Jump into Spring

For our Family Home Evening activity last night, Sierra wanted to put the tramp back up...it was pretty chilly, but we got it done. Joran and Maren have been asking all day to jump...it finally got warm enough this afternoon. I took these after they had been on maybe 5 minutes...I think Maren could do a bounce commercial or whatever it was that showed a kid with hair like hers. Joran's is sticking out as well it's just so short...looks more like a shiny halo.

Joran and Maren warming up in the sun.

Joran and Maren jumping!

Maren has a little static in her hair...ya think? :)

Boston's 9th Birthday

I can't believe Boston is 9 years old...that means we've lived here for 9 years! Amazing how time flies!

Boston wanted pizza for his birthday dinner...

All of us wearing our hats (Cheyenne was babysitting during this picture)

Connor doing what he does so well...clowning around!

Even Stockton got in on this party!

Boston's gifts...wrapped in Spongebob paper-

Two DVD's "Bolt" and "Bedtime Stories"

Boston's new scouting stuff: neckerchief, slide and book.

Boston got a new soccer ball for the new season!

New duds! So handsome!

More new clothes for summer...

Can you tell he loves sports?!

And finally a new set of wheels!

Boston's cake...he wanted a chocolate fudge caramel cake. I made a fudge cake, poked holes in it and then poured chocolate fudge sauce in them. We used caramel frosting and soccer balls to represent our birthday boy. Soccer started the next morning so we thought that fit!

Blowing out the candles!


Boston also got an air soft AK-47 from Grandma and Grandpa Stephens and ammo and safety glasses from Grandpa and Grandma Johnson!

Boston's Space Derby

This is a picture of Connor helping Boston work on his rocket...the kids didn't have school on monday so it was nice to have help working on it!

Here is the finished rocket...Boston calls it "The Gator", you can't see the teeth he painted on the front, but it looks like an aligator.


Here are some pictures from Boston's space derby last night for scouts. These are the pack's rockets.

more rockets...

more rockets...Boston's is the second from the left.

Here is the first race Boston was in...his rocket won!

Here is the second race, before take off...

Here is Boston's rocket taking the lead...he won this race.

Here is the third race...another win!

Here is our rocket engineer with his rocket and participation certificate...they didn't do laddered races with an overall winner...it was just all fun :)

St. Patrick's Day Green!

I decided to have some fun this year...and make St. Patrick's day fun! The last few years I haven't been so diligent, so here are some of the pictures.


Our decorations!

The gold treasure left by the Leprechauns!


Boston (who was told he belongs on Blue's Clues) and Cheyenne in their green (Cheyenne had a green garter around her thigh as well)


Some more of our green family...Sierra had a matching garter to Cheyenne. Jeff, I made change his clothes to BBQ dinner (he had a green dress shirt with a St. Patty day tie). Connor (he had a matching shirt to Boston, and was called "Steve" all day at the Junior High) had soccer so his green was left to the clovers on his underwear HAHAHA). Annicha's black shirt has clover's all around the bottom that you can't see. Maren has been out in the dirt, so she is dirty green and her green bow is now needing to be washed!


Here is our green dinner (starting at 12 o'clock: Steak, green mashed potatoes, green beans, green jello, green fruit salad, with green kool-aid to drink, and key lime pie for dessert!). We were stuffed and had some family fun this night! Hope your day was full of green too!

Grandma Johnson's Surprise Party!

Happy Birthday Grandma Johnson!
Here are some pictures from the Surprise Dinner held at Trixie and Mike's house! We had pulled-pork sandwiches, fruit and potato salad, chips, and veggies...and of course the cake and ice cream...how's your scooping arm Uncle Mike? The kids thought it great fun to surprise Grandma...and Grandpa since he didn't know either!

Grandma's gift from Sam and Launa-a case of Snicker Bars!
In this picture are Grandma, Grandpa and Trichelle in the background.


Grandma's gifts from Jeff and family- A blouse and a Willie Nielson CD.



In this picture: Cheyenne, Shaylynn, Sierra, Sam, Launa, and Mike.


In this picture: Connor, Kirk, Maren, Annicha, Sandy and Buckwheat.


Grandma and her birthday cake!
In this picture are Kyler and Grandma.


Grandma is wearing a new blouse she received from Grandpa for her birthday!

St. Patrick's Day Swim

The recreation center we belong to had a St. Patrick's day "event" for the kids. They split all the kids into groups, by age, to find the gold these two silly leprechauns had accidently spilled into the pool. Annicha and Joran got to find gold together, Boston went alone. They had a fun time...the leprechaun on the right is our friend's son...Lucky Lance!


Coming out of the rec with all their loot...balloons, gold (chocolate) coins, various coins which were on the bottom of the pool, treat bags, color books....



Getting in the car soaking wet in the 30 degree weather...we didn't have much time to get to Boston's basketball game...I know another of my "mother of the year" moments (I told you you had competition DT). I promise, usually they shower and get dressed and dry off their hair before we leave!



As you can see our older children didn't care to participate...Cheyenne and Sierra still could have, but they chose to sleep in instead! We'll see how the leprechauns treat them on the 17th!

The Best of Especially For Youth

I got tickets for Connor and Cheyenne to attend the Best of EFY this past Saturday. They went with their friends-Calvin and Rachel. It was held at the Ogden Institute and they said it was fun and that the speakers were "hilarious" according to Connor. They laughed all the way home about some of the funny stories that were told. I had to threaten them to get this picture...they wouldn't hold still more than a few seconds...teenagers! ( click on the picture to enlarge)

Calvin, Connor, Cheyenne, Rachel