It's the end of May!!!!

So here we are in the end of May. We have been enjoying the nice warm spring weather. My garden has been planted for a couple weeks now. Then, today, May 24th, I woke up to this....


Yes, a good two inches of SNOW weighing down our poor tree.


You can almost see my poor plants under all the snow. Thankfully, it is not too cold and it should warm up in a day or so. I will then go assess the damages on the garden. Hopefully, it won't be too bad.

Ah.. spring in Utah. You never know what you are going to get!

Mother's Day Luau

The kindergarten grade had a Mother's Day Luau yesterday for all the kids and their moms. The kids performed a hula and then taught it to us. Here it is:


Here is the second half. My camera only takes one minute videos.


After the hula, we made a candy lei with notes in it and had banana splits. I am so glad that I can participate in activities like this. It is a fun time for Caleb and me.

That Noah!

So Noah has gotten into climbing on anything and everything to get into whatever he wants. I have to watch him all the time. He already broke the tv by trying to climb up the front of it to switch the dvd he was watching. Here he is trying to unlock the chain we set up on the laundry room. Why he wants in there, I really can't say.


Yes he pushed Mike's computer chair out of the office and stacked another chair on top of it. What are we going to do with him.

Isaac's Butterfly

In preschool, Isaac was learning about bugs. Each child got to take home a caterpillar and watch it go through the cycle and turn into a butterfly. They were so excited. For our first attempt at this activity, it went fairly well. The kids loved it. Here is the caterpillar:



Here is his butterfly:



Here he is letting his butterfly go:


It is fun to have hands-on activities for the kids. They are learning so much and it is great to be able to participate in it. I am proud of all our kids this year.

What a difference a haircut makes

During the winter, we always let the boys grow their hair longer. Then we buzz it come spring. I didn't realize how different they look until we compared them side by side. I also didn't realize how shaggy they got. :) Here is the before:


Here is the after:


We had quite the pile of hair when we were done. Now they will be cooler for the summer heat.

Easter Pics - a little late

After all the computer problems that I have had, we finally were able to get my pictures off my camera and onto my computer. Mike had to reformat everything...blah blah blah, but it is now working correctly! Yeah! I have several posts to make, so here is the first. We keep Easter fairly small. Pretty much all the candy they get is from the family egg hunt. They made out like bandits this year. They do; however, get church outfits every year. Here they are in their new Easter outfits.


They look so handsome...and boy are they excited. They do grow up fast.

Priorities

It is always frustrating to me that there is never enough time in my days. There are a million things that need to be done, not to mention the things that I want to do. I guess that is why we need to prioritize. It is so important to make time to spend with the kids. They grow up so fast! I went out on Saturday after our storm to play in the snow. Since I am not a fan of snow (except to look at through a window) this was no small thing. The boys had a blast though and it was fun to enjoy this time with them. They will be too big before I know it.


Here are Caleb and Isaac with their snowmen. They are so proud of them.