1st Day of Soccer

 

Jack is playing Spring soccer.  He had his first practice/game last night.  He had anxiously been waiting to start.  He earned/saved 500 points on his job chart and paid $5 to get his equipment.

I did not get to see him play last night, but he scored 2 of the 4 goals his team made!  He came home extremely excited.  I hope that I will be able to go to at least one of his games in the next month and see him in action.

Saturday (31st) is his last hockey practice/game until 3 on 3 this Summer.  It will be strange not to have hockey.  He has been playing/in lessons for a year straight.

My 34th Birthday

My birthday was on a Friday (24th Feb) this year, which made it really easy for Trent to take the day off.  It was so nice because he took the kids all to school and I spent the morning hanging out on the couch.  It was very enjoyable!

We had take out from Molly's for lunch.  Yummy chocolate cake for dessert.  

When we picked our friends up from school we headed to the Provo Beach Resort.  We met up with the Ovards.  Each of the kids had a debit card with $10....they played arcade games.  Ruby and Soph choose to play on the playground and Luc, Jack and Brig choose bowling for their big purchase.

After they were gamed out we had dessert before dinner at the ice cream shop....We went to Taco Amigo for dinner after our ice cream.
It was a low key, relaxing day.  I was thankful to celebrate my birthday with my family.  My parents were out of town this weekend, but we had a pizza lunch with them on President's Day to celebrate!

yummy strawberry shake....i was in heaven with 2 of my favorite desserts in the same day:)

chocolate cake from molly's

bowling scores from top to bottom...jack, brig, luc

Decorating with Bandaids

One night when Jack was having a hard time falling asleep he helped himself to band aids and then decorated himself!  This is what his feet looked like when he came down the next morning.

New Skates

We purchased new ice skates for both Lucie and Ruby in February.  Lucie grew out of her 1st pair of skates and was also ready for additional support as she works on her jumps and spins this year.  Ruby received her 1st pair of skates.  She had patiently been waiting and was super excited!

Lucie earned/saved 2000 points on her job chart to get skates.  I was really impressed with her discipline in doing her jobs and working towards getting the skates.

The first night that Ruby was out on the ice with sharpened skates (rental skates are never sharpened) she scared me a bit.  She was cruising around so fast.  She is a little speed demon who is NOT afraid of the ice at all.  Luckily we made it through another 6 week session with no injury's with her.

Museum Saturday

We have a friend that is in charge of coordinating children's events at the BYU Museum of Art. She started a Saturday program at the museum for families to come and experience an exhibit that is going on and then after spending time in the gallery the kids get to do an art project. We have been trying to make it for a few months now and the date finally worked out this month to go.

The exhibit that the kids learned from was the "Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture." While we were waiting for the class to start they have setup a cool education room that was filled with different activities to help the kids learn and explore the Islamic culture. When the class started they began by reading this book...

After reading the book and taking about the exhibit a bit they took us into the gallery.  They played charades with the children.  Having the children act out an animal and then they had to find that animal in the exhibit.  There are some really amazing pieces included in this exhibit.  I enjoyed seeing our friends become engrossed in the story and then as they looked at the art they really paid attention to the details that they were being taught.

After spending time in the gallery we moved to the art room where our friends made crescent moons mobiles with animals that they created.  Two thumbs up for museum Saturday.  We hope to make this a monthly adventure.

BYU Hockey Halftime

In February Jacks Mini Mites hockey team was asked to play a mini game during the first halftime of the BYU Alumni hockey game. Jack was extremely excited for this event! He invited grandma/grandpa, Brigham, his friend Drew and of course our family was there to cheer him on!

Anxiously waiting to get on the ice in the tunnel.  Jack has the yellow mouth guard.  One of his coaches, Tanner is standing at the back of the pack.

 

The throw down of the puck.

In action...

Lucie and her friend Halle made signs to cheer Jack on.  They are holding them up to the glass.  It was very sweet of them.

 

Jack is really enjoying hockey.  He has definitely come a long way in the year that he has been playing.  He is a lot more confident in himself and his abilities.  The skills that his coaches have been teaching him are really beginning to click.  He is watching the puck a lot better, is starting to skate backwards better, and wants to be in the middle of the action.  By the end of his Saturday scrimmages he is usually pretty tired.  He is a good team player and really tries to pass the puck and watch out for his friends.  It is cute....(manly:) to see him chat with his friends and tell them "good game!"

Painting Nails @ 7am!

Date Night @ Color Me Mine

Thanks to Groupons we often get discounts to go to Color Me Mine. This time we were lucky enough to purchase 2...one for Trent and I to use on a date night and one to use over Spring break with our friends!

When Trent and I were getting ready to leave Jack asked us where were headed. He was super sweet when he found and suggested that we make Lucie a piggy bank because hers had broke awhile back. He "secretly" went and asked her what colors she would like! We took pictures so we could show him what it looked like. He was very anxious for us to pick it up so he could give it to Lucie.  Trent did an amazing job painting!  He has some hidden artistic abilities!  I painted a so-so plate.  I wish I would have done something else, but I am just not very creative.  I love going to this place though because it is relaxing to paint and fun to chat with Trent.  It is bit higher maintenance when we take our friends, but they will be super excited to go there in just a few more weeks.

