Jay's Birthday

Jay is 4 years old! I'm not sure how that happened already but it did!!! He had a pretty fantastic day! He woke up to a Dune Racer in the living room! He has begged for one for a year now, so he was pretty excited! He had a race car birthday party! We of course had to race cars! And we also played Pin the Teeth on Mator! We then sang to him, opened presents and had cupcakes! He had a pretty good time! All afternoon he played with his new toy. I'm glad it was sunny and 55 degrees so he could play outside! Then for dinner we went to his place of choice! Pizza Hut! When we got home we had family over and sang to him one more time! Then we had more cake and ice cream! He had a pretty fantastic day and is still telling anyone that will listen all about his new Dune Racer! lol.

My birthday and Women's Conference

Women's Conference landed on my birthday this year. It happens every once in a while ... pretty much whenever my birthday lands on a Saturday. Haha. So we celebrated earlier in the day and then Crystal and I went to Grandma and Papa Gordon's house for Conference! Afterwards Papa took us ladies to Perkins for dinner! We had a good time!

SOCCER

We just finished Winter soccer! Crystal's last game was cancelled due to lack of players, so I only have a few pictures of Lily's last game! She came so far in just a few months!

JAY: Mom! Look at my dinosaur eggs! ... 
ME:  That's awesome honey. We'd better put them back in the bed of rocks to keep them safe. They are in the rocks so they blend in and birds don't eat them. The rocks protect them!
JAY: Okay! I'll put them back!
ME: (Phew....) 

CONFERENCE KITS
I got this bright idea to give the ladies I visit teach a notebook to take notes during conference... this is what I ended up giving them. Haha. Oy.

DATE NIGHT

Ty's parents took the kids overnight during spring break this week and we went out for a date night. Ty really wanted some wings. He was a little messy, but happy. Haha

VET
It was time to take the animals to the vet. Other than being fat, they are healthy and happy. Haha. Roscoe made me laugh because as soon as I put his collar on he ran to the front door and put his paws on it! He loves going out to see the world! lol! And he LOVES the vet. I have never had an animal enjoy going to see the vet before. He went in and came out happy as a clam!!! lol. He just loves new people even if it means he has to get a shot! lol.

NEW JOB

First look at this adorable kid. Last Sunday he picked out his own clothes and got himself dressed for church, which was a lifesaver because we were running late... okay we are always running late for 9 am church. haha. Anyway, I had to laugh when he showed me what he picked out... sweater, dress pants, a tie, and a cap. lol.

Ty was offered a new job at East Idaho Credit Union the day after his birthday last week. It was a great birthday gift... even if it was a day late. lol. He had been hoping to get this job for almost a month, so we were pretty excited when the offer came! When he gave his 2 weeks notice at his current job, they cut him a check for his vacation and sent him on his way. It was nice to have him home for an extra long weekend. We had to go jean shopping... not gonna lie... I think he was as excited to wear jeans to work as he was about the job itself. Lol. Saturday we made a trip to Red Lobster in Pocatello to celebrate!!! Yum! Haha. After his long weekend at home, he was ready to dive into his new job by Monday morning! He just finished his first week there and is loving it. He loves his co-workers and his responsibilities there. He's doing what he loves! I'm so happy for him!

Dance Performance

The girls had another dance performance this weekend. It was during a judges break at a dance competition here in town. It was a good experience for them because it's the stage they will have their end of year performance on. They danced to the same song as last time so I'm not going to post the video but I do have a few pictures of our beautiful dancers!

JAY FUNNY

3 year old logic at its best...
J: Mom, every time I reach over for blocks I hit my head on the edge of the TV stand!
Me: I'm sorry. Maybe you should move the blocks away from it.
J: No I don't want to! (Hits head again while reaching for blocks)
Me: ...

(Yes his shirt is backwards... it's also his second set of the day. Some days talking reason to a 3 yr a old is impossible)

Ty's Birthday

For Ty's birthday this year I made him a chocolate mousse cookie dough pie. Instead of 33 candles, there were 33 cookie dough bites on top of it. Haha. It's probably not the best pie he's had. My chocolate mousse could use a little work, but it was still pretty good! 

He got new shorts (he hasn't had a new pair in 9-10 years... seriously), a new arrow rest for his bow, an elk call from his parents, and an air fryer from my parents. He keeps digging through the fridge and freezer looking for things to stick in the air fryer. Haha. He's only burned half of it so far. lol. It's a work in progress but we're figuring it out. For dinner he chose to go to Smitty's. Wednesdays are kid's night so the kids all got their faces painted! We came home, sang to him, blew out candles, and had dessert! 

Time Out For Women 2017 Arise

TOFW

I really hate taking pictures of myself, but occasionally it's necessary. Haha. We had a great time at Time Out For Women this weekend! I left feeling rejuvenated and uplifted! And a huge thanks to my husband for wrangling the kids and getting them to all their extracurriculars this weekend without me. He's an awesome dad and husband! 

We ended up getting in line a lot later than expected and we were worried about getting a seat, but those silly ladies in the back managed to secure some for us! 

Waiting in line!

Me and Momma! We never made it to the photo area with our whole group, but I got one with my mom at least!

I felt really bad Saturday when I thought I found us awesome seats (we were sure to get there early this time... haha), and when it started, a black pole with some sort of camera or something on it ended up right in our view. It really wasn't as bad as this picture makes it look... it's zoomed in a little, but I felt responsible. Haha. Next time maybe they shouldn't let me pick the seats! 

We met Sister Dalton! One good thing about the spot I found was we were right next to the presenters! Guess it wasn't a total fail! Haha! She was so kind and loving toward us. What a wonderful woman!

My view during our lunch break! LOVE this little girl!