A mind of her own!

Ellie is definitely the queen of the house. Whatever she says, goes! I'm not sure why, probably because she is the youngest and our only girl. She is definitely spoiled. Well this morning I was going to get her dressed and opened up her drawer and asked her if she wanted to wear the pink pants or the black pants. Well, she quickly saw another bright orange summer outfit and decided that she wanted to wear it. I told her it was cold today and she should probably wear pants. As you can see, she won!! :)

Kids say the darndest things

Ellie woke up this morning crying around 7am. Bryce went and got her out of bed and brought her to me. She started saying "Kitty bite me." We tried to understand what she was talking about so we asked her some questions. She just kept responding with "kitty bite me." Then she said the kitty bit Tyler too. I think she had a dream about a kitty and it actually bit her. Hopefully that means she will never want a kitty. Sorry to all those cat lovers out there, but I hate them.

Yesterday, as I was looking over Brayden's school work he brought home, I noticed one paper that he had written his name on in his best handwriting. This is not a normal feat for him. He tends to write very sloppy and you can hardly tell what it says. I told him how much I loved the way he had written his name and told him that all he has to do is slow down and take his time and he can write really nice. His response was, "Ya, but it took me like an hour to write it!"

St. George weekend

This last weekend we went to sunny St. George for Tyler's first baseball tournament of the season. We had a fabulous time and the weather was beautiful. It was in the 70's and 80's. Tyler's team did great. They won 2 out of 4 games. They had a couple of heart breaker games that they lost by 1 point in the final inning. Tyler played very well. He was the lead off hitter and got on base just about every time at bat. He hit several singles, and even a few doubles and triples. He played 2nd base the majority of the tournament and made some great plays. He even pitched one inning which didn't turn out real well, but at least he had the experience. Tyler is playing with a new team this year. He played the fall season with them and decided he wanted to continue to play with them. His teammates are great and so are his coaches. I think it was a great move to be a part of this team.

We had a great weekend together as a family. Brayden hung out with some of the brother's of Tyler's teammates. He had a lot of fun swimming in the hotel pool. Ellie had a great weekend too. She enjoyed the sunny weather and the chance to be outside all the time. She enjoyed the playground at the ball parks as you can see from the pictures. Overall, we had an awesome time and I told Bryce I was ready to move to St. George. I could definitely handle the weather all the time.

Cheese!!


Isn't she cute?

Peek-a-Boo

Such a big girl

Go Tyler Go!!

Swing batter swing

Fielding a grounder

Warming up

I-spy Quilt

I finally finished a quilt I have been working on for about a year and a half. It is my first quilt that I actually pieced together. Our ward has a quilting group and we had started a block exchange to do this I-spy quilt. I thought the idea of an I-spy quilt sounded fun and was something I could handle. It was a lot of work, but also a lot of fun. I owe thanks to my mom and mother in law for their help with it. It will be perfect for all the baseball games we will be going to soon.

HaPpY BiRthDaY ElliE !!

Ellie turned 2 years old last Friday. My baby is growing up. :( We got her a play kitchen set that she loves. On Saturday we had a birthday party for her. Grandma and Grandpa Clark came from Boise. Some of Ellie's aunts and uncles were there too along with some cousins. My Aunt Janet and Uncle Hans came and so did my cousin Steph and two of her kids Abby and Cody. Bryce's Aunt Suzanne and his cousin Teresa came from Smithfield. Ellie had fun opening her presents. She was a little shy though with everyone watching her. Then we had cake and ice cream which everyone enjoyed.


Ellie's Princess Cake



Ellie's new dress from Aunt Darcy and Uncle Tom



Blowing out the candles

Ellie enjoying her cake and ice cream (especially the frosting)

Pinewood Derby

The Pinewood Derby took place a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't be there because Ellie was sick. Bryce was able to get some video of Tyler and Brayden's cars. Tyler's car didn't do so well. It didn't even make it across the finish line one time. Brayden's car did a bit better. Bryce wasn't really into all the excitement of the derby this year. However, they all had a good time that night. Tyler's car got the sportiest award! He had painted a baseball on the top, go figure.
The first clip shows Tyler's car. It is the silver one and the one in last place. :(
The second clip shows Brayden's car. His is the gold car that takes first and flips off the track at the end. Way to go!!

Basketball

It is almost the end of the season and I am finally getting some video clips of the boys playing basketball. They have had a fun time and enjoyed playing this year. It was Brayden's first year and he has done really well. Tyler has had a good season also. They have only lost 1 game so far. However, you can tell that basketball isn't their best sport, thanks to their dad. Bryce doesn't enjoy the sport so much. Baseball is his love of course. The boys actually have started practicing baseball. They will both be on comp teams this year. What a busy summer it will be!! Well, enjoy the video clips.
Tyler is #33 (white jerseys) and Brayden is #2 (dark jerseys)