The End of Soccer

K's spring soccer award party was at Putter's this season. She received her award for most improved player on the team. M made the medals again; they were the Thunder Cats. M also got an award for being a great assistant coach. This is K's last season for soccer. We will be putting her into a martial arts class in the fall and back into swimming classes as well. We will have about a year off before we put L into soccer so she can learn team work and good sportsmanship.

L drew this on her boogie board recently. It is a mommy and baby elephant. I think her drawing is starting to improve, her baby is especially drawn well.

No Longer in Training Mode

L has been working on balancing on her bike with no pedals or training wheels. She uses her feet to push herself down the road getting up enough speed to coast with her feet up and trying not to fall over. She finally got good enough that dad put her pedals back on. She is a great rider now, though a little slow. She still has a hard time stopping. She forgets to push her pedals backwards and instead just puts her feet on the ground. Hopefully she will catch on without too many tumbles off her bike. Lately we have been riding around our neighborhood and going down to K's old elementary school. We hope to take her on some longer bike rides using the bike paths this summer. Here is a snippet the day daddy put her pedals back on her bike.

 

Soccer Finale

K played on a U8 soccer team through AYSO again this spring. She had practice Monday's and Wednesday's with games on Thursday's and Saturday's. We had a good coach and M was talked into being our assistant coach and referee. He says he persevered, I say he did awesome.
They had 10 games and improved each time. Today was their Round Robin of three games and the kids worked together amazingly. They were able to dribble and pass the ball better then they did all season. Here are some highlights from our games this season.

 Our team is in blue and M is in the back refereeing.

 K kicking the ball.

 Daniel was an awesome kicker, he came in handy a lot!

 Kailie was one of our best players, she could charge down field 

with the ball. She also could take a hit and keep on going.

I love this picture of Sydney getting the ball.

 Carson was a great ball stealer.
He wasn't afraid to get into the thick of it.

 K taking the ball down field.

 Our team working together.

 K was able to face down Emilliano multiple times and steal the
ball from him. He was a great player on the other team but every time
he got it near the goal line, she would stop him in his tracks.
Funny thing, she would run up to him with her hands over her face and
then kick out at the ball. She got it done, though.

 K going after the ball again.

 Getting it turned around.

 Good game, good game.

Go Thundercats!

Getting Down with Mother Goose

The first week of May was K's First Grade Music Program at school. All three first grade classes sang and danced to Getting Down with Mother Goose.The children were asked to draw pictures of each of the different nursery rhymes and the best pictures were used on the back drop. K's cow was used; she did a wonderful job. She definitely did NOT get her artistic ability from me.

K's cow on the backdrop.

 Here is the full backdrop with all the nursery animals 

and dozens of Humpty Dumpty's.

K and Tanner singing one of the first songs. She had a hard time at the beginning of the show. She needed to use the bathroom but didn't want to leave without permission. She finally got her teachers attention and was able to go but ended up missing her class's musical performance where they all played xylophones:(

 

All three first grade classes, about 90 children.

K's performance of Patty Cake, Patty Cake.

I thought this song was adorable!

Mother's Day

We awoke to a beautiful warm, sunny day and enjoyed a tasty breakfast of eggs, bacon, and pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream which M made. The girls played outside until we got ready for church. M took some adorable pictures of our girls before heading out.

 

L gave me a potted flower and a butterfly picture made from her footprints. K gave me a candle holder she made at school along with a sweet card.

 

M made us a tasty dinner of steak, cheesy potatoes and steamed veggies. He also gave me a pretty pair of cluster earrings. It has been a wonderful day.

Primary Idol

Last night our primary kids got to participate in a fun activity at church. Each primary class learned the moves to a song and performed it for all the parents. It was a lot of fun to watch and the kids had a blast! I hope that this becomes a new tradition in our ward.

Here are our wonderful judges.
I love Louette's get up! She said to call her Grandma Gaga!

Our lovely Brooke was the hostess for the evening.
She is beautiful and so witty.

The Sunbeam Class rendition of The Itsy Bitsy Spider.
L was cute as the sunshine and I love Jack as the spider.
These kids were way too cute! It was the best
version of this song I have ever heard!

