Sarah's field day

It's getting really warm here--close to the 90s every day. Sarah's school put on a field day for her class and braved the heat for an hour of sweaty fun. We were able to go watch her play games with her friends. Spencer just acted like he was a part of the group too.

Everybody staying hydrated.


Sarah and the purple team.


Spencer taking his turn.


Sarah didn't even drop the ball once.


My personal favorite--Sarah digging out a wedgie! Nice!

Technology and Toilets

I am not even pretending that Spencer is ready to be potty trained at 2 and 1/2 years old. He really doesn't get it and he's not very interested either. This was our sad attempt last week. I really appreciate MP3 players that play movies.

A Necessity?

Being oblivious first time home buyers, we rushed to move in before changing out the HORRIBLE carpet in our home. Fast forward three and half years and three extremely active kids later and VOILA--even worse carpet than before! Well, since Mark has a job that actually makes money, I did some research and bought this guy...


So I call my sister to tell her how excited I am for my new carpet cleaner and she says, "What! I can't believe you've lived without one this long!" Apparently, to some, it is an absolute necessity when you have carpet and children. Who knew?

The other day I watched a friend's kids. One of them got purple goo stuck on the bottom of his shoe and I had a trail of purple goo--I believe was a melted fruit snack--going up the stairs and down the hallway. (I wish I'd gotten a before picture but you can imagine what it looked like.
Now, with my new Hoover, it looks like this.


I know this picture probably means nothing to you but really, you should have seen how it looked before. I am loving this thing already. Perhaps, it really is a necessity after all.

Spring Break 2011

We drove up to Nashville for spring break. To be quite honest, Mark's new job has got him working most days from 9 to 9. I was feeling tired and a week of free babysitting sounded good to me. My parents were really excited to have us and we had a great time. So, here's the rundown--I slept most of the time while my sister and my mom played with the kids. Sounds fun huh? I snapped some pictures with my phone of the nature park we visited. I love Nashville. I would love to move there someday.

Sooo Lazy!

I have been awful about taking pictures lately. Yes, my camera is still working fine. I am just lazy and negligent because I have the cutest kids in the world and they are growing up way to fast. I am going to give a quick update on them. Excuse the pictures, they are from Christmas.

Avery has lost three teeth now and has another loose one. She is still doing really well in school academically. She did, however, have a run in with a little girl a few weeks ago and got sent to the principal's office!! She's only in first grade and already headed for Juvi.

Sarah is still obnoxiously loud when she is angry but has turned into the best helper ever. She helps me with everything and I only have to ask once. The other day she played with her brother for an hour and a half so I could take a nap! Wow!

Spencer is two and a half and acts like it. For the most part he is sweet and loving but when he is feeling mean, he hits and pulls hair. He drives the girls crazy sometimes. He drives me crazy sometimes. It's a good thing he's so cute!

Influenza A

It's been a long time since we've been sick but here we are stuck in the house feeling miserable. I'll catch you up later.

Scripture Reading

I am definitely not tooting my own horn or anything, but I am really excited that we have been consistently reading our scriptures together as a family for THREE MONTHS. That may very well be a lifetime high for me. I used to think that my kids were too young for the regular Book of Mormon until I read this article.
I was so motivated and inspired that we begin reading together the very next day. I am absolutely loving hearing my children say things like "wherefore", "inasmuch", "mumur", etc. Spencer is especially precious as he repeats the scriptures as Mark reads them to him. It has definitely helped change the Spirit in our home just as we were promised it would.