of you already know, Wade and I are the biggest pranksters. We love pranking, it's our nature. Often times we don't think about what consequences may reap from our actions... but the surge of adrenaline and unstoppable laughter are worth it in our minds. So what day could be better than April 1st I ask? None! This is one of the best days of the year where people socially accept our cruel intentions and all of a sudden we're not "rude or mean" but instead we are "crafty and creative"! Unfortunately, we didn't take advantage of yesterday as much as we should have. However, we did a few good jokes/pranks that surpass many of our common, trivial ones. Enjoy! (If you don't read all of them, at least read #3 it's our favorite!)

1. I called home crying hysterically because, I "ran off the road" because of they snowy conditions. I was very impressed by Wades calmness and caringness about my well being. I just about had him running to my location to come help me. Simple and easy. (Sorry Wade, it was just too easy!)

2. "I'm pregnant!" Now this is not a very original idea either; however, the boldness was what got people thinking... "could she really be pregnant?" Announcing a pregnancy on my blog is one thing but then posting a link to my blog to all the nosy people of Facebook is a completely insane idea. However, I know that all the people that have nothing better to do than find gossip on FB and then spread it to everyone and their mothers has been accomplished. Now I'm sure I have been labeled, "Crazier than her mother" in my hometown, because of my quickness in conceiving again.... I may have to correct people for months on this one, but still worth it.

3. "Drive Thru Madness" Now we found this idea on YouTube and just had to try it out. First we typed up a sheet of paper that read:

Customers:
Sing "Happy Birthday" to
the drive thru person and
receive a FREE drink of
your choice!
Have a nice Day!

We then printed several of these off with a picture of the store logo on it to make it more authentic. Wade and I found our first victim "Taco Bell" and just sat and waited after taping it to the speaker. It was hilarious to hear the confusion that occurred the first time someone sang Happy Birthday to them. Then after they took the sign down, we put up another one. They were stumped on all this madness.
We went to a few other locations like McDonalds, Dairy Queen, and Arctic Circle but their speakers weren't in the best locations... Then we found our MECCA of drive-thru's. Jack-In-The-Box!!! The first singer was asked to take the sign down and bring it to the window. Luckily we had another one. When the next group of singers came along, we were shocked to hear the Drive-thru guy ask... "What kind of drink would you like?" He continued to give FREE drinks out to everyone in the next 5 cars who sang Happy Birthday to them (even if there were 5 ppl. in the car)!! We then took advantage and got in line, we too got FREE drinks... This was our first prank that we really SCORED BIG!!! When we got to the window we asked, "Is it the Birthday of Jack-In-The-Box or something?" and the man replied, "No, it's just an April Fools prank our Managers are playing on us." We began laughing so hard when we began to imagine the conversation that occurred between the employees and the manager this morning.
Employee: "Nice try on pranking us, but you didn't fool us."
Manager: "What are you talking about" (with sincerity)
Employee: "We're not dumb, so we got you back" "We gave free drinks to everyone who sang 'Happy Birthday' last night."
Manager: "You did what!!! (with irateness) You are idiots!!!!!"

Aubrey's Surprise!!!

"Here DaDa..."

Yesterday, I found something out something that was very exciting and wanted everyone to know and help us celebrate this exciting news. First, I had to let Wade know, of course. However, I thought it would be best and more fun to have Aubrey help me out. So yesterday, I gave her something to give to Wade. Then I had Wade call her name from the bathroom so she would crawl to him bringing the exciting thing. I anxiously listened in the bathroom as Wade began shouting and Hoop Hawing! We are so excited and now we are ready to tell the world of our blog viewers!!! I hope you are just as excited!


AUBREY: " And the exciting news is.........

..... I'm going to be a Big SISTER!!!!!"

We will be waiting patiently for all of our congratulation comments and phone calls. We love you all and are so excited!

Family Home Evening in the Sky!!!

It's March already and there has been so much that has happened in the last few weeks.
First off, for some exciting news Wade and I are moving to West Virginia in April. Wade found out that he could take his final few classes online so we have decided to move early so he can start his business. I am so proud of how excited and ready he is to start it. He has put so much time and energy into researching and getting ideas put into practice. I have no doubt that he will be successful. We are now working on getting ready to move out of Rexburg. We are in the process of selling and buying cars, which isn't really new. We have also made a "Get out of Rexburg List" which consists of some of our favorite Rexburg things that we want to do one last time or for the first time before we leave for good. We are really going to miss this place because it where we have spent our whole married lives together. However, we are really excited at the same time. Now on to some pictures of what we have been up to lately.

Aubrey is 100% crawling and standing up on everything!! She is getting so big. She can give you five (sometimes) and wave goodbye to you too (sometimes). We are so proud of every little achievement she has made and are excited for all the rest to come!! You go girl!!

We put a pair of Wade's old glasses on Aubrey and she looked so funny! We think she highly resembles Grandpa Thornburgh!

When we told her she looked so much like grandpa, this was her reaction! It's not so bad Aubrey!

Can somebody say "Cankles". My friend and I made Aubrey a girly girl by painting her toes all pretty.


FHE in the Sky!

Wade took me on a date in the sky over Rexburg... We can now mark off flying in small plane off our bucket list. We took a short flight over Rexburg it was so peaceful and beautiful. It was really neat seeing this town from that perspective. It was amazing! That will be a hard date to top.

We took off around 5:30pm so the sun was starting to set over the horizon... sigh....

I totally understand why they call is the Snake river now... I thought it looked pretty amazing.

We of course flew over the temple and got a wonderful view.

"All systems to go!"
"Roger that"
"Over and Out"

It was just a teeny little plane which I thought made it more exciting.

Last weekend we went to Utah for Wade's nephew's baby blessing. It was really nice to get to see everyone and spend a little bit of time with them. Aubrey loved hanging out with her cousins while we all went snowboarding.

We also got to spend some time with Wade's grandma and Aubrey's great grandma. She is turning 100 this April! I am so glad Aubrey is able to know her for even a little while, she is so lucky. This picture contains 4 generations, I think that is pretty amazing!

We went sledding at the park and wade got really risky do cool tricks..... That is actually a 20ft ramp he went off.

We went to the new CRAZE where went mini golfing, laser tagging, and got to play in the kids play place... Aubrey enjoyed it too!

We miss you all and hope this post finds you happy and healthy! God bless you all!!

I Love my Husband!!!

I have really wanted to get into photography lately and can't stop thinking about it nor talking about it. I visit numerous photography websites and blogs each day and just day dream. I try my hardest to be creative with my little 5megapixle Samsung; however, I am usually disappointed. Well yesterday Wade finally took the plunge and surprised me with a Canon Rebel XSi. I love it... I love him!! Although there is so much I don't really know yet, I am learning. I am halfway through reading the manual, then I'll move onto the software, then more online tutorials. If anyone knows anything about photography and wants to give me advice or tips, you are more than welcome to tell me or even show me!!! I am so excited!!! Can you tell how excited I am? I am so excited!!!

This is what my new camera looks like! The flash pops up when you use it.

Last night I began reading me manual intently. I've learned a lot so far, but I still have a long way to go!

Today, I took a few pictures in the park. If you enlarge this picture, you can see Aubrey's 2 beautiful teeth. They make her look mean huh?

It was fun taking these pictures, but cold too!