Spring Cleaning

Look how we spent our Saturday afternoon...

Cleaning the garage.

It was very overdue.

In fact after everything was cleaned and organized

Drew said, 

Hey our garage isn't junkie anymore!

Peyton exclaimed,

No more mess!

Aar even put up blinds.

(Tiger, I know you can't believe

we actually cleaned the garage!

Now if only we could get the kids

to stop eating in the car :) !)

Growing Up

D officially outgrew the small
bike he learned to ride on this week.
Aar was planning to build him one like Alex's,
but a quick trip to Costco
solved that.

He couldn't be more thrilled!

Despite the rain, D managed to ride
most of the afternoon.
Anytime there was a break
in the storm he was out riding.

I don't think he'll every come inside this summer!

Lacrosse

This morning was E and Alex's
first Lacrosse game.
They played really well.
Lacrosse is very fast paced
and fun to watch.

Ethan was the enforcer on defense. Here he is to the left of the Goal, he's the big guy.

He seemed to really enjoy

intimidating the other players. He's number 43 on the blue team taking out the player on Juan Diego.

Alex played forward and mid fielder.

I think he enjoyed forward the best.

Here he is with the ball. He's the one in blue, by himself with the ball. He's number 49 but he's facing us so you can't see his number.

On his way to the goal.. He's between 16 and 29 making a break for the goal.

Even though it was cold

we had a great time watching

the boys!

FYI -

Drew had a soccer game today

and scored 3 goals!

Sadly we forgot the camera.

Happy Easter

The boys had a great time
at the Easter egg hunt at Mimi and Papa's.
The boys officially have
male pattern blindness when it comes to finding
things.
It was hilarious!

Handsome Easter boys!




D was a little confused when I put on his "Easter outfit."
He told me,
This is no Easter outfit! This is a Sunday outfit!
Where is my Easter bunny suit?
You said I had a new Easter outfit.
NOT a Sunday outfit!

We made pork chops with apple stuffing,
Belize rice, and
roasted asparagus for dinner.
It was delicious!
It was fun having Mimi, Papa, T, and Rhett
over for dinner.
What a great Easter Sunday!

I never knew shooting my brother could be so much fun!

For my B-day my brother and family came over to spend some time. Ethan(my son) had the day before his B-day party with an Airsoft war. Uncle was intrigued, so out came the arsenal of Airsoft guns, AK-47, M-16(Full Auto), MP-5 (Full Auto), M9, Glocks, Uzi, Shotgun, and others. Uncle wondered if it hurt, not much I said as I shot him. :) Well, this appearantly got Uncle going. Watch for yourself, good times were had by all! Oh yes, Peyton decided to run too!!

Cruise Videos

Here are some video's from our cruise. First up are monkey's from Roatan, can you tell which one is Alex?

Next, in Belize we went to the Myan ruins of Lamanai.  First we had to ride on a boat for about an hour.

They have a temple that they believe is Olmec in origin from around 100 bc to around 600 ad, we got to hike to the top of it.

Peyton cheered us on.

The hardest part was getting down.

It was very fun!!

In Cozumel, we have no video but we did get some photos during scuba diving.

Catching Up Part II

Happy 6th birthday to Drew.
We managed to sneak in his Star Wars
birthday party hours before we left on the cruise.

Since D is not a fan of baked goods
he had hot dogs instead of cake.

He's growing up too fast.

Catching Up Part I

On February 28th Alex was baptized.
It was a wonderful day!
It's still hard to believe that
Alex is 8.

We're Back

7 suitcases unpacked and put away

10 loads of laundry done and folded,
but only 8 are put away :).
All worth the wonderful 7 day
Caribbean cruise!

Roatan, Hondurus

Spider monkeys
and a beautiful beach.

Visiting the Mask, High, and Jaguar
Temples of Belize were amazing.
Aar, E, Al, and D
hiked the 14 story High Temple.

Scuba diving in Cozumel was
breathtaking.
The boys insisted on Mexican
wrestling masks.

What better way to spend
a Saturday than on a beautiful
Bahama beach basking in the sun.

Thank you
Dane and Jody
for an amazing vacation
and many, many wonderful memories!

Time Flies

I can't believe how fast time flies!

We bought our house 8 years ago.

We moved back from California 4 years ago.

And this cute, blonde, boy is going

to be 10 years old in 1 month!

Just yesterday Drew said to me,

Mom, I can't figure it out.

You're only 29,

but E is going to be 10.

I know he didn't come out when you were 19.

How does that work?

What a sweetheart to think I'm only 29!

All the other boys proudly tell everyone how

old I am. They need to learn a thing or two from D!

Talk

D gave his 1st talk in Primary yesterday.

He wrote and gave the whole talk by himself.

Here it is.....

On Thursday night I went to the Draper Temple

house of opening.

My favorite parts were the place you get married

and the place you get baptized.

I felt Heavenly Father and Jesus in my heart.

I love them so much.

The important part about temples is

that you can be together forever with your family.

He did such a great job.

Alex's Birthday Party

Alex had a bunch of his buddies over for a Mad Scientist birthday party.

They did experiments, like mentos in the diet coke.

Lots of dry ice.
Making slime.
And making Mad Scientist cup cakes, with worms.

We even heard one of them say to Alex,
"This was the best birthday party ever!"
Happy Birthday Alex!

Star Student

This week Alex was chosen as the

Star Student!

We made a poster of his favorite things.

Today the little boys and I

were invited to his classroom to talk about him.

Some of the soon to be birthday boy's favorite things:

1. FOOTBALL

Favorite teams - BYU and New England Patriots

2. Reading

Currently reading - Fablehaven Series

3. Traveling

The beach and Disneyworld

4. Math

5. Steak

6. Art

Loves learning to use new art mediums

7. Hockey

8. Build A Dino Dactyl

9. Bakugan

10. Pokeman cards

The kids could then ask questions.

After the questions the class said,

Alex why don't you do a subtraction problem for your Mom.

Then I started hearing

Yeah, he's so smart. He should skip a grade.

I know he should be in 3rd grade.

No he should be in college!

The math problem...

999,014 - 998,910 = 104

It was fun visiting his class,

seeing how great he gets along with all his classmates,

and meeting all his friends.

A Gentleman's Sport

E has a new favorite past time
second only to football.
He can't wait for Mondays at 4:00.
When you ask him why he replies,
"Because it's sword fighting without getting in trouble.
DUH!"

Without further ado,
E the fencer -
foil to be specific.
He wants to do epee,
but so far they're learning foil.

He's catching on quickly.
The boys and I went to watch today.
Now Alex wants to fence.

Off to Preschool

P is absolutely loving preschool!
In January, he moved up to the older class
and is loving it.
He has to wear a uniform now -
khaki, black, or navy pants,
solid oxfords or polos,
and solid sweater vests in the winter.

Yesterday, he was telling me all about
his great day.
He and his two best friends,
Max and Barrett,
played in the mud at recess
and got their gloves all dirty.
He informed me that none of the girls
wanted to play with them because
girls don't like to get dirty!

The handsome fellow busy at work.

Smelling eucalyptus
while learning about Australia.

I just love these pictures of him at school.