Track & Field

I loved Track & Field when I was in Elementary School, and Maddie and Payton were so excited as well! We had so much fun watching them compete! It was really cute!

Payton did the Javelin, Shot Put (a softball throw), Obstacle Course and Long jump

Maddie did the Javelin, Sack Race, 50 yd dash, and hurdles!




The whole class did the Tug-of-war







These are Paytons really good friends, and these boys cleaned house! The placed in almost everything they did! Payton got first in Javelin, Softball, and 2nd in the Obstacle course.




These are Maddie's good friends, and they did really well too! Maddie got 2nd in the Sack Race!

Potty Time!

We decided it was time to start potty training Lexi. I didn't want to deal with the hassle of it all, but she is READY! So, Sat. she picked out Ariel and "Pinkybell" panties and we talked all about it. Monday morning we got her up, took off her diapers, and started giving her LOTS of juice!! I set the time for every 10 minutes and the 3rd time we put her on the potty she Peed! She LOVED getting a sucker as her treat! It was also great to have a fun fanclub that cheered her on! She also got to call Grandma Treats and tell her the good news. She was still eating her sucker when the 10 minutes were up, so we went back to the potty and she pee'd again! Again, she got a sucker (one in each hand). She is pretty smart and must have great control because 10 minutes later she pee'd again! And, of course, expected another sucker! I only had 5 suckers, so we started using Jelly Belly's-not as messy, and they don't take as long to eat!
Needless to say, she only had 2 accidents that day (one she pee'd through her panties into the potty-she couldn't get them off in time).

Yesterday was day 2. She did GREAT in the morning. In fact, I went in to get a pull-up on her so we could take the kids to school and I found her on the potty, pants down, pooping!! YEAHHHH!!!!! This was the hardest part for both twins, so I am very excited it is so easy for Lexi. She got a Pinkybell toy and we also moved her onto the big potty.
I'm sure I will keep you all posted on our Potty Party!! Today isn't going as well, but I think I just need to keep on top of things. I will let you know!

Mommy, can't we please???.........

Last Saturday I was out by the pool pulling LOTS of weeds and the kids just couldn't resist the water! The water was only 58', and yet they still got out last years swimsuits and swam!


Maddie was the only one that went completely under,
and Lexi thought the twins were NUTS to get in farther than their knees!

They had lots of fun and can't wait until it is Lots warmer to swim even more! That could happen this week! We might hit 80'!

Celebrity Morph by MyHeritage

MyHeritage: Celebrity Morph - Ancestors - Family reunion

My Celebrity Look-a-likes

What do you think? These are the celebrities I look the most like! Do you agree! :)

http://www.myheritage.com/collage

Happy Birthday Bryson!

My older brother, Todd, baptized his son yesterday! Bryson turned eight and chose to be baptized! We are so proud of him! You can see how proud my brother is! It was a great baptism and my brother did a GREAT job!

Payton thinks Bryson is the BOMB and looks up to Bryson no matter what he does (Bryson also wears glasses). I'm so glad he has such a good example to look up to!

We love you, Bryson, and happy eighth Birthday!

Grandpa Dennison's Mountain

For President's Day I wanted to do something fun with the kids, other than the park, so we decided to go hiking. I knew I needed something simple because I would be on my own with 3 kids, so we decided to hike up Grandpa Dennison's mountain. It isn't really his mountain (obviously) but he climbled this mountain a couple weeks before he died. It overlooks his house and is kind of pretty!

We found the right road and started climbing up (me carrying Lexi most of the way).

The kids were so excited and LOVED it at the top. They were so worried about Lexi everytime she got too close to the edge! Aren't they sweet!

Lexi was in heaven picking lots of flowers (which made Maddie really nervous because there were bee's too!)

It was pretty green because of the rainfall over the past couple weeks!

Maddie and Payton also loved climbing on all of the rock formations at the top. Lexi couldn't climb up that high, and I was NOT going to climb with both of us to the top! :)

Here we are hiking down.

Goodbye Grandpa Dennison's Mountain!

After the mountain we went to Falcon Field and watched the airplanes land and take off. The best part was driving home and Payton said, "Mom, today was a FUN day!" and Maddie added, "The BEST day Ever!" and Payton replied, "Grandpa is probably really happy that we climbed his mountain! It is the best mountain EVER!"