Mother's Day

The Saturday before mother's day, Scott drove to Columbia, MO to get my sister Emily and her kids.  Em came in town to babysit for Scott and I while we went to Vegas this week.  On Mother's Day, the kids and Scott made Em and I breakfast in bed.  It was delicious.  Nile told Scott he thought it would be a good idea to get me a new ipod for mother's day.  I think he just wanted my old one.  I love my new ipod.  I downloaded some of my favorite tv shows to watch on the plane to Vegas.  I have to post the picture of this flower that our ward gave out for mother's day.  Emily didn't even take one.  I was going to put mine in the trash but I thought I better take a picture because no one would believe how pathetic they were.  They were frozen carnations.  Emily and I were laughing when they handed it to me, Emily just sat back down.  Here is picture of all the cousins.

Vampire Girls

Scott and I have had a busy week.  Last Thursday, May 8, Stephanie Meyer came to town for a book signing.  Stephanie talked for about a half hour and then signed books.  She talked about the movie coming out and how she had made comments on the script and she was excited for it to come out.  Some of my friends from church got tickets and went to meet her and get her new book The Host.  We had t-shirts made that said, "Vampire Girls" and then underneath in smaller lettering we each had a different saying.  My shirt said "Fire or Ice?"  It was a fun night.  Nile's teacher from school and the school librarian ended up going also.  I have started the Host and like it so far, I can't wait for Breaking Dawn in August.

Grandparents Day

Today was grandparents day at Nile's elementary school.  His Nana came in town to spend the morning at school with him and then we all went out to lunch.  They had a fun morning together filled with lots of activities.  Claire lost another tooth on the bottom of her mouth.  She is so excited about her missing teeth.  She shows everyone that we see everywhere we go, the grocery store, Target, dance, restaurants.  Nile has started baseball up again for the summer.  He has had two games already and his team has won both games which is very exciting for him.  Brent has become quite the entertainer.  He has loved having his nana come and visit for a few days.  Last night, Scott took the kids to Nile's hockey practice while my mom and I went shopping.  Brent packed his own backpack with his hockey gloves, mouth guard, hockey puck, and he was carrying his stick.  He asked Scott if he could bring his ice skates and skate, too.  He thinks he is one of the big kids.  Scott brings a stick so that he can play hall hockey with Brent at the ice rink while Nile is practicing.  There were some big storms last night.  My mom and I were shopping at the mall and we didn't hear anything.  Scott had taken the kids to eat at a restaurant and he said the tornado sirens went off and the workers at the restaurant locked the doors and closed the restaurant early.  Scott said he stayed an extra half hour to wait for the rain to slow down.  

Claire's First Lost Tooth

Claire lost her first tooth yesterday.  It has been loose for about a week.  She ate an apple on Saturday on the way to Columbia for Drew's birthday party.  She was real nervous that her tooth was going to fall out while we were in the car and she didn't know where she would put it.  I told her I had a ziploc bag to put it in if it came out.  Yesterday morning, during conference she was playing with her tooth.  Scott said let me look at it and he pulled it out.  She was so excited to have the tooth fairy come last night.  I can't believe how grown up she is getting.  

Olathe 5K and Easter

Last Saturday, some of my friends from the ward ran in the Olathe 5K race.  I improved my time from last year by 5 minutes.  It was a cold day, I was just glad there was no rain.  Here are some pictures from Easter.  We went to St. Louis to visit our families the week before Easter because it was the kids spring break.   It snowed on Easter in St. Louis so we didn't get any outdoor photos.  It was the first time that I can remember it ever snowing on Easter Day.  We tried to take the kids to the arch but the day we went they sold out of tickets while we were in line.  We did make it to the art museum and the zoo.  The kids enjoyed spending time with all the family.  Nile had the Pine Wood Derby for his school troop last week. He wasn't very fast but it was a good looking car.  He won the judge's favorite award.  He has enjoyed being in scouts with his school and church friends.  

GE Monogram Experience

Scott went to Louisville, KY last week for a training on the GE Monogram appliances.  He learned how to cook some yummy things from a chef.  He wanted me to put a plug in for his appliances  www.monogram.com.

March Happenings

This past weekend, Nile had his hockey playoffs for the end of the season.  He lost his first game but then won the second two games.  His team ended up coming in 5th place out of 10.  We went to a pizza party with the whole team on Saturday night and had a fun night.  Nile sure does love playing hockey and we had a great team and great coaches this year.  Sunday,  I took a couple of pictures of the kids before church we ended up having a beautiful morning.  I have been busy reading.  I just finished two good books.  The first one is These is My Words and the second one was American Bloomsbury.  Claire is busy at dance class getting ready for her recital in June and she is into playing Webkinz on the computer.  She is so funny as soon as she earns money for her pet she goes to the pet store and buys new outfits for her puppy where Nile on the other hand saves all his money and only buys the necessities like food and water.  Brent is talking more and more lately.  He cracks us up.  He told me the other day he wanted to go to the alligator place and I said, the zoo.  He said, no the other place.  So I said Hilton Head and he said, yes and I want Jason to come with us.  Hilton Head is where we take our family vacations every year.  I think we are going to go in July this year.  Scott won another trip for work!  His region came in 2nd for sales for last year.  We are going to Vegas in May just Scott and I.   My sister is going to come in town and help watch the kiddos.