The Fire Station, T-ball, Book Festival and so much more!

FIRE STATION

For our Friday Field Trip this week we went to the Fire Station! It was tons of fun! Crystal was a little upset because she didn't get a turn to sit in the fire truck. She's my sweet reserved child. She was politely waiting her turn but a lot of the kids that got in didn't get back out. Instead of crowding in or asking for a turn she waited. The officer finally asked the kids to get out and closed the truck up. She was pretty upset. 

Honestly I think the same thing happened last time we went too. lol. But last time I asked him if he would let her sit in it for just a second. This time I wasn't feeling great and not paying attention. Ty was too nice to make any noise about it. haha. She got over it when the officer brought out fire hats and coloring books for everyone! Even J liked the hats!

T-BALL AGAIN

Crystal had her second game Saturday! I took lots of pictures this time so that I was sure to have it documented. It really did happen! Haha.

Finding their places in the outfield!

Crystal is on Second Base

Now she's Rover. And yes its the same inning... This team took FOREVER to bat. We only made it thru 2 innings and it still ran late.

Finally our turn and Crystal gets to bat first! Here she is on the practice tee.

Hitting (Yes she's standing behind the plate. We are working on it. Haha)

And she missed. I tried to get her to move up (Her coach was RIGHT there and wouldn't help her). She wouldn't move but hit it with the next swing anyway! Yay!

Running to first base!

On second!

Just after running home! She had the biggest smile on her face when she got to home plate. As boring as t-ball is to watch, that made it all worth it! :)

She was the last runner the next inning. HOME RUN! :D Haha.

This one handled not playing a lot better today than last week. Yay! I was worried we were going to have a problem the whole season.

I think Lily looks like Ty in this picture. She has A LOT of Gordon traits in her, and I don't know why, but this picture is all Ty. She's just adorable!

BOOK FESTIVAL

This week was National Book Week so the library had a book festival Saturday. Everyone got a free book so we stopped by after the tball game. Who passes up a free book right? They had a 'mouse maze' in one room. We just followed mice feet taped to the floor and tried to keep J from knocking down the props. Haha. Then we stood in line for a very long time (Ty stood in one line and I in the other or we would have been there even longer) so the girls could get their faces painted and a balloon 'animal'. They didn't actually get an animal. Crystal got a balloon flower and Lily got a crown. And I didn't take a picture of either of them! Gah! Oh well! While in line Lily the Mouse came in. Lily loved it, Crystal wasn't so impressed. Haha.

These are the closest pictures I got to face paintings. Lily got a dragon on her face and Crystal had a crown drawn on her forehead. 

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RANDOM PICTURES OF THE WEEK

I went to dinner with a friend Monday night for family night. Afterwards we went to the University Mall for a bit to wear the kids out a little!

ARTWORK

These are a few of the girls projects lately. Its easier to take a picture and save it as a record than the actual piece of art. Haha.

Picture of My Mother's Day present from Ty and the kids! I love it!

 J's head is all healed! Its looking REALLY good!

 TY'S HOME

For almost 5 years Ty has been working Asian hours which means he's been working a Sunday-Thursday afternoon shift. He's working a day shift starting tomorrow which means today I had him home for a normal Sunday afternoon!!! It was beyond nice to have him home with us! We even went for a Sunday afternoon walk!

Do you see what I see? Haha. 

We walked by this tree trunk and Ty noticed snakes sitting in it. Yuck. Not a fan.

We decided to make ice cream later in the evening. We mixed everything up and went to turn on the ice cream maker and it wouldn't spin. We ended up hand turning it for 30 minutes (Ty did most of the work...)

It turned out perfectly!

Crystal's Week of Firsts!

WEEK OF FIRSTS

1- Crystal lost her first tooth! On May 6th while coloring and painting for preschool Crystal's tooth finally fell out. The adult tooth had actually started coming in behind it already so we were hoping it would happen soon! That morning Crystal bit down on a soft baseball and she started freaking out. She said her tooth 'popped.' At lunch she bit down on a breadtwist and it happened again. Between the 2 she probably cried half the day. It was pretty scary for her. Then that evening when she wasn't even thinking about it, it just fell out! She said she felt something pointy in her mouth and pulled it out and it was her tooth! I'm glad she didn't swallow it! I forgot to get a picture of it, but the tooth fairy left her a whole dollar! Maybe its just inflation, but I'm pretty sure the tooth fairy didn't leave that much when I was a kid. Haha. And she has another loose tooth already! The tooth fairy's going to go broke!

