HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHELLY!!

It's my sister Shellys Birthday!! Happy Birthday Sis!! Shelly is the best sister EVER!! She has always been such a great help to me and has been GREAT to my kids! They LOVE Aunt Shelly!! Thanks for your example to me and for all of your wonderful talents that you share with us! I am so sad that we are so far apart (and so seemingly busy) that we don't get to see each other that often, let alone celebrate together!! I hope you have a GREAT day sis!!! I LOVE YOU TO PIECES!!!!

WHAT IN THE WORLD???

I can't figure out this weather! I woke up to a very beautiful morning, until I looked outside... SNOW!!! Dallin is super excited about the snow... but the rest of us... not so much! Seriously! It is April 21st and I am helping the kids find mittens and hats before they go to school.:( I could deal with the snow if it didn't bring along 30 degree temperatures! That is the part I am so over! How much longer can it possibly last???

HOW MANY OF YOU ARE THERE???

A friend of mine (Thanks Corina) had this on her blog yesterday and had 0 other people in the USA with the same name... I thought it would be funny to try a common name like Michelle Perry. Wow!! Was I surprised how many there were!!! Kyndall and Dallin had 0, Wyatt had like 9, then Spencer was 70 some and Grace Perry 279... I thought I had done better at unusual names for our kids! It is a fun thing to try!!! I guess I can't say I am one of a kind;)!!

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 741 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

NO TRAINING WHEELS

Grace had a flat tire on her bike, which we hadn't fixed because of the bad weather, there was not a reason to fix it yet. So today, Wyatt decided to fix the flat tire for her. While putting the bike back together, he didn't put the training wheels back on:) Grace didn't miss a beat. She just got on and rode off. I guess being child number 4 I hadn't taken the time yet to work with her without training wheels, so she is quite a bit older than the rest were at this stage, I guess it just clicks at a certain age huh? Being the MOM I was worried about the gravel road being a problem, or turning, but it was all a piece of cake to her! We couldn't get her off of the bike! (Don't notice the lack of helmet.... thank goodness we live in a rural area, you can get a ticket for that here! Oh, and her outfit just screams..."It's Sunday and Mom and Kyndall were at choir practice when I got home from church so I could wear anything I wanted!")

'TIS THE SEASON...

For soccer!!! Already! Spencer plays on a select team in town and they play Spring and Fall Soccer. We had practice for 2 weeks already. They have practiced in snow, sleet, hail and rain in the last two weeks. Then they had their first game on Saturday in the SUN!! It was perfect! It was fun to see them out playing again and see how the team has improved. They work well as a team. Spencer plays Defense and sometimes Goalie. (I don't care much for when he plays Goalie, but he doesn't mind it!) We had a great time visiting with the other families and getting reconnected. Hopefully the next few weeks weather stays nice. I'm not big on watching soccer in the snow:) I didn't get a lot of action shots Saturday, but here are a few to get us going! YEAH SOCCER!!!!!!

FIFTY MILE RIDE

Yesterday was our first 50 Mile Ride!! I am so excited about that mark! We did it in 3 1/2 hours, that is counting about 45 waiting time. Our group was 7 people, so it was easy to get spread out after a while and we would wait to make sure we were all ok and everyone was going the right direction. I have decided that this ride is my all time favorite so far! It was a beautiful 70 degree day with little wind. We were able to ride in our shorts and Andy got quite a bit of sun... He tans so easy:) So here's to next weeks ride... I think we will bump it up to 60? Hope the weather is nice like it is this weekend... I am so ready for it!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!

We are so excited about the weather today. From the time that Grace got up at 6:30 all she could talk about was going outside. At the time the temp was 27 degrees... but the sun was shining! We haven't seen that for a while:) By the time I got my lazy behind going, it was about 11:00, much warmer! So we went out and took some pictures, too bad the sun was SOOO bright, there are too many shadows and everything is washed out, but I thought they were cute of the kids, and it's so we can remember, "We had a Great day in April 2008... It wasn't all snow and rain!"













They didn't turn out great.... but we had a lot of fun in the sun!! Hope it sticks around!