Rocky Point

We took our kids away for spring break to Rocky Point. What a wonderful place to retreat to. It is only 4 hours away and has beautiful beaches where the water is actually warm. The kids played non stop in the water, looking for shells, making sand people, burying each other (Tyson paid each kid a dollar for helping to bury Zac and Porter according to his specifications, when the kids got their dollar they each gave it to two Mexican children that were nearby~so sweet!). We rented a house in Cholla Bay and it was beautiful. We were fortunate enough to share it with the Buhrley family in our ward (you all remember the bikini cake, yep same guy!). We have kids the same ages and it was a delight to share the weekend with them. The house was so spacious that we never felt crowded even with 13 people staying there. We loved spending most of our time on Sandy Beach, what a relaxing way to spend spring break. My highlights were watching Tyson struggle with his beach chair all day (his chair had a mind of its own, every time he would move it would "klink"up and he would be almost bent over forward or it would undo all together and he would fall completely flat~so funny!), watching the kids play in the water and sand, having Gage very well entertained by giving him a bucket and a shovel, (he would play in the sand until he would see a beach chair evacuated and then he would move like mad to get in it. One time Tyson was gone for a good 45 min out of his chair and Gage sat in it the whole time. Pretty good for a 14 month old!), the best part though is all the Mexican vendors that walk up and down the beach selling things, we benefited from the mango man, the ice cream man, two jewelry men, the burrito lady, the dress men, the sling shot guys, and the ukulele kid~ohhh and how could I forget the hair braiding ladies! What a fabulous trip, Thanks Buhrley's for being our tour guides we had a GREAT time!!!

Spring Is Here

I realize that the evidence of spring is not that grand here as opposed to where most of you live, but it is still wonderful. I love the wonderful smell of the flowers when you walk out the door. I love taking my kids for walks (right now as opposed to the summer when it is so blasted HOT!!!!) I love when I get up in the morning and the sun is already starting to rise. I love watching my trees start to produce leaves and flowers after a long winter. I love picking citrus in my parents backyard. I love getting together for outdoor bbq's with family that we don't see often enough. I absolutely love that my children will play for hours in the backyard (sigh!).

Happy Birthday Bishop

On Saturday was our Bishop's birthday. We thought we would help him celebrate by making him an "appropriate" birthday cake. We made him his very own bikini cake. We convinced all of their kids that it was a martian cake, their 3 year old daughter asked her mom is she could have a martian cake for her birthday too. He had a good laugh about it!











Kelsey (8) brought home a creative writing story that she worked on at school. It is so her personality that I have typed it up for the blog with all of her spelling and everything!

Once upon a time there was a beautiful gril who lived in a small house in the woods. She didn't have that much friends because all the grils were jelles. Well one day she took a walk in the woods. She sang as she walked. All of a sudden she saw a prince she couldn't belive her eyes, she didn't know what to say, but the prince did. He said kiss me, then the beautiful gril said, get real. Then the prince said, you got sweet talk please kiss me only one kiss its only you. Then the prince pukerd up the beautiful gril smacked the prince and ran off to her home and never wanted to see the pince agin.

PINEWOOD DERBY

WHOOO HOOO! Pinewood derby is one of the funnest events in scouts! It could be that I don't have to do that much with it, it is all Connor and Tyson, YEA! It is so much fun seeing all the different cars that are put together. I love seeing how excited and proud these cub scouts are about their "fast cars!" It is always a little nerve racking when your child is competing in something, but you don't expect the little sisters to be worried too. Kelsey was almost hyperventilating every time it was Connor's turn to race. Thanks for all your support Kelsey!

Connor has a really good friend that has been coming to scouts with him for a few months, so Tyson had the opportunity to help make 2 cars this year. I think Ryan really enjoyed being part of the Pinewood derby, this was his very first one. Ryan's car took the award for fastest car in his pack. Connor's car ended up beating Ryan's after the races had ended, when all the dads went back in to race the cars against each other to see which of their sons was the fastest! In the set up of the rotation some of the cars never got to race against each other. So, the dads were curious to see which ones were faster. Connor smoked them all! It was hilarious to see these dads racing the cars just to see how fast they were. I am pretty sure men never truly grow up, "once a scout always a scout!!!"
Way to go Connor and Ryan we are so proud of you!