Sunday, June 20, 2010

Can You Hear Me Now?

T Mobile had a killer deal on Saturday - free phones and no set up charges. We were planning to switch over because it is cheaper, so we took advantage of their promotion. Alexis is now a proud owner and constant user of a cell phone. She has sent and received more texts in a 24 hour period than I have in my life. Hopefully the novelty will wear off soon!

The Toys are Back in Town

Saturday, June 19, 2010

The kids have had some big accomplishments lately. Seth finished his 3rd t-ball season and his 2nd year of preschool, Camryn did a great job in her play, Alexis got her Faith in God Award and made the soccer team she tried out for. We thought the family needed to celebrate with a trip to the movies. Seth has been eagerly awaiting Toy Story 3, which is definitely one of the few movies the whole family would enjoy.

Seth wore one of his 3 Toy Story shirts. He loves Woody and Buzz and is already planning his Toy Story Birthday party in October.

The movie was very cute and well done. There were several familiar lines from the other movies, and I almost teared up a little when Andy left for college. It kinda hit me that someday my own kids will leave me.

PS-I find it a little frightening that the word "kinda" didn't come up misspelled on the spell check. What is the world coming to?


The Candy Man

We have an annual date with Grandma Jenkins to see a play at Spring Mountain Ranch. This year we went to see Willy Wonka. Traffic was pretty bad so we got there later than normal and sat pretty far back.We had Subs for dinner and then headed to the meadow where the girls played soccer. Grandma treated us to ice cream as the play began.




The show was pretty good. The boy who played Charlie had a great voice. I was really impressed with the child actors, but a little creeped out by the scene where they were in a boat and the lights were flashing crazily. Roald Dahl was definitely had a strange imagination.

Boys WIll Be Boys

This week was my brother, Lee's anniversary. He brought his family up from Tucson and his boys stayed with us a few days while he and his wife stayed at a hotel. On Tuesday, I took the kids to the free movies, to see Ice Age. Austin, who is about 17 months old, did not love the theater. Luckily we sat with friends and they helped with the other kids. When Camryn got home from school, we got out the slip n' slide and had the neighborhood kids come over and let everyone get wet.

Wednesday, I took the kids to Mountain's Edge Park. They played on the slides and climbed around for about an hour, then they had snacks and played in the water there. It was pretty cold water and breezy enough that the boys got pretty cold, but had fun. Alexis finally got a little wet herself.



On Thursday, Lee came and took the kids to see the new Karate Kid Movie. When they got to the theater, he saw it was in XD. I guess that means it is like IMAX, or it means the movie will cost you extra dollars. It ended up being a pricey movie for him. I stayed home with Austin, while he napped and got to do a little reading. It was fun to have the cousins here for a few days. Boys are way rougher than I am used to. They spent a lot of time playing things like Star Wars or anything that involved guns and swords. Seth loved it!


Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Tale as Old as Time

Last night Camryn's Hollywood Kids class had their performance of Beauty and the Beast. As one of the youngest in the class, Camryn had several small parts.

She was a Lady with a Cane, a villager. She got to yell out "Crazy Old Maurice" - one of my favorite lines in the movie.

She was also a wolf in the woods and a plate during the "Be Our Guest" number.

The whole class did a great job. Camryn loves going to Hollywood Kids and she is already trying to decide what song to do for the Broadway Review show they will start practicing for in the fall.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

A Week in the Hill House

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Alexis received her Faith in God Award. Kids have to set goals to develop talents and grow spiritually throughout 4 years to receive this award. Alexis worked hard and I am proud of her accomplishment. She is so ready to graduate Primary and start the Young Women's program.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010


Tuesday was the summer's first free family movie. The kids were really excited to see The Chipmunks Squeakquel. Seth's favorite line, which he keeps repeating, was "Shake what your momma gave you!"

