Happy St. Patrick's Day

I'm late posting this but I wanted to do it because it's a cute picture! In Trey's class on St. Patrick's Day they made magic Leprachan pie, their teacher gave them a gold nugget from a Leprachan, and they even tried to trap one. It was a fun green day!

Trey's first loose tooth

It's a very exciting day when you loose your first tooth! Yeah Trey!

Brody's Pine Wood Derby

Let me just begin by saying that I love Cub Scouts, but I'm not a fan of the Pine Wood Derby. Some little boy always ends up crying because his car didn't win. Usually, it was my child who was upset because he was just so competitive(and the fact that the first year his wheels fell off his car onto the track and Travis tried to hot glue them on, but it was a total disasster! He was so upset and asked, "Dad, why couldn't you make me a good car?"). I tried telling him every year that it didn't matter who won, what counted was the time you got to spend with your Dad making something really cool. But, he still wanted to be the fastest. Anyway, I was hoping this year might be different with Brody because he's seen TJ the past few years, and he's not nearly as competitive. Well, wouldn't you know it, Brody's car did really well. He was so cute during the activity though, because he was trying to talk to the boys whose car wasn't winning much and trying to make them feel better. I was proud. When it came time to announce the winner, the kid who had the fastest car went up to get his ribbon, and then they said, "the second place winner is..." Brody just got up and started walking to get his prize. Luckily he did win second place, but how the heck did he know that? I asked him and he said, "I just knew I got second!" He was so excited and it was a really happy night.

Draper Temple Open House

We were so lucky to be able to go to the Draper Temple 0pen House. It was so beautiful. We all loved it. We met at a Draper church where we watched a movie about temples, then we boarded a bus that took us to the temple on top of the mountain. We walked through the temple and the boys had lots of questions. It was great to be able to show them where we go. I hope they will remember it. I think they will. I know that they will for sure remember the cookies and water they served after! I was about 10 when I went through the Denver Temple 0pen House. I loved it so much. It was then that I decided that it would be my temple- the one I would be married in. The primarys in the area were encouraged to do chores and save money for the Bridal benches in the back of the temple. I remember that I worked hard and donated $1.10. I got to see those benches that I helped pay for at the open house. Later, when Travis & I got married, those benches were the first place we took pictures after the sealing.

Visit with the Halls

Brody's 2nd grade musical

The whole 2nd grade just put on a musical. Their music teacher did a great job. It was really cute. The musical was called "Dinostars." Each class was assigned to be a different kind of dinosaur and Brody's class was supposed to dress up like micropachycephalosaurus. Yeah, this dinosaur gets the prize for having the longest name. It was a small, hard headed dinosaur, and Brody had very specific ideas about what his costume was supposed to be like. I hope it was all right. Probably not as good as Grandma could have done, but she was out of town so... Anyway, he had a couple of lines and he really did a great job. The songs were really cute and the kids really got into them. Brody was really excited about his play and Colby happened to be visiting for the night and Brody went right ahead and invited him. It was very gracious too, because he came, and it really meant a lot to Brody. Well, Travis went to a morning performance and so Colby and I went to the evening one. It was funny because I saw lots of my friends and they looked at me kind of funny for being out on a little "date" with Colby. Brody had fun and then the next day we left for our vacation to visit Halls.

TJ's area spelling bee

Here is TJ at his area spelling bee. He did a really good job and even though he was disappointed that he didn't win, I was really proud of him because he really practiced those words. My parents, Brody, and my sister, Nikki, came and we had a little celebration dinner at our house after. We appreciate their support and to Trav for staying at home with the younger kids. I have to tell one little story about this. There was one kid who did really well, and when it came to be his turn he would always ask for the definition, the origin of the word and so on. Now it was his right to do this, but it really made the competition go on for quite a while. So when it was this kid's turn and he would ask for the definition and origin of the word, Brody would let out this huge sigh. I couldn't really blame him either. It was getting kind of long. But he kept us giggling. Then when it was done, he raced to the front and helped himself to a large pile of cookies and punch. And yes, that is his blue gum that he is saving on his ear for later.