Arbor Day Art Contest

The Fifth graders got to participate in an Arbor Day poster contest. Carson's poster won 2nd place in his class which yielded him a two person hammock as a prize (which he is convinced he gets to hang in his room)! They got to go plant trees and learn about landscaping at the park as part of an Arbor Day celebration. 

Carson with the other winners of the contest.

5th grade talent show

Wednesday was the 5th grade talent show at the Elementary school. Carson and some friends Jack W. on the bass guitar, Weston C. singing, and Jacob B. on the drums) formed a "band" and played a song together. When he came to me and told me he was going to be playing Thunderstruck by AC/DC on the recorder in a band, I chuckled to myself. I didn't think they were really serious about it. But, their sweet music teacher found the simplified music for them and practiced with them two days a week after school for a few weeks. They did quite a good job, even though you couldn't really hear the recorder part over the drums. I'm just proud that Carson was able to get out of his comfort zone and to go out and perform in front of the school. It's not something I would have ever done at that age.

You could tell he was pretty nervous because he hardly moved at all during the song.

They received quite the applause for their performance and I think they felt like real rockstars!

Easter

 We had a wonderful Easter this year. I am thankful for the opportunity to celebrate the resurrection of my Savior at this time of year!

We were up bright and early with 8:00 church. The boys found their baskets and eggs and got ready all before it was time to head to church.

Landon found his basket.

The boys each had to find 5 eggs of a certain color to with their baskets.

Carson found one.

Landon found one of his too!

Checking out their loot.

Heading to church.

After church, I made the boys head down to some blossoming cherry bushes and take some pictures. It was super bright which equaled some squinty eyes, but they are handsome, none the less!

 We had a few hours after church to relax before dinner The boys built their new Legos and played with the magformers. We had an untraditional Easter dinner this year. Uncle Jacob and one of his mission companions (who was down visiting from Salt Lake) who is a Ukrainian cooked a traditional Ukrainian meal for us all. It was delicious and fun to try something different. It was fun to hear more about the Ukraine culture!

Easter Break

We have had a busy Easter break this year. The kids got out of school early on Wednesday of last week and go back on Tuesday. Travis is in full swing of baseball and has had practice every evening. He is on his best friend, Rocco's team (who's dad is the coach and also our neighbor). They are kind enough to take him to and from practice every day for us!

Wednesday(actually before the big boys got out of school), we started the break with an Easter Egg hung and brunch at the Hendershot's house. We made omlets in a bag for brunch and then kids ate scrambled eggs along with fruit. It was a beautiful day, which made it fun to sit around outside with friends and enjoy the sunshine.

All the kids ready to find some eggs.

Landon was trying to use the trampoline to jump high enough to get an egg out of the tree.

Landon and his friend from school, Tel

Landon with his baskets full of eggs.

Landon and the big boys at the Easter egg hunt had so much fun hanging out in one of the trees.

Thursday, we went over to Powell to hang out with Grandma Foulger for the day. We went out for pizza, went and rode bikes/walked at Homesteader park and then went back to her house for a treat.

Friday, we went to the gym in morning for Zumba and some basketball for a bit before Travis had to be back for baseball practice. While he was away at practice, we took Landon over to the middle school for an Easter egg hunt. There weren't very many kids in his age group and he was probably one of the oldest, so he came away with quite a few eggs. We got ready for the day, packed Carson up for an 11 year old scout camp out while we waited for Travis to get back from practice.

At the egg hunt.

Once Travis was home, we ate some lunch and then finally got around to dying the Easter eggs. Landon took the longest this year and we had lots of great looking eggs!

Travis went to a friend's house and I decided to take Carson and Landon over the art studio to paint some pottery. We got home, got Travis and took Carson out the camp out. He had a pretty good time, but missed having his best friends there to hang out with.

When Christian got home, we decided since it was a nice night, that we would head out for our first fishing trip of the year. We grabbed some pulled pork sandwiches from Hawg Heaven on our way out and made a picnic out of it! Christian was the only one to catch anything, but it was fun to be outside.

Christian's catch.

Landon enjoying his sandwich done by the lake.

Saturday, we worked outside in the yard most of the day. Late afternoon, we headed to Powell for Easter dinner with grandpa and grandma Foulger who were leaving Easter Sunday on a trip.

Catch up!

Here are a few things we have been up to:

Last week, the kids only had school Monday, Tuesday and half day Wednesday. They had different dress up days each day. Monday was career day. Carson dressed up as an engineer and Travis went as a football player. Tuesday was pajama day and Wednesday was red, white and blue day, and I forgot to take a picture of the boys dressed up that day.

Last Monday, we had our friends in our neighborhood over for lunch and an Easter egg hunt. We hardly ever get together and it was so fun to spend some time together. We really do live in a great neighborhood!

The kids out on the hunt for some eggs.

Landon's friends: Kinlee, Tyler, Landon, Spencer, Gemma (holding Greyson) and Olivia.

 Monday evening, for family home evening, we took a picnic and headed to see if we could find any asparagus. We were able to find a few spears, but need a little longer until they are bigger.

Christian getting cutting our first asparagus of the season.

We walked along the canal to a spot where there is a board that goes over the water. We decided to see if it could hold all of us and luckily, it did. There's no water in the canal yet, so we weren't worried about falling in the water.

Tortilla Night

Last night, my sister in laws (minus Mikayla) and mother in law and I attended a tortilla making class at the new art studio in Lovell (they do cooking classes too). We learned how to make tortillas, cooked them and then got to have tacos with our freshly made tortillas and then Buñuelos for dessert. It was a fun night out with the Asay girls and I'm excited to try and make them on my own!

Mixing up our dough.

Ester Garza, was an amazing teacher and so fun to work with!

My stack of finished tortillas. We each got to make a half batch which yielded about 11 tortillas.

Dessert!

Our finished products!