Boomerang!!

Jeff stayed home with the girls today and he wanted them to clean the house with him, and he came up with a great motivater. If they were really helpful he would take us to Adventure Pizza when I got home from work. Well they did awsome and so off we went. We have never been there and it was lots of fun, the girls had a blast collecting tickets for prizes. Well Abbi had a great time, Syd spent most of the night with her hands over her ears complaining that it was really loud. But they both had a great time picking out prizes. Sydney got a braclet and a ring and some candy, and Abbi got a ring some candy and a boomerang.

Well she knew exactly what they were supposed to do and Jeff told her that he could teach her to throw it so it would come back to her. So off we went, home to try out our newest cool toy. Jeff and Abbi were having a great time and Jeff even got it to turn around and almost back to us, and Abs had a fun time trying. I on the other hand was not so good at it. My first throw hit Abbi in the wrist, no harm no foul, I did not even throw it hard, and after a few minutes it was my turn again. I really wanted to let it fly this time, I figured the more momentum the better chance it would have of getting back to me. Jeff was standing 6 feet to the side of me and a little behind me, evidently not quite far enough away.

Good news: He does not need stiches

Bad news: He can't remember why :)

Lesson learned and I will leave the boomerang to the experts. I am sooooo never ever living this

down. He is such a good sport. (it looks worse in person)

Ward Party!

We had a ward get together on Saturday, it was a blast. Don't worry, it was only 110 outside, and we were having a bbq at noon at the park. Truly we must be crazy! However, it was a lot of fun, there were snow cones, a fish pond, water slides and a pie eating contest that my hubby won( I am so proud of you Jeffrey!!) also we had a visit from the Fire Department. That was really cool for the kids, they got to get inside the truck and meet real firemen and then get squirted with the fire hose, they were in Heaven. Abbi and Syd love firefighters, so getting to go inside the truck was a dream come true for Abbi. And Jeff and I got to sit with Carter on our blanket with Jennifer and Jared in the shade and just chill with grown up conversation. Really a great day!

Memorial Day!

I hope there aren't any rules on posting things really late and out of order, but lets be perfectly honest with my track record shouldn't we just be happy that they are getting posted at all.

So for memorial day we went to Pioneer Park to do a little kid friendly hiking. It was a blast, and really the girls left us in the dust. They were having so much fun we kept having to slow them down and reign them in, I didn't really think they needed to hike to the top of the tallest mountain. Sydney told us that "this hike is fantastic!!" really what 3 year old says fantastic, what a sweetheart! Even Carter couldn't stop babbaling from his backpack. I think next time we will do something a little more adventurous. Does anyone have any ideas for next time??

Ballet Recital

Abbi and Syd had there ballet recitals a couple of weeks ago and they were so cute. I may be biased but thats okay. Sydney had her at the studio and they danced a bunch of the dress up dances that they did all year and then got to have a tea party with their dads. It was so fun. Syd had such a blast showing off. And of course she did all of her dances with her tounge sticking out of her mouth!

Abbi had her recital at the Cox auditorium on the "Big girl stage" She couldn't wait to show us her dance. She was a swan this year. This is her last year in pre-ballet, she will now be in regular ballet and be working with the bar and everything. I am so excited for her. I am not really a dance person, but she seems to love it so I hope she sticks with it.