I did add a heart and some polka dots to my plate, but overall it is pretty basic:)

Lucie's Class T-Shirt

Lucie's class all drew self-portraits of themselves and then they had them made into class t-shirts that they can wear on field trips or t-shirt and jean days at school. When I get Lucie's original scanned in I will post it here as well, but for now here is the actual t-shirt. Lucie is on the 2nd to last row, third one in.

Keeping Dad Company

Trent was doing some touch up painting around the house. Ruby kept dad company by following him around and chatting to him. It was sweet to watch. I think there were a few moments when Trent wanted to ask her to be quiet, but he patiently listened to her stories while he worked.

iGirl

This little friend is full of spunk.

She keeps amazing and at times frustrating us with her independent and no fear spirit. Here are a few things that she is up to right now...

She LOVES "i" anything. iPads, iPhones, anywhere she sees the apple symbol she gets excited. In the Fall my parents purchased an iPad. Ruby desperately wanted to use it. My parents were a little hesitant with letting her play on it. One Sunday she was crying because my mom told her when she was 6 she could play on it. She was very sad. My mom said to Ruby I know you probably know how to use it better than us. Ruby responded with a "uh-huh!" She knows a little too well how to use the devices. She has managed to call, text and email a few too many people! My parents remedied the problem by giving us an iPad for Christmas. Ruby will totally go to bed nice every night to earn a 1/2 hour of iPad time the next day!

Ruby likes to be naked, is very opinionated about what clothes she wants to wear, and wants to change multiple times a day. First the naked thing....she gets naked on her own a lot of times and she also gets naked with Sophia. They can be two naughty little girlies. A few weeks ago my mom was helping me rearrange closets. The girls were in Ruby's room by themselves for about 5-10 minutes. When my mom and I came back in they were butt naked and had broke out Lucie's markers. They decorated their bodies and had used Lucie's bed as an art palette. I never thought her sheet would come clean it was completely colored on. Crayola washable markers lived up to their name and came out of EVERYTHING....whew!

This week Noelle was cutting my hair. We could hear the girls playing upstairs in her bathroom. Noelle thought they were just playing with the toys because Soph does that frequently. All of a sudden we heard a loud thud. I was so nervous we were going to walk into the bathroom to a pool of blood. They had gotten into Noelle's cabinet and coated themselves with sunscreen, hand soap, lotion and vix. Ruby had been standing in Noelle's sink and had gotten so slippery that she fell out. They were completely a mess and so was Noelle's bathroom, but I am grateful they did not hurt themselves.

Ruby is quite the clothes girl. She has an opinion about what she wants to wear and not wear. She also likes to change her clothes mid-day. The other day she was wanting to change midday and I was objecting to it. We were getting ready to leave and I was trying to get her dressed in her original outfit. I got her back in her clothes, walked back to our laundry room to get my shoes and in that time she had completely undressed again!

Another naked story...Ruby was again in between outfits. I could hear her back in our laundry room. I walked about to find her on top of our dryer trying to get a cup of laundry soap so she could wash her blanket. I was later telling my mom this story and my mom asked Ruby if she wanted to do her own laundry. She answered back with "yes, mom can you add that to my job chart!"

We were at my parents house one night. My dad asked the kids what's for dinner. I told my friends we were going to JDawgs. Ruby was jumping up and down and clapping her hands. My dad asked her what JDawgs had. She quickly responded back with "food!" She has an answer for just about everything.

I especially love the way that I can cuddle with Ruby. She gives sweet hugs and kisses. She adds so much to our family and always keeps us on our toes. Love You Ruby.

Happy Anniversary

Trent and I celebrated our 12th anniversary on the 18th of February! We were able to go stay at Little America for the weekend. Ovards were soooo nice to watch our friends for us. Trent and I had a great time checking out the new Harmon's grocery store downtown and shopping at the Gateway. Going to the Harmon's grocery store made me feel like I was in California or Boston...very urban and super nice! We went shopping, ate yummy food, watched Moneyball, and enjoyed a couple nights of sleeping all night with no little friends getting in bed with us:).  It was very relaxing and fun to hang out with Trent!  

1st and 2nd Dentist Visits

At the end of January Ruby went for her very first teeth cleaning. Ruby looked forward to going to the dentist so that she could get her bag full of goodies. She has watched Luc and Jack pick out their toothbrushes and a treasure from the drawer every 6 months and now it was going to be her turn! She definitely earned her bag of goodies. She was an excellent patient. Ruby even did a fluoride treatment.

 

I was a bit caught off guard...unfortunately Ruby had 3 small cavities.  Go figure because she is the best, most consistent little friend brusher in our house!  Needless to say she was thrilled that she was going to be going back to the dentist.  For 2 weeks she kept asking if she was going to get to pick another toothbrush.
Luckily she did good with the pig nose and did not have to have a shot.