Spring Break Day 2

Today was Sunday, so we started out the day with church bright and early at 8:30.

After church we went to River View Park. They have some really cool climbing structures-including a giant caterpillar and a 50 foot high tower. They also have a splash pad. The kids had lots of fun and got some energy out-it was much needed after the 7 hour drive the day before.

 After going to the park we went on a little ride to a farm to see some animals including Watusi, which are cows with giant horns.

That night the kids had fun playing with Chief and Turbo (Grandma and Grandpa's dogs).

Spring Break in Arizona Day 1

It has been awhile since, maybe 2 years, since we have been down to Arizona to see my Mom. A couple of weeks ago I started thinking about it and decided Spring Break would be the perfect opportunity for the kids and I to go and visit. Landon and Tanner both had to work, so it would be just Chloe, Bryce and I. I was a little bit worried about the 7 hour drive and also the big city traffic, but I decided to give it a whirl and go for it. The kids were both so excited to go, in fact they got up early Saturday morning and kept hurrying me up to get out the door and on the road-which is probably why I forgot a few of my necessities-LOL.

We decided to take a little break about halfway there for some lunch and a little sight seeing along the old Route 66. We found a really fun old Café-Mr. Deez and also a cool train to explore. The kids had lots of fun and the food was good. Bryce even ate all of his-since he ordered pancakes and that is one of the top things on the list of foods he will actually eat. I actually got kind of sick just after getting back on the road-dang IBS-I have to be super careful when eating out cause I never know what might affect me. Luckily though I was able to control it without to much problem and only a couple of extra stops.

4 hours later we finally made it to Arizona and Grandma's house. We went and grabbed some food and had a nice picnic in the park just across the street from her house, and then it was time for bed-we were all pretty tired from our adventures thus far.

Maybe He's Part Bear

Seriously though...I buy blackberries whenever they are on sale, but they never last for long. Usually I buy them as a treat for Bryce and I usually buy one package just for him and one for everyone else-here's why...

I gave him this carton of blackberries to snack on while coming home from the grocery store. Imagine my surprise when I got him out of the car and the entire package was already gone. Now he usually goes through them pretty fast, but not quite that fast. The way he loves berries (blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries) you would think he was part bear. It's a miracle he didn't have a stomachache that night. #BryceEE

Gymnastics Review

Last week at preschool Bryce had a gymnastics review. I wasn't able to get off to go to it, because it was at a time during the day that is hard for me to get away from work. I was kind of sad to have to miss it, but I was glad Landon was able to work it out to be there. Bryce was so excited that Dad came. He did a good job with his handstands, forward roll, balance beam and bar. Plus Landon said he listened to his teachers really well and followed directions. 

When I got home from work he was so excited to show me the videos Landon had taken and also show me the medal he had received. We are so happy with the confidence and skills Barefoot Montessori has brought to Bryce in many many aspects of his life. #BryceEE

Tryouts and New Team

Last week I saw this flyer at work and took it home. We had one day to decide, tryouts were the next day, if Chloe was going to tryout or not or keep playing with snow canyon. Ultimately we decided that she would try out and we would kind of take it day by day on deciding if it was time to make the switch. For those of you who don't know for the past year Chloe has been playing on the Snow Canyon middle school team, because Dixie didn't really have a good program. It has been great for her. She has learned so many skills and gotten lots of great experience. However, the drive over to that side of town several times a week or more can be taxing on everyone. Back to the tryouts-she showed up, along with about 40 other girls and tried out. They ended up doing a second tryout broke down into smaller groups. They ended up making a 6/7th grade team, and an 8th grade team of about 10 players each and putting the rest of the girls on like a developmental team.

Chloe made the 7th grade team. The decision was hard, but we decided to make the switch and jump over to Dixie and say goodbye to Snow Canyon. This will definitely be a growing year for Dixie as the program develops and a lot of the girls learn the skills Chloe has already learned and developed the past year, but I hope in the end it will work out. A few of her good friends are also on the new team, so I think that will be a good thing.

They played their first game last week and I was actually surprised that they only lost by one point. Chloe made 3/4 of her foul shots and a couple other shots from the floor. She did pretty well on everything besides her passes in which she was having a hard time getting in bounds with the press the other team was putting on, but overall she had a great game. I think she played the whole game except for 54 seconds, and she was pretty tired afterwards-that is a lot of running. Here's hoping this change will bring good things if not right now hopefully in the future.
GO DIXIE!!!

Tailbone Trouble

Chloe has been having lots of problems with her tailbone. We aren't really sure what happened. She did have a bad fall on the ice a few months ago, but it didn't seem to hurt her to bad right then. However the last month she has pretty much been in constant pain. We have tried everything heat, ice, a couple trips to the hyperbaric chambers, x-rays, a donut seat-you know the ones you use after having a baby LOL (which she was even taking to her classes at school), and lots and lots of ibuprofen, but nothing seemed to be really helping. Finally, I decided to take her to the chiropractor. The Chiropractor said it was way compressed in the tailbone area and he had a hard time working it out, also one of her legs was actually shorter than the other because her hips were out. She felt pretty sore after the visit, but within a few days she said she was actually feeling better. She will have a couple of follow up appointments, but hopefully this will fix her up and she can be back to normal.

Breakfast at The Crepery

Last Friday Chloe had a sleepover with some friends. The next morning she wanted me to take them for breakfast. Only problem-I didn't have enough seats in my car-haha. One of the girls Mom's came to and drove as well so they could go. Of course Bryce didn't want to be left out and joined us. We went to The Crepery and it was delicious! The girls had fun taking pictures of all the fun and unique décor and hanging out in the swing chairs and other fun seats.

I told Bryce I didn't think he could eat a whole crepe cause they are huge, but he surprised us all and wolfed one down. Crepes are one of his very favorite foods. We will definitely be going back.