Soccer and Our Basment

The past few Saturdays have been very busy. Soccer season has started again and we are working on finishing our basement! Both boys are doing well in soccer and a re improving all the time Kyler has discovered it is fun to chase the ball and not the butterflies this year.  Conner has become much more aggressive and will get in the middle of it and get the ball out!

Kyler in the red shorts

Conner in the gray shorts with the gray shin guards.

Brandon has been so nice and has come down and helped Brian frame the basement! He has most of the tools we needed and did most of the work.

Thanks Brandon, we couldn't have done it without you!

Easter

We had a beautiful Easter and although it was a little chilly it was so nice to have sunshine and no snow or rain.  The kids had fun decorating and eating sugar cookies a few days before.  It is so interesting to watch the different ways they frost their cookies.  Conner loves to put a little frosting and a few sprinkles, Kyler loves to use many differnt colors of frosting on one cookie, and Annie loves to pore on the sprinkles and eat the cookies.  She sat there devouring her cookie and with each bite would say "Mmmmm...gooood,...Mmmmm..goood".  On Saturday we colored eggs, the kids had a blast! Annie dipped her eggs over and over again.  On Sunday we enjoyed what the Easter Bunny brought and went to church.  After church we want to Grandma and Pop Pop's for the annual Easter egg hunt and dinner.

Who would guess that a 20 month old could walk in Mommy's four inch heals! So cute!

And they are off!

Conner and Kyler helping point out eggs forAnnie.

Happy Easter!!

The Zoo

Last week was Spring Break and we took the kids to the zoo.  They had a great time. Conner loved the monkeys and Kyler loved the train, the playground and the Orangutans.  Annie was fascinated with everything! We saw the monkeys first so any animal we saw after that was a monkey, except the elephants, they were "baarrooo!".  It was a beautiful day and we had a great time.

April Showers!

I can't believe that another month is gone! We have been showered with rain and snow and many exciting moments in our home this month.  Annie is back to herself again, I found her on the table spinning the light, "whee, Whee, WHEE!"(to quote her). She also tried climbing the shelves in the pantry and climbed in the dryer.  Kyler is always asking questions about how things work and loves to read and play games. We also got new sand in the sandbox which has kept Kyler very busy!  Conner is doing well in school. Scoring in the top of his class in math and spelling.  I had a scare a few weeks back when I received a call from to office saying Conner had been involved in an accident and they would like me to come check it out, and if he was going to remain in school, I needed to bring a change of clothes because he could not return to class with blood on his clothes.  So I hurried up to the school and he was OK. He had been hit with a hockey stick in P.E. There was a small cut under his eye and lots of blood. He didn't say much, so I knew he must be in shock.  With only an hour left of school, I brought him home. He had fun showing off his bandage and black eye at school the next day and loved telling and retelling the story anyone who asked.  His Uncle taught him to say .."you should see the other guy." Which also got some good laughs. He also lost another tooth!

The eye, five days later...looking pretty good!

Lost tooth number 2, the adult tooth already growing in behind.

Kyler and Annie enjoying the sandbox.

March Madness!!

Well I really can't believe that we are already to the end of march! Another month gone! We have had our share go cold and sickness over the past six weeks.  I started with a cold in the middle of February which lasted until the beginning of March around the time that I was beginning to feel better, Kyler started in with a cold, which turned to croup and not much sleep for him or I. So we made our first trip to the doctor. Steroids for Kyler and he started feeling better.  The next day Annie came down with a fever.  It was still there 2 days later and she was poking at her ear, so we took a second trip to the doctor.  They looked her over and took a strep culture and said it was just a virus.  The fever broke two days later, but she still wasn't eating or sleeping! Back to the doctor again.  Double ear infection and pneumonia. After two days of antibiotics she was sleeping again and I was too! Then last weekend she fell, while running from Mommy in the store.  She split her lip open on the corner of a clothes rack.  Blood all over her and me, after ten minutes it finally stopped, we almost had another trip to the doctor.  She didn't eat much on Saturday or Sunday, she was a little better by Monday and now you can hardly see it anymore.  Wow, kids are tough and heal quick....she worries me so much.  So busy and fearless!

Annie finally feeling better! What an angel.

Her lip 24 hours after her fall

 Ouch!

Her lip tonight..looking so much better! Hooray!

The boys attended their friend Kenyon's superhero party and Amy made each of the kids their own capes, belt and mask.  So cute!! So this is Super "C" and Super "K" in their superhero poses. Too cute.

Grandpa Walter's 90th Birthday

Grandpa Walter's party was fantastic! He had a great time and we did too! The weather was beautiful and that was a great bonus because it allowed people to be inside and out.  There were 80 plus people who came and more that sent note to let him know they loved him.  It was wonderful to see so many people and to hear them say nothing but great things about my grandpa! He is a  wonderful, loving,smart and strong man. The kids had a blast too and were running around everywhere.  My Mom and Dad made a wonderful meal with ham and turkey and potatoes.  Todd made some of his delicious sour dough and a spinach dip.  Deano sent some of my Grandpa's favorite pasta with calamari. I got to make and decorate the cakes and I think they turned out pretty good.  Michelle did a fancy birthday sign. My mom worked  hard and made a slide show about my grandpa. Everyone  enjoyed themselves and seemed to have a fantastic time.  Happy Birthday Grandpa! We love you and are so glad we were able to be a part of this special day!

Edwin, Kaelyn, Ellarie and Norilyn.

The Party as everyone was starting to come outside.

Annie enjoying a roll.

Kyler playing outside.

Everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to Grandpa.

Grandpa getting ready to blow out the candles.

The kids are ready for cake!

The cake.  I made two half sheet cakes. I decorated this one to look like the invitations my parents made to look like a steam cleaning character my grandpa used in his business.

cutting the cake

family

friends

and fun!

snitching some frosting

Saying good bye

Grandpa Walter with some of  his Great Grand kids (left to right: Kyler, Annie, Kaelyn, Norilyn, Ezias, Conner and Ellarie, with  Grandpa holding Annaliegh).