Computer Class

Caleb and Leah go to their computer class on Mondays and Wednesdays. They love it. They learn reading, math and science. This is them at their class.

Sports Fans!

Alex had another basketball game tonight. Nanny and Papa came to watch. He did really well playing defense. He's good at blocking the other team's shots and getting rebounds.
After Alex's game, Jon took Leah to the women's volleyball game. She was so excited. She was so happy to dress up in her "cheerleader". She loves to watch Cosmo---from a distance. As soon as Jon went to get her picture taken with him she froze up and was scared of him. So, he went behind her so she didn't realize she was getting a picture taken with him.
She also got to meet a "real" cheerleader. Her name is Katie. She said to Leah, "You must be our cheerleading number #1 fan!" She really is. She loves dressing up like a cheerleader. The sad thing is it will be her last day to dress up in it. It is getting way too small. I heard a few seams pop as I was trying to get it off of her. It says it's a 2-4 size, but I think it fit her the best as a 2 year old. We'll have to get her a bigger size so she can still pretend to be a cheerleader. It was so fun to watch her cheer for Alex at his basketball game too (when she wasn't busy playing with a spare basketball or climbing all over the bleachers).

Decorating Cookies

Yesterday I had a demo at Roberts. I took sugar cookies and decorated them. My mom and I went to girls night out after my demo. When I got home my kids wanted to decorate some cookies too. So, I let them decorate a few. These are the cookies that Caleb and Alex decorated. Alex made the ghost. I was really proud of how well he did stars all over the ghost! Maybe there's a future decorator in him! Caleb also did well following the lines on the football cookie. He loves lots of colors...and lots of frosting!

Soccer, Basketball and a Pizza Party

What a busy day we had yesterday! Caleb's last soccer game was from 5:30-6:30pm. Alex had a basketball game from 6-7pm. After Caleb's game the whole team when to a pizza place to have a pizza party. I took Caleb and Leah to Caleb's game while Jon took Alex to his basketball game. We all met up at the pizza place. I'm glad this was the only day when their schedules overlapped. It would be so crazy to deal with that more than once. Caleb's team did really well. I'm glad he had the team that he did. All the kids got along great and had a lot of fun together. They were all presented with a certificate and a medal for their great efforts in soccer. (Caleb's coach is in the yellow shirt sitting by Alex. Also, notice the soccer cake I made that's sitting in the middle of the table.)

Alex is doing well in basketball too. They are learning man-on-man basketball. They each get a wristband of a different color and they have to gaurd the player on the opposite team with the same color wristband. It hasn't sunk in with some of the kids and we still get a lot of double teaming. They'll learn eventually.

Keep it away from me!

Our family has been passing around a cold for the past few days. It started with Leah and Caleb. They both woke up on Friday with a yucky cough. So, they were on cough medicine. Saturday morning Jon went to Salt Lake with Alex and Caleb. The weather changed for the worse and got really cold. That combined with being around Caleb gave Jon the cold. So, Saturday and Sunday I spent taking care of my sick family. Sunday morning I was the only one who went to church. Alex had said that he was feeling sick too. I don't know if he really was sick, or if he just wanted to stay home like everyone else. Anyway, without anyone bothering me during the meeting, I actually got to listen to the talks! It was so quiet and peaceful, yet I felt like a part of me was missing without my family there. It was almost as if it were TOO peaceful to really enjoy myself. Jon and all 3 kids got blessings and I think it really helped. Jon was able to go to work today and Alex is at school. Caleb's cough is gone and Leah still has a lingering cough. Her coughs always last forever because of the asthma problems she's had. So, we're looking forward to a good week. I hope that the illness doesn't pass on to me. So far so good.

Spare Time

As a mother of 3 young kids I wonder "who has spare time?" I do have more spare time than I think sometimes. Though, it seems like my life is always running in fast-forward.

So, during some of my precious "spare time" tonight after the kids supposedly went to bed (they each had to make their usual rounds of coming out or sneaking into each other's rooms) I spent 2 hours making royal icing flowers for an upcoming cake I'm making. I thought they turned out so cute. Any guesses on what kind of cake it's going to be?? The cake picture will be posted by Friday night or Saturday morning on my cake blog.

Weekend Visitor

My brother, Shane, flew in to SLC from Vegas this past Thursday night. My sister-in-law, Katie, didn't want to drive to Salt Lake by herself so late at night so I went with her. What an adventure! Besides almost being hit twice on our way there we also didn't know what we were doing! Shane's flight was delayed, so we tried to go see the new IKEA store but it closed 10 minutes before we got there. We went and met up with my father-in-law to get some of Jon's tools that he needed and that took up some more time. After stopping at Wendy's for a snack we made it to the airport. They've re-labeled the parking lots since I've been there last and Katie and I had no idea where to go. We ended up parking clear out in the back of a parking lot, but caught a shuttle to the terminals. We picked up Shane just before 11PM and we got back on the shuttle to take us back to our car. The shuttle took is directly to our car (it was the 1st stop on the way back) and we enjoyed pretending that it was our intention to park in such a great spot. I got back home around mid-night.

Friday night we went to my parent's house for dinner. I had the wedding cake to deliver beforehand, so we ended up eating around 6:30pm. Everyone was so hungry and the ham and cheesy potatoes tasted so good that my mom made. I had some spice cake cupcakes made from left over batter from the wedding cake that we had for dessert (along with some ice cream). After dinner we played games together. We went home after 10pm. It was a late night for the kids, but they enjoyed playing with their cousin and seeing Uncle Shane and Aunt Katie. It was a great weekend. We hope to see you again soon, Shane! :)