Mother's Day 2010

Mother's Day was a nice, relaxing day.  The boys each made me a picture.  Kash planted a flower in a pot from preschool.  Wyatt gave me a recipe book they put together in Kindergarten.  The funnest gift was from J.R.......a pink camoflauge compound bow!!  I love it!  I have been practicing out in the field a lot so that I will be ready for the hunt in the fall.  I don't have any pictures yet, but I'm sure we will get some. 

We went to church and, like always, they give a small gift to all the mothers.  This year's gift was an excellent choice....chocolate and caramel coveredl pretzel sticks!  The best of sweet and salty!  They were yummy!

After church, I think I disappointed JR a little because I didn't choose to go fishing (it was a great day to go); but I chose to go on a ride up over Cascade Springs.  It was great.  We drove over a trail that ended up making the ride longer.  We stopped to let the boys explore along the creek, and stopped again at some old cattle pens.  They had a blast and it was really fun.  We took some self portraits and let Wyatt take a few too that are posted below.  It was a great Mother's Day!

The First Stitches

Wyatt is the recipient of the first stitches needed between the boys, at age 6.  He was running down the hall and decided to jump over the sun shining on the floor.  However, when he jumped, he didn't navigate the slight jog in the wall and hit is head right where the two walls meet, on the corner.  THere was a huge 'thud' followed by a blood curdling scream.  I jumped up and ran to see what had happened.  Blood had started to pour out of it and he was panicking.  JR stepped in and after a minute, got it to stop bleeding, but the wound was laying open. Since you can't stick a band aid on hair, we knew that it needed stitches.  We took him to the E.R., where Dr. Tayler put in 5 blue stitches.  He said the blue stitches were just for the cool kids.  Wyatt was pretty scared, but brave.  We only managed one picture, but it is one to help us remember our first stitches experience!

Spring Soccer 2010

This was Wyatt's first soccer experience in Utah.  We are so glad that he is taking a liking to a sport.  T-ball was boring for him (and us!), wrestling was traumatic, but soccer seems to be something that fits his personality.  He is a power kicker and usually kicks the ball clear across the field when he gets a chance.  He scored at least one goal in every game, usually 2.  He also likes to be a self-appointed goalie.  He tries to run ahead of the mob to get infront of the ball and is ready to deflect any attempt from the other team.  We found out that Heber offers Fall soccer too, so we are anxiously waiting to get him registered for that!

Spring Break in St. George

We were able to take a little vacation to St. George.  It was wonderful! The weather was absolutely perfect, not too hot, but nice enough to get some sun.  I pride myself on the fact that with a little planning, we never paid more than $5 per person on any meal!!!  Kids eat free at IHOP, Denny's has a $2 value menu, we had coupons for a popular pizza place, and bought cereal and milk for breakfast in our hotel room; those were just a few of the great deals I managed to find.

We had fun hiking, geocaching, playing at Fiesta Fun Center, but I think the kids liked the hotel pool the best!  The whole fear of water seemed to disappear this time after we bought Wyatt some goggles and Kash some water wings. The were splashing around like crazy and I would dare say that Wyatt is almost officially "swimming". 

We love St. George.....maybe we should have moved there instead of Heber???? ok, maybe not!