Monday, March 28, 2016

      I love that spring is here.  We are having weird weather.  One day it will be warm and sunny in the fifties and then the next day we get snow.  The snow is gone in 2 days but it is such a tease.  It is common for Utah to receive its last snow fall around April 8th.  Knowing this I won't get my hopes up for beautiful weather.
      The kids are out on spring break.  Saturday and Sunday was beautiful weather and we enjoyed it.  We went to the Johnson's house for the Egg Olympics and Sunday we took a family bike ride.  I am so impressed with Xadia.  She learned how to ride a bike within minutes.  I did not have enough time to put the banana bread in the oven and she came running in and said, "I did it.  Come watch me."  Sure enough she was riding without training wheels.  We took a family bike ride on the Onion Parkway Trail.  It was so much fun.

Movie from the Egg Olympics

Monday, March 21, 2016

Campfire season is here.  This is one of our favorite past times.  We like to sit by the fire and watch the sunset.  The kids also like to roast hot dogs and marshmallows.  I always end up with smokey laundry to wash. Teagan gets super excited about campfires.

McCabe is into a rock finding phase.  He tries to find ones with crystals or fossils.  He likes to search the mountain with Caden to find his rock treasures.  Just the other day he was so into finding rocks that he missed dinner.  We tried calling and searching for him but we did not find him.  Finally he came home thirty minutes late.

Yesterday was a cake baking day for the kids.  McCabe and Jacinda both wanted to make cakes and so they did.  The kitchen barely stayed cleaned.  Thank goodness Tim was keeping up with dish duty.

The weather has turned nice and so we are doing lots of chalk drawings on the driveway.  Xadia and I made pictures of bunny rabbits and Easter eggs.  Teagan was busy drawing super long lines that went from the driveway to the sidewalk.   

Yesterday we got to attend the Provo temple dedication.  Only kids 8 and older could witness the dedication.  Many thanks to the McPheters for watching Teagan and Xadia.  It was a beautiful dedication.  I am very grateful for temples.

            These are our friends that we invited to the campfire because campfires are always better with friends.  By the way, I do not know why McCabe is posing that way.  It must be a 9 year old thing.

Sunday, March 20, 2016

       I got to watch Jacinda perform in Fiddler on the Roof.  She did a great job.  I put together a movie.  I hope you enjoy it.

Sunday, March 6, 2016

Feb. 29th was birthday tables for February's birthday children at school.  McCabe wanted to have some Little Caesar pizza and crazy bread.  So happy birthday McCabe.  I hope you enjoyed your lunch with your family and J.D.  We loved visiting you. 

 The first week of March is when the school celebrates Dr. Seuss.  Teagan made a cat in the hat hat.  He refused to put it on his head.  So I had him pose with the hat.  That white line in his mouth is from a lollipop.  He was most excited for that piece of candy.

This little note makes me giggle in the best way.  Our family likes to watch veggie tales.  There is a song about a belly button that get stuck in our childrens' heads.  As I walked by the counter one evening, I saw that McCabe had written on some paper.  When I read the words I had to take a picture.  The words say, "Baby, I know your eyes see rite thro mine and...." These are part of the words to the belly button song.  He is awesome.  I have included the video of the song below.  Enjoy!