March Miscellaneous 2017

March was a good month for us...lots of fun adventures, more sunny days than snow days, and plenty of family time.  It feels like we are on the downhill slide to summer and I can hardly wait.

Ruby was happy to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday.

Lunchtime at the zoo

We all feel really good about all of the sunshine

Spring cannot come quickly enough

 

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Luke and his buddies have become completely obsessed with Beyblades and it is about the only thing they want to play currently.  Luke writes stories about them, dreams about new Beyblades, and of course, lives for a good battle.   I don't really get it, but I love how much they love it. 

The kids were so excited about St. Patrick's Day this year.  They made leprechaun puppets, stories, drawings, and games.  Their very favorite part was making sure they were dressed in plenty of green. 

Taking advantage of a date night.

We all love when Sean comes to town!

Sunny afternoons with Brycen

War wounds, turns out running down a gravel hill can be tough on the knees.

A routine check up at the ear doctor turned into a much longer appointment than planned.  Luke's ears are doing great and the doctor was happy with how well they have continued to heal.  Unfortunately, Ruby has continued to have ear infections, sinus infections, and every cold seems to turn into some type of infection.  The doctor did a pressure test that showed her eustachian tubes are blocked and full of fluid. We have a follow up appointment in six weeks and depending on how she is doing then, the doctor may recommend repeat tubes, as well as taking out her tonsils and adenoids.  I hate to have her go through so much, but I worry about her being so sick all of the time...I guess we will see soon.

Each year on March 26th my friend Kimi and her family honor her son Ethan who died, they call it Errands for Ethan.  I have done various activities and projects to participate but this year was my favorite because we involved the whole family.  I talked to everyone about Ethan and how we could help remember and honor him by being kind to others.  The kids drew pictures and wrote Easter cards to Joshua Cook and Sarah Nye, their cousins that are serving missions.  I hope receiving the cards make the missionaries happy - it was definitely a fun experience for us to write them. 

Spring soccer has begun and we are all so happy about it.  This is Ruby's first chance to play and I loved watching her confidence on the field.  She doesn't have the skills of some of the older kids, but she's pretty tenacious and was happy to run around with the crowd.  

Luke is on a team with several friends and they played great together.  They don't officially keep score, but Luke knew who was "winning" at all points in the game.  This should be an awesome season and we can't wait to spend our afternoons and Saturdays at the fields.  

 

We loved having Ethan and Rebecca over to play. 

Ada, Miles and Gavin were in a performance of Willy Wonka and completely stole the show with their great roles.  I loved watching them, but Luke and Ruby were completely obsessed.  As soon as Miles came out on the stage Luke started waving and was so excited to watch his cousins on stage.  They have been talking about the funny parts and singing Oompa Loompa ever since.