Track Stars

The city we moved from had a city wide children's track meet this last spring.  Dude was super excited to sign up. Megaman wanted to, but he was a year too young.  The girls, most especially Princess, did not want me to sign them up.  I was a mean mom and signed them both up anyway.  The day of the meet, Princess was super angry that I had signed her up and refused to wear running clothes.  When we got there she saw some friends practicing for the long jump so she went over.  She tried her first jump and realized that she was really good at it.  She was more than happy to compete then, and I turned into a smart mom.
The kids did great!  Honey Bunch took first in all three events (50m race, softball throw, and long jump).  There were only two girls in her group, but she did do well. ;-)

Princess had to compete with 3rd and 4th graders because of her October birthday.  She took 1st in the long jump, 2nd in the 50m, and 3rd in the 100m.

Dude did great!  He took 2nd in the 50m (only because another boy ran in his lane!), 3rd in the 100m, and 2nd in the long jump.

Doctor was so proud!!!  They did such a great job, and it was really fun.  I see many more track meets in our future!

Where has the time gone?

It's been over 2 months since I have posted!!!  We have had so many exciting things happen in those two months, so I will be slowly catching up.  While we were in Boise, we got new pics done by Hawkley Photography.  She is amazing!!!  Thanks again!!!
We are all moved in to our new temporary place and are excited for the next adventure.  Bring it on!

Kid Comedy - Family Edition

 When Princess was telling our family about her field trip, she told us about a cabinet filled with "old-fashioned fire distinguishers."

The other day we had an unexpected visitor in our attic.  A BAT!!!!  Doctor chased it away and Dude was on the hunt to find it.  He was looking out the window and shouted that he found it hanging under the slide on the swingset.  We all gathered around and stared at it for awhile.  I decided to take a picture so that Honey Bunch, who is learning about bats in school, could show her class.  I bravely walked out.  As a got closer I realized the "bat" was really a piece of jump rope that was hanging under the slide!

I gave Honey Bunch a haircut the other day.  It turned out super cute, I need to take a picture to put on here!  Anyway, Doctor was out of town so I bobby pinned Honey Bunch's hair to my head and texted a picture to him with the caption, "I cut bangs!".  Sweet husband texted back, "looks cute!"  Either he is blind or a sweet liar!

Megaman and I went to story time at the library and they made the adorable masks.  Isn't he the cutest little bunny?

I Love To See The Temple!

We had the amazing opportunity to go to the open house for a new temple built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  It is a beautiful building!  There is such peace and serenity in the temple.  I'm so grateful for the sealing power that can unite families for eternity.  I hope this was the first of many times my little family is in the temple together.  We forgot the camera so these were taken with our phone.  Not the best pics, but you get the idea. :)

Field Trip!

I was able to go with Princess on her community field trip this week. It was so fun to spend time with her! We went to the Herpetology lab at the local university, the fire station and the library. Thanks Princess for letting me go with you!

Dude's new gig

Doctor taught Dude how to mow the lawn last weekend. He has been begging us for a while to be able to do it.  He did a fine job.

Pinewood Derby 2012

Dude had his Pinewood Derby a couple weeks ago. Poor Doctor is crazy busy right now, so I was worried that I would have to conquer the tools and help Dude. Thankfully Doctor was able to find time to do it! Dude designed the car shape and colors and helped carve and sand it. It is so awesome looking! He won 3rd place for his den. Great job, guys!

Kid Comedy

The other day we had BBQ'd hamburgers and hotdogs. Doctor came in and put a hotdog on Megaman's plate. When he set it down, Megaman shouted, "Order up!"

I bought the movie "The Pirate's That Don't Do Anything" the other day. Megaman said, "Oh good, cause those pirates who do everything? I was getting sick of those!"

It's Flower Planting Time!

On Thursday we planted over 800 flowers in our front and back flower gardens. The kids were planting machines. All four worked so hard! We are so proud of them! It started raining about 15 mins before we were done. They were troopers and kept right on planting. At one point, Princess said, "This is SO fun!! We are going to remember this forever!" I don't have any after pics, I will try and get some on here next week.

Easter

We had a very nice, quiet Easter. Doctor took the three younger kids to the neighborhood Easter egg hunt the night of Dude's party and they each came home with 30 candy filled eggs! Crazy sugar!!!

On Sunday morning, Dude surprised me with breakfast in bed. He made pancakes for us all. So nice!
After breakfast, we read the Easter story from the Bible, then watched some videos of the Easter story that were recently made and released by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They are incredible videos. You can watch them at www.lds.org

After getting dressed, we headed to church. Honey Bunch and I sang in the choir. She did a fantastic job, I am so proud of her. All the kids sang with the Primary children, also. They were adorable, and I am officially old with all my kids in Primary now.

Here's our beautiful/handsome kids!