April Fools Comes Early

Yes, the sick joke's on us, everyone in the Salt Lake Valley. Not on 1 April, though, no. April Fools caught everyone off guard when we woke up 31 March to TWO INCHES of snow! Yes, even at 9:30am I had to clean snow off my car (and why it's not in the garage is a whole other story). Eliza was bummed when I told her I didn't want to sit out in the cold when she asked if she could ride her bike. "But there is no snow on the sidewalk," she protested. If that were the only deciding factor...

THEN, the real April Fools comes: registering for Super Sports at the local Rec Center. Apparently it's a pretty popular youth summer program; this will be our first year. Registration in the past has been on Saturdays and people have literally camped out for places in the first-come-first-serve line that opens 6am Saturday morning. Well, last year the Rec Center started something new: You Pre-Register and get a #. Bring that # with you to the day of registration (today, a weekday). At 6am a random # is drawn (today was #53) and that person is first in line. Then all the other #s line up after in numerical order; after the last registration # (59), the line continues with #1,2,3... I was 44. I overheard someone saying last year there were 105 or so numbers, so I guess having it on a weekday cut out the not-so-serious contenders (lol I didn't even know about this program until my friend suggested, last Friday, we put our kids in together). :)

Aside from the insanely long 45min wait in line to pick the group I needed/wanted then another 45min wait in line to pay for said registration, it was a nice brisk walk to and from the Rec Center...snow in April...(sigh)...I sure hope Eliza and her friend have an insanely fun time with this program come June. She doesn't even know I've already scheduled most of her summer. I wouldn't have camped out, though...

Daryl's Birthday Party

Daryl turned 33 on 29 March. I had a class at work in the morning, and had I been a better wife I would have woken up early and made him breakfast in bed before I had to leave...but it didn't happen. I kinda feel bad about it, looking back. That would have been really nice...(sigh)...Anyway, I did give him a kiss and "Happy Birthday" before I helped get the kids breakfast. :)

I picked up the cake on my way home then we went down to his parent's house for dinner, porqupine balls -- his birthday dinner for as long as he can remember (I tried them last year, didn't go so well. I'll leave them to his mom for now). His sister and kids and best friend and his kids were also there. It was a full house and we had a great time. Thanks, Mom and Dad Peay!

After dinner Mom and Dad Peay came up and put the kids to bed while we went to Game Night with our ward. Good times! Those are some serious gamers! Daryl even one a couple. Everyone even sang to him, twice. Hope you had a fun day, honey! Love you! xoxo

Easter 2008, part I and II

Easter came twice to our house. Once on Wednesday so that the Easter Bunny could fill Jordan's basket because he wouldn't be with us that weekend this year. The second time was an impromtu Easter Dinner/Going Away party for Mack leaving on a 5 week business trip. As the kids played, my sister and I filled more plastic eggs then scattered them on the front lawn and let the kids go at it (with some rules for the other kids). The older kids were skeptical, but no one would admit they knew who put the eggs there. It was fun to have the family over. Dinner was a yummy ham, potatoes and salad, then a chocolate fountain for desseret, since there apparently wasn't enough chocolate given out with the other candy...well, not for the adults anyway. Enjoy the pictures!

A Good Spring...Cut

My cute cousin cutting the girls' hair. Thanks, Amber!
Post-hair cut. Lydia was more interested in the McGriddle. Yumm!
She was holding still but being grumpy and wouldn't smile
Now she's looking around...
Sitting still...
Trying to catch the smile on camera. She's telling Amber all about her princess movies and singing songs. Such a chatter box!

Thanks, again, Amber! The girls look adorable and will look so cute for pictures on Friday!

Princesses on Ice