Abby's wagon ride

Today Abby got to go to Primary Children's and have a fun wagon ride, well, I hope that is all she will remember. She go her tonsils out today, and she was super excited, not sure why, but I guess a four year old looks forward to eating all the popsicles and ice cream she can! Dr. Grimmer was the same doctor that took her thyroid out last year, and who can beat the wonderful treatment you get at Primary's. Lets hope that the recovery and next couple days go as smooth.....

The Stinky Swamp

Hayden had an assignment at school to make a habitat. He chose to make the swamp. While he was off track, he told me that it was due the day he came back to school. So being the on top of it kind of mom....(yea we waited until the day before) we made this swamp. It was in a clear box, made from sand and Knox jello tinted brownish green filled with alligators and frogs. So Monday morning he proudly took it to school. When he came home he told me, oh here mom, our habitats weren't due for three more weeks. So good for us, we did it early.... right? well the next week he came home with his box, covered in what looked like a hazmat bag. Well the jello had molded and his teacher and fellow students couldn't take the smell anymore and sent it home. So Hayden and I got the lucky of job of cleaning it out, rescuing the alligators and other creatures and remaking it. It only took a day or so for the second one to start to smell, but hey what is a swamp with out the stinky smell!

These are pictures of the habitat fair which we got to come and see all of the wonderful creations everyone made.... including the stinky, smelly swamp.

Lucky Me and Show and Tell....

Oh my heavens, I am already slacking.... I do have to say that blogging is making me take more pictures, and we all know what more pictures means.....

I wanted to add our St Patrick's day pictures, mainly because they are the only recent pics of all my kiddos in one pic, but also to remind myself how lucky I am and what a great opportunity I have to be their mother. I am so lucky to have such good and cute kids..... I am one lucky Mom!


Hayden has been begging me to take Aubrey to show and tell.... first I didn't think he still had show and tell in the third grade, but after talking to his teacher, I realized he could and he was so excited to bring her. He beamed from ear to ear when I walked in, ran and grabbed her and brought her to the front of the class and told all about her. When he was done, he exclaimed, any questions? It was so cute and he was so proud of her. He is a wonderful big brother and I am so proud of him!

Meeting Baby Rowan

We are so excited to welcome Rowan into our family. Congratulations Nate and Melanie! We have spent this whole weekend with family for dinners, showers, blessings and game nights! Its so fun to have family around. Aubrey (well the kids more so) was so excited to meet her closest cousin, Rowan. We couldn't wait to meet him and compare sizes of these little monkeys! Thanks Rowan for the good time and memories!

Dates

Today is a date day. Ben took off early and took the boys sking/snowboarding. They were so excited. I hope they have a good time.

So, since they boys are gone, Abby asked, what are we going to do for our date, mama... well good question. So we went to Cafe Rio for dinner and to the mall to see if we could find the boys some Easter shirts that match the dresses from the Dress Party I had yesterday, after no luck, we decided to come home and watch a movie and eat popcorn. We are watching Robots (not Strawberry Shortcake like she wanted, it wouldn't play in our new DVD player) and I am going to sew.... sounds like a date to me!

Basketball Season

We had Hayden's final Jr. Jazz game the other night. His team did great, won everygame but the last. Great season boys... He sure enjoys playing an has a great time! Now we are getting ready for Ethan's Itty Bitty Hoops season to start. It is bound to be a winter of basketball! Good thing I actually like this sport!

Trying this again

Ok, thanks to all my friends and family, I am trying this again. I love love love to read others blogs, and I think it is a great way to journal and keep track of the little things we do each day. So, once again, I am trying to blog...... I can do this!