Finally...Everything!

Ah, dost thou hate me? I knowest thou does, because I hate me! This is the longest post EVER, but it must be done, or I will still be behind. So you have my permission to skip on ahead. But if you feel like seeing what The White House has been up to, then peruse away.

And I promise, there are some shopping links at the end. :)

And thank goodness it's summer!! Yippee!

We went and saw the cutest show at The Clark Planetarium...Born to Be Wild in 3D. So cute...and all about conservation and the cutest orangutan's and elephants you have ever seen!







And Spencer had his school Renaissance Fair...where you practice running a business. He ran "The Fishery" and worked with all girls. And yes, I made 100 goldfish cookies. Here's the yummy recipe. He said he was supposed to work with people he normally didn't work with so when the girls asked him to join their group he thought 'why not?'. Hmmmm...At least, that's his story and he's sticking to it.





The girls had a volleyball camp at BYU which they LOVED, although by the second day their knees were killing them, which was my fault because they didn't have knee pads. Actually it's Adam's fault because why would I know they needed knee pads, he was the one who played volleyball for ten years. Anyway, at this summers volleyball camp? Knee pads? Check.


And the girls also had their play Alice in Wonderland. They did great and had a great time learning about how to be in a stage production.





Lucy and I enjoyed Thanksgiving Points Tulip Festival.




Happy Mother's Day to me! With all the horrible weather Utah has been having, all I wanted to do was go outside and enjoy it! We took a little jaunt to Tibble Fork Reservoir up AF Canyon. We finally had a day where the sun was shining, but it was a tad bit cold. There was even snow at the firepit we commandeered, but it was still nice. Oh how I miss California's 70 degrees for almost everything!



And here's Lucy's EASTER GRASS. She grew it at preschool. And I must say her grass looked way better than our front yard grass, so we're thinking of hiring her to take care of our lawn, once it stops raining that is.

EASTER SUNDAY

And just in case you're wondering where I got Sophie's dress (cutest ever!) Here's the link: It's a United Colors of Benneton at Nordstrom...I think it's still there, but of course now it's on sale. Grace's is from Crewcuts at J.Crew.

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Totally in LOVE...

With Cancun. Adam had business there and I got to tag along. One word: Heavenly!

I'm counting the days until we can go back.




We had to be careful of the Chupacabra! And we would've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those meddling kids. (I know you've seen that Scooby Doo episode :))

Flying by....

Does it ever feel like maybe life is like a big bag of Hershey's Chocolate Eggs (you know, the pastel ones, with the crunchy shell?). The ones that maybe survive a mere 45 minutes in the White House because they are wolfed down by the kids. Who am I kidding? Kids, shmids. It's really me. The kids don't even know they exist. I wolf them down before anyone has a chance.

Anyway. Like I said. Life is like those Easter Eggs, they go too fast. And lately, I've been feeling it sublimely.

Grace had her America play this week. She had a violin solo and a Scottish dance (thus her costume). I think I was more nervous than she was.



Then we had a fun day at The Children's Museum. I'm so glad my big kids still haven't grown out of it yet. They prefer to go up stairs and build all sorts of things. How sad it will be when they're like, "Mom! We want to go to the mall--WITHOUT you." I remember when I said it to my mom. She let me go only if she was allowed to walk 15 feet behind me.


And Spencer qualified to go to the BYU Ballroom dance competition for his school! He did so great, and I was amazed as I watched 200 elementary school kids out on the floor doing the SWING. Wish I could do it. And wished we still all danced like that. Here we are at, (where else?), The Brick Oven to celebrate his 2nd place silver status for his elementary school. Spence competed in the Tango and the Cha-Cha.




Grace and her friends dressed Lucy up in a tropical look.

And here we are at BYU again. This time for the Regional Science Fair. Spencer had a great day missing school (!!) and competing in the Science Fair. With 900 students from the state of Utah in attendance we fully did not expect to win a thing. BUT. He did! I wasn't even paying attention when they called his name. But Spence won 4th place in the Life Science Division, which came with a trophy, a certificate, and a check for $15! Way to go. We still have no idea how all that happened so we'll just enjoy it. I guess next year the pressure's on for GRACE. Hah. Not really. Well. Who knows. Maybe Spence has raised the bar for the whole family.

Science Fair...For Real?

So Spence got to go to The School District Science Fair(!)

He won first place at his elementary school...and then moved on to District. He wanted to win sooo bad. Before hand, we tried to let him down easy and say that he probably wouldn't win at District and he should just be happy to have won at his Elementary School.

But guess what? He won at the District Science Fair too!! (150 kids out of 350 get to move on to BYU).

We couldn't believe it. You can just imagine how stoked he was. He said, "It was the best day of my life..." So far. Officially, there are a lot of really great days ahead, but we'll let him soak this one up. Also, had to laugh at this picture. Apparently the "ladies" come out of the woodwork when one is dubbed a "winner." :)

So it's off the the regional Science Fair at BYU. Nine hundred kids will be there, he gets to miss school, and allegedly there is a climbing wall, a flight simulator, and an "awesome" lunch to go along with it. We'll see. But this kid couldn't possibly get more excited.

By the way, did we do this in California? I don't even remember doing a Science Fair Project. Wait...yes I do. I did something about seeds, and growing stuff, and uhm. Clearly I wasn't a contender to win the Science Fair (thus my whole English Major degree). I'm sure they had things like this when I was younger, but I wasn't involved at all. Anyone else win a Science Fair? I am in awe. xojen