Our fun new HAIR TOY!!!

Amy introduced me to "Curlformers" They are the NEATEST things out there. They are just like a tube that is formed into a ringlet so you take a hook and thread the hair down (super easy) and then let it dry...and you have CURLS. The girls love them and they are fast and easy...and CUTE!!!

Play Dough Cooking Party

For Christmas Kyler got a package of play dough that had about 24 colors in it. The kids have had so much fun with it. The girls especially. Lydia and Katie decided that they needed to have everything ready for a party...so they made cakes, cookies and drinks out of the play dough. The fun thing about having so many colors is that you can be quite creative. Abby and her friends have great imaginations too. Who would know the hours of fun that you can have with just a simple gift of play dough!

Kyler and his BIKE

We got Zeth's old bike down and fixed the tires and put the training wheels back on and away Kyler went. Last year he wasn't interested in the bike thing because he loved his scooter so much...but he is loving the bike this year. He has good balance because of his scooter so I don't think it will be too long before we can take the training wheels off. Kyler loves to be outside...he is my FREE spirit!

Sisters and Singing

Abby and Lydia love singing with Choral Collection. Lydia has so much fun because Katie is in her class with her. They are fun to watch. Abby is in the older class and enjoys the songs they sang this year especially one from "Wicked". It was time for their Spring Concert so they got all dressed up and ready to go. After taking pictures inside we looked out at the fun blossoms so we took a couple pictures out there too. Spring time just makes me happy!


I thought it would be fun to add a video of the girls singing. Lydia and Katie are in the front row. Abby is with all the "blue shirts" you just can't see her very well.


This is one of Abby...that you can actually see her in it.

A Day in the LIFE of Kyler

Kyler loves to be incontrol of his clothes. His favorite outfits are pajamas of any kind. So there are some days that he will put clothes on and then change back to pajamas and then into another outfit. One day I decided to try to take a couple pictures of him in different outfits. You have to know that the day I picked he only ended up changing 3 times instead of his usual 5 or 6. Here are a few pictures!

Our KSL Experience

The other day our tramp completely broke in two. The kids were so sad because that is their favorite "outside" toy right now. I told them that we needed to save up before we could buy a new one. But then I said...what if we sell our pink slide then we can use that money towards a new tramp. We bought the pink slide for Zeth when he was 2 years old so we have had it for 12 years. We bought it for about $300 but now to get one new it is about $400. I said to Russ, let's list it at $200. He said to give us some room to negotiate so I listed it for $250. When I was done typing all the stuff onto KSL and hit enter Russ said so back and look to see if it got listed. I went back to the listing and we saw that someone had already looked at it, just then the phone rang..."I want to buy your slide if you haven't already sold it" I started laughing...I hadn't even gotten up from the computer. She said that she had cash in hand and that they would be here in 20 minutes. I said OK!!! I got 4 more calls before she even got here. Russ and I were laughing so hard..I said what else can we sell...this is fun!!! We went that day and bought a tramp for $260! It was a great day at our house!

The DISTRICT Tournament

Zeth took second in the District Tournament. His final match went into quadruple overtime. During one of the over-times Zeth had a takedown which is worth 2 points..just before he could finish the move and get the 2 points the referee from the other mat blew his whistle and Zeth thought it was his ref so he jumped up thinking he had the 2 points. Then the Centerville kid went and scored 1 point in the next round so he ended up winning...I was so sad!!! I have that match taped, it is over ten minutes long. It is hard for me to watch just because had the whistle been blown just a second later Zeth would have won. But he is actually doing a lot better than I am about it. It was an incredible match and he never gave up! Great job Zeth for an awesome year of wrestling...I look forward to next year!

North End Tournament.....FIRST PLACE!

YEAH! Zeth was awesome and had a great day with no mistakes. He looked like he was just having fun out there. I have included one of my very favorite matches for everyone to see. This match was one the that he needed to win so that he could wrestle for first or second. The final match that night Zeth won 13 to 1...pretty crazy for a championship match, but like I said he was having a great night. Syracuse Junior High took First Place over all in the North End...which was a lot of fun to see too. It was a close race between Syracuse and West Point...but Syracuse came out on top by 11 points!