Easter Fun with Grandma Judy

The place where Kalun's mom lives does a big Easter egg hunt every year. She always invites all the grandkids to come. They divide the kids into different age groups. Haylie was in the 2 and under group. She had so much fun, she was able to get a ton of eggs since most of the other kids had no idea what was going on.
Tate's group was 3-5 year olds. This was probably the craziest group. There was a ton of kids. This is also the age they really start to get it and are determined to get a lot of eggs. It was like a stampede. Tate did really good though. By the end of it there were a couple little kids crying because they didn't get very many or any at all so Kalun basically gave away all Haylie's eggs to different kids that were sad. It was cute to see their eyes light up when an egg would fall magically right at their feet. Kalun got a lot of very appreciative smiles from those parents. Then we just had Tate and Haylie share the rest of the eggs. But it was good because we took a moment to talk to Tate about why we shared our eggs with the other kids and tried to teach him that Jesus loves us to share and help people that are sad to feel better.
This is Grandma (Kalun's mom) and Haylie watching Tate get eggs.
After the egg hunt we went back to Grandma's. She had made some cookies for the kids to decorate. They love to decorate cookies, so they had a lot of fun.

Provo 5K

I ran my first real 5K Saturday in Provo. I ran with my sister. It was so fun to do with her. It was very cold, but it was awesome. I took 44th out of 245 girls. I don't think that's too bad for my first 5k, especially since I threw my back out a couple weeks ago and it just started feeling better so I didn't get to train as well as I would have liked. Kalun and the kids came to watch. It was so cold that they found a spot along the run and parked and waved from the car. Then they went to the finish line to wait for me. It was so cute to come running across the finish line and see my kids waving to me. I can't wait to do another one. Although Kalun really wants to do one too so we may have to get a babysitter for the next one.

Pig Tails-Finally!!

Haylie is almost 2 and she is FINALLY getting enough hair to do little pig tails. Of course it takes a lot of gel and hairspray and a clip, but I think it is stinkin cute.

Vegas

Kalun and I went to Vegas last weekend for his football tournament. For those of you that don't know Kalun plays on a pro flag football team. We decided to leave the kids at grandma's house. It was a very fast weekend, but we had a blast. We got to Vegas late Friday night and got home late Sunday night (or early Monday morning I guess). Kalun's team played really well. They won 4 of their 5 games and made it to the semi-finals. They even beat some nationally ranked teams before losing in the semi's to the #1 team in the nation with seconds left in the game. It was so fun to be able to watch his games, usually if I go to his games I'm chasing the kids on the sidelines and don't get to watch as much as I would like. We also found time to play. We hung out on the strip whenever we had a free minute. We bought an unlimited pass for the New York New York roller coaster and did it repeatedly until I had bruises from the restraints. We also went to my favorite place, M & M world!! Here are some pics from our weekend (Kalun is #53)...

More itty bitty ball

So we finished Tate's latest itty bitty ball adventure. He really enjoyed this one. It was nice because it was a mix of 5 different sports so there was a lot of variety. Soccer was one of his favorites.
Haylie the cheerleader...
The proud Graduates...Tate and two of his buddies who were on his team.

Little Mommy

Haylie is a very girly girl. This is strange for me, I've always been more of the tomboy type. It has been so funny to watch her lately. She is just getting old enough to have a funny little imagination. Her latest thing is her dolls. They are very much her little babies. She always wants to change their diapers. So all of her dolls have her diapers on. She is such a good little mommy!!

It's Itty Bitty Ball Time Again

We have been loving having Tate participate in itty ball every couple of months. This time around it incorporates 5 sports instead of just 1. The first day was baseball. He hasn't played baseball before, but he did really good.

