Connie and Sugi came to visit for a couple of days around Valentine's day, and it was fun to see them! Our friends from Florida were here at the same time, and Sugi's brother and wife came over from Las Cruces one day as well. We all went out to dinner together.
Ally decided she is ready to get married.
It's been so fun to hang out with our friends at the park in the neighborhood. Ally and her friend Savannah are pretty much inseparable.
One morning there was a deer hanging out across the street from our house. Later that afternoon there was a different deer that was dead over there. I wonder if that's why this one was hanging out? Sad. A big dump truck came and used a big metal claw thing to scoop up the dead one. It was gross.
A few years ago Grandma KD gave us this game "Seek-a-Boo". All our kids have loved it when they were small, and Colby recently discovered it in the closet. He sets the cards up all over the living room and plays over and over again.
Our Sr. Primary got invited to sing at the Stake Conference adult session. It's about 75 miles away from our house, so I took all these kiddos and we ate dinner at Sam's Club before we sang. Kylee played her flute while the kids sang, and it turned out really nice.
Near our house there is a dirt road that runs along a canal, and we've been teaching our kiddos how to "mountain bike" on the dirt road. Ally crashes at least once per ride, but she's getting better!
One Sunday we were down at the park and some people from our ward were out walking their pony. They let the kids all pet it, and then asked if any of them wanted to sit on it. Ally and Savannah were the only ones brave enough to give it a try.
One night Ally's preschool had STREAM night (remember the olden days when it used to be STEM? Then STEAM...now STREAM...what will they add next?!?). It started while she was at dance, so as soon as her class ended I took her straight there. She took a picture with a dino, made a bunch of crafts, and did a rainbow experiment with Skittles. It was fun!
Kylee got 3rd place in her category at her school Science Fair, so one Saturday she got to wake up at the crack of dawn to catch a bus to Regionals, which was about 2.5 hours away. We had to meet the bus at 4:15am, which was crazy, but she had fun.
Our kiddos LOVE to watch cooking shows (MasterChef Jr., Spring Baking Championship, etc.), and they all think they want to learn to cook. I don't want the little ones near the stove when it's on, so they sit over on the end of the counter and watch their macaroni cooking.
Stinky Blankie finally underwent surgery. Colby chews and chews and chews on those corners, and they were NASTY, no matter how often blankie got washed. I chopped off all the corners and sewed it back up. Andy's plan was to just throw stinky blankie out, but I couldn't find a replacement one, so we improvised, and stinky blankie lives to be chewed on another day!
One day Ally was playing dress-ups and Colby really wanted to play. He'll LOVE this photo when he gets older!
Kylee had her last band concert of the year right before Spring Break. They did...wonderful! Let's just say it's a bunch of 6th graders who have been playing their instruments for about 3/4 of a school year. It's clear that some are better than others, and when you throw them all together...I give them an 'A' for effort. Kylee is actually first chair of the flutes though, so that's something. She's doing pretty good!
Her school also did a Living Wax Museum and she was Ruth from the Bible. They painted red dots on each kid's hand, and you had to walk around and push the "button" for them to give you their memorized speech. Skyler and Ally thought it was super fun.
