Graduate Dani of '09

Danielle graduated from Oaker Meadows Preschool this past Friday June 12, 2009. She is now officially headed to Kindergarten! Look out Magna Elementary, here she comes!!

Dani is sitting next to her best friends Emily and Wyatt.

Congratulations Dani, you are going to do great in elementary school!

Home Sweet Home

My house has pretty much been a big mess ever since...who knows? but this last weekend without really trying my family kind of chipped in and with what was a surprisingly minimal effort on my part, we got it picked up. And amazingly it's clean! And it has even stayed clean over the last few days. So I'm slightly shocked by this little miracle and went around the house taking pictures of every room. So I have proof the next time someone walks in my door and just looks at all the toys and junk laying everywhere, I can say "YES, my house is clean... on occasion!" So here is my "Virtual Tour" of my CLEAN house!!

of course the kids did drag out a few things- like giant puzzles...and I didn't put the dishes away before I took the picture. But they're (mostly) Clean!

Yes, this room is clean by Marissa standards. Any way hope you enjoyed the sneak peak. I'm hoping this is a long term trend and not just an over night thing. Maybe we've turned some kind of a corner and we can actually keep up on a few chores for a change! Here's hoping!!

Memorial Day

So this weekend we were planning to go see the graves of our ancestors. But poor Lynn has an abscess (bump) that is quite painful and has kept him in bed all weekend. So while Lynn went to the doctors, the kids and I took a two hour walk up Cemetery Hill to the Pleasant Green Cemetery on Monday. It was a perfect day for a walk after Sunday's rains cooled everything down for us. We found Grandma Davis, who is the great-grandma who lived in this house before us, along with her family. Sorry, I didn't take the camera and get pictures, but the valley was so pretty from up there. It was a little disappointing that we didn't get to go anywhere, but it turned out to be a nice relaxing day after all!

Mother's Tea

It was a special day at Allee and Dani's preschool. We had a Mother's Day party! We colored butterflies on the back of a matching game that had pictures of things mothers do for us. The kids serenaded us with a lovely song "I wish every child in the whole wide world had a great mother just like you!" We opened presents, a jewlery box with a pin inside. We read a card from each child, I am 14 years old according to Dani and I am 5 inches tall according to Allee. And of course, we had a treat, a cookie flower in a cup full of oreo dirt and gummy worms with ice cream. It was a lovely time with my two favorite preschoolers!

Homemade Clay

See if you can find: ladybug, turtle, snail, girl, snake, birds nest, fish.

We tried a homemade clay recipe we received from Ashley for this project. We used some old flour that was ready to be thrown out and mixed it with a little water and salt. Then turned it into works of art! Marissa went to town making her own little animals. Dani made a trampoline. Allee made a rainbow. Then we baked them in the oven so they would harden. A few days later we pulled out the paint and that's when their creations really came to life! They are surprisingly bright and pretty! Marissa even took a couple to school to give away to her teachers. It was a fun idea, Thanks Ashley!

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Lynn was cleaning out the garage this weekend and kept getting distacted. One minute he would be in the garage and the next he would be out front with the kids. Every time he found something fun to play with he was back out front with the kids. First it was a kite. They had it going pretty high, too! Next it was bubbles. Now do you think the garage is cleaned out yet? We'll have to try again this weekend. After all, I did hear Lynn say something about fixing the bike car.....

Easter Weekend

Kids are so much fun during the holidays! We enjoyed having the Easter Bunny come, painted eggs, and had an Easter egg hunt. I think our favorite part about Easter (and every holiday) is the chance we have to visit with our family. This year we were able to head down to Santaquin where we visited with Ashley and her boys Jared and Ashton. The kids had so much fun that they brought Jared home with us so we could have a sleepover! So we were able to spend Sunday with them as well when Ashley came to pick up Jared. We had so much fun we look forward to the next holiday so we can do it all again!