Awards

Last week Mountain Meadows had an awards assembly.  Kaylee somehow got a Perfect Attendence award - not sure how she didn't miss school.  The other kids went skiing so they didn't get perfect attendence.

 And Tylinn got the Citizenship Award. 

 Good job Tylinn and Kaylee.  Keep up the great work!

 Girls with Megan!

Today after all the excitement at chruch we had Bruce's parents and my parents, Scott and family and Holli and kids were here so we had dinner together after church.  The girls had a great idea of painting toenails.  So we have Dustin, Rhett and Jordan's toenails!  Later the boys painted the girls nails.  They had fun!

 

Change

Well today was a day of change at church for both of us.  I was released as the Primary President after 4.5 years and called as the Personal Progress Leader in YW.

Bruce was released as the Assistant Ward Clerk and called to the 2nd Counselor in the Bishopric.

 

I am way excited for my new calling but I will miss the kids. My kids are really sad! I have been in Primary with most of them their whole time in Primary but Bridget is way excited and so am I.

As for Bruce.....well you can only imagine his excitement!  This has been an interesting week around our house with me on cloud 9 thinking of all the responsibilities I will no longer have and Bruce wondering how he is going to do it.  Change in the church is a good thing!  I know Bruce will do a great job!

 

 This picture is not very good but I guess it's how we looked this morning :)  I actually got my dental implant that I needed on Thursday and had quite a bit of swelling going on. I am starting to get a black eye from all of it but am excited the worst of the implant is over! Just 6 months of healing then I get the real thing and the rest is history!

Snow

This past weekend it snowed again.  I am so OK with snow in Dec and Jan and even Feb but when March comes I am pretty much done!  One good thing about March snows is it is warmer so it usually doesn't stay around too long.  This snow was a super super wet heavy snow.

 

 I was subbing in Tylinn's class on Friday and they sent all the kids home at 11:45 due to the snow.  It made for a crazy hour or so getting all the parents called and the kids gone but I wasn't complaining about getting to go home early.  Tylinn build this cute little snowman.

 Kaylee built this cute little snowman.

 Bridget commented Friday when it was snowing how she wore shorts to school on Thursday and it wasn't even cold and the next day it snows so much they have to send kids home early from school.  Crazy!

Camping

Rhett needed a camp out with cooking to advance to the next level of scouts so after Kaylee's birthday party we had a camp out at our house.  These neighborhood boys got their tent pitched and a fire going and cooked their tinfoil dinners.

 Noah, Jordan, Rhett, Gabe and Dustin

 They did cheat just a little bit - notice the extension cord going into the tent? Well yeah they had a heater going all night in their tent.

 Eating breakfast the next morning.  The boys cooked up some breakfast burritos everybody enjoyed.

 Eating their burritos and hot chocolate.

They had fun.  I am thankful we live where the boys can step about 10 feet out the back door and have a spot to camp in the forrest and for a great neighborhood with great kids!

My baby is 7!

Saturday March 2 was Kaylee's 7th birthday.  She wanted to have a friend party so Friday after school a bunch of little girls rode the bus home with her.  I ended up having to substitute that day so it made for a very crazy day walking in the door 15 minutes before these girls.  Thank heaves I had some great helpers.

 Hayden

 Heidi

 Spenny

 Heidi and Kaylee

 Seneca and Marissa

 My 2 helpers.

 We played pin the apple on the pig.

 Had cupcakes...

 and opened presents.

 Kaylee finally got the Baby Alive she has wanted for so long. (This picture was actually taken Saturday.  She opened presents from the family the day of her birthday)

 Played carry the egg on the spoon in your mouth.

That night we took her to Aliberto's for some tacos.  That was her birthday dinner request then a dilly bar from DQ!

 

 Saturday we had our Ward Temple day so we took the kids to Grandma's and Grandpa's house.  We took her cake and had cake and icecream cones there after we got finished.  Bridget made her cake - don't know what I would do without this girl!  Jordan went out to G & G's to get in on the excitement!

Kaylee is such a fun little girl.  We have to quit calling her little because when Bridget was 7 she was such a 'big girl'.  I guess with her being my baby I can call her little forever!  She is a joy to have in our family.  Wish I had the imagination she has and to be able to tune out of life and play like she does!  We love you Kaylee!

Science Fair

The time of year for Science Projects is not my favorite at all! But Bridget and Dustin managed to get their done again this year.  Bridget did hers on Wind Turbines and Dustin did his on Silly Putty.

 

 Bridget ended up getting 1st place at the school science fair.  Dustin just got an A - which is way OK with us. 

Bridget had so much fun at the State Science Fair she had high hopes of getting 1st at district.  Well she found out yesterday she didn't even place.  So we are officially finished with Science Projects till next year.  We will take the 2 A's and be happy!