Running Club/ Little Souls Marathon

After months of before school running club ( in the snow and wind) Lincoln has completed running a total of a marathon. Josh and I both enjoyed taking turns doing running club with Lincoln. We loved  watching Lincoln develop a love for running and to see his determination to get better and faster every time he ran. He's sad running club is over and can't wait for next year.

Celebrated running a total of a marathon by running 2K at the Little Souls Kids Marathon!

Lincoln's 7 Birthday Party!

Lincoln had a great friends party! I wanted to keep things simple, cheap and fun. I think we nailed it! We had a outdoors backyard water party. The weather cooperated. Lincoln had a blast!

From left to right: Huxley, Lincoln, Ryder, Noah and Gavin.

We did a water balloon piñata. Where we hung large water balloons from our tree and the boys had a blast trying to break them.

Dinosaur dig!

Birthday boy

Water balloon fun on the trampoline

Dino Cupcakes!

A home made letter from Lincoln's find Huxley.

Dino Dig treat bags

May 2017

I love when the days get warmer and longer, as we spend so much time out side. Here's some of our spring adventures.

Lincoln and Lacey are so good at including Oliver.

Oliver wants to explore so bad. It's so hard as a mom to see him have this desire to explore but with his physical limitations he can't quite yet.

We love our park adventures! 

Oliver enjoying priesthood class with dad.

Lincoln's 7

Another year has passed and we have grown to love you even more, which we did not think was possible.  Your blue eyes, blonde hair and all your hugs and kisses have given us a reason to smile. You mean the world to us and we just want you to know that we love you very much.  You’ve become such a remarkable boy who makes us so proud every day. Happy 7th Birthday, Lincoln! Hope you enjoy your special day. Love you!!

Gardening 2017

We ran into Lowe's one evening and Lincoln mentioned how he'd really like to have a garden. Even with just carrots.  Just a small garden. I saw his puppy dog face and figured why not.  The kids would enjoy a garden. We have two flower beds at the back of the house that use to have these huge over grown bushes in them. Last year we took them out as I didn't like how they were hanging over the flower bed by two feet and killing the grass. After we took the bushes out last year we never got around with doing anything in the flower beds. Josh thought this would be the perfect place for a small garden. We planted peas, carrots and strawberries! The kids had so much fun playing in the dirt while they planted the seeds.

Oliver loves when we try to include him. Of coarse he had to try eating the dirt, but after one mouthful, he learned his lesson.

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow - Audrey Hepburn

Elizabeth Hall Wetlands

I love exploring! That's one thing I loved about the our Caribbean adventure, is we didn't have a lot of money so I would go explore with the kids to keep busy and have fun. I want to make it a priority again. Plus the kids love it as I get to spend time with them and give them my attention. Win, win for everyone! I love making memories with my kids.

Josh is almost done school for the summer, which we are all excited for. He has four days left to study for his final exam. So i'm trying to keep busy with the kids. After church we laid Oliver down for a nap, Josh studied and I took Lincoln and Lacey out to explore with Aunty Sara and nana-moto. We went to Elizabeth Hall Wetlands. Which is located in the coulees near Par Three ( Bridge Valley) golf coarse. Uncle Logan found some turtles a few weeks earlier so we wanted to go check them out.

It was so cute seeing the turtles sitting on the logs and enjoying the sun. Lincoln wanted to take one home. He sure has a love for animals.

Lincoln loves to explore. Thats another reason I want to explore more. He could just hike and wonder forever. We walked around the whole pond, which took us two hours.

It was fun having Aunty Sara and nana-moot join us.

I love these two and all the time I get to spend with them.

Mini Mix Dance 2017

Lacey loved dance! She was in a 3-4 year old mini mix dance class. Which cover ballet, tap and hip-hop. She really enjoyed the variety and trying all three dance styles. Urban Beat dance studio is a open for plan, so the parents are able to watch each dance class. This was one of the reason I choose this dance studio. Lacey loved being able to look over and make sure we were still there. She looked forward to each Saturday morning. Saturday were a bit busy for a bit with dace and basket ball going on at the same time. I loved it though, as it was a morning I could focus just on my kids.

 Lincoln and Oliver loved watching Lacey dance each week too.

 Lacey has a love for dance class. Dancing in front of people?... took a little more convincing. She put a lot of hard work into practicing each week. Today at recital practice she had extreme stage fright. There were lots of tears and there was no way this girl was going on stage to practice. After a pep talk with dad and saying a prayer. Lacey was able to put on her brave face on even though she was nervous and went out on stage. She did an amazing job! So proud of her!