Katelyn

Last week I took each of my kids out to my grandpa’s farm to take some individual pictures. I am very pleased with the pictures but need some editing skills. I want to learn more about photography but for now these will have to do. If you have any tips send them my way!

Birthday

Happy Birthday Aunt Gaylene!

We love you and hope you

have a special day!

Love,

Jairo, Shelly, Katelyn, Allie and Ryan

Out on the farm!

Last week I took each of my kids out to my grandpa’s farm to take some individual pictures. I am very pleased with the pictures but need some editing skills. I want to learn more about photography but for now these will have to do. If you have any tips send them my way!

Crazy Days

I have been everywhere but home since I last blogged running back and forth helping at the school, busy with my church calling (the Primary Program is coming up), PTA, PTA, PTA, and trying to keep on my house, so I am just posting some of the things that we have been up to for the last couple of weeks.

Spud Day
We had a fun time at the Spud Day Celebration. We watched the parade (in the rain), worked at the PTA booth, played on the fun jumps, rode the train, got rained on some more, visited with people we only see once a year (at Spud Day), and ate lots of yummy food!











Miss Russet
The girls and I went out for a “girl’s night out” to the Miss Russet Pageant to watch our neighbor Lindsey Nelson. I thought it might motivate them to work hard at dance and practice the piano. Good news, it worked, Katelyn has been very willing to practice (sometimes too much), Allie is always in her dance costume and Lindsey won!



Crafty Me!
I made the girls these cute little bags for Piano and Ballet. First I made Katelyn’s (it is suppose to look like a piano), then Allie thought she wanted one exactly the same. I told her I would think of something creative for her bag and here they are. They also wanted little skirts to wear to the next Shelley football game that are red, black, and white so I made these little skirts. Once Sandy saw them she had me make a tiny one for Grace. I also made some funky new hair bows for this fun little dress Allie has (she is wearing them in the Miss Russet picture) and some that are the “Shelley Colors.”





My least favorite job
I painted the girls room. No pictures yet because I haven’t finished their new curtains. I let my friend borrow whole bunch of the girls stuff from their bedroom for her house because their house was on the home show. So while all their stuff was gone I figured it was a good time to freshen up their room! It also motivated me to take a day and go see some of the houses on the home show with all my girlfriends. We had a great time.


Football Season
We have been having a great time going to the Varsity Football Games. The girls performed at one game a couple of weeks ago (I forgot my camera) and did a great job. Every Friday the girls think they have to wear all Shelley colors to school and the games. Ryan has a great time playing with Luke and watching the game with his Daddy. Shelley has a great team this year and has only lost one game so far.




Dino Dig
For PTA I was in charge of a Dino Dig for the little Goodsell Preschool Kids. I brought Ryan and Luke along so they could get a little dirty themselves. We dug for bones, played dino games, and made little dinosaur necklaces. The boys had a blast





The other day my sister asked why I don’t ever just sit when I have a day that I don’t have to be somewhere? I guess I have too much A.D.D.!

"Super Ryan"

Yesterday Ryan was watching TV and he saw that the Speed Racer movie was out on DVD and wanted it really bad. So Today Grandma Debbie took him out to buy it and ended up getting him a bunch of his favorite prizes. Among the loot was some race cars, a couple new tooth brushes, the speed racer movie and last but not least a "Superman costume". He kept wanting to put it on but we had to go to a football game so told him that he would have to wait until tomorrow...well just before bedtime he comes running out of my room yelling "Superman" and "Super Friends!" Jairo had helped him put the "get-up" on. He is so excited, I don't know if he will ever go to sleep now.

Best Friends

I love the way my girls are BEST FRIENDS! They have always been inseparable, but I worried that it would only be a matter of time before they would find their own friends. When thay have a play date they have always wanted to share friends…which has always touched my heart. This year when they finally got to be in the same school I wondered if they would be able to see each other and how they would interact. A about a week into school I noticed that when I drop them off at school that they usually hold hands while they are running to the doors and have since heard from some people at school that they see the girls hugging when they see each other at lunch recess. The other day my friend stopped by and saw them running across the yard holding hands when they got off the bus and said “they must be good friends”. This is what life is all about for me and I am so grateful to have kids that are each others best friends.
I snuck my camera to school the other day to capture their friendship with hopes that it will always last!

Neighborhood Party

On Saturday we had our annual Neighborhood Party. This year we hired Polynesian Dancers from Utah to come as our entertainment and had a Luau. We cooked a pig for dinner and had everyone bring a side dish. We were excited to have a great turn out. Our neighborhood is all 1+ acre lots with no fences and lots of kids so our kids were running around playing with all of their friends. When it came time for show to start I went looking for my kids figuring that all the girls were in our little playhouse like last year but, I could not find them. When I got back to my seat I noticed that they were snuggled up on the front row watching the performers. Near the end of the performance the host called 5 men to come up and dance with the hula ladies and I just knew that Jairo was going to get called and sure enough, he did. He was a very good sport and was “shaking it” pretty good! We all had a good laugh. During the show Ryan kept trying to talk in Tongan and was dancing very silly. The last performer was a 12 year old fire dancer. He was so good. Apparently he travels all over for competitions with his father and brothers. At the end all of the dancers sang I Am a Child of God in Tongan then had the audience join in English for the last verse. It was so neat. We had a great time and learned a lot about other cultures.