2- Crystal had her very first Tball game this week! Ty took this picture the night before, but I was awful and didn't get any pictures of the game! Things were pretty chaotic since we hadn't had a practice and Provo Rec made a huge mistake on the schedule and instead of fixing it just told our coach he wasn't going to be able to coach. Two days before our first game one of the other parents volunteered, so there wasn't much time for organization! Haha! Anyway, in between the chaos, entertaining J, and trying to get Lily to understand why she couldn't play too, I didn't get any pictures of the game (Ty was trying to help the coach before and during the game)! 

PS. Left-handed mitts are just as hard to come by now as they were when I was a kid. We had to pay $5 more for her glove than Lily's and they are the SAME glove, we just had to buy them in different places! And the cleats were on an extra super clearance sale plus 20% off at the register. We went to get Crystal church shoes and found the cleats also. Haha. (Please ignore the disgusting water stains on the couch...)

RANDOM PICTURES OF THE WEEK:

Growing like a plant to the music at Orem Library Time!

Making Rainbows!

And eating the leftovers!

J eating black beans and rice at Cafe Rio. He LOVED them but they made a HUGE mess. Haha!

Lily just chilling on the park grass with a friend.

Loving the swing!

Running around at the park!

JUMPEROO:

They have these out at the Provo Sam's Club and let the kids try them out. They LOVED it. I wish my dad had more time on his hands because I KNOW he could totally make one for us (not that we have a place for one anyway. haha)! So Grandmas and Grandpas if you think you need a fun toy for your backyard for when the grandkids come by, here's a great idea for one! ;-) 

THE SANDBOX:

I mentioned in a previous post that the owner of the complex saw the holes the kids had dug in the dirt and instead of getting upset he got on his tracker and dug them a sandbox! The kids have been LOVING it! We spend HOURS in the sandbox every day. Though I find myself brushing sand off the couch a lot, I'm glad to have something in the complex to wear them out during the day! And the owner says he's installing a swing set next!!! The kids are extremely excited about that also! The first day playing in the sandbox, I helped the kids build a sandcastle. It even had a mote. The mote didn't help though. It's enemies got to it only seconds after the picture was taken (Crystal is holding one of them back just long enough to get a picture. Haha).

MOTHER'S DAY:

We had lunch with Ty's family on Mother's day this year. It was nice that they had it early because then Ty could come with us. Before we left I took these pics of the girls cuddling Ty. I thought it funny that he was lying around cuddling the kids and napping. Its mother's day! Shouldn't I be getting the attention and cuddles from the kids? Haha. I'm glad they love their Daddy so much! I had a wonderful day but the evening could have gone a lot better. J pooped 3 times after Ty left for work. Haha! And he cried most of the night... turns out he's getting a whole bunch of teeth at once and they are molars which tend to hurt worse coming in. I hope he gets back to himself soon. I want my HAPPY BABY back! :D

Women's Conference 2014

RANDOM PICTURES OF THE WEEK

I totally slacked on preschool this winter because of my short pregnancy and miscarriage and unexpected long recovery so we just started spring/summer preschool! Yes this learning board decorates my living room wall! :D Lily is learning numbers, letter sounds and reviewing shapes and colors. Crystal gets to review it all with her and she is learning adding/subtracting/money, sight words, and blending. Crystal still gets frustrated when sounding out new words but she has been reading short books with me and loves it!

I bought 38 yards of fleece for baby blankets for relief society gifts for new moms in our ward. I then got to cut out 74 baby blankets! Yes my hands were sore for a few days. Lol.

After cutting out all the blankets I started fringing them (like a rag quilt). Its a lot faster than knots, and I don't like knots on baby blankets because they just get in the way and aren't comfortable for the baby to lay on. This is fast and no sew! I have about 30 of them finished. I sent 35 of them to be finished by other people and just have a few left to finish now!

CRYSTAL'S SELFIES
Crystal got a hold of my phone at 5 Guys and took about 30-40 selfies! lol! I just chose a few to share. Haha.

She did the same thing to Ty's phone also! Haha! Here's a pic from that photo session:

WOMEN'S CONFERENCE

My mom asked me if I'd be interested in going to Women's Conference with her this year! I was so excited! I barely took any pictures though. I took a few pictures of some of the sharing stations and after the closing session on the last day I got a selfie with my mom. I'm glad I thought of it before we went home or we wouldn't have had anything! :D We also saw something exciting on our way to the service activity. There were 2 deer grazing in some trees the middle of BYU campus! They are hard to see but I got several pictures of it.

Random Acts of Kindness Ideas!

Preparedness Activity Idea!

I had a wonderful time at women's conference with my best friend! Love you mom!!!