Spring Soccer

I love soccer season every year! This spring Creed, Jocelyn, and Cami chose to play. It was really fun to see their improvement...like Creed willingly ran onto the field for his turns and Jocelyn stratigically cut across the field instead of follwing the ball cluster to cut off goals. Cami had a lot of fun playing with her team and has really improved as well. 

I hope my kids learn how to work as a team mate and how to lose gracefully and how to share and be a good sport and how to work hard for their goals. So many good lessons can come from playing with a team. But hopefully most of all I hope they learn that their mom will always be there for them as their biggest fan cheering for them no matter what they are doing or what life throws at them. 

Mom's pay day

A mom's pay day is when her kids like each other and are nice to each other without me prompting them to be thoughtful. I was really worried about Jocelyn going to kindergarten this year. She really struggles with change in general and starting school is a BIG change. The one thing that has made it easy for her was her sister.  All year I would drop her off and Taryn would take her by the hand and walk her to her classroom. She didn't ever cry or complain (except when Taryn wasn't there and I walked her to class). She was able to do this hard thing for her because her sister simply showed she cared and took the time and initiative to help her. This made me so happy all year long that I just had to get a picture or two. Taryn thank you for being a rock star in the sister department!

Spring swimming....the first time

The pool doesn't have a heater...and lets face it..its stinking hot here so we wouldn't need one really except the kids were sick of waiting to go swimming before we even moved in. So early in may we let them despite the water being really still pretty cold. They totally didn't care. 

Jocelyn is a particular fan of swimming. She always has been....but she was smiling ear to ear and shivering the whole time. I gaurantee so many good memories are going to be made here. 

The pool was really something we were leary of when we looked at the house. It was a serious drawback at the time-we didn't know if it could be resurrected or if it would be a ginormous money pit. Luckily so far so good and we have LOVED it! (Their faces say it all)

Cousins and conference

Two weeks after moving into the new house the cousins came down to help with some projects/unpacking. It was awesome to get their ideas and feedback. They came to Cami's soccer games and helped me choose out curtains. They had ideas for relandscaping and Fred and Brent built and painted the storage room to perfection. In between all that we listened to conference and took naps on the couch....We are so lucky to have such great family! We love them all!

Easter and the gang

Easter was super fun because we got to spend it in the new house. Luckily the Easter bunny knew where to find us somehow. We were also lucky that the cousins from up north had spring break and could come down and hang out with us. Also we were lucky to not have soccer games that weekend so we could spend the time playing with them. We went hiking on a new hiking trail and had an easter egg hung/bbq in the backyard. It was really fun!