Fun in the Snow...and the sun!

I am sure you all know the crazy weather that we've been having. It was beautiful and perfect for Spring, and then the terrible cold front. There was SO much snow. I saw this as a terrible day. It totally ruined my day. But Ty saw this as the perfect opportunity to make one last snowman. I couldn't smash his dreams, so out into the snow we went.

Ty, perfecting the snowman.

Jordo finally managed to make a 'snowball'

We also made a snow slide and Jordo wanted to be first to go down.

Ty wanted to be wild and crazy and went down sideways.

And only a few days later, the snow was completely gone and it was warm enough for the sprinklers to come out.

Ty was much braver than last year and jumped right in.

Jordo slipped while checking out Elmo first thing and got a little shocked from the cold, so he kept a little more distance but still had loads of fun.

We were outside ALL day and had a great time. If you ask me, I'd take sprinklers over snow any day. But I guess the snow makes us appreciate the sun.

Easter Fun and Raquetball Mania

We had an amazing Easter holiday spending time with our family and friends. It's always a great time to reevaluate our relationship with Christ and His ultimate sacrifice. We hope everyone else had an Easter to remember as well.

We started the wet Saturday with the ward egg hunt, but the rain didn't stop anyone.

Here's Jordo with his BFF, Jill Brown. They are always asking to play together and have a great time when they do, plus she is super cute. (I'd be all for this one sticking through the years:) )
And Ty was comparing the loot with his friends, Mason and Grace. These kids are lucky to already have such good friends.



Then to Grandma and Grandpa's for another egg hunt. The kids loved this! The last pic is of the Whistling Pete being lit to have the big kids come out. Jordo kept walking around saying, "No firework. No firework."

Kev told the boys that they need to crack their Easter eggs on their heads. So now Jordo won't do it any other way. And at Ty's preschool party, he stopped the games and said, "Everyone, look!" and then showed him the correct way to crack an egg.

In the ward hunt there was a 'gold egg' and in Kev's parents, there was a money egg. And Jordo won $7.81 in the money egg and Ty got these golf clubs as his prize for the gold egg! Apparently, our boys are seasoned egg finders.

Ty has been begging to play 'tennis'. When we leave the rec in the morning after our run, he always wants to watch the people play. So for family night we booked a raquetball court and let the boys go to town. And that they did. They had so much fun just running and hitting the ball wherever it would go. We will definitely do this again, not to mention they burn tons of energy and completely crashed that night. Good for everyone!

Just some fun moments

First off, thank you all for your advice and support about my stupidity. I have such great family and friends. :)

I love listening to my boys talk. It is constant entertainment and usually makes for a good laugh. Here are a few:

The boys were playing with a sticker book while I tried to get a few things done. Then I hear Jordo, "Ty look pretty, Mom."

Ty: "Mom, I'm awesome at towers, huh?"

I figure they have enough to bring them down in this world, why not pump up their self esteem as much as you can while they are young.

Jordo: "Lotta books Mom! Read Mom!"

He could only hold on so long.

My boys love baths, but their first question when we tell them it's bath time is, "Do we have to wash our hair?"

Then they go back and forth on who should go first. They pretty much think they will drown every time we wash their hair. It gets pretty dramatic. Jordo has even tried the death roll to get away.

The other day after Ty had finished his turn, it was Jordo's. And to be expected, the crying started. Ty quickly tried to reassure him (not because he had been brave, but because he had apparently survived), "Don't worry Jordo, I'll hold the water for ya."

Notice his hands. He had really tried to keep the water from reaching his little brother. Maybe after he masters washing his hair, he'll get the super powers next.

I wish I was better at catching more of their moments on camera or even remembering to write them down. They are at great ages and I know it will go by way to fast.

I wish I had a brain

So I seem to always do one thing and never learn! I am getting really sick of it and wish I could just get smarter. The past summer I started water to boil and went outside to watch the boys play. I came back in the house to realize I had turned the wrong burner on and a few things that I had left on the stove, had burst into flames. I called for Kev and yelled, "Fire." He came in the house and headed to the sink to get a glass of water to put out the 'small' problem. When he saw what the problem really was he quickly grabbed the fire extinguisher and blast the rapidly growing flames.

What a mess! That powder stuff goes everywhere and took forever to clean up. Well, you would think I would learn to be more careful, and I was, but I still sometimes get rushed making dinner and don't double check the burner. I've done this before and since, luckily, with no consequence, but a few times, I haven't been so lucky.

I turned the wrong burner on again! I had left my 9x13 pan with it's plastic lid on the stove because I was planning to use it after I got dinner on. I noticed the plastic lid melting in from the middle and realized, again, what I had done. I figured I would just get the pan off the heat and worry about it after it cooled, but when I picked it up the pressure caused the whole thing to explode. And I mean explode. Kev came running in to see what had happened. I was just glad I was wearing jeans since the glass went EVERYWHERE. We decided it was a good thing that it was my purple pan so we could see where the glass went.

Because the pan was so hot when it shattered, it melted onto our kitchen floor. This is the worst of the damage(sorry it's blurry, my camera got onto a weird setting), but now we have this all over our floor....

small burn marks that will forever remind me of my stupidity. Maybe now, due to the constant reminder, I will get a clue, and double check which burner I turn on.