Spring

Spring break!!!  We went from having lots of plans to having no plans for this week. So far we are filling our days with whatever sounds like fun. The best part is we are loving being work and schedule free!
 For example last night the kids ran around playing night games with friends. They were having so much fun I could hear them inside the house! This is what we've done... 


Saturday and Sunday
 Conference weekend and also soccer games have started again. Madison scored a goal during her game. Jason said she took the ball mid-filed and ran it all the way to the goal and scored. Jason paid Mads $5(the arrangement is still the same as last season). Every goal is worth $5 in this household. Korbin has a new coach and it seems like he's wants to do a good job and on top of things. I can feel that the boys on the team will improve by the end of the season. Also cleaned out the laundry room and figured out it's really not ready for shelves like we had planned to build. It's still unorganized but cleaner. So our big week long project went out the window.

Monday
Went to City Creek for the day. It's very nice and has fun shops. We spent a few hours checking it out. We grabbed lunch and headed to Park City to the outlets. Afterwards we stopped by g-ma and g-pa E's to grab some oranges they picked from Synda's yard. We ended the night with pizza, a movie and eating some Arizona oranges.  

Tuesday
We went to the Bingham Canyon mine. It was interesting and kinda fun. The kids want to go back this summer. A first visit for the kids and I and a second visit for Jason. Grandpa Dale joined us for the day. Afterwards we stopped by to get grab a bite to eat and came home. The kids and a few friends played some night games in the back yard. A few hours of playing and the number dwindle down to just a few friends playing UNO. 

Wednesday

Madison released her butterflies this morning. She's had a great time watching them grow from furry little caterpillars into beautiful butterflies. The rest of the days involves running errands, playing with friends, scouts for Korbin and night games again tonight. 

 I sure do miss having the kids around more... They make me laugh so hard sometimes. Marina was telling us about her new siblings sleeping habits and Jason and I started talking about our kids sleeping habits when they were babies. Korbin would sleep 4 hours at a time and Madison only 2 hours at a time. Jason asked me if he use to work graveyards when Madison was a baby and Madison jumps in saying,'Dad you worked at the GRAVEYARD!'. I couldn't help but laugh for a while.

Snowbasin

       Korbin went downhill skiing for the first time last week on a field trip. He had a great time! One of his comments was how his teacher went up the lift with him, he thought it was very cool. He was also excited about some hints/tricks he was taught that actually worked, how to slow down and how to turn. I asked him if he would want to go skiing again and he said maybe someday but wants to try snowboarding first. I'm glad he didn't hate skiing and glad he wants to try snowboarding (maybe he'll love snowboarding which would be great because mom and dad aren't skiers and probably never will be). Jas would/can be the parent that would be more than happy to take him snowboarding next year. I can be the parent that sends him fully equipped with sunscreen.  The day after the field trip there was a lot of 5th graders with a sunburned face at school. Korbin bragged how he didn't because he had extra sunscreen in his pocket. He's a funny kid that had a nice tan from skiing (or should I say got tanner from skiing).

Our friend Nate was kind enough to take some pictures of Korbin and took a video too, which was nice for us to see. There is a part in the video when Nate asked Korb to show some tricks and he responds he doesn't have any. It's funny to hear his tone when he responds. 

Wisdom Teeth

A few months ago I started to notice some discomfort around my wisdom teeth.  Weeks later it wasn't just a little discomfort, I was waking up really sore almost ever morning. To make a long story short one of my visiting teachers dad is a dentist and with her help I had my wisdom teeth pulled last week. I've had a lot of fun conversations with family and friends about having wisdom teeth removed in the last few weeks. It turns out it's more of a teen thing to do that closer to the age of 30. I've had some good laughs about it. :)

 This was definitely not one of my favorite memories. 

It was rougher than I though it would be, it took me a few days to get better. I started to look like a chipmunk fast on the first night (I slept with ice on my checks all night long and I've had to take pain medication every 3 hours on the dot if not sooner). Friday, Saturday and part of Sunday were bed days. I watched movie after movie, some I watched with the kids, some with Jason and most by myself and a large chuck I slept thru. Jason and the kids were GREAT and very attentive the entire time weekend to my puffy cheeks.

      After watching 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', all my thoughts have revolve around getting better so I can go and eat greek food especially with the diet I've been eating of pudding, Jello, yogurt and mashed potatoes. Even the shakes I was loving on Friday weren't that great by Saturday night. It has been 5 days since my dentist appointment and I feel much better. I still can't wait when I can sleep thru the night and most of all I'm really thankful for good friends who took the kids, brought over movies, shakes, and a dinner.

   

Late gift

Aunt Sio sent a b-day gift from the Apple store to Mads last week. It arrived yesterday. I swear Madison has an amazing capacity for eves dropping on conversations that are beneficial to her because she knew what she was getting before she even opened the package. What a stinker!

Anyway...she was super excited with her ipod. My sister had it engraved with her name.  We have disclosed the rules and hopefully it wont have to be taken away anytime soon. This gift will hopefully teach Mads to be more responsible with her stuff among other things we want her to work on. She has the youngest child syndrome sometimes. Jas is also loving the new toy and helping Madison use it.

Winter field trips

Both Madison and Korbin have had 2 field trips each in the last two weeks. They have been busy bodies. The day after Madison's birthday she had a field trip that wasn't in her opinion all that great. It was a story telling festival at a local theater. In the same week Korbin went to the Environmental center to do some snow shoeing and skiing. He enjoyed it. The following week Korbin went to JA City. He had a blast! JA City is a miniature town where the kids pretty much run everything. It's a great learning experience that teaches the kids about a few of the responsibilities they will eventually have as adults. One of Korbin's favorite parts was being the CEO of Century Link. The following day it was Madison's turn for another field trip. She went to the Environmental Center for snow shoeing and skiing. She had a great time. I wasn't able to go on this round of field trips so I'm so glad my friend Tosha sent me pictures through out the field trips so I could see all the fun the kids were having even though I wasn't able to be there. Korbin has one more field trip to go. It's a big one...we'll see how much he enjoys it.