Leprechaun mischief

A little leprechaun was in our preschool today. The preschoolers made a trap for him but it looks like he was too smart. He mixed up all the calendar words and numbers, left green foot prints everywhere, and left a treasure hunt on gold bricks for the kids to follow. At the end was lucky charms and green milk. All the preschoolers also brought a green food to share for snack, so we had a green feast!

The weather was turning a bit more chilly but we made it to the park again today anyway.

Riding Bikes

I know this weather is only here to mess with us for a few days and then we will be cooped up inside again for a few more months, but we are enjoying it while we can.

Garen has finally gotten over his fear of riding his bike and even crashed today, got a band-aide on his bloody elbow and got back on. Next step, getting rid of the training wheels.

Sophie has almost got the hang of pedaling; hopefully sooner than later because my back hurts from bending over and pedaling for her with my hands!

Glasses!

After months and months of Maddie mentioning that her eyes were hurting and watering at school and after a few headaches after reading; I finally took Maddie to the eye doctor. Sure enough her left eye was working much harder than her right eye. She only needs the glasses for school work and reading and as of right now she's pretty excited about them. When she put them on she couldn't stop saying how clear everything looked.

I'll have to get used to seeing her in them but I think she looks cute no matter what.

Princess Playgroup and nice weather

We got to have the girls over for princess playgroup this morning. Sophie loves this little group she's involved in each week. In honor of St. Patrick's day coming up we colored rainbows, planted seeds, and had a green snack complete with green milk. These are the easiest and cutest group of girls.

After playgroup I packed Garen and Sophie a lunch and we headed to the park to meet some friends. It has been about 6 months since the weather was nice enough to enjoy a day at the park so we really took advantage by staying for about 2 1/2 hours.

We ended our evening with Sophie's gymnastics, Maddie's ice skating, playing at the rec. center playplace, signing Garen up for t-ball, then I watched the finale of the the Bachelor.

It was a pretty good day!

Logan Business

Thursday we headed to Logan for a packed weekend. We got there with just a few minutes to spare before our dentists appointments. After a checkup with no cavities or chipped teeth-which is good for me since my teeth have problems- we headed to Amber and Zeb's house for Zack's first birthday party.

Friday we were up bright and early for Maddie's gymnastics meet that started at 8am. It was fun for her to compete the the huge USU spectrum and she got an overall score of 30 which is her highest so far.

Maddie's meet was done around noon than Andy and I got to enjoy the afternoon together. We ate lunch at Olive Garden, then we did a session in the Logan temple, and hit Jamba Juice on our way home. Friday night Andy got to go out to Clarkston and play basketball with a bunch of his old friends.

Saturday I got to spend the whole morning and part of the afternoon out shopping by myself. It was lovely; I miss having options. I got to hit the mall, Ross, Kholes, Seagull book, to name a few. While I was out shopping Andy took the kids to see his Grandma Margaret-

Saturday evening was the big family get together for Andy's Grandpa Roger's birthday. We enjoyed good food, cake, and some basketball. I learned that even though I feel capable of playing several games of lightning and I even do pretty good, my 27 week pregnant body does not feel good the next day.

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Sophie loved playing catch with her great-grandma Janene and great-grandpa Roger-

And finally Sunday it was time for us to come back home, but we can't leave Logan with out a quick stop to let the kids see and walk around the temple-

Flashback Friday

Spring 2004 in our first house we bought. Maddie 10 months, Andy 24 years old-

A typical morning for Sophie...

Watching a cartoon upside down with her underwear on backwards. How can you not have a good day when you start out with this little girl!?

Rock Climbing

Today was the first Saturday in a long time that we didn't have something we had to be at. So we made it a fun family day. First we went to Andy's church basketball game. Then we headed to the Civic Center for some rock climbing; the kids loved it!

We stopped by the pet shop to buy crickets for our lizard and took a few minutes to check out the animals. For some reason Garen is deathly afraid of all animals but he was doing fine with the knowledge that all the animals were in cages. Then we came across the pet shop owners cat just lazily sleeping on a shelf, Garen spotted it and was off and running. He seemed a bit paranoid the rest of the time we were in there; checking shelves as he walked slowly through the store.

After all that it was 2:00 and we hadn't had lunch yet so we stopped in at McDonalds and the kids had a blast playing in the playplace. They ran around like crazy animals!

Later Maddie and I went shopping at the mall for some new tennis shoes for her and she even got to pick a pair of dangley earrings with her $10 gift card she got for winning the anti-bully poster.

The kids all helped Andy cook dinner and we ended our night with a family movie-Puss in Boots-and some ice cream sandwiches.

I don't mind being busy and I do enjoy the wrestling tournaments, gymnastics meets, ice shows, and trips out of town; but every once in awhile its nice to have a Saturday off and to just spend it being together as a family!

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Flashback Friday

Me with my grandpa Melvin who is wearing that scary mask. That mask still exists at my parents house, it randomly finds its way out from time to time on our visits there.

Dr. Seuss's Birthday

There was no school today and in honor of Dr. Seuss we went and saw the movie The Lorax. The kids loved it and I was pretty entertained myself.

You've got to love the great messages Dr. Seuss has in all his very creative stories!

Gymnastics Pictures