Well this is going to be fast. I've already spent too long on the computer this morning as evidenced by my screaming kids, house torn apart, and cookie dough flying out of the mixing bowl (Makenna decided to make cookies by herself for the first time today). Boyd is in Payette and then Emmett today for a litle PRN. Yesterday we spent most the day as a family at the YMCA at their cool pool. Aubree was a little nervous and shy and wouldn't leave my arms. But I warmed her up on the big waterslide over and over and eventually got a smile out of her. Saryn was a die hard when it came to the waterslide and couldn't get enough. Makenna and Jarom did lap after lap in the lazy river and whirl pool and loved the hot tub too. Main reason for blogging today was to find a new background for my blog and to update my art blog. I got the art blog done but it looks like the background will have to wait until another day.

Life Today

It is a beautiful day outside today. I think it’s around 60 degrees but since we have been so used to the cold it feels like it’s 75. We’re all out in the back yard enjoying the weather. Aubree found a ladybug and was so excited. She’s at such a fun age of discovering everything and being fascinated by it all. Today is another landmark; Aubree had enough hair (barely) to put it up into 2 little pig tails. She’s so cute and most likely no longer considered a baby, but a toddler, but I just don’t want to admit it yet. Today Makenna’s class performed their program of songs and dances they have been working on for the past few weeks. I was impressed, their music teacher is so great. Makenna had to “try out” to be one of the dancers and was excited to be chosen.

Yesterday was St. Patrick’s day so we made our traditional green pancakes and eggs and the kids took charge of making sure the milk was green too. We have been using spinach puree to make our pancakes green and have even tried it in our breadsticks and breakfast cakes too. We can’t taste the difference but I like feeling a little healthier.

Jarom’s Basketball season ended and now we are gearing up for soccer practices that start next week. I’m excited! And the kids are looking forward to it too 

A couple of weeks ago we had most of Boyd’s family in town for the High School State Championship. I’m bummed I forgot to take any photos! It was tons of fun to see everyone and chat a bit, but even more fun was that Boyd’s youngest brother’s team (Madison) kept winning and ended up in the championship game! They were exciting, close games and Trent played great. They were defeated in the end but well worth the journey.

Boyd has been doing some PRN work for a company in the area and has traveled to Boise, Emmett and soon Payette to help them out. He enjoys his job and seeing the progress people make in recovering from their surgeries, accidents, etc. Last night while helping out the assisted living center in Emmett, he discovered they had a Wii. Perfect physical/occupational therapy for those, 80 and 90 year old patients who need to do something but not too much. So they all got to go bowling last night. Boyd said his 97 year old patient was excited and said, “I haven’t bowled in years!”

I had to laugh today at our bank’s new promo. I was depositing a check and noticed a little jar (maybe 10 oz. size) that had a few of those hershey’s chocolate nuggets inside. I asked, “Are these for the taking?” thinking it was the new free candy they were handing out now, in place of suckers. The teller said, “No, those are for people who get a new mortgage with us.” I started laughing, “Oh! Is that all you have to do? An entire piece of chocolate for just a mortgage!” She was laughing too and replied, “Actually, you get the entire jar!” “Ohhhhhh! Even better! But I think I’d rather go to Walgreens and just pay $3 for an entire bag of my own.” These marketing strategies are beyond desperate, they are just flat out dumb founded, out of ideas, and probably out of money. If any one was hoping the “freebie” was going to get better, they held out too long! It still makes me laugh!

Well I have been trying to re-think my schedule again. Something I frequently have to do whenever a nap time changes, a nap time is grown out of, school schedule changes, work schedule changes, etc. So this time it is due to Aubree no longer taking a morning nap which means my morning time to exercise and get ready for the day was being moved back until noon which wasn’t working. So now I’ve been waking up at 6am and exercising first and showering before Boyd leaves. It works great even though my eyes still feel very heavy even while my legs are running on the treadmill. I definitely have to hold on to the railings those first 5 minutes!

I’m sooooooooooooooooo ready for spring!

Wahoo! Free Night At the Rollerdrome!

It has been forever since we've been rollerskating. I think maybe I went a couple of times at Ricks College (nearly 14 years ago!) but my most vivid rollerskating memories were of youth activities at the rollerskating rink in Morro Bay back in California where I grew up. That and rollerskating with childhood friends on the concrete foundations of the condos (before they were framed)that went up next to our neighborhood back in grade school. I remember we'd make up Spanish dances with our skates on and always have a grand finish with "Ole!" It was so much fun. It was a little different being a mom and taking 4 kids rollerskating that have not really had any experience with it before. They were surprisingly pretty anxious about the whole thing and repeatedly expressed their concerns (which actually is so unlike them, they're usually up for trying anything, except new foods), but it was "free skating night" (if you brought a can of food for the food drive)so we were definitely going! I couldn't stop laughing it was so much fun. There were bumps and bruises and many falls but overall by the end of the night we had all improved and wanted to go back for more. Saryn was a die hard and kept Boyd and I busy taking turns to skate with her around the rink (what a work out for our arms, backs, and abs! I was sore!) It was fun to have our friends there too, the Flints.