Isaac's Birthday

Better late than never...Isaac celebrated his 5th birthday with a pirate party. Arr...we had a parrrty. :) It was a pretty basic party, but the kids had a blast.


Here they are playing Sharks and Minnows (yup...it's just tag).


They also played "Musical Islands" of course to the song "Row Row Row Your Boat".


They did a "Walk the Plank" relay race. They had to steal the gold coins and put them in their team's bag.



Of course they had to do a treasure hunt. They followed clues to find parts of the map and put it together to show them where the chest was hidden. I didn't get a picture of the chest, but it was a spray painted diaper wipes tub. It was pretty cute.


Here is Isaac with his cake. By far my easiest cake to decorate. I went the easy route, with still keeping in theme. All in all, it was a fun afternoon. The kids had fun and Isaac really enjoyed his birthday. He is getting so big. I can't believe all that he can do. We just love him so!

Bronco Days

Each year, the elementary school has a carnival that they call Bronco Days. Since Caleb went to school, and I hadn't participated in a single fundraiser yet, we thought we would give it a try. We had ordered an entire pizza for dinner and a ticket card for twenty activities for the boys to share. We had an enjoyable evening. Most of the activities we chose did not have a very long line.


Here are the boys with their faces painted. Isaac with a "Strongman" face, Caleb with "Fu Man Chu", and Noah with "the Count". You can also see their hair is sprayed (which by the way painted their skin since their hair was so short..it took a couple days for it to fade away). They got temporary tatoos, balloon swords, and played a few games. The boys really had a blast.

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.