Almost a Month!!

Yikes, it's been almost a month since I last posted!! My computer got a virus and had to be at the shop for 5 days...that really put me behind on my computer stuff...so I am trying to get caught up! We have been so busy with just being us...but it's been lots of fun! Jake and I have been on several field trips with the kids...Jake went with Spencer's preschool class to a farm with exotic animals! Spencer and Caleb ended up liking the giant dog more than anything! So funny!

I went with Karlee's class on a 6-mile "hike"...it was a LONG walk to a park!! We had a great time hanging out with her friends!

Jake, Spencer and I all got to hang out at the Hershey Track too! I was a parent-helper at Karlee's...so no photos, but she did great and won her 100 meter race! Rylee just had her first Hershey Track meet yesterday...she won her 50 meter dash and took 2nd place in the semi-finals...she is QUICK!! It's so fun to go and cheer the girls on...can't wait for Audree to have a chance in 2 years!

Audree has had a great year in the Mapleton's Children's Choir and they had their big Spring Concert at the Covey Center this month! She had a solo part and a duet in one song. She performed with amazing poise for a 6 year old and she really does have a beautiful singing voice.

Rylee had a birthday too!! This year (she turned 9) is a "family party" year...but Karlee's best friend has the same birthday as Rylee and her party was the same night...so, we let Rylee bring a friend along for the fun! She chose her friend Lora and we decided to have dinner at Chuck E. Cheese and then go ice skating! It was a great night! Rylee LOVED her bright colored overshirt, her outfit from Grandma GiGi and was stoked to find out that Jake and I were going to redecorate her bedroom for our gift (something she's been asking for lately). She also got some money and I took her out for a mommy-daughter date the next week to go shopping with it (she was so funny...she bought shorts for the Hershey Track, a bright pink shirt, a magnifying glass for bug-hunting, a small gift for her sister's and brother and put some money in the bank!). Anyways, being 9 has been great so far!

After a week or so of planning, shopping, measuring and trying to visualize...we started working on Karlee and Rylee's new bedroom! They said the old room was boring and babyish (they are SO mature afterall!). They also wanted a place to put their trophys and ribbons from all of their sports. I planned on about 1 1/2 days of work (which of course, turned into about 5). Jake and I painted (and painted, and painted, and painted!), we hung things, changed the bedding, made new knobs for the dresser, and I am pretty happy about how it all turned out! After camping out in Mom and Dad's room for a couple nights, the girls are happy to be in their new updated room and their own beds! The thing they are MOST excited about...the $20 new alarm clock radio...they are so funny! OLD ROOM!

NEW ROOM!! It's looks so much bigger now!