I can't believe that two weeks ago tomorrow Kasey got MARRIED! It's crazy because sometimes it seems so long ago. Thanks Kasey for letting me be your "wedding planner" I had a lot of fun helping you out. I think that the day turned out really nice and everyone had a fun time. It was great to have all of our friends and family to celebrate your day (we were sad that no one from Ron and Ann's family came but hopefully we will see some of you during the summer)

We are patiently waiting to get her wedding pics back so while we wait here are some of her Bridal pictures! (none of us took any pictures during the day, duh!)

~Dawn

Hi Guys! For the last several years I have made up Easter baskets for Primary Childrens and I am doing it again this year! Every year Primary's asks for Easter basket donations for all of the kids at the hospital. I didn't know that they did this until several years ago and I heard about it on the radio so I just wanted to pass along the info to all of you. The baskets are due by April 7th. If you have something you would like to donate and can't make it up to drop it off I am more than willing to take it up for you. ALSO if you would like to donate some money I would be more than willing to shop for you!!! Please contact me by April 3rd if you would like to help out!

Below I have posted info from the hospitals web site.

Baskets I did last year! They need things for infants to teenagers!
Easter
Easter Sunday is April 12. If you choose to help with Easter baskets for the hospital, please have them delivered to the hospital on or before Tuesday, April 7. Thank you. There are three options in regards to donation of Easter baskets.
Baskets may be delivered completed and wrapped in cellophane.
Baskets may be delivered unassembled and staff will put them together.
Individual items such as cellophane, baskets, ribbon, or items for the baskets may be donated separately.
Number of items in the basket. The best baskets include about 4-6 items and candy. For instance, a teen girl might have candy, nail polish, a small journal, socks, and lotion. For a baby basket: candy (for mom and/or dad), a bib, board book, small stuffed animal and rattle.
All items can be delivered to the north information desk on the first floor. If you prefer to deliver them to Marie Hendriksen in the Foundation office, please call and make an appointment with Marie at 801.662.5968.
Please note: baby and teen baskets are needed most. Also, when purchasing or collecting items for the baskets, please keep the following in mind:
Items in baskets for children should not have chokeable items.
All candy should be individually wrapped and unfortunately cannot be homemade.
Weapons (even as simple as a squirt gun) will not be given to patients.
Possible Items for Easter Baskets
Girls: Manicure sets, gel pens, bath gel, body glitter, bath lotion, hair stuff, lip gloss, nail polish, makeup, small purse, journals, stationery, slippers, and Beanie Babies.
Boys: Baseball hats, Chapstick, journals, stationery, footballs, Frisbees, handheld games, models, Rubik’s Cube, etc.
Either boy or girl: CDs, DVDs, books, markers, easy crossword puzzles, clay, paint sets, stationery, drawing paper, school/art supplies, scrapbook supplies, handheld games, movie rental gift certificates, food gift certificates, travel games, stuffed animals (new), small models (snap), gift certificates to media stores (FYE, Blockbuster, etc.), playing cards such as Skip Bo, Uno, Phase 10, face cards, etc., other items you think a young man or woman would enjoy.
School Age (Four to Ten)
Stickers, sticker books, bubbles, Littlest Pet Shop, coloring books, crayons, markers, clay, Polly Pockets, paint sets, small stuffed animals, puzzles, play dough, jump ropes, handheld games, chalk, small farm animals, dress up items, Silly Putty, fingernail polish, Nerf footballs, mini basketball hoop and basketball, Bionicals, Match Box cars, and books.
Toddler (One to Three)
Bubbles, storybooks, play dough, crayons, coloring books, stuffed animals, bubble blowers, small toddler toys, spill-proof bubble containers, small plastic balls, chalk, music tapes, and musical books.
Infant (Newborn to One)
Small toddler toys, onesies, pacifiers, small stuffed animals, bath lotions, links, board story books, receiving blankets, rattles, teething rings, undershirts, booties, and music CDs.
Rattles (no water inside, no cloth)
Washable markers
Spanish books
Infant cause and effect toys (pop up boxes, buttons to push)
Matchbox cars (or any small cars)
Teen craft kits
Sound books
Links (interlocking chains to hang rattles)
Bubbles and bubble tumblers
Beanie Babies or small stuffed animals (must be new)
Polly Pockets (must be all plastic—no hair)
Toys
Infant Toys
Rattles (no water inside, no cloth)
Pop-up toys
Musical infant toys
Plastic mobiles for infants with no cloth (Sassy)
Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium
Fisher-Price infant toys
Toddler and Child Toys
Action figures: Spiderman, Power Rangers, Toy Story, Rescue Heroes, Transformers, and Harry Potter
Fisher-Price Select a Show Soother
Fisher-Price Little People Fun Sets: Car Wash/Garage
