3rd Grade Hershey Track Meet

Today was the day for Parker's track meet (he's in the navy blue shirt & shorts.) This is the first year he gets to participate and he was excited. Parker was signed up for the standing long jump, softball throw, 50 yd dash and 4 person relay. I missed seeing him do the long jump, thought he did pretty good with the softball throw and then he took 2nd place in the 50 yd dash and 3rd place in the semi finals.

Unfortunately they ran out of time and called it a day so the semi finals and finals were never finished. Who knows how those would have ended up and the poor kids didn't even get to do their relay. Kind of lame but what can you do? I hope they post the results somewhere (for long jump, softball throw, the races.)

Parker was happy with things. I think he enjoyed the socializing with friends and munching on snacks all day just as much.

Paxton did some socializing of his own with some of his cute little neighborhood friends and even got to run in the lollipop race with all the other young kids.

Time For the Annual Spring Carnival

Friday was the school's spring carnival. The boys had a great time going on all the inflatable slides and jump houses, climbing the rock wall and playing games and winning prizes.

For the last couple of years I've volunteered to help during the carnival and enjoyed doing that again this year (just overseeing the Pirates of the Caribbean slide. Paxton went on it numerous times in that 1.5 hrs I was helping out.)

These pictures are mainly of Paxton because Parker was "too cool" to hang out with us and wandered off with his friends instead. That's OK, what else would you expect from a 9 yr old? :)

Paxton enjoyed having some of the young girls that were helping with the booths color his hair..... GREEN! His favorite color!

Spring Break in St. George

Last week was spring break for the kids so we headed down to St. George on Wednesday and stayed through Saturday. The weather could have been a little warmer (and less wind) but it didn't keep the kids from swimming, that is all they wanted to do.

Here are some pics from our trip - I was able to celebrate my 34th birthday while down there and so there is a pic of me and the boys on my bday in one of my new outfits I bought at TJ Maxx and More. I love that store!!! (Who can beat those Joe's Jeans I got for only 29.99?)

On Friday morning I went with my sister in law to the Summit Athletic Club to a spin class. Man, talk about top of the line bikes & the instructor was very easy on the eyes. He was going through the room really pushing you to go harder & faster. Hey, he was a hottie & can get after me all he wants. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me or I definitely would have taken a pic or two for the blog. :) I found out from my regular spin instructor that she trained under this guy and he is the spinning god - next to Johnny G, so she was excited to hear I got to go to one of his classes since he is so awesome!

Besides swimming the kids enjoyed happy meals for lunch each day (couldn't wait to see what "toy" they got each time), going to get ice cream & playing at the park with cousins. They also had a lot of FUN going to Fiesta Fun & playing the arcade games, riding the bumper boats & race cars as you can see. We got poppy (AKA my dad) to drive the race car with Parker since he wasn't tall enough to drive on his own - I think poppy liked it.

Funny story but those little cars that Paxton is in are very slow (but he wasn't tall enough for the race cars.) There were 6 cars & when they started off Paxton was in 5th place. All the kids were bigger & older than him but by the end of the ride he had managed to get in 1st place. Not sure how he did it since you can't speed up really with those things & he didn't keep his eyes on the road much - he liked looking at everyone around him. They probably were too slow for Paxton, he's used to speed since he has one of those battery operated 4 wheelers that has 2 speeds on it & he's always driving that thing around on the fast speed. And last week he started riding his brother's electric scooter (yes, those are for ages 8 and up & this 4 yr old handles it like a pro.)

Of course after playing all the arcade games we had to redeem our tickets for some "great" prizes as Paxton is modeling for us - who wouldn't want their own pair of googly eyes & a recorder? BTW those are really "fun" to listen to for the 3+ hr drive home in case you are wondering! :)

When it was time to come home on Saturday the kids were all worn out as you can see. A great time was had by all!!

Bowling With The Boys Is A "BAWL"

Yesterday the boys & I thought we'd do something fun after school & went bowling. No, not to nasty Duke's Lanes (I believe they closed that place in SF any way) but to a newer bowling alley over in Payson. Any way here are a few pictures of the boys bowling. Parker got several spares, & beat both me & Paxton. I think he ended up with a 104, Paxton and I were under 100, it was pretty bad.

In between their turns they kept bugging me about playing the arcade games (so imagine hearing that through 10 frames.) By the end I was so put out with them doing that & not leaving the asking for AFTER we were all done & just enjoying the bowling part, that I would not give up any quarters to the arcade games or chupa chupe sucker machine & we left. I wasn't trying to be a cheapie, just trying to teach them that they don't need to get everything they ask for & I pointed out they didn't even say "thank you." Instead they just threw fits because of what they didn't get to do. So needless to say I had them both bawling (because I said no they can't play when we get home, you go in your rooms for awhile) & in their bedrooms as soon as we got home. I had some peace & quiet for 30 min & then let them out for dinner. Later on they apologized & told me thanks & redeemed themselves by being well behaved & cute boys at the gym while I worked out. After that I took them out for ice cream cones & we ended the night on a good note. :)

Paxton made a funny comment while I was working out there at the gym. I was in the circuit training area on a tricep machine & just pumping the weight up & down & Paxton comes over & asks me "you need quarters for that machine?" I had to laugh, it was cute.

Shoe Fetish Frenzy!

One of the newest things out there I think are shoe parties! Have you ever been to one? They are replacing jewelry, purse & Pampered Chef parties. (Designer jean parties are another new & cool thing - I plan to have one of those after summer.) You go to the hostesses house & see a trailer parked out front. 2-4 girls "run" the party - literally. Let me explain. They have the shoes out on display & you just tell them the size of what you want & they "run" out to that cute little trailer & grab you some shoes to try on. The "runners" are kept busy the entire time you are there because of course you can't try on just 1 pair & there are always tons of people who show up for the party doing the same thing as you! Then you take home your shoe purchases right then and there. They are a lot of fun! This is the 2nd party I've been to. Here's the cute pair of yellow peep toe wedges I couldn't resist! They look cute with jeans or white! All I need is a tan & a pedi & I'll be set for the summer in these shoes!

"Helping" With Dinner

I was making my favorite veggies & pasta last night (isn't it such a colorful looking dish?) & was having Parker help stir things for a bit and caught him sneaking a taste when he thought no one was looking! The camera caught him in action though! My kids are such picky eaters when it comes to the "good stuff" - Parker will only eat the noodles out of this & Paxton will only eat the broccoli. Oh well, more for me!

ARE YOU PREPARED?

I think I have been living in my own world for awhile and have just caught bits and pieces of people worrying about their food storage, the wheat shortage, etc. With the economy being in a recession it got me worrying so I got on the bandwagon and went and got some more food storage today. I always stock up during Macey's case lot on things like the soups, noodles, green beans, corn, spaghetti o's, mac & cheese, ketchup, etc but never got the "basic" staples. So today when Smith's started their case lot I got 40 lbs of sugar, 40 lbs of flour, water, some tuna fish, spaghetti sauce, and peanut butter. I've also been storing my own water as we finish off a Sunny Delight or apple juice and a couple of days ago got on the list to get some wheat (500 lbs to be exact is what I'm asking for - maybe they will have a limit and won't let me get ten 50 lb bags.) I hope during general conference they talk about being prepared and getting the food storage up so I can feel a little ahead of the game & say "yep, I'm working on it!" Now I have no idea how to make bread with all this wheat but I can read a recipe if it comes down to it (I do have an unused breadmaker that would probably come in handy as long as we have power.......) Anyone else out there worried or stocking up?