Last day of school

Today was Sage's last day of preschool. She was sad to have to say goodbye to her teacher, Mrs. Cook. We made her teacher a little mini album with pictures of each of the kids in the class in it. Sage was so excited to give it to her teacher that she ran into preschool yelling "Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Cook, I have a present for you." She has had such a wonderful year in preschool. We will both really miss it this summer.

10 Little Indians

Sage had her final ballet recital on Saturday. The shows theme was "Peter Pan" and Sage's class were little Tiger Lilys. Sage did an amazing job. It think it was the best that she ever did. She was one of the only kids who was actually on time with the music. They danced to the song "10 Little Indians" and they were all darling with their little feather headbands.

Static

Don't you love the joys of static? Sage was jumping on the tramp the other night and by the time she was done here hair was sticking straight out. And when it wasn't sticking out it was plastered to her head.

Soccer Finals

Sage had her final soccer game on Saturday morning. She was sad to be done playing but we had a good run. She played a few minutes of the game and was really serious and intense during those minutes. You can tell by her growling face. Sage was still happiest sitting on the sidelines chatting with people and enjoying the sunshine. After the game we took a team picture so we can always remember her winning team. They didn't lose one game the whole season, thanks to Zac Webster.

Heber Creeper

While Jason and Wes were off on their fishing adventure this week Meagan and I hung out a little bit to pass the time. We went to dinner at Dairy Keen on Friday night with the kids and had a fun time. Meagan said that she had some free tickets for the Heber Creeper on Saturday and I jumped at the chance to take the kids on the train for free. So on Saturday we went aboard the Heber Creeper for an hour and a half ride out to Deer Creek with Meagan and her kids. It was really fun. We sat in an open sided car so the kids could sit and watch out the train at everything that went by. Hallie was a little nervous about the rocking of the train at first but by the time we were headed back into town the kids were all running around the train car. Thanks to Meagan for the fun day!

Baby James

We got to go see our new nephew James Bankhead today. He is really darling. I got to hold him for a long time and he is really sweet. He is a little jandiced right now so he looks a little orange, but I'm sure that will clear up in no time. Kurt and Lindy both seem really happy to finally have him here. Lindy looks great although a little tired. Misty is staying with her right now and I'm sure she will make sure that Lindy gets lots of rest. Congratulations on another darling little boy!

Calf Creek

All of our blog readers are going to start thinking that Jason is all play and no work. He does work most of the time but he sure has been having a lot of fun too. He just got back from a weekend trip to Calf Creek in Southern Utah. He and our friend Wes left Thursday morning and drove down to Calf Creek for some serious fly fishing. Based on the report that I got from Jason when he got home they had a great time. Jason said that they camped in a beautiful little sandy spot. It had a stone overhang which had moss growing on it due to the water leaching through the rock. They spent half of Thursday and all day Friday fishing for Colorado Westslope Cutthroat trout (If you know what that is you must be a fly fisherman). Jason tells me that these are the only native Cutthroat trout in Utah. The fish are a light brown to blend in with the sandy river bottom.
On Friday night a pesky Raven broke into Wes and Jason's packs and stole the rest of their food except for one package of rice and a cup o' noodles. So they had to make due with a meager dinner.
They hiked out on Saturday morning and rushed home to their waiting wives and children. Home just in time for Mother's Day.

Cinco De Mayo

My friend Angela's birthday is the day after Cinco de Mayo. So this year I decided to throw a Cinco de Mayo birthday party for her. Mexican has never been one of my favorite foods but it is something Angela loves so I went with the whole Cinco de Mayo theme and made Mom's yummy carnitas. We had 5 other families over to celebrate with us and we all had a great time. The kids just ran around the yard or jumped on the trampoline (I think at one point there were about 20 of them jumping at once.) With that many kids someone was always crying, as I'm sure you can imagine. But we all had a great time and it was fun to pay special attention to Angela. She turned 28again. It is funny how so many people seem to be stuck at 28 years old.

The birthday girl.

The birthday cake.

Here is Hallie jumping on the trampoline. She decided half way through the party to go topless.

Here are some of the guys just sitting back and relaxing.

All the kids wanted to jump at the same time.

Just a few photos

I took a couple of pictures of my kids the other day and just wanted to post them for the Grandparents and aunts and uncles to see.

Slide Thrills

We let the kids play at the park for a little while after we had fed the ducks. There was a slide there that was really fast. Hallie almost went flying off the end the first time she went down. Their faces as the kids went down were shear terror, and yet they kept wanting to go down again and again.

Duck Pond

Tonight we went over to the Midway duck pond to feed the ducks. We were kind of lacking in bread so the ducks got a snack of frozen waffles and an old hamburger bun. Sage and Hallie both had a wonderful time trowing bits of waffle to the ducks. It is so fun now that the evenings are warming up that we can go out and do things with the kids.

More Soccer Spectacular

Here are a few pictures from Sage's most recent soccer game. It was once again a real winner. This time Sage had absolutely no interest in even playing the game. She spent most of the game sitting on a blanket and talking with some strangers. She played about 5 minutes of the game in which she stood in the goal, she told us that she was the goalie. It was a beautiful day at least. For Sage the best part of the game was the snack at the end. I don't know if we have a real soccer player on our hands but we sure do enjoy watching her. She is as always quite the comic relief.