Yesterday and Today

Yesterday

Today

Spring Break

Safe!!!

Batting practice

Love this face!

Kevin trying to get Maddi out.

Thor on a scooter

Even with a hat on his hair looks better cut!

Kevin trying out the scooter.

This is what I get when I ask them all to smile!

Love this picture of Thomas!

Jacob peeking through the arch.

Thomas and Jacob doing their Titanic pose on the cliff. Ha ha

Maddi and Kevin hiding from the wind.

Just weird!

Cool pictures from the top of the Dixie cliff.


Thomas running down the sand dunes.

Look at Jacob, he looks like he can fly!

Cute Jake running down the sand dunes.

Jacob at the sand dunes.

Maddi at the sand dunes

Kevin and I at the sand dunes.

Sand Angel!!!

Planking on the sand.

They wrote Mitch's name in the sand. He will be in the picture next time!!!!!

Hiking up to Pioneer rock.

Posing on a cliff.

Oh no!! KEvin fell off. Good thing Maddi was there to save him!

At the start of our hike, when they were all still smiling.

The boys had spring break this week so we were excited to get out of the cold and head to sunshine and warmth in good old St. George this week an visit with Grandparents and Maddi.
We packed our bags and informed Mema and Grandpa that their spare bedrooms would be occupied for a few days and off we went. The first day I was seriously questioning the decision as it was just as cold and windy as it was at home. We went to the baseball park to get some practice in for Jake but the wind was brutal. We then decided to drive around a bit and ended up at the Dixie on the mountain. By then the wind had calmed a bit and we hiked around for a while.
The kids hadn't seen Hunger Games yet so Kevin, Maddi and Thomas went to see that while Jacob and I saw the Lorax as Hunger Games was a bit too violent for a 10 year old. Then we went to one of our Favorite St. George places, The Pizza Factory for some yummy pizza and killer bread twists. The next day we got up and were going to drive to Zions but figured it was cheaper to go to Snow Canyon and the kids had never been there. It was the right decision. The crowds were smaller and you could drive everywhere you needed to go and there were some pretty fun hikes and things to see. The kids were mad at me because I made them go on a super long hike and the majority of it was in deep sand and really hard to hike in. At the end there was supposed to be a pool but it was actually a puddle. Maddi had the day off from class so she was able to come with us too.
We ate at Marv's, another one of our favorite places and then hit the hot tub after dark.
Wednesday we spent poolside and I came home with a killer sunburn but it felt SO good to be out in the sunshine! I have decided that I really don't like living in the snow and I need to move to somewhere warm and sunny.
We woke up Thursday morning and hit the trail for a run before heading back home.
We came home for baseball as Jacob had a big practice Thursday night and a scrimmage Saturday morning.
We woke up this morning to snow....YUCK! If I had known that we would get snow I would never have come home!!!
There is too much snow to even have a baseball game Saturday. Why did we come home????????
Sunshine, warmth, hiking, good food (Mema's pork, beef, roast stuff ha ha) a few days with Mema and Grandpa and a few days with Maddi. I wish spring break was longer!!!

So sad....

Double Digits

Wow, my baby is 10! That was fast! I can't believe he is so big! Because he is the youngest I think he is still a little kid but he is growing up so fast! He is awesome, he is friendly and kind and super smart! He Loves sports and we are still trying to find out what sport he will stick with because he is good in everything he plays. He loves to be outside playing with his buddies. He loves, or should I say he is addicted to Legos! He collects the mini figures and has hundreds of them and has them ALL over his room!
We had a birthday party for him and invited his school buddies. We went to the Rec. Center and they did the obstacle course in the pool. It was really fun and the life guards only had to jump in once to save one of them so I think that was pretty successful!
So happy birthday to the cutest, funnest, coolest 10 year old I know! Hopefully the next 10 won't go by as fast!

5

Well, we are down to only one hands worth of fingers. Five... unbelievable!!!!
We are super excited. His best buddy came over last Sunday and told us how he can't wait for him to come home!
I couldn't agree more!
Last night I had to fill out some paperwork online for him for school when he gets home. I was so excited to be doing it!
5 more months!!!!!

Beautiful Day

Today was the most beautiful day of the year so far. Not only was it sunny and warm but today was the baseball draft! We have our team and this season is going to be awesome! Today was so nice that the baseball gear was unloaded and put to use. Games start next month and hopefully the nice weather holds out and the team can start practicing.
I LOVE Little League baseball!!!

Another year another MVS

Thomas and his swimming brothers, they are the cutest group of boys, I am so glad he has such awesome friends.

We just got back from the annual end of season banquet for high school swimming. Hard to believe he is halfway finished with his high school swimming! Thomas won the MVS ( most valuable swimmer) award again this year which was pretty cool. That means he scored more points than any other boy on the team. He also lettered again which was also pretty cool. Now we just have to get that dang letterman's jacket one of these days! So proud of Thomas and his hard work and dedication to swimming.
ALso the red on his face is not acne, he face planted when he was sledding with the scouts last night.