Adam's Birthday Weekend!

Friday I checked Gentry out of school and took her to her dentist appointment. She was having a tooth pulled. But after giving her as much anesthetic as they dared  and having her still being able to feel it, they said they would have to try it again another time with stronger anesthetic. So off we went with nothing to show for it except a numb face.

Haha she's cute anyway and was such a trooper. After her appointment we ran some last minute errands for Adam's birthday. His birthday was actually the following day but with so many things going on on Saturday we celebrated it Friday Night.  After errands we ran home, made an ice cream cake, decorated and wrapped presents.  That night after Adam got off work we all went out to dinner at Outback. 

 Then came back home for ice cream cake and presents. He got some new work shorts, an outfit, a new swimming suit, a Belgium Waffle Maker and a 7 foot bean bag for the theater room. 

"Happy Birthday to the person I never thought I could love more than the day we got married but have continued to love more and more each day since. "Happy Birthday Adam F! I love You!!"

Saturday, March 22, 2014

(Adam's actual Birthday and our crazy Saturday)

Gentry had a Stake activity Days activity that morning. The theme was Princesses. She looked so cute when she came home in her little crown and with the craft she made that said "Always wear your invisible crown" She loved it!

That afternoon Gentry had a soccer game.

 Gentry modeling her new Nike Cleats.

She got to be team captain for this game. They won 3-1.

As soon as her game was over we ran to Sadie's dance competition at the Dixie Center. 

Sadie modeling her dance warm-up jacket. 

We quickly finished getting her ready in the bathroom only to find out that they were an hour behind so now what was already going to be a late night would be even later. She had dances at 5:40, 7:20 and 8:40. (Which were now an hour later.) We hung out for 2 hours to watch her first dance and then while my mom, Gentry and I stayed to watch her second dance, Adam ran Calli to her soccer game. After Sadie's second dance we jumped in the car and raced to Calli's game. They won 8-0. By the time we got back to the Dixie Center they had caught up on time and we had missed Sadie's last dance but made it for awards.

Gentry and Calli it their matching Bombers uniforms hanging out and waiting for the awards to start. I love that all my girls support each other in their different activities.

The teams on stage dancing and getting hyped up for awards.

 Sadie getting her groove on with some of her other team members.

Awards Ceremony

These are the die-hards that stayed for awards even though it was so late. 

They ended up winning 1st place in all three dances. They got an overall high in their Lyrical routine and qualified for Nationals at Lagoon in May. She was so excited. Sometimes Sadie wonders if she should play soccer instead of dance because all her friends play soccer and she is the only one that dances but then we go to these events and it solidifies that "She is a Dancer" She just radiates on stage and loves every minute of it. The award ceremony got over around 11:00 pm. We decided a late night ice cream trip was a great way to end our busy day and to celebrate all the girls achievements and Adam's Birthday. 

Nothing like Iceberg at 11:30 pm with the Fam.
Great job today Girls and Happy Birthday Adam!

SPRING BREAK 2014!

March 9-15th

We stayed pretty close to home this year but we had a full schedule and a full house the entire week. I let each of the girls pick one thing they would like to do during Spring Break and we worked that into our schedule. 

WEEK BEFORE:

 Calli's quarter ended the Friday of Spring Break so she had a sprint for the finish line, studying and playing catch-up the week before spring break. 

All set up for a few hours of studying. She's got her pillow, blanket, snacks, tunes and a movie. 

FRIDAY:

Calli got some friends together and went to the American Authors concert and paint fight for Dixie Fest. 

She went with Megan, Damon, Weston, Andrea, Hannah and Lizzie.

This was captured by the Dixie Fest photographers and put on their website. 

The paint fight. They were all soaked, freezing and covered in paint. She had a blast!

SATURDAY:

Gentry had a soccer game that afternoon and then we stopped by the children's museum with friend Lizzie on our way home.

SUNDAY:

We went to church and had a BBQ

MONDAY:
Calli went shopping with Megan

and enjoyed 31 flavors at Baskin Robbins.

While Calli was shopping, me, Gentry and Sadie went and tried out the new Gubler Park. It is so cute!

