Easter Time!!

Happy Easter Everybody! Our Easter was great...full of "Peeps" and baskets and hidden eggs. The kids were so excited...I think they woke up earlier for Easter than they did for Christmas!! The girls loved their new sparlkly headbands and Spencer was a huge fan of his new "Monster Truck". Later that evening we had a yummy dinner at Jim and Judy's with the Clark family...the wiffle games were a big hit! Warmer weather would have been nice, but you get what you get and you don't throw a fit...good advice from our favorite pre-school teacher!

Rylee's 8th Birthday Party!

Rylee had a hard time deciding what to do for her big 8th birthday party...it came down to deciding if boys would be invited or not, finally we decided on a "late" night/pajama party with just the girls! We had her friends come over for pizza, cake and games and then we watched "Princess and the Frog" until 9:00! The girls were so cute and had a great time...they were all pretty sleepy by the time we took them home! Rylee came up to me when the party had been going on for only 10 minutes and said, "Mom, this party is already a hit!!"...so cute! Her birthday will continue for 3 weeks since her "real" birthday is next week and her baptism is the week after that!

The Egg Drop!!

Jake has had plans in the works for 2 years waiting for Audree's kindergarten egg drop! The big day arrived and Audree proudly carried off her packaging foam "box" with egg inside. The idea is to package your egg so that it can be dropped off the roof without breaking...truly the dad's get more into this than the kids!! There are always parachute packages, creative packages (decorated like presents or Humpty Dumpty) and unfortunate packages (you can hear the crack when it hits!)...this year ours worked perfectly and Audree was a happy camper. Jake did everything in his power to be there to see it...really he did NOT want to miss the big drop...unfortunately traffic was not in his favor this day. He missed the drop by 5 minutes but came to see the results. Great job guys!!

Spring Break- we're outta here!!!

As usual, it snowed at our house during spring break this year...luckily for us, we weren't at home...we were in sunny St. George!!! Hooray!! Jake worked while me and the kids hung out at the pool, went shopping (the kids later told me that was their least favorite part of the trip) and went hiking in the red rocks. We went out to eat and went to see "Hop" at the movie theater (not a great movie). It was relaxing and warm...so perfect...except that Jake had to work too much (we just want him to hang out with us!!). Anyways, it was great...my favorite quote from the trip came from Rylee. As we were eating lunch and about to head back home I was asking all the kids what their favorite part of the trip was...when I got to Rylee she said, "Well, I can tell you what my least favorite part was" so I said, "Ok, what was that" and she replied, "When you asked me what my favorite part of the trip was!". Alright Little Miss Attitude!! Anyways, it was a great little escape...I only wish it had lasted longer!

2nd Grade Farm Day!

Today was Rylee's 2nd grade Farm Day field trip. Miss Sayers really wanted me to come take photos because she has asked me to put together a movie of all their adventures at the end of this year. So, I gladly came along and enjoyed the fun with them. Rylee was so cute...she brought along a journal to record her thoughts and what she learned...I saw her write things down like, "I think I smell cow poop!" and "There is a pig called a blue butt". Anyways, we had a great time and I was so glad to get to come spend some time with Rys!

Hike the Y!!

We have been planning for weeks to Hike the Y this weekend because Casey was coming into town to visit and really wanted to go with us and the kids! My kids were stoked and have been asking daily when we were going to go...the day arrived, Casey made it into town, we were all ready to go...but unfortunately Casey wasn't feeling well. The rest of us decided to go up and enjoy the beautiful spring day...but we really missed having Casey come with us. It is always a good hike and gets the blood flowing for sure...it was great to get to the Y and have a little lunch! The kids had a blast hanging out with their cousins and it was a great workout! Thanks for the fun guys!

School Talent Show

Karlee and Rylee participated in their school's grade level talent shows this week. I think they were more nervous to perform in front of their friends than they are to perform at their big competitions! Anyways, they both did fabulous! They were a little bummed that they didn't get chosen to perform in the big school-wide talent show this year...but they both took it in stride and were good sports about it...to be honest, I was glad to just move on...we are still getting through competition season!! Besides, they both did the school-wide talent show last year and it's good that other kids got the chance this year. I couldn't be more proud of these little performers of mine...



*Notice that Rylee is missing her shoe in 2 of the pictures. You can see it laying on the ground behind her...She felt like a true professional when her shoe fell off because she just kept on dancing!! I had told her that if her hat fell off just to keep going...but it ended up being her shoe?! Anyways, she is so funny to me...what a cutie!