Day at the Farm and Salt Lake

Knowing that we only had 1 good day of weather during our spring break, the kids decided to visit Wheeler Farm and Temple Square last Monday. None of us had ever been to Wheeler Farm and we had no idea what was even there. We started by looking at the small (small is the operative word) museum about pioneer life at the farm.

Megan tried her hand at playing this old, old piano in the museum. We made it through the exhibits in about 10 minutes and then went out to see the animals. That was the real reason Emily wanted to go to the farm.

Tyler isn't as excited about the animals. He mostly just stood back and watched them.

Emily and Megan tried to pet and touch all of them.

Feeding the ducks and geese was the highlight.

Tyler just loved climbing on all the old equipment and cool trees.

We took a wagon ride around the farm. It is actually about 2 miles wide and deep. Who would have guessed that much land was still in downtown Salt Lake.

Emily and Megan were fascinated by the pigs.

It was a fun place to visit. Emily was a little disappointed she couldn't milk the cow. We just didn't want to wait 5 hours to let her do it. I guess we'll have to go back.

After the farm we headed in to downtown to visit the church history museum.

The kid section is always a favorite at this museum. This is Emily pretending to be worn out from holding onto the iron rod. She does love to be dramatic and have an audience.

This bean bag game was a highlight.

All the flowers were out in force around the temple for conference. We had a fun time together as a family and enjoyed having no crowds on our day off.

Easter Sunday (Clothes at least)

Since Easter fell on General Conference, we all had to don our Easter clothes the Sunday before. Tyler will not tuck in his shirts for anything. He wore his new shirt, pants, shoes, and tie, but left the shirttails out. I have decided that some battles are not worth the fight. I'm assuming he'll eventually realize his shirts look better tucked in, especially with a tie.

This is one of many poses to try and get all 3 looking somewhat normal.

I don't think we ever succeeded, but it was just too cold to try any longer.

Megan posing in her new duds. Her shoes are officially too big for me.

Emily proud of her new dress and heels. We looked long and hard for shoes that Emily thought had high enough heels. Of course, we found some acceptable shoes at the last store we checked. I hope she doesn't ruin her feet before her heel fetish wears off. It's always fun to have new Easter clothes and especially fun to have cute kids to wear them!

Another Tumbling Competition!

Megan hasn't wanted to compete in the double-mini, but was glad she did on March 27th. Out of 12 girls, she finally got the top spot on the podium. She came in first with her high jumps and determination!
Great Job Megan!
She also did really well on the floor that day. She got 3rd place out of 11 girls. It's fun to watch her improve with each meet and class. Way to go Megan!

Student of the Month!

Megan was finally chosen as student of the month for the 6th grade! She was chosen because she is respectful to her classmates, her teacher, and all those around her.
Megan was called as the last name in the assembly. I think she was getting nervous that Mammy and I were at the assembly to throw her off.
We were so proud of Megan. She has done so well this year. She has really stepped up in her reading and studies. I think she is really ready for Junior High. Congratulations!!

Happy Anniversary!

On March 18th, Wendell and I celebrated our 15th anniversary. Wendell spoiled me with 2 dozen roses and a great weekend trip to Salt Lake. We stayed in the tower of the Little America Hotel and ate at a restaurant so fancy the water came at $5.00 a bottle. I know I am very lucky and am grateful for the last 15 years. How are lives have changed, but for the better.

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2010!

We started March 17th off with green shirts and green pancakes. Emily mixed a lot of dye into the batter so the pancakes were extra colorful.

Tyler wasn't quite sure about the green pancakes. He wanted the syrup green, but we couldn't quite pull that off.

Emily sure loved the green!

After school, the kids chose to have green pizza again for dinner. Megan was all to anxious to turn the cheese and pineapple green.

The dough was green, but didn't show up in the pictures very well. We need to work on getting the sauce green next year.

Our St. Patrick's Day dinner. Green plates, cups, salad, jell-o, breadsticks and pizza. I think we out did ourselves this year.

Emily tried building a trap for a leprachaun, but Tyler thought it was garbage and had it cleaned up before she ever caught anything. Good thing the treasure of M&M's didn't require a trap. We'll have to buy more green dye for next year---we used an entire bottle this year!

Emily's Favorite Things

It doesn't seem like we have been that busy this past month, but apparently the blog was out last priority. We are back and will update the month of March. Emily reluctantly gives into my whims once in a while and let me try my hand at sewing. She did love picking out fabric at the store and then waited patiently while I made her a new skirt. (It is really hard to find skirts long enough in Emily's size.) She loves to twirl and it is now her favorite thing to wear---too bad it isn't warm enough to wear comfortably.
Emily was also the model for the new fad of headbands. I used the extra fabric for this cute matching hair accessory. Thanks to Mindy for the pattern and the idea. Now I just need to find time to make more of these headbands.
Besides new clothes, Emily most favorite thing in the whole world is any kind of animal. She constantly asks Wendell if he will get allergy shots so she can get a dog. He is not willing to give in so we have to find ways to fill her animal fetish in other ways. Luckily, the local farm stores are having baby animal days. Emily and her friend went a couple of times to this store and handled the bunnies, chicks, and any other animal they could hold. (By the way, the blue on Emily's face is her make-up. She dressed up for the animals.)