Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone, we hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Ours started out with a neighborhood hunt Friday afternoon! We had so much fun! I forgot our camera, as was the tradition this Easter. Then we continued our celebration Saturday afternoon at Aunt Lisa's house with a BBQ and an Easter egg hunt for the kids! I think I enjoy those get together as much as my kids do!! It wouldn't be Easter with out a Richins get together for me. I was in such a rush getting home that afternoon from doing hair that I forgot my camera, again, and then as my luck would have it I took one picture Sunday morning of the boys and my batteries went dead so here are the boys in their Easter outfits! You'll just have to imagine my cute little Sara in her pale pink dress with a white cropped sweater. Monday for fhe we went over to Grandma Laura's and Grandpa Blaine's for coloring eggs and another Easter egg hunt!! (Can we say candy overload!!) By then I got batteries for the camera and managed to get a picture of the 3 with their eggs!
I had to include this last picture of my sweet Sara! She loved coloring the Eggs and of course made sure to have her picture taken with them by herself, even though her brothers did help! As you can tell we had a wonderful Easter holiday!

Staying Sane

As a mother I have found that I must find things to do during my day that not only help me to stay SANE, but also that help me to be a better/happier mom to my kids. Like having a piece of candy (and it's just one piece of course;) at the craziest time of my day. One of my main things that helps me out a ton is if I can lose myself in a great book! Even if it is only for 10 mins! Another great thing is exercising, although I haven't done much of that lately, but I have high hopes of making that a constant in my life just as soon as I can get over the flu! I have found that quiet time is an essential as well!

I am guessing that most of you moms out there have things that you must do as well to stay sane, and I'd love to here about them! But if reading is one of them....well then do I have the book for you!!! I should have really titled this blog "My new favorite book", but I thought I might lose some of you! This book has helped me so so soo much! It is full of wisdom, and has affected me in how I am as a mom.

If you can't read the title or author it is called Tending Roses and it's by Lisa Wingate. It truely is the best book I have read in a long time and it was so helpful to me. I think that any mother could relate to it and I even think that a newly wed would get something out of it! There are 2 quotes I want to share:

#1 "What we cannot change we must endure without bitterness. Sometimes we must try to view the actions of those around us with forgiveness. We must realize that they are going on the only road that they can see. Sometimes we cannot raise our chins and see eye to eye, so we must bow our heads and have faith in one another."

#2 "The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get. Don't waste your time crying over what you're not given. When you have tears in your eyes, you can't see all the beautiful things around you."

Those are my favorite quotes in the book. I must say it wasn't the easiest read for me, it was kind of hard to get in to. But I think it came at a very good time in my life, and was well worth the time! So those of you who are readers...read this one!

Nascar

If your asking yourself if you are on the right blog, don't worry you are!

We are Nascar fans! Now those of you who know me are probably wondering if Matt druged me,but he didn't! We took our 3rd annual trip down to the Vegas race track to watch the races. It all started when we moved to Lehi, so you can blame it on that! If someone would have told me that I would love nascar 3 yrs ago I would have laughed myself silly! But having gone to some races and understanding makes all the difference! I don't think I could be a fan had I not gone to a race!

The very best part about our weekend was that our driver, Carl Edwards, won the big race last weekend in Vegas! It was such a good race! He is #99.

My other favorite drivers are #9 Kasey Kahne, # 17 Matt Kenseth, and #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Matt and I decided to go for Carl Edwards the first year we went down to the races, so he is our favorite! We have drivers that we don't care for much either, #20 Tony Stewart and #24 Jeff Gordon. So now you all know my little secret about Nascar!