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.

Indiana Abbi

A couple of weeks ago Abigail was having a very hard time going to bed, and after an hour of in and out of bed we heard something strange from her room. Jeff got up to investigate and came back in the living room with a hysterical Abigail. He told me that she was stuck in her window. Her feet were on on the window sill and her arms were wedged against the sides of the window. It took almost 5 minutes for her to calm down so we could talk, and then she would not tell us why she was in the window. Well several minutes and lots of convincing later she finally gave me this explination, "Well, I was not supposed to leave my room so i was playing a game...a pretend game, and something touched me and I just had to get away." Momsense kicked in at this point and I asked "Abbi were you playing Indiana Jones." The look on her face was all the confirmation I needed. Aparantly she and her Dad had been watching movie trailers before bed,. Dad says he will be much more careful choosing bedtime activities from now on! But now we can call her Indiana Abbi

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Jeffrey!! I just thought I should tell the world what a great and wonderful husband you are, and also what an awsome Dad. It is the Father's and son's campout tonight, and even though Carter is too young to go, Jeff was really looking forward to a boy's night. Then he found out that Abbi's dance recital is also tonight, and he is staying in town so he doesn't miss it. What a GREAT dad! So Happy Birthday to the World's Greatest DAD!

I PROMISE

I PROMISE that I will more faithfully update my blog. I have had some technical difficulties and now 3 months later have figured it all out. So Sorry for all of you who have missed out on reading about Cater getting tubes in his ears (way fun btw) Sydney trying to fly off the top bunk bed and dislocating her finger, not very long ago she did the same to her elbow (thinks she is unbreakable) and the very exciting story of Indiana Abbi. Well I will have to write about that one on my next post, because it is very funny!

So there we go, I PROMISE to update my blog so I stop getting yelled at :)