Random Photos

Another lunch walk in the wagon with Adelaide. She loves saying hi to the cows. 

For lunch she wanted a carrot for her vegetable - I laughed when she didn't want it cut up, just a whole carrot like this. 

I made sugar cookies for our piano recital. 

I didn't get a group picture of the piano recital so we snapped a few when we got home. Adelaide asked if she could sing a song at the recital. She didn't participate this time, but when the time is right, she'll be playing the piano in no time. 

Eleanor played her first duet with me - "A Ten Second Song." She had it memorized! 

Austin memorized "Waltzing Elephants" and then we played a duet together - "Star Wars."

Eli played "Heart and Soul" and the memorized "Fur Elise." 

Piano recitals are so great for kids. When I started teaching piano lessons 2 years ago, I had my own children in mind. Although my plan is to be cutting back soon, I love how my own children have been inspired to practice more for the recitals. 

On Saturday morning, Aaron had a seminary meeting at the church. He took the boys with them so they could play basketball and hang out while Aaron was in his meeting. The girls and I cleaned at home. Eleanor made up the best Cinderella song as she mopped the kitchen flower. "Cinderallaaaaaa come and mop the floor!!"

I found these cute pink cowgirl boots for Eleanor for a few dollars. She couldn't wait to wear them to church. The girls had a birthday party and got kitty ears. Adelaide wore them into church, but then took them off when she gave her first prayer in primary! She spoke so clearly into the microphone. 

Have you heard of Geocaching? Using an app, you locate the area where people have hidden geocaches at specific locations marked with coordinates all over the world. Eli found this one in a tree outside our neighborhood. It's pretty exciting when you find it!

After school, these kids set up an art room on the porch where they colored and painted in the beautiful spring weather. Eleanor is my little creator. I can't keep enough paper and tape on hand for her creativity. 

Last minute, I decided to buy $5 tickets to the big 12 basketball championship that took place in KC. BYU was playing Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. I picked up the kids from school at 10 a.m. and we ate lunch in the car as we drove down to the city. We parked and walked to the T-mobil center just in time for the game to start. We saw other friends from the stake at the game. BYU won! I love moments like this when I'm reminded how great my job is as a full-time mom. I can just pull my kids out of school for a basketball game in the middle of the week. 

Aaron took the boys camping so the girls and I got another girls' night. This time we had dinner at Chipotle followed by shopping at Ross. The girls did help me make these General Conference books for the primary kids. We have 80 kids in our primary. It's huge!! On Easter Sunday we only have sacrament meeting, so we made these books early so we can get them to the kids before conference in a few weeks. 

After Eli's basketball games, Adelaide loves to lay on this cute soft circle rug.

Instead of parent teacher conferences this spring, the school had a showcase where the kids show us all their work from the past semester. These kids love school. 

The kids and I volunteered to help the PTA set up the book fair. When we finished, I found Gracie, a girl in our ward, reading a book to these happy listeners. 

Eli thought he was hilarious and clever by writing jokes on our toilet paper. I'll admit it did make me laugh.