Spring Break

Well, spring is definitely here and the weather is heating up. It reached 90 today...a little too warm for March and that means we'll have to hit the A/C sooner than we'd like. Anyway, besides Kimberly's birthday party, during Spring Break, we also had a couple of house upgrades done. We finally got the entryway, hallways and stairway painted. We really love how it turned out and are picking carpet and paint for the living room upstairs and hope to have it done soon as well. We also had the carpet ripped out of the food storage/sump pump closet downstairs and had tile put in. It turned out great as well. A special thanks to the Whitfields and their crew from their business: Floors, Baths, Kitchens & More. They did an awesome job!







We also did some 'spring cleaning' while the kids were home: cleaning out closets, moving furniture and sweeping, mopping underneath, cleaning ceiling fans, etc. Of course, they had lots of fun time as well...Kim got to spend some time with her favorite cousins, Tiffany went to Payson and the rim, Heather spent some time with her friends and did a little shopping and had softball practice, Dean spent some time with his brothers and friends and had baseball practice, and Brandon spent a day at Disneyland with his girlfriend. All-in-all, it's been a great week and we're sad to say it's almost over!

HAPPY SWEET "16" KIMBERLY!!!

Kim wanted to celebrate her 16th Birthday at Castles & Coasters. The girls had a GREAT time!!! 16 fun things Kim did for her birthday...

1. Had big spaghetti/lasagna dinner w/cake & ice cream
2. Received a cool foot soaker/pedicure set (Thanks Aunt Linda)
3. Tiffany fixed her hair for her big day
4. Gathered up the 'gang' for the day...Kim, Tiffany, Heather, Mom, Marlee, Morgan, Dana, Brittney, and Andreana

5. Ate pizza and ice cream
6. Drove the bumper cars

7. Rode the 'magic carpet'

8. Rode roller coasters...went upside down!

9. Drove Indy cars

10. Rode the Dragon Boat...Kim's favorite as you can tell from the pictures!


11. Rode the Sky Diver

12. Got wet on the log ride

13. Got face and arm painted with friends


14. Received bath set (Thanks Marlee & Morgan)
15. Stopped on the way home to eat at Taco Bell
16. Relaxed, watching a movie while soaking feet

Where has the year gone...already!

OK, I knew it had been a while since my last post but when I went to see where I left off I had no idea it had been THREE MONTHS!!!!! If any of you out there have been watching our blog and waiting for an update, please let us know you are interested so we can do a better job of keeping you up to date! For now, let's see if we can get caught up. Hopefully you won't fall asleep while reading this LONG post.

Heather finished up the basketball season and was very sad to see it end. She had a great time and really enjoyed getting to know all of the girls on the team. She had her high-scoring game toward the end of the season with three 3 point shots and a total of 10 points against Shepherd. They didn't end with a great record but she learned a lot and had a lot of fun. She's looking forward to playing again next year. She received the Coach's Award at the end of season awards night as well.




Heather is now playing on the school softball team (more on that in the next post).

Tiffany is still cheering. Toward the end of the basketball season, she was asked to move up to Varsity and compete with them. She had a couple of games at the end of the season in which she cheered for both JV and Varsity. Their first cheer competition is coming up this weekend (more on that in the next post).



Brandon has been playing church basketball and loving every minute of it. He plays with a great group of men and is really enjoying having the time off from football to play some fun basketball. He's got a full schedule this semester and has been working out and throwing quite a bit in preparation for the next football season. He was excited to receive a hand-written letter from the coaches at UCLA this week. Hopefully he'll be getting some good Division 1 offers throughout this next season.

Cathy had a great time last weekend at her semi-annual scrapbooking retreat, joined by 5 friends. She missed plenty of sleep but was able to complete 40 pages, what a shock!

Kim has joined drama and is back in chorus this semester. She is turning 16 in a couple weeks. Hard to believe, isn't it!...more to come in the next post.

Chris has been busy with school, work, and bowling with the MCC bowling team. As of the time of this post he is bowling in Buffalo, NY. He was able to visit Niagara Falls and Canada (maybe we can get some pictures for the next post and have more info on how he did in the tournament).

Our little Dean turned 9!!! For his birthday party he had some friends over and they played some fun games, had a scavenger hunt, ate cupcakes and played at the park. He had a fun time and enjoyed seeing some friends he hasn't seen for a while. He now also gets to advance to the Bears in Cub Scoutswhich he is very excited about.


Dean just finished up his first season, ever, of soccer. He was able to be on a team with a friend from church who lives across the street and whose dad was a coach. He did really well for his first time playing and really enjoyed it. We may have found 'his sport'! He scored a total of about 10 goals during the season, 4 of which were in 1 game. He had a great time and is looking forward to playing more soccer in the near future.



He also was able to attend SRP's Take Your Kid to Work Day with mom this year. He had a great time checking out all of the tools, equipment and other displays they had.