Catching Up!!!

So it doesn't really seem like it has been THAT long since I last posted but so much fun stuff has happened. Unfortunately I don't have pictures of much of it so I just stuck a couple of older pictures on just for fun.

The last week of March Craig's parents made a trip from Idaho out to see us. We had soooo much fun!!! We ate at In-N-Out for lunch 3 different times :) We spent time at the mall, reading, napping, and of course Facebooking! Jeri and I also made it to get a pedicure! Very fun stuff! Ashlie was so excited to Grandma & Grandpa she could hardly wait. She had been counting down the days for almost 3 weeks. Tyler taught Grandpa how to play trains so they had lots of fun together! This is a picture of Grandma & Grandpa with the kids last summer when we went to Idaho.

While Grandma & Grandpa were here visiting Sari got an award at the school assembly. Her award was in Language Arts! It was probably one of the most pleasant school assemblies I've been to in a while. That would be because Grandma & Grandpa stayed home with Tyler and Craig and I got to go by ourselves :)

It was amazing how quickly our time passed with Grandma & Grandpa here. Before we knew it, it was time to take them back to the airport and say goodbye! We were sad to see them go so soon but we know we get to see them in just a couple of months. Craig was able to take several days off while his parents were here so it was really nice to actually be able to relax a little and enjoy each others company too! However, with the house back to ourselves our regular routine quickly took over once again and everyone was back to work and school and all of the other wonderful things we do each day.

On Friday, Tyler's preschool took a field trip to the zoo! We were learning about the letter "z" and what better way than a trip to the zoo. He loved seeing all of the different animals but his favorite was the Lemur. You are probably wondering why in the world he liked the lemurs!!! He has discovered the show Zaboomafoo on Sprout TV and one of the main characters is a lemur named Zaboo! Tyler instantly spotted Zaboo the lemur at the zoo and ran crazy for several minutes all around the lemur area screaming about Zaboo. The trip was made completely worthwhile with this one exhibit :)

After we made it back from the zoo, Ashlie had her first track meet of the season. She decided about 2 months ago to join the track team at school and so she has been practicing for quite some time. Our school was hosting so I went to help be a timer. Being our first track meet, neither of us had any idea how intense this was going to be. Luckily I had decided it best to leave Sari & Tyler at home since Craig was working. I couldn't even keep up with Ashlie and her events let alone try to watch Tyler & Sari too. Luckily Craig was able to come over after he got work and helped with Ashlie. Ashlie competed in the 100 meter dash, the long jump, and the 1600 meter run. She did very well in both the 100 meter dash and the long jump. The 1600 meter run was a bit more difficult for her! All of the kids went off to quickly in this run and they soon started paying for it! Ashlie came in last in the race however, she did finish it! In the older group some of the kids quit before they even finished the race! We were very proud of her and her willingness to give it everything she had! She was a great sport!!! She is already gearing up for her next track meet in 2 weeks!

So besides all of our many comings and goings we do sometimes stay at home! Sometimes!!! Over the past few days Tyler has made a few little funny comments I've been chuckling about so I thought I would share. One day this past week Craig, Tyler, & I were out and about running some errands and while we were driving around we turned down a street that Tyler didn't think we should go down and so he told me, "You're going down the wrong aisle! This is not the right aisle to go down!" So funny, I had not heard him use that term before but Craig said that he says it quite often. So now I am on the look out for him to use that phrase. When he plays with his trains he always says, "They applied the brakes!" So funny, what 3 years old talks about applying the brakes??? And then just tonight, of course while playing trains he says, "They went through a beautiful meadow!" I was just waiting for him to say they applied their brakes in the beautiful meadow!!!

Kids are so funny!!! So now I find myself constantly listening to every word to see what funny new phrases he'll come up with :)

Another fun conversation I got to have was with Sari. After watching the 2nd session of conference I asked her what was one thing that she had learned from conference so far? She thought for a few minutes so I told her about one of the talks that had stood out to me. He said, "We do all of these wonderful fun activities with our kids all of the time but if we don't teach them about faith and how to gain a testimony then we have failed." That really made me think because we do tons of stuff, but am I teaching them enough about building a testimony and having faith? So then Sari told me that she had been really touched by the talk about living your life so that you can return to your Heavenly Father and see all of your family. Then she told me, "There is so much in my life that I could differently so that I could return to Heavenly Father. Like, I don't HAVE to fight with Ashlie as much as I do!" So cute, just like she forces herself to fight with Ashlie because that is her job or something. It made me feel really good to know that she had gotten so much out of it and that maybe I am doing something right with my kids.