Happy Hunter

Hunter is a rabbit lover!

They found a momma rabbit today and wanted to keep it as a pet.  Several hours later they found 3 baby bunnies in a hole in the ground.  They were indeed the momma rabbits babies.  So Hunter begged us to let him keep them all.

Seriously how could you turn down that face!

I don't know because I can't!

Aren't they so sweet!

The kids have all had a great time feeding the baby rabbits with a bottle, after the mother died.

We were not successful in keeping the sweet baby rabbits alive, but it wasn't because we didn't try our best!  The kids, especially Hunter and Kiersten took great care of these baby rabbits.  I told them the baby rabbits would have died faster in the wild so they shouldn't feel bad.  But I had them promise me we will just try getting real pet bunnies to care for.  Especially since the kids earned a REAL rabbit cage for getting straight A's.....all 3 kids!!!  Great job kids!  You are each so smart!

"I Fell For a Girl!"

I get a phone call from Justin telling me the school is trying to get a hold of me because Logan has been hurt at school and they have an ambulance on it's way.  I had been outside with Grant jumping on the trampoline while Ella was taking a nap so I hadn't answered my phone when the school tried calling me.

When Justin told me all this I was in a panic to get to the school.  In my mind if you are calling an ambulance it's really serious!!  All I could think as I loaded up Grant and Ella was how am I going to go with Logan in the ambulance with these two.  What would I do?

By the time I got to the school the ambulance and police were already there.  I am thinking it would be something really bad.  Even though the goose egg on Logan's forehead was MASSIVE, I was relieved to see that was his injury.  These pictures do not do it justice by any means.

DeeAnn, the director of the school, told me how brave Logan had been and that he didn't even cry until he heard the sirens of the ambulance and I wasn't there yet.

The goose egg had gone down quite a bit by the time I took this picture.  It was so sweet.......both DeeAnn and Mrs. Skinner, Logan's teacher called over the weekend to check on him.

What happened was Logan and a little girl were told to, "Run back to class from speech because they were late.  The speech therapist had kept them too long."  They know not to run, but the did as they were told and ran back to their class.  Some how they got tangled up and Logan and her fell.  Logan was a gentleman and took the brunt of the fall.  The little girl just got a scrape on her arm.

When people would ask Logan what happened to him he would reply, 

"I Fell for a Girl!"

What a character.  The police officer kept telling him that this is what happens when you fall for girls........you end up hurt.  Logan got a kick out of that!

Later that evening Logan asked me, "Mom does it always hurt this much when you fall for a girl?"

I told him, "Oh yes it does!!"

At that point I knew he'd be just fine!

Sure did give him a nice goose egg and some good strawberries but he sure was tough about it.

Hunter's 1st Year….

Playing Bantom Basketball.  There were 7 boys on his team and the did really well.  He really loved it!  His coach would always comment on how Hunter never acted like he was shorter than any of the boys, he just got out there and played.

The games were every Saturday morning for the months of January and February.  Hunter's coach said he needs to work on dribbling the ball faster down the court.  We are hoping to find a basketball camp he can go to this summer!

It was fun to watch Hunter have good sportsmanship and enjoy playing basketball for the first time! 

What Sweet Kids!

Kiersten and Hunter made Justin and I breakfast!

They did a wonderful job!

Scrambled eggs, bacon, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries.  Water for me and chocolate milk for Justin.  They sure know us well.  It just made my day!

Before we ate Hunter said, "Wait mom don't you want to take a picture first?"

Why yes I did!  Gotta document when they are so sweet :)

Violin Recital

Kiersten has to take private lessons now since the junior high doesn't offer a strings program.  She still takes her lessons from Kim Skinner.

Kiersten did a wonderful job on her piece for the recital!  Kim kind of threw this recital together at short notice so Kiersten didn't exactly love the piece she had to do but she played it wonderfully!  I am always so proud of Kiersten!  I was NEVER brave enough as a kid, nor adult to stand up in front of people and play.  Well I guess I played my saxophone in high school and had solos.  But I didn't seem to have the confidence that Kiersten does, and definitely not at such a young age.  

When I was little and took piano lessons, I cried so many times at recitals that my piano teacher, Sister Bryce finally didn't have me do the recitals.

So Kiersten you are way better than your mom!

Showstoppers Dance Competition

Kiersten attended the Showstoppers Dance Competition in Gilbert this weekend.  I was sad it was the first competition I have missed.  But it was a quick one day thing and I didn't want to take Ella out around a lot of people yet.  So Justin took her and Hunter for the day.  

I heard they had a great day!

Kiersten's group did 3 dances and won 1, 2, and 3 for them.  She was really excited about that!

She was also excited she got to bring one of the trophies home with her for a few days.  Kiersten is always so sweet and lets other girls, who are more dominating then her take the trophy.  She won't speak up and never wants to make a big deal about it.  Even though she always wishes she got to take one home.

So she was really excited to show me one of their trophies!

I really love watching Kiersten dance!  She is so talented and such an amazing performer!!!

Fun in Gilbert

We decided to make a full weekend trip out of going to the Gilbert Temple Open House.  We looked at the cost of renting two rooms for all of us since I didn't want to have all the kids in the same room as Ella.  I wasn't sure if she would wake them up in the night or not.  I then started looking at the cost of renting a house.  

We were able to get a great deal on a house just down the road from the temple so we jumped on it.

It was actually cheaper then renting two hotel rooms because they gave us 15% off since we were paying with cash.  The house had a pool and hot tub.  I thought the pool was heated but come to find out it isn't.  So it was super cold and the kids just swam in it a little bit.

The hot tub on the other hand was a huge hit!  I even enjoyed some time relaxing in it!

We enjoyed going for walks.  Man I would move back to the Chandler/Gilbert area in a heartbeat if I got to choose!  I try to make the most out of living in Pima and to enjoy my life there.  But if I am honest it is not what I dreamed my life would be.  Actually its just not where I dreamed I would live.

We walked to a neighborhood park.

The kids loved that and it made me really wish I lived in the city again!

Hunter and Logan even played basketball with some kids while we were there.  It always amazes me how fast kids become friends.  They are such good examples when it comes to that!

I wish there was a fun park we could walk to.  I know our backyard is pretty much an awesome park but it would still be nice to have a walking path leading to a neighborhood park.  I LOVED doing that with Kiersten when we lived in Chandler!

It was super nice to be in a 3 bedroom house instead of a hotel room!!  Even Justin told me that was a great call on my part!  I LOVED getting out of Pima and being out of the house.  It had been a long 6 weeks staying home with a newborn.

We enjoyed a little shopping at the mall.  Ella LOVED the mall and all the noise and lights!  It was great to get away as a family for a long weekend!