The next day was basketball. Tate didn't like basketball much when he did it before so I was nervous he wouldn't do it. But, he got right in and remembered some of the things they had done and played well. This is Tate and his buddy Tanner trying to play defense.
The next day was football. This was Tate's favorite itty bitty sport so far. So he was really excited to do it again. They rotate through stations practicing and learning, then they scrimage at the end. The best part was the scrimage. My friend Laura's little boy was soooo funny. They were scrimaging, they took turns getting the ball and had to run to the goal line and try not to have their flags taken off by the other team. So it was Logan's turn to run with the ball, instantly this kid swarms him trying to get his flag. Well bless Logan's heart he was not going to let this kid take his flag so he stops and just starts hitting him. It was so funny!!! So for those of you who know Laura you'll have to watch her blog because she was videoing the whole thing and I'm sure she'll post it soon.



The next classes are soccer, volleyball, and a game day so I'm sure I'll have more pictures later.

A moment to vent...

I am so tired of everything breaking down all the time!!! I swear everytime we turn around someting else needs to be fixed. Whether it be our entire HVAC in our house, our car, our suv (that we keep trying to fix but haven't actually won the battle), our water heater, our TV, etc., etc., etc. I swear everytime I think we are finally on top of things something else breaks down. I keep wondering where all our money goes and then I remember all the stuff we have to keep fixing. I'm starting to feel like we need our own Macgyver on staff to be at our beckon call. Anyway, I wish venting actually solved problems, but oh well.

Will we ever not be sick??

I think this is only like the first or second time I've ever done a post without pictures. However, we haven't done anything exciting to take pictures of in a very long time. Like everyone else, I feel like we have been horribly sick since November. Over the last two weeks we have been to the Dr. so many times we should get some kind of frequent flyer discount. Tate ended up with bronchitis. Haylie got that crazy fever that's been going around. She had a fever of 104 off and on for almost a week, then ended up with a horrific ear infection. Kalun also got a horrible cold. Amazingly, with very little sleep for a week and a half while tending to all the sickies, I seem to have made it through with only a little sore throat that only lasted a couple days and extreme exhaustion. Hopefully, we are all on the mend for awhile. I usually love winter, I love snow. But, I think this is the first winter I remember that I have wanted to end!! Hope all the rest of you are surviving!

Kalun is a Big 3-0!

Kalun is now a big 3-0!! Of course for all of you that know the joke we are not sure if he turned 30 on the 1st or 2nd but nonetheless he is 30. So I thought I'd take a moment and brag about how awesome Kalun is. I am so grateful that Kalun is my husband. He takes such good care of me. He is also such an amazing dad. He loves being with his kids. Both kids have a laugh I refer to as the "dad laugh" because no one can make them laugh like their daddy. He is such a hard worker. He is very dedicated to his job and will do whatever it takes to get the job done. He has a strong testimony. He is also one of the most service oriented people I have ever met. He will never say no when someone needs help. He is a good friend to everyone. I don't think I know anyone who has more friends than Kalun. We cannot go anywhere without running into someone he knows. Kalun, thanks for being the person you are and for always striving to be even better. I love you, Happy Birthday!!





Okay, I'm not usually a mushy person, so moving on...We had a busy couple days around his birthday(s). Sunday the 1st (which is probably his real b-day, but not the one he grew up celebrating) he got to watch the super bowl at his friends house. That is pretty much a win win for a birthday for Kalun since he loves football and good food. On the 2nd, he worked all day but we squoze in a movie. We went to the dollar theater and saw Madagascar 2. On the 3rd we had a big party at classic skating. Not many people know that Kalun is a roller blader. He has loved skating for years. He used to skate around the neighborhood with his dog pulling him. So, he's actually really good. I on the other hand went old school and skated. I volunteered to push Haylie in the stroller most of the time because at the beginning I let Kalun take her and I fell really hard on my butt, so I opted for the stroller to hold on to. Tate had fun on his scooter with all the kids. We had a blast at the party. Kalun's mom even skated. We got to see a lot of people that we haven't seen for a long time. It was so fun to see everyone's kids having fun. Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us!!