Wrapping up School & Softball

May brought all the busy things - End of School celebrations/shows/trips for the Girls, and the end of Softball. It was hilarious watching Claire learn the ropes of Softball. I'm not so sure she'll do it next year, but it was fun to watch her improve. And, she got really good at doing cartwheels in the outfield :). The end of 3rd Grade was busy! Sof had a presentation every day leading up to the last day of school. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun to see her hard work pay off!

I was dying as I watched Claire casually push all of the boys off the bench waiting to bat. She is hilarious! Girlfriend knew exactly what she was doing - the boys had no idea.

The last 2 or 3 games of Claire's were COLD! We either had to end early because of crazy wind or driving rain, but the kids were troopers and had fun! 

Sof worked hard in her Class to put together a puppet show. It was cute to go watch.

Claire's end-of-year Singing Concert is always a hit! The theme this year was "Pajama Party."

Sof did a Wax Museum in 3rd Grade and chose to be "Oprah Winfrey." She did great and had a lot of fun with her cute friends.

This graduation picture of Claire's gave me all the feels!

One of Claire's masterpieces in the Art Show.

April Fun

Still working on 2024 - bear with me people.

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April 2024 was a diverse month. Birthday's, floods, new paint and softball. It seems like it was always one thing after the next, but we managed to have fun along the way.

I'm always on the lookout for a couch - we're going on years people, and I have yet to find one. Anyway, I convinced everyone to come with me to Modern Living, which has an indoor playground for the kids. Genius! Greg and the girls all played while I got to peruse the furniture by myself. No, I did not come home with anything new, but it was still fun to look.

2 months into being 2, and Quincey is at such a fun stage. She has such a big personality in her little body.

Poor Mittens. Some days he is starved for attention. He was willing to be the table for "Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza" - a slapping game 🤣🤫

Quincey discovered our neighbors swing and insisted we visit Every. Single. Day.

HAPPY 9th BIRTHDAY to SOFIA!

She had fun decorating for her T.Swift party and inviting 3 of her besties.

We cut out posters to look like polaroids. 

It turned out pretty cute!

Sof decorated her own cake - complete with whipped cream frosting and cadbury eggs. She did a great job!

She chose to get breakfast for dinner and was thrilled to get a pancake bigger than her head, which she finished, by the way.

Sofia is such a cute girl! Always giggling, smiling, and the best friend to all of the underdogs. Her teachers recognize her ability to keep the peace and often chooses her to sit next to kids who need extra help/attention (much to her chagrin). She is everyone's friend and continues to be the best leader to our little girl gang. She just keeps getting better with age. We sure love you, Sof!

Heidi's dream of painting the basement bathroom finally came true! It actually turned out really cute.

Greg did manual labor!
He had to fix his alternator and Serpentine Belt, not only once but twice! He's basically a pro and is up for hire (not!). Thanks to Youtube University, he was able to fix everything in record time.

The tulips finally bloomed! Here Quince is enjoying one [almost] as big as her cute face.

April 23 - and it's warm enough for Claire to jump on the tramp in a swimsuit!

The girls started Softball! The games were often at the same time, so we became pretty good at figuring out how to switch halfway thru - Quincey was happy to play wherever there was a park.

Claire was 1 of 2 girls on her co-ed team. She didn't love it, but was a good sport. The highlight every Tues/Thurs. for me was seeing what Claire chose to wear to her games. She's the best!

Someone slept good!

April was RAINY! We made the best of it by visiting Hondo and splashing in puddles along the way, always with Pooh Bear.

Date night with Greg! His eyebrows (or unibrow when he looks down) kills me. It completely covers his eyes.

We discovered the latest and greatest in sports(?) - Ax throwing! It took us a while to jump on the band wagon. I love it so much, I want to put on in our backyard. Talk about the ultimate stress relief.

We got so much rain the end of April that our basement flooded. It was not awesome. Pretty sure this is the 3rd time we've ripped up the carpet in this room since we moved in.

Sof is the best helper on Sunday mornings by helping do Quincey's hair for me.

Spring bike rides down the Hollow are one of the favorite things!

Sof took a back handspring class through the winter and did great!

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Spring Break 2024

Because Easter was on Sunday, March 31, our Spring Break ended up being that first week of April. Greg was still deep in Busy Season, but I somehow put it in his head that he could come on a trip with us anyway. All in all, we had fun and enjoyed the sunshine.

This is another cute thing Quincey started to do. She would say "Oh, Daddy ..." in her cute little voice. I'm pretty sure Greg was napping.

We stayed in Cedar at my parent's but spent a majority of our time in sunny St. George. Here is Quincey multi-tasking at her finest, soaking up some sun in Cedar before heading even further south. 

Claire: "Can you close the door?" She is not known as being patient on road trips .... she gets that from her dad.

Greg had a bike ride planned as soon as we got to St. George, so we dropped him off and headed to the infamous Tonaquint Park, where they miraculously had the water running. It really wasn't terribly warm yet. But, anything was warmer than Northern Utah.

All 3 are at such a fun age!

Meanwhile ...

It's good to know there is still some undeveloped land in St. George. Developers are snatching everything up left and right ...

Claire living the dream. In a swimsuit, in the sun, with a snack. 

After playing at the park for a while, and finally picking Greg back up, we found somewhere yummy to eat Dinner.

Because the girls hadn't swam enough, and because we love the place, after dinner we went to the Snow Canyon Aquatic Center, lovingly known as "the bra" to the locals :). Somehow I had forgotten to pack mine and Greg's swimsuits, so Greg took one for the team and following Quincey around in his bike shorts while I lounged from the sidelines.

This picture kills me 🤣.

There's something about a Swimming Pool locker room and my girls feeling the need to climb inside a locker. I guess I'll let them until the lockers no longer fit :).

It was a long day, but we had so much fun! I'm glad Greg was able to get out on his bike and that the girls were able to soak up some sun and swim to their hearts content. 

The next morning I about died when I came downstairs to find this scene ... Greg up working early to the background music of my Dad's snores.

The goal for today was to go to Zion. We're really good at going to Bryce, so we were going to try to hit Zion. It was fun, but Zion is so overcrowded. It's beautiful, but you definitely need to go on a national holiday or wait for the world to shut down again. It was a madhouse, so much so that we didn't even hike. We just hiked along the rive and called that good.

We found a giant rock to climb and some solitude along the river. All in all, we had a fun day.

We stopped for Ice Cream on the way out. A perfect way to end the day.

Oh to be in her head ... she is so fun!

We had a fun time in Southern Utah. It's always so hard to leave, and Claire cries for a good 30 minutes because she misses Grandma, but that is what makes visiting so much fun - the memories.

On the way home - traveling in style.