Disappointments

Life is full of disappointment. Last week was spring break for the kids. We didn't do much. I colored our dinner green on St Patrick's Day and kids thought I put spinach in everything and they weren't going to eat it, but they had to. We did go out to breakfast one day. We did a lot of dentist and doctor appointments.

On Saturday, we went to a big air show here at Luke Air Force Base. They only do this show every other year. We drove about an hour and half to get there, then another hour and a half just to park--and that was a mess. Once we got up to the gate, the line was so long it would have been another hour and a half standing in the hot sun just to go through security to get in. We gave up and came home. So, no pictures.

Last night, as usual, the kids pile on Jeff after prayers. They think they have to wrestle before bed every night. All four of them are on him, he bucks them off. Kade and Samantha start crying. Samantha hurt her back on Kade's arm, and Kade can't move his arm. So, Jeff thinks it may be broken. He takes him to the nearest hospital. 5 1/2 hours later, Jeff gets so mad, yells at a few people walks out. His arm wasn't broken. They looked at him once, then forgot about him, then 2 hours after they finally took the x-rays, Jeff yelled enough for someone to look at them and say it wasn't broken, then they wanted Jeff to fill out more paperwork. Well, you can imagine what he was like at 2:00 am.

So, again, no pictures. There's nothing to take pictures of.

Only One

Kind of weird to only have one boy in the pinewood derby this year. This is Jeff's 8th car. And, only one more to go...




We couldn't believe our first time at scouts when there are about 30 boys in one ward. Our ward in Tempe combined with two other wards and we were lucky to have 10 show up.

They were really organized.

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And the winner is....

Kade! He won first place for the Bears and 2nd overall. Yeah! (the boy that won 1st overall bought his car on-line. Is it good sportsmanship to say he cheated??)

(Hmmm, should Jeff or Kade be in this picture)

Spring Fever

We can tell spring is in the air when Jeff wakes up in the morning sneezing and all stuffed up. Yet, the rest of us like it. We started a garden. Believe it or not, the tomatoes should have been started a month ago, so they will take awhile. We are also trying to get the back yard cleaned up for grass. But, we aren't there yet.




And, crazy kids decided to try the pool. It was cooold. Kade cleaned more than he felt the water. And that's ok too.

You can tell by the look on Derek's face, it wasn't that nice.

Samantha was the bravest. This is as far as anyone got in. It will be another couple of months before the water is warm enough.