Sue the T-Rex...

 Sue the T-Rex came to the Idaho Falls Museum, so we wanted to take the kids to see all the cool dinosaur bones. She is one of the biggest T-Rex they have found and she was BIG.  I cannot even imagine seeing animals such as these in the wild.  The kids had a great time going from dinosaur to dinosaur.  We had never been to the museum before, so they enjoyed seeing all the other attractions too.  An 'old' town like Idaho Falls used to be, lots of local animals *which they didn't really have much interest in because we see these alive* and then their interactive spot for the kids.  They got to climb a tree to a bird's nest, crawl through a beaver's house, play in an old pioneer home and even go in an Indian's TP (although Anthony thought we said TV and wondered where the TV was).  It was a fun little Family Home Evening.  One of the most fun things happened before we even went in, the museum is by the train tracks and a big train came past us right as we were getting out of the car.  The kids thought it was great being that close to a moving train!

 This is Jenna holding the big dinosaur bone.  It was part of its arm.

Dance Recital...

 Our Beautiful Jenna had her clogging recital at the end of April. She was so excited to dance on stage again and did FANTASTIC.  All her practicing paid off as she did lots better than last time.   They were supposed to wear their hair curly and out of their faces.  I had my friend Celeste curl Jenna's hair and it turned out SO cute.  She loved it and wouldn't let anyone touch it.  They did 2 dances.  They did their Itsy Bitsy Spider song again and a new Little Mermaid one.  They were such cute little dancers!

 Here is her little friend Brynlee.  And this is Lydia wanting to be dancing too!

Freestyle/Greco State 2012

 Anthony finished another round of Freestyle/Greco wrestling.  He wrestled Bantam 45 all year, but gave us a scare a few times on not making weight.  He had a great season and learned a lot.  He ended up getting 4th in Greco and 3rd in Freestyle.  Way to go Anthony, we are proud of you!

Happy Birthday Lydia!!!

 Lydia was SO excited for her birthday this year. There were lots of birthdays leading up to hers, so she had a good idea what was in store.  When everyone sang to her, she sang "Happy Birthday to ME" right along with everyone else. It was so cute!  She never really had a specific want for her birthday, so we just decided on things that she could use, but didn't want to do toys.  We already have enough of those.  So, she got a  hiking backpack to use this summer, a rag quilt like her brother and sister and a color wonder set.  She was so happy every time she opened something. We took her to Wendy's for her birthday dinner because she loves chicken nuggets and fries!  We just love this little Lydia!

Bad picture, but Anthony was making all sorts of silly faces at me so I made him shut his eyes.  I had to document his part of Lydia's birthday :).  I got a call from the school in the morning saying that Anthony had been hit in the head with a backpack before school started and they had cleaned it up and that it was "just a scratch".  I had them have Anthony call me and he said he was okay and because I was busy with Lydia that day, I didn't go over to check it out.  Boy, how I wish I would have.  When he got home the band-aid was saturated and when I took it off I knew immediately that he would need stitches, especially because wrestling state was that weekend and he would be moving around A LOT.  So we packed everyone up, headed to the doctor and sure enough, 2 stitches.  It wasn't super long, but it was deep.  The doctor gave him the chance to have the numbing stuff or to just have him do the stitches.  Anthony chose to just have him do the stitches and he did so well. He just squeezed my hand really hard and barely even cried.  Next time I will make sure I make it over to the school to check out the "its just a scratch"!!!

Friends Party...

 We had a nice relaxing, fun little party for a few of Lydia's girlfriends.  They came over and colored some Hello Kitty sheets even used some stickers, blew bubbles, had PB & jelly sandwiches, opened presents, ate cupcakes (mostly frosting) and icecream and played!  It was so fun and Lydia felt super special having her friends over just for her!

Happy Birthday #3 Lydia...

 Our Little Lydia turned #3 last week.  That is so crazy to me how fast the time has gone by.  She wanted a Hello Kitty birthday and I was happy to oblige.  I love Hello Kitty so it was fun.  The cake turned out really fun and I'm glad I got over my hesitation of decorating a cake like this.  It was fun!!  We had family over on the Monday before her birthday and she had so much fun playing with cousins and sharing her birthday cake!  She got a few cute outfits, a barbie fairy and some Hello Kitty toys. She was in heaven!  She keeps telling me that she is the birthday girl and asks when her next party will be :).

A taste of the mountains again...

A couple of weeks ago the weather was AMAZING.  It was just gorgeous.  My brother called us and invited us to go up for a hot dog roast in the mountains.  It was so much fun. We climbed the mountain, roasted hot dogs, marshmallows, got motorbike rides, played in the dirt, shot guns and had a GREAT time.  So glad we got a little taste of what summer is going to be like!!