4th of July

Happy 4th of July Everyone!  We spent the weekend at Grandma Shirlee's and watched the fireworks up on the hill that were set off the Dixie hill and the Stadium.  I don't know the real names of the places, so sorry!  They were lots of fun to watch.  There was even a smiley face one that the kids thought was cool.  We planned on doing my families BBQ and fireworks on Monday night.  Come to find out (on Monday) that it was illegal to do ANY fireworks after the 4th!  Reminder...Monday was the 5th.  My niece works for a fireworks provider and hooked us up pretty sweet.  Unfortunately, all those great fireworks are still in the back of her car.  DANG!  We were really looking forward to having our own great fireworks show.  Now, they will sit in storage until next year.  We were really tempted to just do them anyway, but the fine if you were caught was $1000.00 and no one was willing to chip in!  It was a fun 4th of July anyway, but there was no Shock and Awe.

Blooming Wishes

We went to the Bellagio to see the flowers in the atrium.  Holy Cow!  They were so gorgeous and smelled so wonderful!  I was impressed with myself for knowing what some of the flowers were...like hyacinth, tulips, chocolate roses...yeah I know my stuff!

Take me out to the Ball Game

We went to the 51's game with Grandma Shirlee.  It was lots and fun.  I could say that the best part of the evening was the cinnamon roasted almonds, but that wasn't it.  It was when Corey got chosen to go out between 6th and 7th innings to "rake the dirt".  Well, she actually asked if I wanted to do it, but I said Corey would!  So he was a good sport and went out to rake the dirt.  The kids thought is was so cool that their dad's name got announced over the loud speaker!  We got 2 tickets to some comedy show down town.  So, that was the greatest part of the whole ball game!

Trip to the Dentist

The 3 kids and I went to the dentist during spring break.  I was brave enough to take all three of them to get their teeth cleaned and examined, but also to have it done myself as well!  They were great, and none of them put up a fight.  They were also really good while I was getting mine done.  I just knew someone would have a cavity, especially since they don't brush their teeth that great!  But guess who ended up with a cavity?....ME!

My Baseball Stars

Baseball season has officially began.  We are set for long Saturdays with each of them having a game.  We've got a new canopy for the hot weather coming soon.  They are both playing really well.  This is Cayden's second season in minor league.  Since it is the "spring season," they have to have drafts or try outs.  He was snatched up really quickly, as far as we heard.  His coach he had in the fall didn't get to get him this season.  We are on a new team, but it has been just fine.  In fact, we played his other team last Saturday and it was great.  His friends Tanner and Davis are still on the other team.  It was such a fun game!  Tanner pitched to him and before he started pitching, Cayden lifted up his batting helmet and stuck his tongue out at Tanner!  It was so funny!

Ryan has been playing really well this season.  He is on a younger team again, but it hasn't been as bad as I thought.  I was thinking he would be his silly self again and not pay attention, but he really has stepped it up!  He plays with his friend Tyler and they have fun together.  At Ryan's last game, he hit a long ball all the way to the grass behind 1st base! We all went nuts!  He ran to 1st, the coach told him to go on to 2nd.  When he got there, he thought "Why stop here?" and kept running to 3rd!  He had no idea where the ball was!  That wasn't important, he thought he hit a home run so he just kept on going!  The 3rd base coach had to grab his arm and pull him back to 3rd!  It was great!  He was on cloud 9 all night!

Down and Derby

It's that time of year again for the Pine Wood Derby.  A special thanks goes out to Uncle Gary for cutting out our cars this year.  Cayden's car was red, green, and blue with checkers, Ryan made a Lightening McQueen, and Abby had a Bling Bling Flower Car.

Last year, Ryan's car was the fastest overall car.  This year, Cayden took 3rd place in the Cub Scout division, Ryan's last year's winner car took 2nd place overall, and .... ABBY won the fastest overall car for the whole ward!!!  How funny is that!

From left to right:  Cayden's 3rd place car, Ryan's Lightening McQueen, Ryan's last years winner (took 2nd this year) and Abby's Flower Power Overall Winner.

They say the louder you yell at your car the faster it goes.  Need I say more?

"Go Lightn' Go!"

"Who, me?  I won?"

Happy Birthday, Abby!

Guess who turned 5?  Yep, Abby Girl.  She had quite the birthday, too!  There is something about little girls and how easy it is to buy them presents!

This is one of about 5 dresses she got.  And she posed with every one of them.  She's already worn one of the new ones to church, and believe me she know how cute she was!

I love having a girly girl!

Check out the new boots!

And of course, the big box of makeup.  Last year Grandma Covey have her a really cute hat box type thing full of little girl make up.  I guess this year it was Grandma Shirlee's turn.  I found out later that Abby actually picked it out and helped wrap it.  We couldn't figure out why she kept wanting to open that particular gift!  We kept making her wait.  Now we know.  Make up.  Yeah.  Of course, she has already painted Grandpa Covey's nails and put all kinds of make up on his face!  That happened on one of her "Grandpa Days" (his day to baby sit while I work).  Grandma took pictures with her phone, but I'm sure she will do it again and Grandma will use her regular camera.  I will post pictures, believe me!