Grandma Goodman

My Grandma, Rita Allred Goodman, passed away on Friday. Born August 16, 1917 died May 18, 2012 she was 94 years old and returned to her sweetheart of over 70 years. I am sure the reunion with my Grandpa was sweet. He passed away over the summer. It is weird to think that I have no more grandparents. This thought makes me sad, but then I think of my grandparents who have been reunited and I know that I will see them again. Grandma was a fun and competitive person. I enjoyed going to visit her and getting her to laugh. She had a great laugh. Just this past year I went to visit her with Kate and Kate decided she was a dog so Grandma would throw this little ball that lit up and Kate would crawl to get it. Kate was playing fetch and Grandma thought it was the funniest thing. She got such a kick doing this. I remember going over to her house and playing Rook with her and Grandpa and Ryan. She was competitive and wanted to win. I can still hear her saying "Harry you better have the cards to win, you just bid high." I remember watching ball games with her and not wanting to sit next to her because when she got excited she would poke you with her elbows and she had some pointy elbows.
Grandma was a wonderful person and I know I have been spoiled having her in my life. I am going to miss her but I know she is with my Grandpa and laughing once again.

My mother's day

My mother's day was wonderful. I woke up to my boys bringing me breakfast in bed. It consisted of a bowl of Life cereal, toast, a glass of OJ and Pringles. Jay contributed the Pringles and Jack made the rest. It was really sweet of them to do this. They did this all by themselves. We then went and had breakfast at Ryan's parents house and then went to church. Church was so good. The speakers were wonderful and they really brought the spirit to the meeting and my children were so well behaved. It is always nice when my kids behave at church. During Relief Society the wonderful bishopric had cinnamon rolls and the priesthood took over all of the classes so all of the women in the ward could hang out and talk. We talked for almost the entire hour until the bishop gave a short spiritual thought. After church we went back to Ryan's parents and missed talking to Ryan's nephew by about five minutes. I think Ryan was bummed about that but he enjoyed hanging out with his family. Although he had to take Jack to Urgent Care cause Jack was not feeling well. But Jack is okay and my mother's day was awesome. I am grateful to my three beautiful children. They really enrich my life and make me a better person. I am grateful to my own mom who has taught me so much and still continues to teach me.

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.