Kate and Jay's dance recital

Kate and Jay both had a dance performance this past weekend. It was great. Jay was a last minute addition. Miss Beverly had a brother's dance and Jay joined in. He did so good and really got into the hip hop thing. He never smiled and had that serious, kind of grouchy look on his face the entire dance. Kate was a little Irish dancer and looked so cute on stage. It is still weird to me to go to dance recitals but I know I will be going to a few more unless I can talk Kate into sports.

 Kate, Keelie and Jay before the performance.

The Egg

I kept thinking my house had a funky smell and I never could figure out what it was. Was it my boys extremely stinky feet or just my boys who play outside constantly and smell like sweat and dirt? I couldn't figure it out, I would light candles and plug in air fresheners, then the smell kind of went away or I got use to it. Well today as I was putting away some cords in a seldom used drawer I found the egg that my kids lost on Easter Sunday. Now I don't know who to get mad at. Clearly the egg is Kate's but I am pretty sure it was Jay who hid it. Do I just ground them all or tell them we are done coloring eggs forever. Next year I am really going to consider plastic eggs and do my best to talk my children out of coloring eggs. Hopefully my house is smelling better soon.  

Jack

Jack is becoming quite the baseball player. He says he wants to be a baseball player when he grows up. He has a ways to go but I don't want to crush his dream so I let him play and practice. He is playing minors for the first time and the games get really intense. He has only lost once, to a team who had an incredible pitcher. Jack said "that guy is fast." He was a good pitcher but I think Jack's team is good and it has been fun watching a team who can stop the ball and throw guys out at first. The playoffs should be fun. I can't wait to see what Jack's team does. 

 On another note, Jack is taking the AIMS test this week and I asked him how he did. His response was priceless so I need to write it down. Here is is and I laughed when he answered me.  "I think I did pretty good." (about a 30 second pause) "I did guess on a lot of the answers but the teacher told me if I didn't know then I should just guess because most of the time you get the answer right when you guess." I hope he guessed good and didn't just make patterns with his answers. Jack is doing better in school but he would rather be outside playing than doing school work. Can you blame the kid?

Easter

Easter was very low key this year. We were out of town for my family party and then had a baptism during Ryan's family party so all we had were ourselves. It was good though. On Friday after swimming we colored Easter Eggs. My kids, especially Jay, love to color eggs. I don't really enjoy it all that much but it is a necessary thing to do so we do it. Sunday morning the kids were so excited to get up and see what the Easter Bunny had brought. We actually had the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy come Saturday night. My kids thought that was so cool. Anyway back to Easter morning. The kids woke up around 7 and come and got me and Ryan then we went out to the kitchen and they had got swimsuits, towels and dive sticks in their Easter baskets and some candy. They were happy then off they went to find the eggs. They could hide eggs all day long if I let them. But after dropping an egg under the trampoline and losing one in the house we were done hiding eggs then just hung out until church started. Church was good and I love when I am reminded of the goodness of people and the atonement of our Savior Jesus Christ. Whenever I don't feel like going to church I go and I am so uplifted. That is how Easter was and I know our Savior lives and that my family is forever. I am grateful for this knowledge.

My kids all dressed up for Easter. Kate always get something new and the boys not so much.

Oceanside Half Ironman

Swim 1.2 miles in 44:02

Bike 56 miles in 2:52:56

Run 13.1 miles in 1:47:31

Total time 5:32:29

We has such a great time cheering Ryan on. Oceanside was great and I can't wait to go back next year. I don't know if Ryan wants to or not but we all can't wait.

51st State

Did you know we now have 51 states in the United States of America? Yep, that's right Jay has come up with a new state and capital. One would think he would name it something cool and give it an awesome capital name but no, the new state's name is New Vermont with the capital city of Player, not Players, but single, Player. Jay is learning all the states and capitals and knows most of them and decided there needed to be a New Vermont state so when I quiz him on the capitals I need to include New Vermont. He has also decided he will name his son Trenton so the capital of New Jersey is "my son Trenton." I just wanted to let you all know in case you get quizzed on this at school. It is important to know all 51 states not just the 50 you thought there were.

On another note we started baseball, here is Jay playing catcher. He only got hit in the arm once and says he needs a cup. He looks so small playing catcher but he liked it okay. We will see what the season brings. I hope my boys like baseball. I will be posting about Jack soon.

Spring Break Friday

After we left the Grand Canyon on Thursday we drove to Flagstaff to our hotel. We woke up Friday morning with really no sure plan. Do we go to Walnut Creek or to Sedona? Well Sedona won out so we took the drive from Flagstaff through Oak Creek Canyon on down to Sedona. It is one of the prettiest drives out there. Even my kids stopped asking to watch the movie and enjoyed the scenery. They kept saying Big Foot could live out in the woods and kept their eyes open for him. They never found him but they know he is out there somewhere. On our way to Sedona we stopped at Slide Rock. I had never been there and was awed by the beauty. I love the red rocks with the green trees coming out. The contrast amazes me. We loved Slide Rock and we want to go back in the summer when the water and the temperature is a little warmer.

Although the water was freezing it didn't stop Jack from getting in. He loves the water. Jay only got in when this nice old man bribed him with a quarter. Jay jumped in and got right out then went back to the man to collect. I was laughing and then Jack had to get back in because he couldn't get shown up by his brother. We had a great time and enjoyed seeing different parts of Arizona. Next year I think it's Tombstone and down South.