My Life Is Over

Yeah, you see Carson's bed.  It is now a toddler bed because he kept climbing out of his crib and I was worried that he was going to get hurt.  Last night was when this all happened.  I couldn't get him to go to sleep. He would continually climb out and open his door.  And boy, did he think he was super cool.  He had a smile on his face the entire time he kept climbing out of his crib.

I normally put him to bed at 8:00.  Finally at 9:00, I decided that I would put his bed into a toddler bed.  I thought that I might as well, since he can climb out of his crib.  This way it will be safer.  Finally at 10:00, Carson fell asleep.  Now you know why my life is over.  I guess we will see if he even goes down for a nap today.  If any of you have any suggestions, on how to get this kid to sleep, let me know.  Anything will help.  Kelli just stopped taking naps about the time she could start climbing out of her crib, so it worked out ok.  Carson on the other hand, needs naps and I need him to take naps or I go crazy.

Soccer

Kelli had her last soccer game on Tuesday.  It was such an exciting game.  Kelli finally scored a goal right at the end of the game.  Right after she scored, the game was over.  She was so excited!  So was I.  Draper Recreation Dept was so kind to give all the kids trophies.  That sure lights up their faces.  What a cute soccer team.

Memorial Day Weekend

Our Memorial Day weekend was quite the adventure.  We decided to go camping up the mountains.  My husband couldn't leave until after work, so I decided to leave earlier, and hook up with my parents and get camp set up.  I packed up all the camping gear, loaded the kids in the jeep and headed to go see my parents.  We bought grocery food, and got everything organized so we could head up the mountains.

We found a great camping spot and set up camp.  I would have to say that this year is the greenest Memorial Day weekend.  Here is our sweet camping spot.

Friday was a great day up the mountains.  On Saturday, it got cold.  We decided to go fishing.  The wind blew and it snowed on us.  Carson was not a happy camper.  Kelli did great though.  These were just some random pictures while we were fishing.

Saturday evening we went to another fishing spot.  It started to clear a little more by afternoon, but it was still cold.

Sunday, we went to church and then decided that Carson had had enough.  So we came up the mountain after church and took down camp.  Maybe next year Carson will enjoy it better.  I think he is at a tough age for camping.  He didn't sleep well, or eat well while we were camping.  Poor guy.  But other than that, it was still a fun trip and great to hang out with my parents before they head on their mission.

Kelli's New Hair

Kelli has been begging me for quite some time to let her cut her hair like her cousins.  (Yes Wade and Jenny, your kids are an inspiration. Now she can be called bob #4.)  So I finally let her and another thing she wanted to do was donate her hair to locks of love.  I haven't seen her hair this short since she was 18 months old.

Well, here is your before shot...( her hair was back in a pony tail and I put it down so we could see the length, so it is a little messy.)















And after...

My Little Soccer Player

Kelli has started to play soccer this year.  She is doing quite well for her first time and she seems to enjoy it, especially when she is goal keeper.  She likes to dance and twirl around in front of the goal.  At her last game, I had to keep yelling at her, "Kelli, watch the ball!"  She is quite funny, but so are all the other kids on the team.  It's fun to watch all of them play soccer at such a young age.  The other great thing is that Kelli's daddy is her coach!

Getting ready and excited for the big game!















Preparing the mind for the big game!

Kelli in action!
















"This time, I'm watching the ball and I'm ready!"

Springtime Fun and Easter

With the weather warming up, you can't help but get outside and enjoy the warm sunshine. So that is what we did last week on Thursday. I packed Carson in the backpack, packed a picnic lunch, and headed out the door with the dog. We hiked around in "the wild" as what Kelli calls it. There are a lot a trails by my house which make it fun for exploration and exercise. Anyway, so we hiked around on a trail, sat down in the trees and had a picnic lunch.

Easter came and my kids loved every minute of it. We started out letting the kids check out what was in their Easter baskets. In the afternoon, we had a BBQ and then we went back out in "the wild" to search for eggs which I hid a little earlier. And of course they loved looking for their eggs.

Here they are headed out to the secret hiding spot.

Finding the eggs.

Oh and just a little side note, look at what we have found in "the wild" by my house.

It seems quite tame which I'm sure you can tell by how close I got to it and I wonder what on earth is a pheasant doing up here!

My Little Monster

Carson loves to climb in Millie's kennel and sometimes he won't come out. I love him to death but sometimes I wish I could just leave him there for a while.