Easter and Some of May!

Here goes a lengthy update from me!  I can't seem to get to the point with out writing a lot.  I wish I was a more concise writer, but I'm not.  After helping Kelton with his report on Ants I realized I'm not concise and according to Kelton "those are not first grade words" and "that is way too much information for a first grader to write!"

Here Halle is looking very cute in her Easter dress!  She wanted me to keep taking pictures of her smiling etc.

I know there is a lot of her, but she is the only one who wants to get her picture taken and you know as a mom sometimes you think well than fine there just won't be any pictures of you!  It's not because I don't love you it's because you were uncooperative!!!!

A good friend of ours gave us a free ticket so Brent could come home for Easter!  It was the best gift ever!

Kelton scaling walls!  His favorite thing!  He's my little gadget guy.  All the things Brent used to do like blast the music for us (since I don't know how any of those systems work) Kelton does!  Who knows how he figured it all out.  I definitely did not teach him since I can barely get the T.V. turned on!  I decided to be creative the other day and try to upload music to Brent's music thing. So I end up erasing all the music which was fine because I didn't really want to listen to his crazy songs, but then hit auto fill and it filled it back up with everything in our itunes.  So now I have every star wars song, and every primary song with and with out singing on my ipod and I can't figure out how to delete it all at once and the one at a time delete thing is taking forever! 

Hayden was chosen to be in this theatre thing at school.  It is some accelerated arts program.  He was referred back in second grade and tried out and made it.  Well after that your just grandfathered in unless you opt out.  Well that first year he had to play a mouse that was in love with another mouse and after that he never wanted to go back.  This year they were begging him to do it, and so was I, but he absolutely refused.  He finally told me if I got the Drama teacher to promise he would not have to play the part of anyone who liked or had to hint at liking a girl he might consider it.  I guess the girl that sits next to him at school kicks him in the shins all day long so maybe that's why he doesn't like girls. 

Kara my little helper!  What would I do with out her.  Isn't it nice to be able to ask someone to do something and have it done exactly the way you wanted it done.  This girl never cuts corners or tells me she's all finished when she's not.  I am getting tired of the home work thing though.  We get these articles we have to read and then there is always a dumb question that has nothing to do with what we just read.  It remind me of when I went to BYU.  I'd go to all these lecture and read the book 2 or 3 times and then I'd go to take the test and think why did I read the book and go to that guys lecture this test has nothing to do with any of that!

Sometimes I think about skipping a holiday and all the work and then I feel bad when I see how excited the kids get!  Hayden says I never get to have any fun!  Hmmm I don't know it that's true, but I guess it might seem that way to a kid.  Maybe I need to look like I'm having more fun when I'm cleaning up root-beer that has been knocked off the table at speeds nearing 100 miles an hour some how hitting every square inch of the house with in a 10ft radius.

I thought about staying on one subject as I updated these pictures, but my mind doesn't really work that way so I've decided not to fight it!

We hide the eggs really hard(:

EASTER PICTURE 2011

Don't they look cute in their new Easter outfits?

Preschool picture!  My baby is getting big!

Kelton and his trophy!  Kelton played really hard the whole season.  He did his best every game. I love that he really puts his whole heart into everything he does.  Unfortunately his little heart gets broken quite a bit.  The other day when that root beer was spilled.  I cried the whole time I was cleaning it up.  Kelton went up stairs and wrote me a note about how much he loved me and how he appreciated all the work I do around the house for the whole family.  It was the sweetest little note.  He's my thoughtful little guy. 

We had our end of the year recital and the kids did great this time!!

Boy does it help when we practice!

These pictures are  little out of order like my brain!    I love Tulips and for some reason they make me feel like I might be able to plant something and keep it alive.  I know I'm only kidding myself, but hey it makes me feel good for a few moments.

Halle just spilled her orange juice as I'm typing this and turned to me and said, "don't be sad please it makes me cry!"

Kara and our favorite piano teacher! We are really going to miss her!  She's such a great person.

Hayden and Gwen!

Kelton and Gwen!

Like I said I don't have favorites!  I just have some that are more cooperative when it comes to me taking pictures!

Isn't this cool?

Yeah football is over!  After the game the assistant coach said he thought Hayden was the most improved player.  Hayden then said to me in the car "do you know why he said I was the most improved because he couldn't think of anything else to say.  How can you be the most improved player and never even get to play in the game?"  He then said, "I know he wanted to win so he only wanted to play the best players!"  The truth is he sat the same 5 kids out almost the whole game and we lost.  I think the assistant coach felt a little bad because at the end of the game when he said Hayden was the most improved player he also said something about each of the other boys that had sat out almost the entire game.  That is obviously why Hayden did not feel like it was heart felt.  The kids know exactly what it going on.  Sometimes as a parent you hope that it's all just going over their heads.  Sometimes I really hate FOOTBALL!  I won't go into my hate football rant, actually I don't really hate football.  I hate stupid football junky parents!  They are lame and they think they are cool like they are in high school again or something. 

So there is my update.  I'm sure I'm the only one still reading.  Let's see what have I forgotten.  What am I going to do with out my Mom and Dad?  They've been helping so much that I don't even know how to thank them.  What am I going to do with out all my amazing friends who drop things to help me all the time?  What am I going to do with out Nat my confidant?  What am I going to do with out George and Reggie who are like brothers to my kiddos?  O.K enough of that it only makes me cry!

Lets see I have only 2 more weeks of preschool!  I start my 80 hours of nursing next week and then hopefully will have my license by the end of May!!!!  We move out of our home on the 13th of June!  Brent comes home after being gone for 3 very long months for a couple weeks to help with the move.  I have to say that this has been unbelievably torturous and we miss him tons!  Kelton said the other day, "I just want us all to be together, and go to the movies, and just all be together!"  Oh and Hayden turns 12 and gets the priesthood and will be passing the sacrament! 

Now I've written so much that there is no time to proof read!