Hallie's Gymnastics Festival

Hallie has been taking gymnastics at Bailie's Gym for a little over a year. She is in level three already and she is loving it. On Saturday we went to her festival. They rotated to all four events and had a routine that they had learned for each thing. She did a great job and at the end she got to stand on a medal podium and get a trophy. It was fun to see. This is the only picture that turned out very well.

This picture was just too funny not to post. This is my sweet little Jacer after he had some chocolate pudding. He came up to me and said "Hey mom, look at my makeup!" So fancy! He has definitely been influenced by those big sisters of his!

It is so fun having a cute little mischievous boy bringing up tail end of our family! He keeps us hopping. Keep reading to see what we did off track!

Off Track Fun!

My kids were off track for the past month and we tried to do some fun things. My friends and I got together and decided that we would plan one big activity each week. That way we hoped we could spend less money if they had one thing to look forward to instead of thinking everyday should be a party. We did have a few sleep overs the first week, but I managed to avoid them later on as my nerves got more shot!:)

Our first activity was to go to the Lehi pool. I love that place. It is a little farther for us to drive there, but it is well worth it. It has the best little kid areas and it is always so warm. We stay there for about 3 hours every time and then we have lunch at their little concessions area. It is a great place to go!

These are the kids I took. My kids and a couple extras. Hallie's friend Alanna and my extra off track child Lauren. She and Natalie are attached at the hip whenever possible as you might have noticed looking at my blog! We met several other friends and their many children. Party! Party!

The next week we just took the kids to the church. Many of my friends are into making beaded watches. I haven't gotten into it myself, but they wanted to make them, so we went to the church and let our kids run all around the gym and stuff and get their energy out. I played a little "horse" with the boys Natalie's age and they thought it was fun that I would play with them. Natalie laughed at me for playing, but then she tried and had fun.

The week after that we went to the dollar movie theater in Sandy to see Bolt. It was actually really cute and kept Jace's attention the whole time. My friend took her 2 year old twins to it for their first movie and they loved it too. It was definitely a great kid show! My kids loved all the smuggled in treats. Jace probably ate 6 suckers.

The last week we were off we went to Jumpin Jacks bounce place. This is a picture of a different place, but it is the same type of thing. We went on the 3 dollar Thursday and the kids had a ton of fun. It was our first try for that place and I think we will go again sometime.

Now you know how we spend our off track time here In Herriman! We survived the winter break and none of my kids are dead or injured and I am not in a mental hospital! Little miracles! I actually had a nice time with the kids and I had anticipated it being a lot worse. They got along pretty well this time and we enjoyed our time together.

A fun girls day!

On Saturday I went with my sisters and my mom to see Confessions of a Shopaholic. It was a super cute show- I laughed out loud a couple times even. My sisters and I have read all the books which we loved, so we were excited to see the show. Megan planned it long in advance and I was glad. We never do anything like that and it was fun to have my mom visiting so she could join us. What kind of blogger am I that I don't have pictures? A bad one I know! I forgot my camera.
We went to a bake sale to raise money for a friend whose husband died, then we went to Chili's and then to the movie. It was a great afternoon and thanks dad for watching the kids!

January Events!

Like a lot of people around here our little family went to the Draper Temple open house. It was really beautiful and we had a great time. This is a picture while we waited for the bus to come and take us up to the temple. Abbie and Jace were excited for their first bus ride. The temple had really pretty murals and colors and I loved the display they had in the church next door of temples from around the world. The pictures were great to look at!

We woke up one morning to see our next door neighbors house lined with flags. Our neighbors are the only black people in the neighborhood so my kids thought it was because we got our first black president(it was a couple days after the inauguration) :) It was actually because our neighbor was taking her test that day to be a US citizen. She is from Jamaica and her husband plays for the Real Soccer team. She had been applying for a long time and she was really excited! She passed her test so we are thrilled for her! Yea Marcia!

Abbie had a little mishap the other day trying to get pajamas out of the top drawer of her dresser. The dresser fell on her! She had enough adrenaline going to push it back up by herself! We heard the big thud of it hitting her head and it was bleeding really good by the time we got up there. Luckily she only had to get one stitch! It looked more like someone stabbed her in the head with a pencil than getting smacked by a dresser! We are grateful it didn't turn into anything worse like it could have. She is going to ask for help from now on when she can't reach!

And now for the best purchase I have made in a while! I needed and end table and didn't want to spend much, so I looked on KSL. I found this rustic looking table that I can hide blankets and such in. It might not be what I would have picked out at a store, but it was great for the space and the kicker is that it was only $20! Yea! I am such a bargain shopper! Aren't you all so proud of my abilities? I sure am! I now have a nice little table in a spot that has needed one for three years!