Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Don't Do This


It was a morning of bad luck breakfasts. My super sweet little Tatum was being so thoughtful and decided to make me and the kids some hard boiled eggs. The eggs didn't cook quite long enough so when Gavin tried to shell his, it was a gross runny mess. Not really even soft boiled. We threw them away and then had to leave for school. Well when I came home I thought I'd give it another go and boil a couple more eggs. I put them on the stove and proceeded to go about my business. About an hour later I was in the office and I heard a BANG! Thinking the dog was up to mischief, I went to catch Roscoe red handed, and this is what I found. Explosion of hard boiled eggs. very smelly. The water had completely evaporated and scorched the pot as well as the eggs. I even found bits of egg on the opposite side of the kitchen island and blasted up into the oven hood. Dang it.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Spring Break



So I was kinda reluctant to leave Phoenix in the lovely month of March to spend our spring break in bleak, chilly, smoggy Salt Lake City. But I did it all for this little guy. Wilson Franklin Jones.

Lacee and Ryan (sister and brother-in-law) blessed their first born and we managed to make it a family affair. Since Dad is currently on a mission in Hong Kong, it's up to the kids to represent. All Steele siblings and respective families were able to make it with the exception of Dallas. We missed that guy. Anyway, we had a wonderful week and Ryan's blessing of his son was exceptionally well done. Events like this are what life is all about.
























Here are a few more highlights from our trip:

Utah State Capitol
Last minute, we dragged cousin Courtney along for the spring break road trip, seeing as she had NEVER been to Utah before and we felt obligated to enlighten her. After our tour of the newly rennovated Utah Capitol Building we now know more about Utah Legislative procedure than we do about our own home state. It was pretty cool.




Really?


Obligatory Temple Square Photos




Cookie College
The kids all graduated with honors. This fun day was at The Neighborhood Bakery in Gardner's Village. Their education started with a tour of the bakery (cool gadgets) and then they got to make and decorate their own batch of cookies. The owner of the bakery was impressed with Romney's name and informed us that she is a relative as well. Although, I'm not so sure she was impressed with Romney's and Courtney's foot cookies. Warts included.