Talents

This year for the Kindergarten play the Three Piggy Opera, they put together a band from our school and from the kids who moved on to 7th last year. I love watching the kinders. Connor had a fun time being in the band.All of the kids were able to participate in this years talent show. Connor played the blues on his trumpet and the girls tried their hand at comedy. They all did a great job.

the park

We have been having great weather lately and the girls have wanted to go to the park so I finally gave in. We had a fun FHE night at Rood Bridge Park playing with Hershey. The kids lined up and Pete and I took turns running her over them. She's a good jumper.


I think we're all ready for summer!

Flowers and Mother's Day

Last night the school had their auction. We won this basket full of garden starters and a few other fun things. We are going to try to garden in hanging baskets this year because of the dog. This morning the kids gave me their cards. I love Courtney's drawing. Connor made this cool card of clip less coupons for me and Mallory made a fun frame with her picture.Pete bought me some beautiful flowers.

These for inside...

and two of these for the front of the house.

While I was outside I took a few more of the flowers we have so far....

Birthday Party Fun

A friend from high school lives here and we finally caught up with each other. Our kids get along really well and so we were invited to a birthday party. Connor had fun on the arcade games... The girls couldn't resist the pretty lights.... Connor and Court wore the wrong clothing for Laser tag.... And Mallory and I had fun playing air hockey. Man can she talk smack!!!

Volunteer Appreciation Day at Tobias

It was volunteer appreciation at the elementary school, so beyond Julie getting another flower for the front yard, the kids treated the crowd to an assortment of performances. Connor performed with the band again. All of the 4th graders performed on the recorder (I always grew up with it being called the song flute, but so be it). The dance club also performed. There are a few boys from the ward in the performance. It's pretty fun to watch. Sorry about the blips in Courtney's. Our camera allows us to take pictures while filming, but we didn't realize the effects.

More goodbyes

We had some friends move this last week. The Erekson's headed for California and a new job. It's sad to see them go, but there just aren't many animation jobs in Portland. We did out best to send them off in style with a myriad of farewells. We stole some pictures from Andy's surprise birthday dinner at a Moroccan restaurant downtown. It helped me realize how nice cutlery is. The evening included entertainment. Two of the braver guys joined the professional, needless to say, Pete wasn't among them. We helped to host one of the farewells and the girls helped with the decorating by adding graffiti to the driveway. They hoped to remind us that this was a happy occasion.

They also made sure to sign their work.

We'll miss Andy, Melissa, Grace and Clark. Luckily we find ourselves in Southern California pretty frequently, so they won't be able to duck us for good. See you guys in August.

Spring CHOMP concert

We were having a nice evening on Thursday. The girls were outside playing on the swings passing the time before we left to get to Connor's concert. It was yet another nice day. I had just picked up my book and sat down when I heard crying. This wasn't the normal we just had a fight or I just got hurt cry either. It was there's something wrong cry and I had that feeling..... Yep, you guessed it Mallory broke her arm. It was decided that I would take Mal to the urgent care (of coarse it was after hours) and Pete would go to the concert with Court. So we separated. Here is the picture I got.... and here is the picture Pete got....

Mallory is doing great and we dont have to put a hard cast on her as long as she keeps this on. It doesn't slow her down much!