Friday, March 31, 2017

Welcome Spring!

Spring has sprung and we are enjoying the constant warmer temperatures.  We had a very mild winter, but the weather was all over the place temp wise. 

Shanna and Haley had a 4th grade music performance.  They did a recorder concert and then performed this number at the end which was really cute.
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Clark during the concert.
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And Cal and Elden and friends had fun off to the side.
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One Saturday we took our kids to a local jump house since they were "cavity free".  The dental office we go to holds this every spring.  We've never gone, mainly because (sadly) not all of our kids were cavity free at one point or the other. After the kids had fun running out to this huge mound of dirt.
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For our pack meeting the end of March we went to a local police station.  The boys got to ask questions, put on hand-cuffs and sit in the police car.
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We did a quick trip to the temple in March.  We couldn't find a Saturday to go, so we slipped it in on a Friday night, picking Lee up early from work and heading out.  Lee went to the temple first while the kids and I went to a nearby park to eat dinner. Love having this butane stove!

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We had a nice, busy Saturday the end of March.  That morning Clark and Cal attended a music festival where they performed two memorized pieces to be critiqued by judges. They did a nice job.  Too bad that nervous jitters got in the way a bit.  Clark got a superior and an excellent, and Cal received two excellents.
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Lee and Cal have been ticking away at Cal's cycling merit badge.  We did a five mile ride behind our local community center.  There are some fun little trails back there.
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I scratched my leg on my bike peddle. It doesn't look so bad here, but later looked worse and bruised.
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After the bike ride the kids played outside and we went to our neighbors for a birthday party. Cal burned these names into this wood using a magnifying glass.
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Our neighbors live in the house we used to rent across the street.  I don't ever really think about that house and that we once lived there.  We do miss the front porch though and the porch swing.  Since living here we've definitely decided that when we move into a more permanent home we are going to have a large, covered back porch with a swing. 
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Can you see Cal's head peeking out?  He is over 3/4ths the way up this tree, on the right.
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A lady at the party showed us how to rip off the bottom of the cupcake, smash it on top, making it a cupcake sandwich.  Genius!
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The two bushes up front that we cut back a couple years ago have been eye sores.  One started growing back, but the other didn't. 
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Our neighbors (who held the birthday party we had just been at) came over soon thereafter and pulled out the stumps for us!  The first one came out really easily.
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The second one took a lot longer.  It was so nice of them!  Now we need to buy two smaller bushes to plant.
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Some clean-up after the bush-pulling was necessary.
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That same night Shanna, Haley and I went to the church for the general women's broadcast.  The stake and ward didn't have any activity planned beforehand, but I still wanted to do something.  I did not want to sit at home and watch the broadcast.  I mentioned the idea to several ladies about getting together beforehand, and maybe doing an ice cream potluck at the church.  My friend Brittany suggested having a Ben & Jerry's tasting party.  LOVED the idea!  I bought some mini tasting spoons off of Amazon for the occasion.
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We had lots of Ben & Jerry's to taste from, and a nice group of ladies to chat with.
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Shanna fell asleep during the broadcast. Last broadcast they only made it to the second song and fell asleep.
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I had a hard time getting Shanna up.  I noticed her cute notes!
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I really enjoyed the broadcast.  And I love even more that I get to go with my girls.  And for random photos....Haley made some "glasses".
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My brother Sheldon sent us this awesome game, Codenames.  We tried it out and love it!
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The very end of March we headed up to Maryland for a quick evening trip.  It was Reed's birthday and I thought it would be fun to go up and have dinner with them.  I pulled the kids out a little early from school, and we made it to their house right before 6pm.  We stayed till 8, then headed home.  I'm glad we went up.  It was fun being there for his 10th birthday.  Also, I was able to drop off boxes for Lois.  They will have to move sometime this summer and I started saving up copy paper boxes from our elementary school.  They are the perfect moving boxes.  One of the janitors has been helping me get some.
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Jeff did a great job on Reed's birthday cake.  Another Millennium Falcon!
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Clark's drone came that day.....he sold his other one and got a racing one.  He's been having fun tinkering with it and flying it.
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Sharp Shopper has been selling a lot of Larabars lately.  It's been fun trying them.
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Cal had his first track meet.  It was SUPER cold out.  He did shot put, 4x4 relay and the 1600 meter.  He placed 1st in the 4x4 and the 1600 meter.  He placed 3rd in shot put.
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We had a fun evening at our friend's house, the Petersons, talking and playing games.
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Hope you are all having a lovely spring!  I love this time of year because SUMMER is coming!!!  I love, love, love summer.