The CTR6 Class rendition of Kung Foo Fighting.
They did an awesome job!
The whole audience was loving every minute of it!
K really wants a light saber now:)

Even the Primary Presidency got in on the action!
This was the funniest performance by far!
I love how our pregnant Brook won the race!

This evening was simple but fun for everyone and only lasted 2 hours. We dropped off our kids for the first hour so they could learn the dance moves for their song and then came back for the second hour to see them perform. All the groups did a great job. I could never learn dance moves and then perform them in only an hour! After the show we enjoyed ice cream cones.

Hugner Games with the Girls

A small group of friends and I went to see the Hunger Games midnight showing opening night. We got there at 8:30 and got inside pretty quickly. We visited, wandered the halls, and played cards until the movie started.

Kristine, Me, Margaret, and LaDawn.

Brooke dressed as Mrs. Effie Trinket. Everywhere
she went, people stopped her to get a photo with her.
It was so much fun to see the reaction of everyone!

Brooke and her daughter, Avery, dressed as Katniss.

Margarett with Brooke, Avery and Becca.

Generally there are a lot more of us who go to these movies together but this time most of the husbands wanted to see the movie with their wives, so some didn't go to the opening.

I loved this movie! I thought it was very well done and the acting was great! So much better than that other teen movie (you know which one I'm talking about). The movie followed the storyline pretty well and almost everything was just as I imagined it would be when I read the story. I was glad they didn't make it gory so it was appropriate for the target audience. I can't wait to see the next one in the series!

Snow Day 2012

Who cares if the calendar says it's the second day of spring? Obviously Mother Nature doesn't care because there is 5 inches of snow outside my window! It's the most snow I have seen on the valley floor in quite some time and the kids are loving it!

Snow Angels

Catching snowflakes to look at.

Our snowman.

Building another snowman.

Now it's time for hot chocolate!!

A Jurassic Bash!

We spread K's birthday out over a couple of days this year due to illness and church activities. On Friday we took the girls down to the church so K could break her dinosaur pinata she helped daddy make. She had a hard time busting through the tough reptilian-like skin. and generously allowed her sister to take a few swings too. They broke off the head first and then went to town beating the bum. Eventually they got it pretty well open and had a lot of fun in the process.

I love K's expression in the photo above!

We picked up a Little Caesar's pizza on the way home to eat since L wasn't feeling so well yet. After dinner we had donut cake, opened gifts and watched a movie. K loved her gifts, especially the dinosaur box we got her. We found it on craigslist last fall for cheap and it came filled with all these dinosaurs. She has played with it every day so far! My cute little paleontologist:)
On Monday night we took K to Red Robin for her free birthday meal. She really liked it when the waiters sang to her and brought her a hot fudge sundae to eat.
K is in first grade this year and loving it! She is in the accelerated reading group, which isn't surprising given her love of books. Her teacher is impressed by her ability to read large words; she says dinosaur names just roll off of K's tongue. She also is a great speller and story writer.

At home K is always willing to help out in the kitchen and loves to bake. She also likes to take charge in games she plays with her sister. They seem to be getting along better these days and play for longer periods of time without fighting.

At church K is a big help to her sister in Primary. L is a sunbeam this year and K helps her out with all the songs and games they play. L gave a prayer recently in class and she asked K to come up and help her out. I love hearing from the Primary teachers that they are so sweet to each other in class.

Besides dinosaurs and reading, K really likes swimming. She has been taking swim classes through parks and rec for the past two years. Her swim teacher recently told us that she is a natural and should be put on a swim team next year. She also will be starting soccer in a week and loves to play that as well. She has gotten into rollerskating lately and received a pair from her bahmah for her birthday. She can't wait until the rain stops so she can start skating around the neighborhood.

I can hardly believe how grown up she is getting. She is so independent and hard-working. I love to spending time alone with her. She always has interesting things to say and thoughts to share. I hope as she continues to grow that we will become closer and our relationship will become stronger. She is definitely the apple of my eye.