Track Meet and End of Year Assemblies

 Seth being in 3rd grade this year means that he gets to join the older grades and run in the track meet at Canyon View.  He ran the mile, the 50M and the 200M relay (I think...i never ran track so all this Meter business is foreign to me...anyways it was a relay).  

 The mile was SO close.  He ran strong, but all the boys run together so he was running against 4th and 5th graders too even though they only place 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each grade.  Anyways he and a 4th grader were going at it the whole first couple of laps and he was going WAY to fast, which is too bad because the 4th grader didn't even matter. By the time he rounded the 3rd and 4th laps he was all out of energy but still came in 4th. There's no doubt he could've beat at least 1 of the kids in his grade if he hadn't of lost all his energy at the end.  But they live and learn.  Hopefully next year he'll run it again and pace himself a little.

  The next race was the 50M (again, I think).  It was short.  He was fast but this kid named Derek beat him.  He used to play soccer with him and knew how fast he was, so it was a little disappointing for him.  But he was a good sport about it and was happy with 2nd.

The relay was really heart breaking.  His team put him last because he was the fastest.  They had a pretty clear lead and despite Seth running his little heart out, once again Derek came from behind and beat Seth and his team for the win.  They boys were cute and were happy to get 2nd!

 Seth, Braylor, Cameron, and Jake

 And...these are the type of pictures I get when Collin gets bored in an assembly.  But I kept this one because that cute teacher to the left is Seth's 3rd grade teacher Ms. Irwin.  We loved her, but she only stayed on one year cause her boyfriend was moving to colorado. So sad for Jaquelle who won't get her in 3rd grade.

 ...and this one just makes me laugh.... Collin's leg....

 Jaq was so excited to get the Tiger of the Month award.  Seth had gotten it every year and she was worried that she wouldn't get it. But the last month she got the Friendship award and was thrilled.

 Isn't she cute?  And she definitely IS a great friend!

Seth won this basketball  for running the most laps in his grade at the FUN RUN.  He got to pick a prize and is it any surprise he picked a basketball?  love this kid!

April's everyday happenings

So my sister Tallie gave me all these cute shoes for Cody.  These were my favorite, so I tried to do a mini photo session....

She also gave me this darling cute BYU onesie so I decided to get into the cougar spirit and try again with the photo session....

What do you think?  NOT a BYU fan?

THATS MORE LIKE IT!

I was in charge of a door for Teacher Appreciation this year.  I must say I did not copy this off of pinterest...it came straight out of my own noggin. Turned out cute.

This kid, is good to the bone and avoids contention like the plague.  He's growing up though and struggling to find his voice and boundaries from time to time.  G

I'm about 99% sure these were taken by an amateur photographer known as Collin.

Its Sunday Night game night playing our favorite "Ticket to Ride" game as a family.  Most of the pictures are curtesy of Collin who we have to keep entertained while he's a little under the age limit for the game.

...except for this one, which I took bc he's cute when he gets some highly Quiescently frozen dairy confection.

My beautiful pink blossom tree that I forget the official name for.  One year those pink flowers are going to bloom fully and cover this tree thick before the frost comes and kills them off after only 2 days.

TICKETS! Cordelle and I spent a date night at the dollar store purchasing things the kids could buy with their tickets. Every time jobs are done, they stay in bed, or obey they can earn tickets to be redeemed at the Store on Sunday's.  Yea, probably should've chosen a different day, but its not like they are actually purchasing them and Sunday's the only day we're all home for good.  Always trying something new as a parent to motivate!

This is fun, because it reminds me of how my kids watched movies for a while.  We discovered this show on BYU-TV called Relative Race, which is essentially a lot like The amazing race only people were racing across the nation looking for their ancestors but it was highly entertaining and because it had to be watched through byu-tv we didn't want to figure out how to transfer it to our TV or we were just too lazy to do it, so we for some reason always watched it on this couch with the laptop on a stool.  Haha!  Good memories.

Cody 2-3 months

This kid!

 Collin entertains me, thats for sure.  I have loved having a little buddy around to talk and sing to me. 

He is my sunshine.

 This probably should be embarrassing to me, but I couldn't stop laughing.  Collin was busy one morning and when I looked over at him he had taken my bras and underwear out of my drawer and put them over his head!  I have NO idea why, but it was hilarious! Oh he's going to hate me for these pictures one day.

 Box of oranges????

Or the perfect roads with man holes for your cars to fall into?

Easter 2016

Yup here we are.  Cody is 6 weeks old and we're out on the desert!  What are we thinking?  Well we kind of half camped this year.  We set up the camper but slept in a hotel.  It was actually really ice to be able to do that.  We really wanted to see my Grandma one more time because she was going downhill fast. Most of the kids and grandkids that were there gathered in her hotel room friday night and just sang songs.  It was nice.  The kids were glad to be there with their cousins.  And the weather was, well easter weather.  Cold nights, breezy days...one second your freezing the next second your hot. Can't believe we did it with such a young baby, but overall I think I am glad we did. 

I was a total slacker with pictures this year....but a few is better than none.:)