Fisher-Price animals
Hot Wheels cars (any small cars)
Polly Pocket sets
Play sets: Diego, Littlest Pet Shop, Animal Farm, Weebles, dollhouses
Plastic characters — Blues Clues, Dora the Explorer, Sesame Street, Scooby Doo, Bob the Builder
Educational toys: Leap Frog
Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube
All-plastic baby dolls with no hair
Puzzles: preschoolers to teenagers
Rainsticks
Noisemaker tubes
Squeeze balls
Slinkys
Animal flashlights
Hoberman Spheres
Star Stackers
Light spinners
Viewfinder and reels
Luna Stix
Magic Kits
Musini
Dinosaurs (medium size)
Pretend phones with lights and sounds
Sparkling Symphony
Animal Families
Rubik's Snake
Puzzle Bug
Small Lego sets with a theme, such as Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Bionicles
Soccer balls, basketballs, footballs, Nerf balls, small stress balls
Character toys: Dora the Explorer, Elmo, Disney characters
Pretend food, dishes, and kitchen accessories
Camping toys
Bionicles games
Play computer toys
Plastic bowling sets
Nerf basketball and hoop
Preschool light up/sound toys
Sweet Street dollhouses and figures
Thomas the Tank Engine Train and Friends plastic figures, coloring books, action toys, cars, etc.
Flashing blinkylights
Art Supplies
Colored pencils
Glitter glue, glitter
Play Doh
Children's scissors (Fiskar)
Gel pens (all types)
Stickers,
Glue (all types)
White paper
Scrapbook paper and supplies
Paint - acrylic paints, watercolor paints, washable paints, paint brushes (all sizes)
Kits - bead animal kits, friendship bracelets, fuse bead, counted cross-stitch kits, paper mache craft boxes, wooden stools or knickknack shelves to paint, wooden picture frames to decorate, spin art, coloring sheets, scrap booking kits, beaded necklaces and bracelets
Ceramic and foam shapes for painting
Glass beads, string, and clasps (for necklaces and bracelets for teens)
Plastic models (snappable)
Coloring books
WASHABLE Crayola Markers - in bold and fine tip
Washable ink for rubber stamps
Rubber stamps (with a solid base)
Collage materials such as feathers, pipe cleaners, pom-poms, glitter glue, tissue paper, fun foam, foam cut outs, die cuts, gel pens, craft sand, washable paint in squeeze bottles, washable dot paints (do a dot art)
Crayons
Fuzzy posters/velvet posters
New plain t-shirts and pillowcases for patients to paint
Wood shapes (animals, vehicles, flowers, etc.)
Color Wonder markers, paper (plain and printed), fuzzy pictures all by Crayola
Books
Books for toddlers: I Spy books, sounds books, board books, lift the flap books, pop-up books, look and find books
Crossword puzzles, Suduko puzzles, word search puzzles, Mad Libs
Bound journals
Photo albums
Fisher Price plastic toy storybooks and Read Along storybooks and stories
Books on CD (Harry Potter)
Children’s literature
Teen magazines and books
Young adult literature
Magazines and books for parents
DVDs
New release DVDs
Children’s DVDs: Baby Einstein Series, Wiggles, Disney (any), Dora the Explorer, Bob the Builder, Caillou, Dragon Tales, SpongeBob, and Barney
Teen DVDs
Spanish DVDs, books and CDs are appreciated and needed. (Approximately ten percent of our patients speak Spanish)
Thomas the Tank Engine Train DVDs
Music CDs
Classical music: Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Franz Schubert, Franz Josef Haydn
Relaxing music: David Lanz, Jim Brickman, also instrumental flute, guitar
Local artists: Jon Schmidt, Kurt Bestor, and Peter Breinholt, etc.
Teen music (no parental discretion advisory CDs)
Popular Country
Popular CDs include: Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers, High School Musical, Taylor Swift, KidzBop, Radio Disney, Disney Princess, Josh Groban, Norah Jones, Michael Bublé
Games
Card games: Hearts, Go Fish, Old Maid, Rook, UNO, Skip-Bo, Phase 10, playing cards (lots)
Board Games: Apples to Apples, Connect 4, Sorry, Bop It, Dominos, Sequence, Simon, Yahtzee, Chess, Checkers, Catch Phrase, Harry Potter games, Memory, Scooby Doo games, Blues Clues, Guess Who, Mouse Trap, Scene It games, Kids Cranium Games, Don't Break the Ice, Battleship, Ants in Pants, Cootie, board games with PBS characters.
Adult and teenage board games: Monopoly, Life, Payday, Cranium, etc.
Electronic games: Hand-held games (20 Questions, Yahtzee, Sorry, Battleship, Wheel of Fortune, Connect 4, Hangman, etc.)
Systems, games and/or controllers: Play Station II, Play Station III (popular), Game Cube, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, X Box, Nintendo, Nintendo DS
Video and computer games rated "everyone"
20 Questions handheld and group size games by Radica Games
Miscellaneous
Environmental sound machines (water, birds, white noise, etc.)
Bumbo chairs
Gift certificates to buy books, music and fast food
Teen and children's posters
Underwear (boys and girls, sizes 2 years to young adult)
Lotion, nail polish, lipstick, eyeliner, eye shadow
Disposable cameras
Crazy straws
Bath items
Sunglasses (school age and younger sizes)
CD players (all kinds, medium sizes especially)
Mobiles - non-cloth, wipeable surfaces
Nerf basketball and hoop
Cricut farm animals
Two-tiered cart for Infant Unit

