April Happenings

April has come and gone and it was filled with a million fun things.

Abbie started softball again.  She has been excited for it to start up.  She really, really, really wanted to try pitching this year.  Finally, in about the 4th game of the season, she was able to have her dream of pitching come true.  She did great!  I was so proud of her for staying calm even though she was extremely nervous.  

It is really fun to watch her team play this year.  They have grown so much since last year and really know the game now so they are able to play more rather than just running around with a lost look on their faces.  The last two games have unfortunately been rained out, but we are looking forward to next week's games.

I just had to throw in this cute picture of Bailey that I found on my phone.  I don't know who took it, but I love it.  It shows her sweetness in full effect.

My little Ellie has decided that she wanted to start up ice skating again.  Our horseback riding adventure has sadly come to an end because the teacher moved to a new place.  This got us talking about some options for Miss Ellie and ice skating is what she chose.

She has been doing great!  She has picked things up very quickly and is getting used to the tightness of the skates.  I am excited to see where this adventure takes her.

We had a couple of days of face painting in preschool and these lucky ladies were excited to participate as well.

Maybe you noticed Emma's cow outfit in the pictures from our San Francisco trip.  It's kind of a new thing that I have started on Instagram.  Emma is the #blueeyedbovine.  We decided that we needed to find something for Abbie and Ellie so that they could be part of this fun little adventure as well.

Meet #awesomeowlet.  She is just that.  Completely awesome. :)

And last, but not least, #unicorncutiepie.  She checked the mail every day for 2 weeks waiting for this outfit to come in the mail.  I think she wore it for 3 days straight once it got here.

I was invited to a Murray High School Softball game by my cute friend, Jennie.  She is an amazing young lady whom I got to know at our Stake Girl's Camp last summer.  She is a phenomenal softball player and I am so happy that she invited me to this game so I could see her play!  Before the game started, they had a little ceremony where they honored some breast cancer survivors.  Thank you, Jennie for asking me to be a part of this.  I am honored to be your friend. :)

My two youngest girls have been dying to have a playhouse for several years now.  I have been dying to build one and this. is. the. year.  We are finally doing it and we couldn't be more excited.

Phase 1 was clearing the land.  

Now if it can just stop raining for a few days we can move on to Phase 2. :)


One more fun thing for April...
I got to take a trip to the symphony with my guys.
We went to hear the Utah Symphony play Holst's "The Planets."  They were also showing footage from NASA as each of the planets were represented by music.  It was absolutely beautiful.