Father's Day Weekend

Our awesome ward has a Father's Day golfing activity every year. Each class's teacher makes a golf hole for it. Roger especially put time in on our hole and had lots of fun doing it. Unfortunately I had the camera at the swim meet so this picture comes from my friend's blog(thanks Audra). The rest of it did not make it on the picture but it was a ramp(waves) the ball goes down after walking the plank until it hits an island the kids search for treasure on(bubble gum coins). It was a hit!

Joshy has his first swim meet his weekend and had a blast! It was at the same time as the golfing. We were there all morning and will be all summer. All my kids have loved swimming everyday.



The kids did the thing they do. Here they are bringing breakfast to Roger with out help. Well, ok I helped a bit. I had them make sourdough preztels we formed into #1 Dad the night before. Were they edible? I don't know, I didn't try them.



And finally, ignoring my kids making out, we have Joshy's begged for haircut. With all the swimming Joshy was becoming nappy headed so Roger buzzed it off. We will see how long it lasts.

Hundred Day Challenge

My friend Amy has challenged all the people who frequent her blog to a 100 Day challenge. You can find her page at http://heymaughans.blogspot.com/ for details and to start the challenge. For 100 days I will not use unkind words to my kids or watch TV (except for the occasional movie with my man and watching National Bingo Night to see if we are on which incidentally we have been). So what do you say? Can you accept?

Good Job Rory

Rory has worked really hard in gymnastics not only at skills but also paying attention. Previosly she was in a class where she mastered things faster than her peers and she would goof off and frustrate her coach. Her coach moved her up early and she is doing much better. Their skills are tested biannually and she was just given 2 levels of certificates and is moving onto the next class. Good job Rory!

The egg has cracked!

Joshy has finally done it. He has finally misbehaved at school enough to have a minute of recess taken away. With 2 weeks left he has shown his true colors which before he was 100% behaved at school. His awesome teacher knows how insanely obsessed Joshy's is about his report so she mentioned if he kept up his behavior she would have to write not so perfect things on his report card. That threat did not work as well as my threat of losing Friday night dessert. He must be 6.

And yes, we are still in school.

The Many Changes of Kelly

Like most women, I have had changes to my body since giving birth to 3 children. My changes have linked me to my parents and siblings. Growing up I felt, well like I was adopted which I guess is also common. Most of them had super curly hair and bad allergies. I had straight hair and no allergies.


Since Simeon's birth my hair has become curlier and curlier resulting in the thick locks in the picture. Someone at church said "Oh, you have straight hair!" after I straightened it that day and I thought what a strange comment, I have always had straight hair. Not to her apparently.

As I foreshadowed, I have been whining of allergies for 2 years now. They were really bad last month which led me to the allergist. Roger was not sleeping well because of the snoring which I have only done since having allergies so he sent me to get it checked out. (You who have bunked with me may protest. I don't know!) That day I was more clear than I have been in a long time so I was worried I had been spreading colds around the world. He did the scratch test and determined I was off the charts allergic to grass, extremely allergic to molds, and fairly allergic to trees. I thought it was dust or animals but the reaction to those was non existent. Go figure. So at last I have bodily peace.

Father and Sons' Outing

May brought the yearly ritual of the males in our family going to a soccer field with other males to set up tents and camp with the sounds of freeway lulling them to sleep. Apparently my men can not sleep close as Joshy needed his tent set up in the big tent and Simeon's portacrib is hiding to the left.



Roger absolutely loves our bike trailer and uses it often and heavily. It is tearing on the bottom but no worries, cover it up with a blanket and it can last through many more hauls (like wood for the annual corn roast)


Although Roger envisioned more Father/son time, Simeon went to bed early and Joshy participated in stick wars, a much anticipated past time.



So, what did Rory and I do you might ask. We went swimming, went out for yogurt with friends and stayed up late with other male "deprived" females. We talked for a long time about girl things and then saw more nature than our husbands did. Our lovely Lisa hostess set up her HD big screen TV and we watched a recorded "Planet Earth" episode in the dark and loved every minute of it.

Joshy's Talent Show

Our fearless Josh was at it again! He was the only Kindergartener to participate in his school's talent show a couple weeks ago. He performed in front of three audiances with only a few mistakes. He is really intrigued by the piano and spends a little time learning a song a long time tweaking it to come up with new sounds.

and yes, I know the ending is not there. He just repeated the beginning.

Mother's Day

What a wonderful morning! Joshy and Rory surprised me with breakfast without even Roger's help. I had yogurt with blueberries, carrots with ranch, raw sweet potato sticks, and toast with drawings on it. They were sure pleased with themselves! Rory made me a bracelet and a card. Joshy made a card with tea and a flower pot with a flower. Roger got me a gift card. What a wonderful day!

My Jenny girl

One of my bestest friends from college years came for a visit from St George this weekend. We loved seeing them!!

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Jogathon

At Joshy's school, and from what I hear most schools, they have a jogathon. At his school the kids run for 25min and have a mark put on their back each lap to say how many laps they ran. Joshy practiced for the event by running with us. He also was well versed in slow and steady wins the race, breath well, don't stop running and you don't need a sip of water every lap. He was sure he would win. He ran a good pace the whole time and never stopped. He did not get the most laps part because some kids ran faster and part some kids were marked twice on one lap. He didn't really care because in his mind he was a winner. On his own accord, he motivated his friends who started walking to keep running. He grabbed their hands and told them they could do it. He was truly a good sport and made us proud!

Easter

We had a mild easter weekend. I snapped a lot of pictures. Here are the highlights:

National Bingo Night

Roger and I were in the audience for a new game show taping on Friday night. The series airs on May 18th on ABC but I do not know when we will be on. The audience paticipates in this show and although we did not win, I am sure you can spot us. Hopefully we won't look too goofy but odds are I do.

Train ride

There is a park nearby that a local train hobby group runs trains at one weekend a month. According to Roger, they are not miniature trains but 20 gage trains. We went yesterday much to Simeon's excitement. Each ride is about 15min around desertish hills and curves, over and under bridges. Simeon screamed in a high pitched manner when it was time to leave even though we went twice. You might want to turn your volume down on the video.

March Madness

March was a fun month! It was warm many days here so we were able to go swimming a few times. Our passes to the San Diego Zoo ran out at the end of the month so we went a couple of times. We love the animals!



St Patrick's day weekend the kids and I went on a road trip. First stop was spending the night at a college roommate's(Kristin's) home. The kids loved playing together!

In the morning we went to the Oakland temple where my sister Molly was sealed to her husband and baby. It was sooo beautiful! We were to able to see lots of family that day and then went to my sister's grave. It was a great day!

That night went to my dad's home and saw that family there. Went to church with him and came home. I think it was 16hrs of driving in a little more than 48hrs. The kids were awesome in the car as usual but were pretty rowdy out of the car as usual.

Joshy is so cool!

Here are video's of Joshy. The first is part of his karate tournament. The second is him playing the piano. Roger started teaching him in January. He also received the student of the month award(his second award this school year).