Category: Kids

Jazz game and motocross race

Kryssi’s dad had invited Lucas and I to go to a motocross race with him and most of her brothers in April. This was on a Saturday in SLC and it just happened the Jazz had a playoff game the night before. So I got tickets to that and Lucas and I went down early to catch that game.

It was the first game he’s been to and the first game I’ve been to in a while and it was a good one. It was game 6 of their playoff series, they ended up winning the game which won the series. It was crazy loud in the arena and a lot of fun.

Outside the arena
Lucas was a little scared of how high up we were
Ready for the game with our game shirts on
View from our seats
Trying out the swimming pool in the hotel we stayed at
The racetrack
Waiting for the races to start

Random Pictures

Trying out the skipping toy she got
Showing off his new shirt
Dab!
Best buds
Trying out moms boots
This is the storm that passed by the other day. We got a tornado warning, which is really rare here. There was an actual tornado that touched down (even more rare), but not by us. The news came on with all the warnings and it scared the kids, but it was fun to watch the storm pass by, with all the lightning and thunder.

Easter

For Easter this year, we went to the easter egg hunt at Taylor Park. It was a little chilly but not too bad. The kids all got lots of eggs and it was all done in 15 minutes, which is always nice.

Then after watching conference, we went to the Gregory’s and dyed easter eggs and did another easter egg hunt.

Dying eggs

Ready for another easter egg hunt
Looking for some eggs
Finding eggs

Enjoying some of the candy he found
Waiting to look at their easter baskets
Checking out their easter baskets
He got more candy!

Easter best (the week after easter, since it was conference)

Kittens and Chickens

We had two pregnant cats this spring that both had kittens a few weeks apart. Our first cat had a litter of 6: 3 white and 3 orange. One of the white ones didn’t make it but the other 5 did. Our other cat had a litter of 5, with one of those not making it. So we currently have 9 kittens if anyone is interested 🙂

We also got 4 more chickens to go with the 3 we already have. Was only planning on getting one more, but figured I couldn’t just get one, as it would be lonely. So was going to get two but somehow ended up with four.

Spring

We had a pretty mild winter here, especially January and February. But then March hit and decided we needed a bunch of snow.

A week or so after that, the weather was nice again so we took advantage and went for a walk by the river for FHE.

Hop scotch

Enjoying his donut

We hadn’t been bowling in a long time, so we decided to go on St Patrick’s day.

Our St Patrick’s day dinner

Aquarium

We decided to head to the aquarium on President’s Day, since the kids were out of school and I didn’t have to work. A new aquarium opened fairly recently in Idaho Falls and we decided to go check it out. It’s definitely a work in progress and not nearly as nice as larger aquariums, but it was still a lot of fun and they had quite a few hands-on exhibits, which the kids liked.

Checking out the lizard the mermaid was holding
Kryssi was brave enough to hold the snake, at least long enough for a picture

Sam really liked these big fish
Feeding the lizards

February Fun

Author Gary Hogg visited Lucas’ school a few weeks back (something he does every year). He holds an assembly and then does a writing workshop with the 4th graders. He chooses a few of his favorite stories that were written during this workshop (kids have 5 minutes to write a short story) and he holds a family presentation that night to read those and discuss some other things about writing.

Lucas’ story was chosen, so we ran from his basketball practice to the presentation. He was pretty proud of being able to go up front and have his story read, and he did a great job on it.

Valentines Day

Found this giant card at Walmart and knew I had to get it for Kryssi
Candy bar bouquet, the only good bouquet
I made these heart shaped chicken hand pies for dinner