Rundown of the Week

What a fun week we've had! The kids were out for spring break and other than the weather not cooperating very well, they had a great time. We let them stay up late, they got to watch American Idol with us, and they spent lots of time playing with their friends. We took the boat out on Mon. for a quick ride on the lake. It made us excited for warm weather and warmer water so we can actually get in. I have a feeling it will be harder to keep Sophie content. She'll want to tube like the older kids. Maybe I'll be able to ride with her for some slow rides.

I started a cheer/dance/tumbling class for Kali and some girls her age. Kali sure has picked up the cheers great and I enjoy getting back into something I love. I've been brushing up on my toe touches and Kali was impressed with what her mom can still break out! I ordered pom poms for them and I'll post some pictures when we have our performance.

We've been dejunking and the basement looks terrible now but by next weekend I hope to be done. I've took two huge loads to the DI and I've gotten bags of clothes & shoes together for our ward clothing swap this week. It feels so good to get rid of stuff we no longer need and know that it will go to someone who can use it now.

Sophie is learning so much, she knows many of her colors, shapes and counting. She loves me read to her at nap time and bedtime. She will say to me "bath" and then pull my fingers. She thinks that once she tells me something she wants to do, it's time to do it. She loves to go outside and I am looking forward to getting a fence put in next month! She doesn't understand the concept of staying in our yard when she can see two other trampolines in the neighbors yards. Conner said something last Sunday that was so cute. We had grilled some steak and chicken on the grill and put on some yummy marinade. Conner was really enjoying the steak and said, "this steak is my favorite kind of chicken!" I enjoy hearing him tell us the things he learned at church. I can tell he really is listening and is soaking in what is taught. His scout leader, Aimee, told me the other day that Conner is a great example to the other boys in his troup. He listens and is respectful. As a mom, those things are great to hear!

On Friday, I went to my sister-in-law, Ashley's, dental hygiene graduation. She has been working and studying so had these last two years for it and I am so happy for her to be almost done. (she is going a couple extra months so she will have her bachelors degree when she is finished) It was a great ceremony and my brother Ryan flew in from Texas to be here for her. She will be moving there when she finishes. My parents and grandpa drove here for it too. My parents were here last weekend too but I haven't seen my grandpa since Thanksgiving. I love to spend time with him. He is still so young at heart. He goes on walks all the time and has been lifting weights too. We went for a walk while he was here and enjoyed the good weather that soon was replaced by high winds and rolling tumble weeds. (I forgot my camera, so hopefully, Ashley will post some soon.)

We went wedding dress shopping for Steph again. I think I've seen her in about 50 different dresses. And they all look great on her. I'd have a hard time too if I had that problem. Plans are coming along for the reception. My sister, Camile, and I are going to be doing the flowers. I love the smell of hundreds of flowers in the same room. It takes me back to the days of Staker Floral and all the fun friends and great memories from there! I miss working with fresh flowers and the fun things I used to make. I still enjoy making wreaths and flower arrangments for our house(they aren't fresh though.) My newest hobby is making cute bows for the girls. So fun!

Well, Jimmy is speaking in our ward today and the ward before us too. I need to make some extra preparations to keep the kids (Sophie mainly) manageable during sacrament.

An Extra Member of the Family and Toliet Paper Snack

This week we have been watching my friend, Kara's, little girl, Anna. She is a year younger than Sophie but about the same size. Sophie wasn't sure how she liked someone else calling her mommy, mommy or having me hold her. The first day she pushed her over a couple times- poor Anna. They also had some fun moments too. Anna is still a very good shopper- she doesn't try and crawl out of the cart like Sophie does. We had a good time watching her but I think Sophie is ready to have me all to herself again.

Sophie decided she liked something new this week. On Wed. I went shopping and when I came home Jimmy told me Sophie had gone into the bathroom and was dipping toilet paper in the toilet and then sucking the water out. She would then re-wet it and suck some more. After she did that a few times she would put the toilet paper in her mouth and chew it. While Jimmy was telling me this he was getting huge goose bumps. Side note- Jimmy gets the willies when someone chews on a napkin or paper. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard for him. So Sophie sucking on toilet paper was hair raising. Needless to say, that's one of the reasons I went shopping with both Anna and Sophie. I got some child locks to put on the toilets. Since then, we've had no other instances of the toilet paper drink and snack.

Wedding Bells!

Girls Just Want to Have Fun!!

This last weekend, Gina, Steph and I headed out from Utah to meet my parents, and my two sisters that live in Idaho. It's the first time we've ever had a weekend together without kids- since we were kids. My sister's best friend, April, flew in from Arizona to see her and it was fun getting to know her too. We stayed up late every night, got up early (around 8), worked-out, hot tubbed, ate and did TONZ of shopping. We were going to do a do it ourselves spa night but ran out of time. We'll definitely need to fit that in next time! We ended the weekend going to a random ward for Sacrament Meeting and it ended up being one of the very best fast and testimony meetings I've ever been to.