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.

Science Fair 2009

First, Nicholas comes home about a month ago with the assignment for the science fair. So, after spending a couple of days trying to decide what to do, he started on decomposing some leaves and fruit peel. His was the only one that was judged, but he didn't win anything.

(Notice the nice smile. He got his braces off--again)

Second, Derek comes home and says he needs a machine. Luckily, my brother and his wife helped when they were down here visiting. Jeff still was up late one night getting it all together.

THEN, I was so thrilled (ha ha) when Samantha came home and said she signed up to do a project. We tried growing grass in different ways, but as many science projects do, it failed. None of them grew.

I was glad that Kade did his as a class project. They tried different places in their classroom to grow mold.

Another year done--there's still next year.

You've heard the phrase "step on a crack, you'll break you're mother's back."

What about dad's back?

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Well, when you put over 300 lbs of kids on it...I would say you would break his back too.

I think we've out-grown horsey rides to bed.

Yellow vs Red

Jeff has always been a Steelers fan, but when the Arizona Cardinals were in the Superbowl...







our house was divided. Kade was cheering for the Steelers,

Derek was cheering for the Steelers.

These are little jello helmets. The yellow crushed the Red. Oh well.

and Girl Stuff...

First, we took off the training wheels. We were a little surprised, but she did great!





Second, I gave in and she got her ears peirced! Pink flowers,











Then, she had a birthday party--


with a pinata!
And her birthday isn't until Wednesday. Is she spoiled or what.