Chalk Art

A few weeks ago we hopped in the car and drove to Discovery Gateway, we had not been there yet and thought we would let the kids release some energy there. It was a lot of fun, Finley enjoyed playing with the balls and Peanut enjoyed all the make believe centers.At the gateway that weekend there was a chalk art festival. These artists are so talented, I couldn't believe that chalk could work like this. Here are some of the pictures
At the end there was chalk for the kids to create their own masterpieces, I think my kids are the next Picasso and Rembrandt. Finley even wrote his first letter, it was an "E".

egg drop

Peanut had an egg drop at school a couple of weeks ago. The directions were to package an uncooked egg in anything, except bubble wrap and Styrofoam, so that when it is dropped (or thrown or kicked) off the top of the school it would land without breaking. Peanut decided she wanted to use popcorn and aluminum foil. After a few test runs from the roof of our house it was ready for the school. do you think it made it?It's falling

It's falling
It's falling
It's falling
It dropped.
Now on to the unwrapping and the results.
The 6 graders were able to do all the opening and judging
ahh, the anticipation is killing her

It SURVIVED-yahoo!

YAY for Peanut!

Take a look at that trophy.

a few of my kids

I realized I didn't post any pictures of Peanut and Finley in my last post, so I had to do it. I love these.
This one is my niece she is just dancing away.

HI

I have been on a blog hiatus for a little while, but I am back and I have a lot of catching up to do so expect a lot of post in the next few days. I will start with the most recent-Fathers Day. I could not think of anything to get Cache, poor guy got a coupon book, treats, and a promise of an excellent date night. Oh yeah, and on Saturday I took him to his favorite Mexican food restaurant which we don't go to very often because I don't like it that much. For mine and Cache's Dad we gave a digital photo frame, which they both seemed to like. At the last minute my Sister decided to get all (except for the 3 that live in Germany) the grandkids together and take pictures for my Dad's frame, we rushed everyone to this amazing old mill in Pleasant Grove and spent 2 hours taking pictures of everyone. It was great practice for me and we had so much fun with everyone. Now I need to arrange the grandkids from Cache's side of the family and do the same thing.

Makin' crayons.

Summer is coming which means more and more time to do nothing. Yeah, that is pretty much what happens at our house-absolutely nothing. I have found a lot of blogs to change that tough, there are tons of tutorials out there in the blogosphere and I plan to take advantage of them this summer. Our first project.....Crayon Making...... we used this tutorial and it was so much fun. The kids loved being destructive and peeling off wrappers and braking the crayons in half.

Snow??

What a beautiful day it was yesterday. I looked at the thermometer outside and it registered 86 degrees, ahh perfect for a trip up to the canyon. I grabbed the camera, everyone put their sandals on and headed out the door. "How 'bout silver lake?" I suggested to Cache. "There is probablly a little snow in shaded spots, but I bet we could walk around the board walk". Up the canyon we headed, and Up we headed some more, and up, up, up, up. "I forgot how high up Silver Lake is" I thought aloud. As we pulled into the parking lot of Brighton ski resort we looked to the sides of the road, there is about 6 feet of snow on both sides. DUH-I guess it is only May and the snow at the top of the canyon has just barely started to melt. Oh, well how often do you get to play in the snow and walk on a frozen lake in flip flops and shorts? Although there was a TON of snow it was still 75 degrees and beautiful. I love this weather.

It's the birthday boy!

Today is Cache's birthday, he is 31. So far this birthday has been better than last year, he moped around and had a quarter life crisis for an entire week. "I'm 30!wah-hah" "Is that a gray hair?" "look at all the hair I'm loosing". I haven't had the depressing 30th year yet, but come on, can it be that bad?

I picked up his birthday present last night, it has been at my brother-in-laws house for two weeks. I am really excited, because he has wanted a foosball table for years and I caved in and bought him one this year. I can't wait to see his face as he walks in the door and sees it(he is at Fathers and sons with Finley). We might have to have a few playoff games before we leave for an early mothers day celebration in Heber. Poor guy has to share his birthday with me, but he is a good sport about it.

Dear Cache,

Thanks so much for being you! I am grateful to have a husband that helps with dishes, cleaning, ironing,cooking, and diapering. Thanks so much for the patience you show me when you have to help with these things because I didn't do them,I know you would much rather be playing your guitar. Thanks for being frugal (yes, I am grateful for this) and level headed, if it were up to me we would be living beyond our means in a big giant house and paying off maxed out credit cards and driving cars that aren't paid off. And wow am I grateful that you work so hard to provide for our family so we can have food and shelter and clothing and cute shoes. Because of you our lives have much less stress. I love you tons, even more than the day we were married. I hope the next 31 years are exciting, joyful and full of fun.
Love you and S.M.I.L.E!
Carrie

Cache was feeling unappreciated yesterday, so I want him to know how appreciated he is here at home and how much we love him.