Kindergarten Preview

Brandon was invited to attend his first school preview night for kindergarten. He has been waiting for this night for weeks! He wanted to get his hair done so Dallas was nice and did a little fo hawk for him. We got there and after a welcoming from the principal, Mr. Boynton, the kids got to go on a bus ride while the kindergarten teachers told us how we as parents could prepare our children for their first year of school. The kids came back and we had a short slide show of a typical day of school, followed by a tour of the school and last but not least pizza and cookies. Brandon asks me everyday if he can go to school that day. He will sure like it when he actually goes in the fall.

Mother's Day

I had a nice Mothers Day yesterday. I was able to talk to my mom and wish her a happy mothers day. My mom and dad just got back from their little mini retirement vacation in celebration of dads retirement last month. They took a trip down southern Oregon hitting some lakes so dad could do a little fishing, stopped at a wildlife park and the redwoods. Mike made me lemon ricotta crepes for breakfast, even after getting home late from a gig the night before:) and the boys all made me feel super special. Mike bought a beautiful wind chime and got us a new fan -our other one died by strangulation ( a string from a mylar balloon wrapped around the motor and burned it up)Dallas wrote me a poem and made me a flower with hersey kisses, Cody picked me some flowers and wrote me a nice note and Elijah made me a cute card and said what he liked about me. Brandon was sweet and drew me a picture and said he would help by picking up his toys;) I'm so blessed to be a mom to four wonderful boys. They are so active and have such distinct personalities. I love seeing what makes them tick. Church was nice as there were some talks on mothers and the primary kids also got up and sang a couple of numbers. Brandon said he was too scared to go up this time- I hope that all of my family and friends had a great mothers day!!!

Happy birthday to US!

34 and counting! Mike and I celebrated our birthdays this past weekend. It was gorgeous here in the pacific northwest. We took the boys to see, Life of Pi, at the dollar theater in Federal Way after watching Kylee and Kingston in the morning. *I usually work on Saturday mornings from 6 a.m. - 10 a.m. but decided to take the day off since it was my birthday. Mike was so sweet though and said he would watch the kids in the morning* after that Mike told me to take some time and go get something for my birthday so I went to Kohls where I had a 30% off coupon and a couple of $10 off coupons. I even ran into my sister at Ross! After I got back we decided to do something fun for Mike since his birthday was on Sunday. We took the boys and went to Ross (again) where Mike picked out a couple shirts that he liked. We then went to Karma Indian and got take out for Mike and I so we could have somewhat of a birthday date. The boys got happy meals;) If you have never been to Karma, you should definitely go. I highly recommend the Mango Curry!!! Sunday started out with Elijah making a breakfast sandwich for Mike in his best clothes and by washing the windows. After church we went over to the Stone House and had dinner and FHE-Tammy taught a great lesson on the priesthood. We then had fun opening gifts and eating delicious cake that Mercedes made for us. She made a devils food cake and a chocolate mint cake. We were totally spoiled. Thanks everyone!!!! Mike, dad, and Nick had fun riding the quads and taking the kids for rides. The kids even played red rover with me and Aunt Juliet. It wasn't as dark as the pictures make it look and there were minimal injuries:)