Kylee Dance

We finally got Kylee's Spring dance photos, and I think they turned out cute. She definitely liked her Hip Hop class more than her prior ballet/jazz class, so I'm glad we put her in it. She actually did really well.

Skyler's Birthday

At the end of May, Skyler turned 3. It's crazy how fast the time goes by! This cake was made at the total last-minute for a sort-of Memorial Day/Birthday Party (because we'd already had a cake on his actual birthday), but I guess it didn't turn out too bad. Skyler loved it, and that's what matters. He is obsessed with Thomas right now.

Not sure what's up with the crazy pose here, but I had three other photos and all the poses in them were even crazier, so....

Skyler got more mega blocks for his birthday. 200 more. So we have somewhere in the neighborhood of 600 now. Or 700? Or 800? Anyway, we have a lot. We built this fort.

And this Empire State Building, which DOES almost reach to the vaulted ceiling.

Not really sure why Skyler's blanket is Andy's cape here, but Skyler was super excited to blow out his candles and he did it all by himself (with some help from a small breeze that just randomly blew from the direction of Andy's mouth).

Ally thought she was having a birthday, too.

She enjoyed Skyler's cake much more than she did her own cake when she had her birthday (and wasn't feeling well).

Tiff and Evalina came over to have cake and ice cream with Skyler for his birthday.

End of School

At the end of the year Mt. Loafer always does a walk-a-thon fundraiser. This year they did a "color fest" theme, and each time the kids completed a lap they got a squirt of color on their shirt. It was a HUGE mess, but the kids loved it.

Skyler was super excited to see all the kids walking...

...and Ally single-handedly porked almost a whole box of wheat thins.

Payson Temple

The Payson Temple open house is going on right now, so the week before it started we went down there for Family Home Evening to walk around and show the kids the temple. It is super beautiful. We also went to the Open House last week, and the interior is amazing. I've only been in 5-6 temples in my life, but the celestial room of this one is the most amazing one I've seen so far. I can't wait to go back after it's dedicated in June.

Catch-Up

Easter. It happened. I took this photo (above). We also had a huge neighborhood breakfast/egg hunt that was super fun. Andy was in charge of the food and I was in charge of the egg hunt. It went better than I imagined and about 250 people came. Then we also had a family BBQ/egg hunt that KD put together. It was also super fun, and the kids were super spoiled!

Ally figured out that she can climb, and she climbs up everything. One of her favorite places to ponder life is the window bench in Kylee and Skyler's room. I'm not sure how much life-pondering a 1-year-old needs to do...but she does it.

Skyler wants to be just like Daddy. He has this little laptop that he plays educational games on, and the other day he brought it out and set himself up right next to Andy on the floor.

The second grade puts on a play every year called "EiEi Oops!" It's about a farmer and his wife whose cow won't moo, and it uses a bunch of nursery rhyme characters to solve the issue. To be honest, I have no idea how the issue got solved because their sound system was terrible and nobody could hear a single word the kids said. However, the songs were fun, and Kylee looked cute as Little Bo Peep. She was super excited that she got chosen for a speaking part.

One of Ally and Skyler's new favorite things to do is go for rides. Whether it's the baby doll stroller or the shopping cart, Ally climbs in and Skyler pushes her all over the house. They both think it's hilarious.

On Saturday Kylee had another dance recital. She's in the HipHop class this year, and she's really been enjoying it. She did super good on her dance, and even had some "baby freeze" poses that she's been working hard to learn to do.

Lest you think I've turned into one of those parents who brings their 7-year-old flowers to a dance recital, breathe easy. These flowers belong to her teacher, and she just gave them to Kylee to hold for this photo. Andy and I did briefly consider buying a pony and putting a flowered wreathe around its neck to reward her for a job well done, but we didn't want to outshine the other parents who just brought giant stuffed animals and bouquets of 48 roses, so we settled for the good old-fashioned hug and "Kylee you did great!"

Her teacher made stars for them all and hung them on the wall as decorations (because the theme of the recital was "Let's Go To the Movies") so they got to take them home afterwards.