Dr. Seuss Party at Preschool

We celebrated Dr. Seuss this month in preschool. Today we had a Dr. Seuss pajama party. All the kids showed up to school in the pajamas with their favorite Dr. Seuss book. We wore our tall hats Miss Carol painted with the kids yesterday. Each child got to crack their own egg for our Green Eggs and Ham snack. This is one of my favorite days of the school year.

Seabrook

My parents built a BEAUTIFUL beach house in Seabrook. This weekend the kids and I got to go see it. We enjoyed sunshine mixed with sprinkles all day long. The best thing about our trip is I spent the entire day enjoying my family. Getting away from the busyness of the day to day helped me focus on who and what matter most, my kids. Here are few pictures of our fantastic day.

The outside is not painted yet (waiting on dryer weather)

Russell eating a warm cookie on the deck (thanks Grandma for always making meal time memorable).

We spent at least an hour in the hot tub. The kids loved swimming around.

Russell playing with shells on the beach

oaki wear is our beach attire for the Northwest:) Thanks Sue
http://www.oakiwear.com/

Weekend with Chelsea and Jena

Last Mother's Day Trevor gave me a trip to visit my sister Chelsea after she had her baby. Nash is now 10 months old and I finally went on my trip (I had to get it in before next Mother's Day). I had a FANTASTIC time! Chelsea, Jena and I shopped, ate at Cafe Rio, went to Hairspray, made freezer meals, tried out Zumba, and just enjoyed being together. I also really enjoyed spending time with my cute nephews.

My mom came up Friday to tend the kids and Trevor took Monday off work so I could spend four full days in Utah. When I came home from my trip the house was clean, the kids were happy and Trevor said I could enjoy a weekend away every year for mother's day. What a man!

A picture at Jena's Work Farrs Fresh

I ate there Friday, Saturday and Monday (would have eaten there Thursday but I got in kind of late).

Waiting for Hairspray to start

Eating In-N-Out after shopping

This is the first elementary school I taught at (reconnected with a few friends)

Grandma Andrea, Papa Tom, and Uncle Tyler

Grandma Andrea, Papa Tom and Uncle Tyler came for a visit. They arrived by train on my birthday. We celebrated my birthday together with Trevor that night.

We spent Saturday morning at Firstenburg swimming, then headed to Carols Corner for brunch. That evening we went to the Skyview Ward auction for dinner and cake.

Sunday, Papa, Uncle Tyler, and the boys put together a cardboard spaceship titled Babelship Galactica (the special name came from Russell's prayers a few nights before, when he prayed he could build a space ship and visit Heavenly Father and Jesus). Trevor thought it was the same concept as the tower of Babel.

We went to Kids Club, celebrated Uncle Tyler's upcoming birthday, had a root beer FHE, and Grandma and Grandpa helped with Oobleck at preschool. We are so thankful we got to spend time with Grandma Andrea, Papa Tom and Uncle Tyler.

Way too many candles on my cake...

Less on Uncle Tyler's Cake.

Big thanks for all the preschool help (Oobleck is quite a mess, but lots of fun).

Tom masterminded a Root Beer taste test for Family Home Evening (Grandma shared a scripture on righteous judgment).

Trevor not only had to pick out his beloved Henry Weinhards blindfolded, but he had to rate each root beer according to flavor. There were nine different root beers and Trevor actually picked Henry's out of the bunch. The boys were pretty funny after the testing because they wanted to use the blindfold and do their own tests. We had floats for our treat.

Thank you Christian and Heather for the cardboard ship Christmas present. The boys love playing in it. One of the best Christmas presents ever.

They decorated it once it was constructed

The entrance

Inside the Babelship

Baby invasion

The builders

Ready for a family movie night

Amelia exploring space.

Wrapping up the root beer test