I recently took Easton and Hallie on a 4 day trip to Disneyland. We had sooo much fun and we loved seeing all of the differences between Disneyland and Disney World! It was a lot of fun with the kids but we missed having all of the family with us. Hopefully we can all take a trip to Disneyland soon! (These are just the pics off of my phone, I will post pictures off of the camera soon)

Ready to take off! Man we love JetBlue-you actually have leg room, everyone gets your own TV and unlimited snacks and drinks if you ask!

We have arrived! As you can see Hallie has very sensitive eyes with light and we forgot her sunglasses!

Wow it was warm in Cali! 85 degrees the first two days, we had to stop and take a drink break!

The kids being silly and trying on some cute hats when we were leaving the Buzz Lightyear ride!

Our first night in Disneyland, we had been up since 5 am Utah time so we were all getting tired!

Hallie's Minnie Mouse toy that she dressed up to look like Kasey getting married!

The kids entertaining themselves waiting in line for the Toy Story ride. It is a lot of fun, it's 3D if you couldn't tell by the silly glasses!

Hallie making music while waiting for lunch.

Can you tell what we have been doing? Yep shopping in Disney Downtown!

Yes we went and saw Twilight last night at 12:10!! Crazy huh? I never thought that I would go see the movie the opening night...I resisted even reading the books. (I am not reading a dumb vampire book!) But I read and I loved, then pictures of the cast came out for the movie and I did not like Edward yet the more I saw pics of him the more I liked him for Edward and then I saw the movie last night and I LOVE EDWARD! (sorry I am sounding like a 14 year old, haha) If you are a Twilight fan you will really like this movie and it ended up being really fun to go and see it last night, I am sure I will be paying for it later!

Dawn went with some friends to the Carrie Underwood concert Wednesday night. WOW was it a great concert. Some people when they come in concert don't sound nearly as good as they do on their CD's but this was not the case. Carrie Underwood sounded amazing! (Not to mention that she is beautiful) Thanks Jen, Kim and Megan for letting me come along!Not a picture from my seats, but it is a picture from the concert!