The girls on the spiny thing. They talked me into getting on it too and then spun me as fast as they could. Let's just say I'm not as young as I used to be, I was sick for the next hour. After the park we went to Lin's and grabbed some junk food for our Bachelor Party that night...and a Sprite for all ouR upset stomachs from the park. 

TUESDAY:

The next morning Calli and Megan volunteered at the Children's Museum for a few hours.

and then we all (along with some friends) went to the House of Jump (Sadie's Choice) and then to Taco Bell for lunch. 

WEDNESDAY:
We started out the morning by going and paying for Calli's two tickets from her accident. ($260.00)

I could have paid it online but I wanted Calli to experience going to the courthouse, walking through metal detectors and paying for her ticket there.  She had go through twice because her phone was in her pocket. I also wanted to get a picture of her outside the courthouse but there was a pretty sketchy-looking guy outside so we just bee lined it to the car...I think she got the point. 

That afternoon she went hiking around the Red Mountain with some friends while me, Sadie and Gentry went shopping. We were able to find them each of their Easter dresses. After shopping the girls and some neighbor friends went to the park to play night games. 

That same night Calli went caving with friends. (I'd be lying if I didn't say I was freaking out a little bit the entire time she was gone) I was very relieved to have all my girls back home, safe and sound and under one roof that night. 

THURSDAY:
I cracked the whip...

We all dived in and did our hard jobs and got the house entirely scrubbed...before heading back out for more Spring Break fun.

Again, Me, Sadie and Gentry went one way while Calli went another. 

We went to the sand dunes with our friends, the Larsens, Stouts and Maxwells. 

We stayed for a few hours enjoying the nice weather and company.

Calli went hiking the Dixie rock and then to the Snow Canyon baseball game.

FRIDAY:

They each picked a friend and we went swimming out at the Washington Rec Center (Gentry's Choice)
After swimming we had a birthday BBQ for Travis, with Isaac's family and Kami's family. 

Halfway through the BBQ Calli ran to a friends Birthday Party. 

SATURDAY:

We worked in the yard and then did tin foil dinners and smore's over the fire pit. (Calli's Choice)

Sadie and her cute puppy slippers staying warm by the fire.

Gentry cuddling with Adam by the fire

Nephews Travis and Talen. Travis is living in Lyman's basement so we have him up quite often for dinner, games or just to hang out and Talen was down just for the weekend so he came out to play with the fire as well. 

SUNDAY:
We went to church and then invited Lyman, Merilee (who had just returned from visiting Amber and her family in South Carolina for a week) and Travis up for dinner and then spent the rest of the night relaxing and wishing Spring Break wasn't over.
Later that night I found these beauties on my I-pad. Enjoy...

Sadie

Sadie

Sadie

Calli

Calli

Calli

Haha they crack me up!

MONDAY:

The girls sadly ended their Spring Break and went back to school, but not before enjoying a little St. Patrick's day breakfast and surprises.

Happy Spring Break and St. Patty's Day 2014!

Crap Happens!

Well, after having her license for less than a month it happened...Calli got in her first accident. We knew it would happen sooner or later, we were just hoping for later than sooner. Calli had just called me and asked if she could give Damon and Megan a ride home. (The law states that every 16 year old must wait 6 months before driving with friends but we have allowed it a few times) And of course the one time we give her permission to, she gets in an accident. Calli was pulling out of the Snow Canyon parking lot after school and T-boned another car turning into the parking lot. As soon as she hit the car she said she threw her phone to Damon and said "call my dad."  She called Adam and Adam called me and we both rushed to the school. Being her first accident we knew she'd be shaken up and scared.  We found her with a few tears but overall, handling everything really well.  The police came, parents were called and tickets were issued. She was cited with two tickets, one for failing to yield and the other for driving with friends. ($260.00)

 Calli's truck was bent up a bit with the majority of the damage in the headlight. The other car's driver side door was smashed up pretty bad but luckily no one was hurt. 

 Some of the debris in the middle of the road. 

 Calli filling out her accident report and statement.

Her headlight in pieces in the back of her truck after collecting it from the road. 

It's kind of a relief to have her first accident under her belt. So glad that it wasn't worse than it was.  I told her it was actually a good first accident cause it was bad enough that she hopefully learned from it and will be more cautious in the future but not so bad that anyone was hurt.  Can I please just put her in a bubble now?