Spikey!

So what did I do when I was cutting the boys' hair and "oops!...where did those bangs go?"

Spike it up and say that's what I meant to do.

Colton is reading

Every week Jayce brings home books that he is supposed to read at least once a day. They are pretty simple books and easily memorized. Colton likes to listen to Jayce read them. When Jayce was done I asked Colton if he wanted to read it and he did...PERFECTLY! Of course, after he was done reading to me he had to read to Daddy. From the time he could sit up, he would always entertain himself for long periods of time with a stack of books put in front of him. When he was done looking at books on his own, he would bring me a stack to read to him. I'm glad the interest in books hasn't faded. I guess I need to start "really" teaching him to read.

Happy Birthday Blake!

One candle for every decade he's been alive.

Blake loves German Chocolate cake for his birthday but the kid's don't so this year I made half chocolate and half German Chocolate cupcakes. I put them together to make a good attempt at a heart shape. I could have used 2 more cupcakes so had to use a couple brownies I had in the freezer. Can you find them? Of course you can. We love Daddy!

I brought home the birthday balloons from the RS birthday party and recycled them for Blake's party too. Colton tied them onto himself and crawled around with them. He was very glad I brought them home. Blake wanted to go geocaching for his birthday. These geocaches take us places we have never been in Dayton. We took a half a mile dirt road loop by the Dayton water tower to our first cache. On the far side of this canyon was supposed to be another cache but obiously too hard to get to with little kids. Jayce thought we should try. Not this time buddy. The first cache was supposed to be in this boulder pit. It wasn't there. It was fun to climb all the rocks and we were amazed at how big the rock mounds were. We walked a little further up for another cache. We were surrounded by rock piles and boulders. We could easily see highway 50 and Moundhouse from where we stood.

Can you tell where the cache was hidden?

This one had a trackable Ninja Turtle. It's fun to look on-line to find out where different items have been. This turtle was pretty local. It had been in California and Nevada. Another time, we found a trackable coin that had been to Finland and they were trying to get it back to Arizona.

Of course, Colton wants to keep the toy horse he found.

We tend to go on these hikes when a storm is coming in. The walk back to the car was chilly.

When we got home I made pizza pretzels and we ate them while watching a movie at our home theatre made by Megan for Blake's birthday. The pretzels were a hit and easy to make. I got the recipe from here but used home made bread dough and pizza sauce for dipping.

Something Extraordinary Relief Society Birthday Celebration

Recently, I have been called as our ward's "Relief Society Meeting Coordinator" previously know as "Enrichment Leader". The first meeting that I had to coordinate was the Relief Society Birthday. I went with the theme "Something Extraordinary" and after an inspiring lesson on service from one of the sisters in the ward we watched the following video I found on YouTube. After the video, we made 10 children's no-sew fleece blankets for our Healthy Communities Coalition. These are cute and very simple blankets to make. Go here for easy instructions with pictures. Simultaneously, as some were working on the blankets, others were playing a fun get to know you game that another sister thought of. We had to give her a baby picture of us and 3 fun facts about us. The pictures were put on poster board. We had to guess who the babies were based on pictures or facts. The winner won the game "Guess Who". What a fun way to get to know some of the ladies in the ward. Can you guess who that baby is?

We have a talented cake decorator in our ward who made this very pretty and yummy cake for us. To see more of the cakes she has done go here. Can you believe she does this with 3 little ones at home? Well, we had a good turn out and everyone seemed to be having fun.

Cousin Chances Blessing Day

We were able to attend the blessing of Cousin Chance on February 28th. We had dinner at Mom's afterward and a birthday party for Joey too. Chance was so cute in his blessing outfit.

Colton sure likes to give him kisses, even when he's crying.

Cousin Joey turns 3

After Chance's blessing, we went to Mom's for dinner and celebrated Joey's birthday. The cousins get a long well and have fun playing together.

Uh-oh. Colton blew out the candle and Joey is not happy.

Baby Cousin Chance

Cousin Sam and Colton intensely playing the video game.

Joey says "Look at me I'm 3!"

We got Joey a pack of several games that the cousins enjoyed playing.

Poor Uncle Jeremy always gets dog piled on at least once when we get together.

A Couple Days of Spirit Week in February

Pajama Day! The kids were excited to wear their pjs to school.

Career Day...What do you want to be when you grow up that mom can throw together in a few minutes tonight? A hair stylist.

Hair cut anybody?