Field Trip

Today was Lauren's field trip. We went to the Rodeo...

Lauren found my sunglasses in my backpack and put them on. She thought she was so sneaky!

Lauren and her teacher Mrs. Koller...

We got to see the "Pig Race" and all the kids got their own "Pig Noses"...

Gabriella & Lauren

Even Mrs. Koller got a "Pig Nose"...

She got to feed the animals at the petting zoo...

And the best part (according to Lauren) was the Pony Ride...

I let Lauren come home with me. As I was driving, I saw her in my rear view mirror with her piggy nose on. It was pretty cute so I had to get a picture...

Even though it was overcast and raining off and on, we had a great day!

Golf Ball Sized Hail!

At about 5:30 p.m. tonight we had quite a storm...

Dave & Taylor enjoying the hail!

This is hail...some were golf ball sized!

I told you...

The kids found this lizard in a pile of hail. We thought he was dead but after picking him up, we realized he was just really cold. The kids set him free in the yard after the storm although Lauren desperately wanted to keep him.

Camping

It's our Spring Break this week so we took the kids camping Wednesday and Thursday. The weather was perfect... Lauren kept saying things out of the blue such as, "I love camping" or "this is great". It was pretty cute.

We relaxed a little...

We did a little hiking...

Of course there were S'mores...

A little Fishing...

And a few of us even did a little swimming...

We had a great time and can't wait to go again!

My 15 minutes of fame!

Check this out...I think I just may be famous? :)
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Puppy Love

My friend Tabitha just got a Teacup Yorkie puppy this weekend and brought him over so my kids could see him. I think he is the cutest thing I've ever seen and I'm not even much of an animal person! :) He only weighs 1 lb. and will probably only be 3 lbs. as an adult. He is adorable!!! I just couldn't resist snapping a few pictures. It was love at first sight... Tabitha lives next door so hopefully the kids won't drive her crazy asking to see her puppy!

~Miss Tabitha and her new puppy (she still hasn't named him...we're voting for Oliver)~

Teams of Tomorrow

Carter & Lauren had a Basketball Performance at school last Friday. It's pretty cool!

Can you do this...

Tiring Tuesdays

Tuesdays are our CRAZY, BUSY day. Here's why...

2:45 p.m. Crossing guard at elementary school, Lauren out of school
3:45 p.m. Pick up Carter from tutoring
4:00 p.m. Take Lauren to Achievement Days at Church
4:05 p.m. Crossing guard at Middle school; pick up Taylor
4:30 p.m. Take Taylor and Carter to piano lessons
5:00 p.m. Pick up Lauren from Achievement Days
5:30 p.m. Pick up Taylor and Carter from Piano
6:00 p.m. Take Carter to football practice
6:15 p.m. Eat dinner (Carter has to eat between piano and football...usually pb& j)
7:00 p.m. Take Taylor to church for Young Women's Activity
7:30 p.m. Pick up Carter from football, take to church for Cub Scouts
8:30 p.m. Pick up Taylor and Carter from YW and Scouts
9:00 p.m. Get kids in bed, relax a bit before I fall into bed

That is why I dread Tuesdays! Can you blame me? :)

Seeing is Believing

Tonight, while we were eating dinner, we were talking about God and Jesus and why some people don't believe in them and how we know that they are real and we believe in them when Carter said, "Of course they're real...how would they have gotten all those pictures of them? I mean, it's not like somebody drew them all. Duh!" He's such a great kid and keeps us laughing!

What's wrong with this picture?

I think we need to take Carter to a BYU vs WY game dressed exactly like this....

What do you think?

Slumber Party

Lauren had her birthday party last Friday night. There wasn't a whole lot of "slumbering" going on but boy was it a PARTY!

Good Friends + Pizza + Banana Splits + Crafts + Movie + Party Games + Pinata + Donuts = FUN

Sunday was her "real" birthday which we celebrated with just our family. She picked Roast for dinner and a strawberry cake.

It's great to be 8!