This Month

Josh's birthday

Jeff's birthday

Mother's Day

One giant state report for Jake

One giant country report for Lucy

State Fair at school

Piano recital

Dance festival

Field day

Hours and hours of practice for my own dance recital

Dance pictures

Dance auditions

Lucy's birthday

Scout fundraiser dinner

Teacher appreciation week

Mother/Daughter night

Pool party

Physical for Josh (so he can go to camp)

3 rounds of strep

A doctor visit and meds for poor Lucy's terrible allergies

Camp Committee meetings

Prenatal appointment

10 hour dress rehearsal

On-going yard renovation

Finals week for Josh
Two dance concerts

Lucy's baptism where I will host 40+ guests

All this in the month of May 

Phew!  

Now add to ALL OF THAT a hefty dose of all-day morning sickness and first-trimester exhaustion.

If I'm still alive on June 3rd, tell all your friends.

It will be a big deal!

Week in iPhotos 10

A couple more of Lucy's baptism pictures.

Hulk hands!

A few things I've been craving lately.

And lastly, it's pretty clear what I've NOT been doing around the house lately.

When your kids can write their names in the dust on your furniture it's gotten pretty bad.

Major Yard Renovation

The fairly simple project of putting together a swing set in our backyard has turned into a major yard overhaul.  

But I'm very excited about it.

It's all a mess now but it will look so good when it's all done.

Major thanks to my dad who is helping out, because let's face it...Jeff is not the handiest of guys.  

A genius?  Yes.  Mr. Fix-it man?  No.

Renovations include:

A complete overhaul of the sprinkler system

Fixing the water feature

Planting several trees, bushes, and flowers

Ripping out and relocating the fire pit.

Ripping out several sections of curbing

Re-sodding areas in the grass

Cementing in a new basketball standard

and finally

Building and putting together a large playground area with sand and a swing set

I can't wait to show the finished result!

Week in iPhotos 9

We renewed our pass to Thanksgiving Point and Sam is sooooo excited because that means we can resume our weekly outings to the Dinosaur Museum.

Saturday morning outfit of choice.  

He wore this all day.

The Deacons in our ward had a Mother and Son night.

I cannot believe how fun it was.

We dressed up, had an escort, walked the red carpet where we were interviewed and had our pictures taken by the paparazzi.  

We also had a professional ballroom dancer come instruct us and teach us the Cha-Cha.

We had a dance-off and Josh and I won!!!!

Jake went on his first scout campout (along with Josh) to the Sand Dunes.

They had so much fun and 5 days later I am STILL vacuuming up sand.

Lucy had a dance competition over the weekend.

She dances at the studio where I am the Ballet Director.

I was so proud of our whole school that night because among many other awards, we also won Best Overall Technique.  To me, this is the most important award you can possibly win.  

Here is a preview of Lucy Baptism pictures I had taken about a week ago.

I love her little 8-year-old smile with all the missing teeth.

I also cannot get over how old she looks and how beautiful her hair is.

Oh, to have thick, gorgeous hair like hers!!

She is so beautiful!