Breakin Records

Taylor is such a great kid. She always excels at what ever she does. She has had straight A's since entering school. She is awesome at soccer, gymnastics and piano. She just has the talent and ability to catch on fast and she is incredibly athletic. She broke the 4th grade record for running the mile in 6 minutes 56 seconds. It was a standing record for 9 years at 7 minutes 19 seconds. She was just short of beating the school record. At field day she won the pacer run and the mile run and placed 2nd in the 100 meter dash. I am so proud of her and all of her accomplishments. Your sisters have a hard act to follow.

LIPSTICKS SOCCER

This was my second season coaching the Lipsticks and they kicked butt! Every game but one we won by at least 10 points. They played awesome all season long. Carley figured out that she is pretty darn fast and had some great runs up the field to score. When she watches the ball instead of her teammates there is no stopping her. She ended up scoring 45 points total for the season. Way to go Carley!

Broken Arm

5/6/09

I am MOTHER OF THE YEAR! The girls were all watching cartoons and playing in the game room while I was getting ready for the day. Chloe starting crying and I could hear Taylor yelling so I came in to see what all of the commotion was. Well, Chloe had fallen off of a 1-foot little Tyke slide in the game room and was saying her arm hurt. I compared it to the other arm and it was not swollen, it was not red or bruised and she could move all of her fingers. So I gave her an ice pack and sent her off to school. Well, I got a call from her teacher about 5 hours later saying that she was really favoring her arm and not using it for anything. So I headed to the school to pick her up. I called Chris on the way for his opinion and all I got from him was...."Don't tell me it is broken and you took her to school with a broken arm....I am so MAD". Yeah, you know I had so much important stuff to do that I decided to take her while I sit home and eat bon bons!

I got an appointment with a pediatric hand specialist to try and avoid the ER. Sure enough it was broken right above her wrist. The Dr. called it a buckle break. I felt so bad. She got to pick the color of her cast and she has to have it on 3 weeks. She is doing very well with it so far. One more week and counting until she can get it off.

Naughty Leprechaun

Our home was visited by a naughty little leprechaun last night. Boy did he make a mess! There were little green footprints all over the floor, windows and doors. All of the pillows were off of the couches and the table chairs were all tipped over. There were books, papers and dolls everywhere!. The girls were so surprised and couldn't believe what a mess he made. Chloe kept saying "this house is a mess"! He even made our milk turn green! The leprechaun left a rainbow of skittles scattered around the house. Happy St Patricks Day!

ALOHA

After a year of saving and planning we finally made it to Hawaii.

• DAY ONE: The trip started with a limo ride to the airport. We stopped at Dunken Donuts and girls felt like movie stars. They were so excited to get on the airplane. The flight there seemed to take forever. Because of a strong head wind it took an extra hour and that was a long time with three kids. Once we got there and got checked into our hotel we went and has some yummy fish and chips while watching the sun set.


• DAY TWO: The next day we headed to Hanaumu Bay. This has been one of my favorite places to snorkle but this particular day the water wasn't very clear. The girls were kinda freaked out about the reef and the creatures living on it. The girls loved playing on the beach and we all had a great time.


• DAY THREE: We spent the first half of the day at the beach playing in the sand. Later that afternoon we took a bus to Paradise Cove Luau. The luau was the favorite part of the trip for the girls. They got to take hold and take pictures of some tropical birds, go canoeing and play some games. During the dinner show Chris and the girls went on stage and learned the hula.


• DAY FOUR - We took the circle island tour that went to the north shore and the Polynesian Cultrual Center. We also go to go by the Mormon temple which is being totally renovated and will not open until 2010. At the Cultral Center we visited, Somoa, Tonga, Tihiti and New Zealand. We also watched a canoe parade.


• DAY FIVE - We were going to go whale watching but after a couple of hours on a bus the day before we decided to just relax by the pool at the hotel. Much to our surprise when we went down they had drained the pool! So we went to the beach and then to the pool at a sister hotel across the street. The tide came in later that day and the girls had a blast body surfing. Boy did they giggle.


• DAY SIX - Up at 5:00 AM to catch an 8:00 flight....what was I thinking! The flight home only took about 5.5 hours.

We enjoyed having Grandma Char with us. It was a big help to have one child per adult. She even let Chris and I go to dinner by ourselves one night!

I need a vacation from my vacation!

Pony Party

Carley has been talking about her 5th birthday party for the past year. Despite the weather scare it turned out to be a wonderful day. We had her party at the McKee Ranch not too far from the house. There were a lot of horses, goats, a pig, a donkey a couple of bunnies and a lamb. This kids got to feed the animals carrots and ride the pony...PUFFY. We had a great turn out and Carley had a fabulous time. Happy Birthday Carley!

Another one bites the dust

Most of you know my very traumatic experience with my phone and the elevator shaft. If you don't here is a recap....We were on our way to Park City and we were running a little bit late and couldn't find a parking spot at the airport. I drop Shawna and Annilee off and told them to go ahead and check in and I would catch up with them. Immediately after dropping them off I found a spot, so I parked, grabbed my suitcase and ran to the elevator. I grabbed my phone to call Shawna to find out where they were and oops it slipped right out of my hands down a one inch hole just as the elevator doors closed. I was going down and for some reason thought my phone would be there when I got down. To make a long story short it was not. I had to go on vacation with out it but when I returned I picked it up at the lost and found in a baggy! This was in September.

So last week I was outside playing with the kids and my phone rang. I answered it and talked for a couple of minutes then placed in on top of the hood of my car. A couple of hours later I realized it was pretty quiet so I called myself and it went straight to voicemail. I knew exactly what had happened. I had ran one quick errand in between all of this and it was lying in the road. So I jump in the car and retraced my path. I found it about 1 mile from home. It had been ran over several times.

I hope three is a charm because Chris is going to kill me if I ruin another one.