Another day in the life....

I guess when you are in a family you learn to share...
even colds!
Poor A..... ;(

Teaching B to change a tire.
He was so excited to fix his sissy's bike!

B and I brought E's bike to her at school so she could ride it home.
This was one happy girl!

N running the 3 Legged Race
@ The Ward Picknick 

The Boys

N gave his 6th Grade Country Report today on
Ghana!

Some mommy bragging....
The 5th highest grade in the school!
Proud!

I walked into the front room and this is what I find.
Brotherly bonding!
Watching animated stick people videos on YouTube...?

Sick

All day Saturday I thought my allergies were just terrible.
Sunday morning I woke up with the reality that I had a COLD.
Ugh! 

E told dad they needed to take a picture of dinner
to put on the blog...
;)
They took such good care of me...
Love them!

Sunny Spring Saturday

Pink glasses? 

E zonked on the way to N's game
Cowboy boots, summer dress and baseball mit.
Thats our girl!

Go 24!!!!

Yum!

B made his own breakfast;
Peanut butter and jelly wrap with cheese!
Yum!

Chocolat covered strawberries for an after school snack!
Yum!

An Active Day

Skiing for the first time ever!
My moto...
It will be a successful day if I fall less that 50 times.
I only fell 12ish times
 and the majority of those times were in the first hour.
LOL :)

J has snowboarded before
 but has not skied before today.
Since its not my story I wont tell his number of falls
 but he is a quick learn.
:)

Can you immagine doing this?!?!

A BeAuTiFuL day for a soccer game!
E scored her first GOAL!!

"Go Dolphin Snakes"
Like their compromised team name?

Watching sisters play makes brothers thirsty. ;)

Book Fair

Some women cant say no to a shoe sale.
Me? I cant say no to a book sale!
Especially when they are children's books
and the procedes go to the elementary school.
Its was a no-brainer!
Books are always WONDERFUL!
I personally believe one can never own too many books. :D  

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree!
B could not narrow down his selection.
E wanted multipul 'chapter' books.
And C wanted to get the most for his money!

A new book for 'Quiet Time'

And of course another baseball game!
C's team is still undefeated!
Tonights score 8-1
Whoot!! 

Dresses, field-trips, driving.... and more baseball!

Last night E received the dress her
Supper Incredibly Talented Grandma made her.
She was tremendously proud and excited to wear it today!

C's field-trip to the Natural History Museum!
We had a blast seeing, touching, exploring and learning new things!
There was no way we could have covered every exhibit in one trip
so we decided its a place we must visit again!

B driving in our neighborhood.. OMG

Its a little shocking how well he can steer...

Our little batter!

One Way to Enjoy Earth Day is Through Sports

B winning at the Earth Day Memorie Game

Admiring his winnings

Dad took C's team met at the batting cages tonight.
 E and B got to tag along!

 So I hear B was like a prodigy at the batting cages tonight!

Proud parents!!

1/2 Time
Isn't he sweet? He still smiles for him mom! :D
 Score 0-0
They played strong tonight against the #1 team in the league!
They didn't score but they also didn't get scored on!

Mom & A being silly at N's game 
A - "So is this going on the family blog?"
Me - "Thats a fabulous idea!!

Sundays Make Us Smile

We hear that N & I clean up pretty nice! ;)

E said we needed a picture of us GIRLS!

B found these glasses in the Lost and Found
and wore them the whole way through church today!

I turned around in the van and this is what I saw!!!!
Oh Man!

K (Anthonys friend) tried to make cinnamon rolls this morning
 and they didn't turn out ;( so A said
 "Dont worry just come on over and we can make some together."

These turned out sooooo well!

E will have her second visit from the Tooth Fairy this week.
She said she will sing
'all I want for my birthday is my two front teeth'

Backpacking in Escalante with the Bigs

Day 1 - 9 miles

Day 2 - 61/2 miles

Sunrise....

We left the house at 4:30 am Friday morning

40 miles of washboard 

N driving for the first time..
Perma Grin!

A driving... old hat

'Spike' (AKA the car) made it &
packs are ready!

Let the adventure begin

N climbing the sandstone

Beginning - Sandstone as far as you can see

The bigs....
(photo taken through the plastic bag)

Made it into the wash!

A said
 "If you are impressed with this,
just wait,  it getts better!" 

Jacob Hamblin Arch

Our camp site

A suggested we bring slippers.
After 9 miles our feet were grateful!

Sleeping under the stars.

The view from our sleeping-bags 

Day 2 involved lots of water....
Skipping rocks

Playing in the falls

 Under 

Through

Over

Drying off

Middle - Drying rock and lunch meadow 

Canyons

Natural Bridge

We made it!
Climbed the Jacob Hamblin Arch
death defying rock cliff,
and survived! 

The End - From the top of Jacob Hamblin Arch

Sunset