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Wednesday was my friend, April's birthday. Alexis and her friend Shae were so sweet and watched our kids so we could go to lunch, ALONE! It was very nice and relaxing. Later I watched her boys while she went to the doctor. I helped the kids make little fondant hearts, flowers, and stars they used to decorate this little cake for their mom. They did a good job and had a good time making it.

Later that night, Shae slept over and the girls united forces with the boys next door. Using their ninja-like skills, they attempted to heart attack one family in our neighborhood and toilet paper another family. They choose to heart attack (taping heart shaped pieces of construction paper to plastic forks and sticking the forks in someone's lawn) a house with desert landscaping. They couldn't get the forks to stick into the hard dirt. They decided to move on to TP another house. It was so windy, the TP immediately flew off the trees - then the door opened. They were totally busted. The next night the family exacted revenge and did a lot better job TPing our house, giving Alexis a big mess to clean up.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Seth had his last T-Ball game of the season. They received their trophies after the game. He was so proud of it, and rushed over to show his friend, Allie, as soon as we got home. He loves all things baseball related and is looking forward to playing coach pitched baseball in the fall.

Sunday, June 13, 2010


On Sunday, Camryn had her Great to be 8 fireside. The kids learned everything they need to know to prepare for their big day. They listen to talks, took a tour of the font area and dressing rooms, and had a dad and his son show how the kids should hold their hands. As the Primary President's 1st counselor, I talked a little about the girls attending Achievement Day Activities when they turn 8. It was a nice evening and we ended the night with this cake I made and sherbet and Sprite drinks. Camryn still has a year until she will be baptized, but she is already very excited about it.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Oh, The Places You'll Go!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Last night was our Preschool Graduation at the Maryland and Serene Pavilion. I made this cake to celebrate.

We had a very short, little program. The kids sang a few songs about what they had learned this year. I had the cutest, sweetest class.

The kids each got a diploma, or in Seth's case, a certificate for completing his second year of preschool. Then we had cake and ice cream and let the kids run around the field. It was just breezy enough to cool things off and we had a nice night. I am sad to see these kids go, but looking forward to a few months off.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Over the River and Through the Woods

Friday, May 28, 2010

We headed up to Grandma's cabin by Panguitch Lake for Memorial Day Weekend. We left right after school on Friday and I let everyone be responsible for their own things this time - I thought I would go crazy, trying to get out of town with everything everyone needed. By the time we got to the cabin it was about time for the little people to go to bed. Me, my mom, Lex and DAVE watched Dear John projected on the wall (we love to project movies). It was a little better than the book - someone died!

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Saturday was cold and windy. The afternoon was better so Grandpa suggested we take the kids shooting.


It was Camryn and Seth's first time shooting. They did pretty good with the noise.


When it was Seth's turn we could barely cock the hammer back before he pulled the trigger - totally the fastest gun in the west.



Alexis hated the noise and had a little trouble with the whole turning your head to talk to someone without moving the gun and accidentally pointing it at them. I had to run out of the way pretty quick.


I'm not sure who hit the pop can targets the most, but I put on the best show, sending the cans flying in the air. Grandpa brought golf balls to shoot, just to see what happened. They were barely dented in and only one popped into the air.

After shooting, Grandma Jenkins treated us to ice cream at the store near the lake.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Sunday we slept in and we had to go to church at noon, instead of 10 o'clock. After church and naps, Grandpa wanted to take the kids to see the Salmon spawn in a Fish Sex Ed Class Part II. I think spring has lasted a little too long, and they weren't in the mood (it was just too cold), so we went for a ride.

That night we had a campfire and made Smores after dinner. Then we watched The Fantastic Mr. Fox, which was a little bit quirky and funny and a whole lot of weird.

Monday, May 31, 2010

We took the kids canoeing Monday morning. When we pulled up, there were so many bugs I was afraid to talk because I didn't want to eat any. All the kids got a turn and then the men went fishing. After lunch we headed back to town, watching movies all the way home.