Girls Weekend

A few weeks ago I went down to Vegas with Landon's sisters and our niece Kylie, for a girls weekend getaway. I hadn't ever left Bryce over night before but I knew he was in good hands with his Daddy. We went down late late Thursday night and I came home Saturday. I thought we were all coming home Saturday but there had been a misunderstanding somewhere and they actually weren't coming home until Sunday. It wouldn't have worked for Landon to have B during meetings and sacrament so he and the kids came to the rescue and came down and picked me up Saturday afternoon.

It was a fun little get-away. We saw a few attractions and did some shopping at the outlet mall. On Saturday Morning we went to Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. Chloe was so jealous when I sent her pictures of the dolphins. 

 I had fun, but was so glad to be back to Utah and the nice wholesome environment. Though Vegas has some fun things to do...there is just so much that goes against my standards going on there that it is a hard environment to be in for to long of a time.

New Toy

Last year at Costco I scored this awesome sand and water table for like $10. Bryce was pretty happy when I decided to pull it out the other day and let him play in the water. He didn't really want to share at first. Preslie wasn't to sure about the whole thing especially since B kept splashing cold water on her.

Remodel Complete

Well it was a long process, and we still don't have everything put back in it's place or all the decorating done, but for the most part our remodeling project is complete. I was so happy when they finally put the carpet in.
It was almost like moving, because we had to literally take everything out of the three bedrooms and our bathroom, so we were able to get rid of a lot of stuff in the process, which is always helpful.
Closet and Master Bathroom Outer...

Carpet in all three rooms...

So happy with how everything turned out and so glad I have a husband who is so handy. My favorite edition is my new desk/work area oh yes and my on the wall lamp. I have so much space to craft, sew, or work on any project I might have.

 A little bit of the decor is up.
Landon's Wall...

 Chloe's Room...

Baseball (Little League)-first 3 games

Tanner has started little league. He plays in the Junior Division, which consists of 12-15 year olds. You can play on a team as long as your not on the high-school team, so this may be Tanner's last year of little league as hopefully he will be on the Freshmen team next year. 

Game 1-highlights. The first inning Tanner played left field, after that he played third. He made some really good plays at third including making the tag to get a kid out who they had gotten into a pickle between 1st and 2nd. He also was the only one on his team to get a hit and get on base. His team lost this game.

Game 2 highlights-Tanner pitched for 2 and two thirds innings during this game. His first inning was a little rough as he hasn't pitched in over a year. However, during his time pitching no one got on base except for the 1 kid he hit. He had some strike outs, and caught a pop fly, as well as having his team back him up pretty good in the field. He also had a really nice hit to the outfield and got a double out of it. His team won this game.

Game 3 highlights-no highlights. Tanner was sick so he didn't play. He really wanted to but he was to sick to pull it off. At one point he had his jersey on ready to go and the next minute he was back in his pjs laying on the couch. We don't know if they won or lost.

Softball-First 3 Games

 Chloe decided that she wanted to play softball this year. We decided to let her do both soccer and softball. We just figured softball would kind of be like a fun recreational sport for her, she might not be that good at it, but just let her have fun and play, and that she probably wouldn't play it for many years before it would taper off and she would want to play other things more. HA HA-well you can guess what happened-she not only loves it, but is actually really good at it. Imagine our surprise when the coach told us Chloe would be pitching in their first game and that she had quite and arm on her. Imagine his when we told him she had never played before-he was like SAY WHAT?! The league at this age for girls softball is still kind of instructional, all the girls bat, they get four pitches from the girl and 2 from the coach (to give them a better chance to hit and get on base). I guess that half-way through the year this is supposed to change and they move onto the 3 out rule and are a little more competitive about stuff.

Game 1-highlights-Chloe pitched-she did so good, not just saying that, it was amazing seeing the difference in the way she was throwing compared to the other pitchers.

Here are some comparison videos just to get an idea-Chloe pitching...

someone else pitching to Chloe...

Game 2-highlights-Chloe got a hit and got on base, and that's about it. It was late, it was cold, it was raining, we were all just glad when the hour was up and we could go home.

 Don't you love her socks ;)
 Game 3-highlights-Chloe got a home-run!!! She also pitched again.

 Home run girl :)

B-dog enjoying the ball game...

 On the mound...

Baseball Boy

Need I say more or does this picture say it all. He is happy as long as he has a bat or ball in his hands. One of his very first words was BALL... "ALL" is how he says it. If he even see's a mitt, bat, or ball and can't touch it or hold it, it is the end of the world. He loves to throw everything and calls anything he can throw a ball. He already tries to swing the bat and knows that the ball goes in his mitt. Landon and Tanner couldn't be prouder-they are definitely raising him right.

Fun weekend with the family

A few weekends ago Landon's sister Brenda and her kids came to town. The kids always look forward to having their cousins visit. They could hardly wait for them to get here. On Friday night Brenda went to the temple so Landon and I babysat. We took the kids out for frozen yogurt. That went pretty good-except for when Taylee threw Chloe's half eaten yogurt away. Apparently she thought she was done with it. I guess we were feeling brave after that because we decided to walk over to Dicks Sporting Goods, which is right next to Yogurtland, with the whole crew. That was a fun time having that many kids running around pulling things off the shelves and throwing them in the cart-ha-ha. Good thing we were able to get everything back on the shelf before we checked out-or our bill would have been pretty pricey.

 They had a fun time the next few days playing baseball, watching Tanner play baseball, watching Makele Dance in her competition, swimming, and just hanging out. They were all sad when it was time for them to head home Sunday morning. 

That same weekend My Mom and Jeff came to town for a visit. They were able to come to Chloe's soccer game and one of Tanner's baseball games. My sister Mandy and her family came down as well, so we all got together for lunch at Chuck-a-Rama.

 Bryce wasn't to sure about my Mom since it had been awhile since he last saw her.

He was happy with her though if she happened to be feeding him frozen yogurt.

 The gang...

 Pretty in pink...

 It was a fun, busy, event filled weekend. It was nice getting able to hang out with everyone, and see those we hadn't seen in a long time. It is kind of hard having my Mom live in another state-but I am glad she is happy and that's what matters. I guess it makes the visits and time we get to spend together that much better.