Camping Season!

The weather was better this last weekend so we went out for our first camping trip of the season.  We were pretty much eaten alive by the numerous mosquitoes while setting up the tent.  We immediately went to the market down the road for different bug spray and that seemed to help.  But you had to apply it the second you got out of the tent.

We played in the river for a bit but it was really cold so the kids opted to play in the sand instead.

 Ryleigh was a big helper with Bentley while Devin and I tried to get things done.

Bailey fell asleep before dinner Saturday night so she missed out on dinner, s'mores 

and games. 

The girls asked to help with dishes after pancakes. 

Real Salt Lake

We decided to not go on our usual camping trip over Memorial Weekend because of the weather.  Instead, Devin bought tickets for the soccer game.  It was a great game to see.  They played NYFC which is coached by Real's old coach.  Real had a few key players come back from injury in this game too.

Celebration after the first goal

Real won 2-0!

Bye, Bye Curls

I finally bought some clippers to get rid of Bentley's fly away curls.  They were getting out of control.  Before I started Devin asked if I knew what I was doing.  I responded with something along the lines of, all I know is you move up the back of his head with the clippers like this. He responded with, "Maybe you should watch a YouTube or something first."  I was pretty confident I could handle it.

See the curls around his ears?  If he went to bed with wet hair, it was pretty wild when he woke up.

He loved it! 

He sat there very still watching the girls watch him.

This kind of looks like he is crying but he was actually laughing.

Notice the curls above his right ear?

Ta da!

I couldn't believe how much hair he actually had on his head.  We had a pretty big pile when we finished.

Look at our big, handsome boy after the bath.

Ryleigh's 6th Birthday

My oldest is 6!  We got to have her birthday party on her birthday because it fell on a Saturday.  We invited some of her friends to come celebrate.  What 6 year old doesn't want a Frozen themed birthday party.

She invited her guests to wear their Frozen dress up clothes.

They played two of Ryleigh's new Frozen games

The girls made Elsa crowns and the boys made Sven antlers.

After her birthday party she chose Arctic Circle for dinner.  Then we came home and opened family presents. 

She was so excited to get the "American Girl Doll" she had been asking for.  However, her mom and dad didn't feel the need to spend the money on the real deal so she got the Target brand.

We love our Muffet to pieces!  We love the little lady she is becoming.  She is such a joy to be with.  She loves to help out with her sister and brother, most of the time.  She is our outdoors kid.  She has done such a great job in kindergarten. 

Happy 4th Birthday, Bailey!

Bailey's birthday is on Monday but we celebrated it yesterday with Uncle Travis's family and Shawnle.  With moving, I didn't want to plan a kid birthday party.  At the new house, we will have a joint kid party for her and Ryleigh.

She requested a Daniel Tiger birthday cake.  Lucky for me, she already had the Daniel Tiger figures from Christmas.  I tried a lazy way to make your cake look like it had fondant.  It did not work.  Next time I will stick with the real stuff.

Aunt Nicole got her unicorn Stompeez.

And Auntie Ann made her an Ana hat to go with her Ana dress up clothes.

We love this girl so much and are grateful she is part of our family.  She told us when she turned 4 she would stop sucking her thumb.  Saturday morning I reminded her of that and she said, "I am not 4 yet!" and stuck her thumb in her mouth with an attitude.  Today she told Devin she will stop when she is 5.  She keeps us laughing, that's for sure.

Easter Weekend

We started the weekend off with the Autumn Winds egg scramble.  We love going to that one.  Not a lot of people and it is fun to see the elderly watching the kids.

The girls were not afraid of the bunny this year!

Bentley got to participate.  He successfully got himself one egg and was very excited about it.

There it is!

Still hanging onto that egg.

The egg scrambling crew!

After the soccer game, we busted out egg dye.  Not sure why I thought glitter egg dye was a good idea last year when I picked it up in the after Easter clearance.  I hate glitter!

He didn't know you had to remove the shell first.

They look cute though.

Ryleigh hollered from her bed at 6:15 this morning asking if it was morning.  I told her no and to go back to sleep.  Every 10 min I heard the question again.  Eventually her and Bailey went to play in their room and at 7 I heard, "Mom, my clock says 7:00.  Can we go downstairs yet?"  I told he we had to wait for Bentley to wake up.  10 minutes later, "Mom, I think I hear Bentley."  Nope not yet.  at 7:15 Bentley was awake so we headed downstairs.  If only she woke up that easily on school days.

After Bailey found her first egg, she was mad that she had glitter all over her hands.  Ryleigh continued finding the eggs and we heard Bailey in the bathroom washing her hands.  I think she only found one more because she wasn't a fan of the glitter either.

Bentley found one!

Ryleigh was excited to find this one.  

After the eggs were all put back in the carton, we were still missing one.  Ryleigh's conclusion was that the Easter Bunny ate it so she quickly gave up.  Bailey gave up a long time before.  I looked at the picture from coloring them to see what color it was.  I thought it was yellow so I was looking for a yellow egg.  After I had searched a long time for that egg, I told the kids whoever found it would get a dollar.  Seconds later Ryleigh found the missing egg.  However, it was blue.  I had made a yellow and green egg and in the picture the yellow was showing.  This morning, the green was showing.  Remember the blue egg Bailey found and got glitter all over her hands?  She, for some reason, put it in one of the drawers in the kitchen.  Maybe if we told her we were looking for a blue egg she might have told us she hid it in the drawer.  Silly girl.

Bentley crawled right over to see what was in his basket.

Now we get to enjoy the day listening to General Conference to remember our Savior on this Easter Sunday.  We are grateful for Him and His sacrifice for us.

Spring Soccer Has Begun!

Ryleigh is super excited to play soccer again.  Devin opted to let someone else have a turn coaching but after the first game yesterday, wishes he would have coached.

She started this season the same as last, afraid to kick the ball.  The ball was at her feet numerous times but would back away and let someone else kick it.  With much encouragement from me, she was happy to report she kicked it twice the whole game.  Hopefully she gets over her fear quickly like last season and makes her team some goals.

The team we played was really good.  But they all had a good time.