A few of my favorite things....my family

Here are some fun things that have been going on this past month.  Maybe now that I have been released from my primary secretary church calling I can get to my blog more often  :)

Nikki had a spring concert at school.  She was very close to getting a solo part but not this time.  I love watching little kids in concert.

Here were are after the concert.  Garrett was playing at his friend's house so he wasn't there and that made Nikki quite sad.  I told her next time I'll make sure he comes with us.

This little hair do was popular last week as almost every little girl in our culdesac had it.  It wasn't all on the same day.  One of us would see how cute this do looked on the other daughter's hair and then want to try it on our own daughter. 

Here is what Nikki (on the left) and Garrett (on the right) made for me for Mother's Day.  Nikki came up with how to make this little basket all by herself while she was at school.  Inside the basket is a coupon book that she made for me.  Loved it!

So we decided to do it for my mothers and grandmothers, only we used colored paper this time and filled it with a candy bar we hoped they would like.

Then stuffed them with tissue paper.  It was fun to do corresponding colors for each side of the family.  My mother in law and her mother got the blue and orange ones.  My stepmom and grandma got the green and yellow ones.

Last Saturday Garrett played his last 2 games of soccer.  In the first game he scored his very first goal!  He played so well in both games but he would get a little discouraged in the 2nd game when he was about to score more goals when each time his fellow team mate came up from behind him and stole the glory.  It will be nice when they get old enough to learn more team work  ;) 

All the kids who played soccer received a soccer medal and t-shirt.  Unfortunately Nikki did not get hers yet since she did not get to play due to an injured left ankle that has been swollen for 1 1/2 months.  But she'll get it at the team BBQ later.

I think this little guy would like to play too but we're not sure if he's ready for it yet......maybe.

If you can't go to the pool, bring the pool to you.....at home.....in the bath tub.  Ha ha

Nikki and I all ready for church Sunday morning.  I had Garrett take a picture of us and he actually did pretty well for a 5 yr old.  This is my new favorite picture of my daughter and me.

Yesterday at church I was officially released from my primary secretary church calling and my wonderful presidency presented me with these beautiful flowers.  I left them in the pot and they are now decorating our front porch.  Getting released was a bitter sweet thing.  It will be nice to lessen my responsibilities.  I have now been called to the nursery and will probably be with my little Jack.  It will be fun!

Sunday evening I decided that we were going to just have pancakes for dinner, so Nikki helped.  She made the syrup all by herself under my direction and then she helped with some of the ingredients for the batter.  And I think this is the first time I have let her try pouring the batter onto the griddle by herself.  She even flipped pancakes and took them off for me.  It was nice to have an extra set of hands for a change.  And great that she is learning these things!

After most of the pancakes were already done and the batter almost gone I told her she could do whatever she wanted with the batter.  So she got a little artistic on me.  She made me laugh but it was cool and fun at the same time.

She took some of her artistic pancakes and got even more creative.  Later she had added eyebrows and other things too but I didn't get a picture of those.  So cute!

Tonight we had a "Going Away Party" for my brother Stillman and his wife Michelle (and kids).  It was so great that our other brother, Phillip, showed up and joined in the fun.  We hardly ever see this guy!  We had all my siblings there except Derek.

I bought my first Costco cake just for this occasion.  My kids picked out the caterpillar picture and the words say "Good Luck!  We'll Miss You!"  The cake was delicious I might add!

My nephew Jayden wanted the head of the caterpillar.....so we cut it out for him.  I think he ended up just eating the frosting and not the cake!  Cute kid!

At one point we were talking about exercise and push ups.  My sister Melissa wanted to see how fast Phillip could do push ups and she even did some along side him.  You guys are so strong!

This was just too cute not to post.  My little nephew Lehi resting on his daddy's shoulder.

This picture should have been first since it happened earlier this month but I thought Curtis would enjoy seeing the beautifuly rainbow, the view from our home.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures again!  It's been a busy month as usual but fun!