Teacher Appreciation

As a kick-off to our school's teacher appreciation week I got to decorate Aubrey's teacher's door. It took me a long time to decide what I wanted to do. I think it turned out really cute and hope Aubrey's teacher likes it (we won't know until Monday). Thanks Shelley and Amberly for all of your help!

Easter

My wonderful neighbor and friend has been letting me borrow her camera so I can keep up with my busy kids. Easter was lots of fun this year! We dyed eggs with our neighbors, got lots of stuff from Easter Bunny, and went on an egg hunt at Grandpa and Grandma Moss' house. Somewhere in all the chocolate bunnies we were able to teach the kids the real meaning of Easter.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEATHER!

I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to one of my very good friends Heather! Since we have moved it has been harder to keep in contact, but I still consider her one of my bestest friends. :)Sorry I couldn't make it today, but I hope this makes up for it. That and going to dinner or dessert soon!!

St. George

Even though St. George wasn't as warm or as sunny as it usually is, the kids and I still had fun (we wished Daddy could have come too though)! It was nice to see Grandma and Grandpa (and Rachel and Jonathan) and get away for a few days. We got to:

Play with Grandma and Grandpa. The kids love to get tickled by my Dad and run away from him. Maddie liked to sit with Grandpa in his favorite chair. When she would get scared while watching a movie she would run over and cuddle with Grandpa. Too cute.
Play the Wii thanks to Rachel and Jonathan for bringing it. Aubrey really got into Guitar Hero and was really good at it. Maybe that will have to be the next game we buy.Go to the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site. This site has some of the oldest and best preserved dinosaur tracks. It is pretty much a building built over where they are still working to unearth the tracks. It was more for the older kids, but at least Maddie had fun playing in the sand. I really would have loved to spend more time there, but the kids got restless.
Go swimming. It was a little cold outside so we ended up swimming in the indoor pool. Maddie would only put her feet in and never actually got in the water. She also enjoyed working on her tan. Aubrey and Isaac just thought it was cool that they got to swim in the same pool as Troy, Gabriella, and Sharpay. Oh, and for those of you wondering, yes I did have to save Isaac from drowning yet again. It happens every time we go swimming. What are we going to do with that kid?And go hiking. My parents, sister, and brother-in-law took Aubrey and Isaac hiking to an Indian cave. It is a huge cave where Indians once lived. Aubrey and Isaac's favorite part was a narrow passage that only they could fit through (I think Jonathan could too) that they name "the squishy". We also did some shopping, hair cutting, and lots of eating thanks to my mom. She made us yummy meals every night! It was nice to get away and not have to cook or do dishes and especially nice to have more people to entertain my kids. My mom would take the kids each morning (since they get up early) so that I could sleep in. Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us come and invade your house. We LOVE you!!

SNOW!!

While the kids and I were down in St. George this is what Nick had to deal with back home. Boy am I glad all we got was rain!! Nick emailed me these pictures with the title "Wish you were here...so that you could shovel. Thanks Nick! We missed you too. :)

SAD

I just found out that my new camera will not even be shipped until the 1st of May. I cannot believe how many pictures I will not be able to take and how many memories I will not be able to have pictures for. I guess that will teach me to pay more attention to things like dates when ordering an item online. GEEZ!

RadKID

Aubrey just graduated from a course at her school called RadKIDS. RadKIDS teaches kids how to Resist Aggression Defensively. Last night for her graduation she showed everyone what she had learned. She even had to fight off a police officer who was acting as a bad guy. Even though she told me she was really scared through the whole thing she did a great job. (It was scary for me as her mom to watch her be "attacked" like that.) I was very impressed with the program and at the same time very proud of my daughter. I am really glad she was able to be a part of it! Now she at least understands that there are strangers out there and what she can do to protect herself. Isaac especially loved it each time the police officer got "beat up" and I have to admit it was fun cheering on all of the kids while they "beat up" the bad guy too.

Camera

I have been going through withdrawals lately because our camera of two years has died (moment of silence please). I never noticed how many times I used the camera and how many "picture moments" I would be missing out on without it. So I think I will write some of what I have missed out on since the camera has died:

Isaac's first soccer game - I got one picture before it died
Aubrey's first soccer practice
Madelyn's beautiful drawing all over her legs and clothes with permanent marker
Aubrey's first soccer game
Madelyn being a cute princess and dancing with Isaac
Aubrey's RadKid graduation tonight - my wonderful friend will be taking pictures though :)

Now you can see why I am so sad. We have ordered another one and hopefully it gets here soon or my list will get much longer. I really hope it gets here before Easter!

*One happy note this week is that I was able to get 6 boxes of Post cereal for $1.70.