Since February, obviously a lot has happened in our little family. I wish I had pictures to post, but our computer crashed recently and it won't upload pics, so for now they are all stuck on our SD card :(. I will have to update this post when I am able to add photos, its always more fun to see pics with all the words :)
March: We were able to enjoy St. George for 4 days. Kaden is on an 8U competition Baseball team with the Rocky Mtn School of Baseball. His team is Farmington Fire. St George was their first comp. tournament. The boys had played in the fall together and had been practicing indoor through the winter, so they were excited to get outside and play ball. We had a good time as a family. We went to the games, played in the pool, had dinner with some friends in St. George and just hung out.
On March 28th, Cole turned 6 yrs old! We had a family party to celebrate, and Cole had a great time. Cole at age 6 has a care free attitude. He did excellent in school this year and his teacher always said he was a great student. Coles best friends this year have been Logan and Dallin. They spend most of their time outside jumping or playing sports, and a little time inside playing the Wii. Cole has become a pretty good helper with his little brothers. Since Mckayla and Kade have been in school for a full day, Cole is the big brother @ home, and Easton looks up to Cole a lot!
April 4th, I turned 33. Wowsers I'm getting old! I don't feel 33, but I have noticed that high school aged kids look younger and younger every day :( Kip and I celebrated with a date (which are few and far between for us). Kip took me to Olive Garden (my fave) and to the movie Hunger Games ( I was dying to see it after reading the series). Thanks to Eldon and Jodi for giving us the night off :)
April 28th Mckayla and I, along with my Sister Brooke ran the Color Me Rad 5K Race and UVU. It was fun being able to run with Mckayla. Kayla did great and she ran nearly the whole way. I was really proud of her! We were quite the rainbow of colors at the end of the race, and all of us had patches of blue on our hair and bodies for a couple days after.
May 10th: Kp and Kade and left for the Pocatello Baseball Tournament. It was a quick 2 day tournament. The boys came back with a trophy. They won 1st place out of the whole tournament. AWESOME!!! I wish I could have been there.
May 18th Kip and I celebrated our 11th anniversary. We've been through a lot, espeially a lot of high stress situations in those 11 years like: building 2 houses, moving 4 times, having 5 kids to name a few. I'm happy to say that though we have problems like anybody else, and there is always room for improvement (in any relationship)...our marriage has only gotten stronger. I think we have became more tolerant of each other in many ways. We have also became a team which is a must when you have 5 kids with busy schedules. I am thankful that Kip is my husband and that he is in my life. And as I have said in the past, I would still choose him.
May 19th: I ran my 2nd 1/2 marathon. I somehow talked Kip into running the Ogden 1/2 with me (I told him we needed something in common besides kids :)). I followed my 12 week training schedule pretty close. Kip ran 3 times before running the 13.1 miles and his longest run he ever did was 7 miles. We started the race together...we ran maybe .25 miles together and I could tell Kip wanted to run faster. I told him to run at his pace and if he needed to stop ahead, I would just catch up with him. I kept looking for his bright orange shorts he was wearing but never saw them. He smoked my time by 15 min. I am really proud of him and a little shocked and mad :). He ran 3 TIMES, before he ran the race and he beat me! The punk! What made me feel slightly better was: we ran the race on a Saturday, I was a little sore going down stairs on Sunday and I was back at the gym in my aerobics class on Monday. As for Kip, he couldn't move for about 5 days. I guess thats where training comes in handy, the aftermath.
May 23rd: Miss Mckayla turned 10. TEN!!. I have a child in double digits. CRAZY! Miss Mckayla is my princess, my drama queen, THE BOSS, my helper, and the only one in the family that actually listens to me the first time. Miss Mckayla is friendly, quiet, and loyal to her friends. She already has a few boys who have crushes on her (scary). In fact this year she had flowers delivered to her from a secret admirer. Though Kayla is quiet, she isn't shy. She is a great student and tries hard in school. Mckayla is honest and always wants to do whats right. I am proud of who she is becoming.
