I'm so glad it's Earth Day!

On Tuesday, Jenna told me, "Mom, I'm so glad it's Earth Day." OK... In honor of Earth Day, we went to look at dead animals. Ü

We went with Kat & her kids, the Bentleys, and two VanAmens to Cabela's in Lehi.

We saw the giant fish tank/aquarium. Feeding time isn't until 6 pm, but they are fun to watch swimming around. The fish are HUGE! We even saw a white catfish- kind of creepy!

We also went through the display of animals that are native to our mountains, the African animals, and the Arctic display. We had to stop at the waterfall and feed the fish.

I think the favorite activity for all of the kids was the target shooting. Tanner V. was especially good at it! We all had a great time! Definitely worth the price of admission. There were lots of other young moms with strollers there enjoying a free activity! Thanks everyone for coming with us!

Other off-track action

On Monday, April 14th The Salt Lake Bees had a home game at noon. Since it was a gorgeous day, we decided to go for an outing. We went with Papa Gary, Aunt Kat, Zach and Makaya. We sat out on the grass sunning ourselves and puting sunscreen on the kids. It was so fun! They won, too.

I'm glad we took advantage of that beautiful day! It was 80 when we got back to the car and I let the girls play in the sprinklers when we got home. 24 hours later it was snowing!

Murphy's Law Thursday

Some of my friends do great blog entries they call "Flashback Fridays" where they post stories from their childhood or college days. I am going to start having "Murphy's Law Thursdays." They always seem to be my craziest days. Perhaps it is because Tim works late every other Thursday so we are looking for more adventures to fill the day, but the craziest things seem to happen.

Last Thursday, Tim and his brother went fishing in the Uintas, so I took the girls to Springville to play with the cousins while the dads were gone. We were having a great time with Janika and her kids, outside picnicking in the sun. Aubrey was running around shoeless as is her nature and came running towards us screaming bloody murder. If you know Aubrey, you know she she is very tough. Her usual respone to injury is to jump and say "I'm okay" through stifled tears or groans. With her screams, I knew something was terribly wrong with her!

She had run her foot over a brick and peeled of a good portion of her skin. It was very messy! Hamburger comes to mind. We cleaned it up as best we could with her kicking and screaming. Janika was very prepared with Bandaids in her car, so we bandaged her up. She wanted to be held, so I had her on my lap for a few minutes and checked the bandaids, which were soaked. I was worried that she might need stitches, so we called the insurance company and found the closest doctor on our insurance was in Provo, so we went on a little journey while Janika watched the other two. Bless her heart, Janika had my 5 year old, her 3 year old, her one year old with chicken pox and my year-old mama's girl! I should have sent her to the doctor's- it would have been a break for her!

So that was the Murphy's Law event for that day.

Rewind three weeks ago:

Driving home from my parents' house on a Thursday afternoon, I ran over a crow bar on 6200 South that left me with a very flat tire. (Thank goodness for Discount Tire road hazard insurance) Tim got me all fixed up, no sweat.

Back to today:

We went to meet Tim for lunch, since he has Planning Commission tonight and gets home a little late. On our way out of Bajio, he noticed my back tire was going flat. There was a huge industrial staple (about two inches long) stuck in the side wall of my tire, ironically the same tire as the crowbar. I guess my magnetic personality has rubbed off on my tires. Ü Once again, we were blessed to be a few blocks away from another Discount Tire, so Tim dropped us off on his way back to work. They were very fast and we were back on the road in no time. The girls had fun watching them change the tire and balance the new one on the machine.

Hopefully next week will be less eventful!

Summer's coming!

We can hardly wait for the sun!!!

Soccer!

Jenna and Aubrey started soccer last Saturday and LOVE it! We had to talk Jenna out of wearing her uniform to bed that night and both girls keep putting their uniforms on randomly over their clothes.
Aubrey's team is called the Dragons. She is the only girl on her team and is by far the shortest! It was hilarious to watch them all chase the ball around the field in a swarm. Too cute!

If you want to come see a game, let me know.















Jenna's team is called Lightning Dragons. She is one of three girls and is one of the tallest kids on her team. Both girls love running and are very good at kicking the ball on the run. We are still working on aiming towards the goal, but we'll get there. We are so proud of them and their hard work. They were very tough and listened to their coaches very well. What great kids!




This is Jenna with her teammate, Maddie.

I know why the caged girl sings

Jenna watched Lydia for me so I could shower. I put the chair out as a boundary for their play, but Jenna had other ideas. It made a nice cage for Little Sis, who thought it was hilarious. She was louder and sillier before I turned on the camera.

(Please ignore the mess in the background)

Our detour...

On our way to the aquarium we were listening to the Movie Show on KSL when we heard that they were broadcasting live from a new credit union near the aquarium. I love to listen to Doug Wright, so I wanted to show the girls who belongs to the voice they hear on the radio.





We also found out they were serving hamburgers from Iceberg so, hey, free lunch.



The girls got to meet Swoop. He gave Jenna and Aubrey each a red football.



There was a great magician (The Magic Cowboy) in the lobby who did fun tricks and let the girls hold these beautiful birds.


That was a fun little side trip on a fun little outing! Things went much better today than they did on Monday!

Next week: Cabella's, Tracy Aviary, and maybe the Water Conservancy District Garden or International Peace Gardens. Let me know if you want to come!

The Living Planet Aquarium

In our quest to not be bored or have the girls kill each other while Jenna is off track, we headed out for the aquarium today. The girls have a great time there. (I am always a bit disappointed because the first aquarium I went to was the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. This doesn't even compare!)


Lovely ladies with the rainbow trout




Their favorite part is driving the boat in the Great Salt Lake display. The video makes it look like they are backing out of a boat slip and heading into open water. They LOVE it!
Jenna and the "Giant" octopus

Lydia was losing it in the stroller after an hour.



I love when the girls have fun together and are sweet to each other!

Traditiooon, Tradition!

Tim's family has a tradition of decorating a gazillion Easter eggs and then throwing them, usually down one of the hills at their farm. It is really fun and a bit theraputic to throw things, hoping they break!

Tim took Jenna and Aubrey to throw our eggs a few weeks ago while Lydia and I were at a baby shower. Here's what we missed.

Welcome, new baby!

Congratulations to Molly and Brett on their darling little Madison. She was born Tuesday night at 9:35 pm, 6 lbs 7 oz, 20 inches long and had beautiful golden hair.

We got to see her last night and she is precious! Welcome to the world, little dolly!