**Mckayla's class holds a Mountain Man Rendevou and this was held on her B-day. I was able to volunteer to help with the activities this day and spend Kayla's B-day with her at school. Later that night we went to Johnny Rocket's for a shake, and bought Kayla her own individual cake so that we could sing to her.
May 24th: Mckayla is in her 3rd year of piano and had her piano recital this day. Mckayla played beautifully. Kayla's piano teacher held a contest this spring. The students were graded on certain areas, such as practice, preparation, etc and were given points. If they reached a certain level of points they were awarded a mozart statue. Mckayla earned her statue. But also, Kayla's teacher had a special award for the 2 students who earned the most points. Mckayla was one of them! She got to pick out a special prize which ended up being a cute pair of earrings. We were super proud of her!
May 26th: Kip had his 32nd Birthday. He spent it doing what he loves best these days, which is coaching baseball. We celebrated with cupcakes and cookies with the team and parents.
May 25th-26th, and 28th: Kade/Kip's (I say Kip because he is one of the comp coaches) Memorial day tournament, which was in Springville, Alpine and Lehi. We had a sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa Willis's house in Orem to save in driving time. The boys won 3/4 games on Friday and Saturday which put them in the final brackets for Monday. Unfortunately Monday was only a learning experience, not a win. I didn't go to the Monday game but I was told Kade did an awesome job pitching...we just had a lot of errors in the field :(
May 27th we celebrated Kip and Kayla's B-day with a Family BBQ at our house. We enjoyed spending time with our cousins, aunts, uncles and grandmas and grandpas. Thank you to all who came and enjoyed the day with us!
Also in May: Mckayla had an opportunity to participate in an essay contest in re: to Utah pioneers/ ancesters. There was a cash prize at stake. Mckayla had decided to write her essay on Jacob Hamblin who is 7x great uncle to her. We found out that Jacob had a home in Santa Clara. The home is a historical site and there are tours given there. While we were in St. George in March, we visited the home and got information on Jacob Hamblin. We learned a lot of interesting things and it really brought her essay to life. In May, all of the 4th grade classes met toghether for the essay awards. There was a 1st place winner who won $10.00 and an overall winner who won $30.00. Mckayla won 1st place and won 10 bucks!
June: Schools out for SUMMER!! All the kids had fantastic school years. They all had great report cards and their teachers all said that they were great students. Hard to believe the 2011-2012 school year has came to an end.
I guess I will throw an update on Kyler in here as well. Kye is rolling all over, sitting really well and getting really close to crawling. He is a big little guy. At his 6 month check up he weighted in at nearly 20 lbs. He is in the 80th percentile for weight and 75th for height. Kye is such a joy to have in our family. We are truly blessed with his sweet spirit. He is a good baby, and very tolerant of all the kisses, hugs, pokes in the eye (by Easton), and joggling around. The poor kid has had 4 ear infections (sometimes involving both ears at at time) in the past 7 months. If he has one more we will need to see an ENT and get tubes placed in his ears. I'm crossing my fingers we won't need to do that.
Of course with all that I have mentioned, Spring sports have also started. Kip is coaching Kaden and Cole's Rec team. They are the Rangers this year. We had Cole play up to pinto so that Kip could coach both of them and we could minimize games. Also, E played Tball this year . He was so thrilled to have his own Baseball shirt, pants and cleets. And Mckayla played soccer. Kayla always gets a lot of kicks in and helps out the team a lot but she has never been able to make a goal....until this year. We are happy for her.
Tball and Soccer have come to an end but the Rangers are still playing. Their team is in first place going into the play offs. It would be awesome for the kids to go all the way! We will see....
Also of course we have comp games, double headers, every Saturday. Kade's team, is doing pretty good in super league. I believe they have only lost 2 games, which gives them a pretty good standing.
Well I hope I have remembered all the important things I wanted not to forget. LIfe is busy and crazy, but we wouldn't have it any other way :)
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