All Is Well!

It has been awhile since I last posted. I always tell myself I should post this or post that but before I know days, weeks, and even months have passed. This week is hopefully the final week of being laid up with a yucky sprained ankle. My "Gracefulness" strikes again as I took a tumble down a couple of stairs last week. It has been a couple of years since my last really big "Grace" moment so I guess it was about time. Today at preschool we "Monkeyed Around"! Here is a pic of my favorite monkey!

Taekwondo

We had a fun evening on Wednesday. Both Kaelee and Maddee were promoted a belt level. They love taekwondo and are fierce competitors! Even Dylan, though he is not officially in taekwondo, had to wear the girls' small karate pants and one of their old belts. He got right in there warming up and kicking and working out just like everyone else. I guess we will have to get him going as a student soon. I am so proud of my kids. Jalynn has her black belt and is working towards her second don. Taekwondo has been a fantastic activity for our family.

March!!!

I am so glad it is March and February is over. I really do like February, at least a couple of days of it, because after all my last name is love. However, it is really just a dark and dreay month. Snow, mud, cloudy days aagggghhhhh! With three dogs mud is a huge bummer! Maybe now there can be hope for James a job with Spring almost here. This unemployment is deffinately not fun!
Just found an old friend and I am so excited to renew that incredible friendship. Friends are such a rare gem that truly do get better with time! They are what keep us going and encourage us to be better. I haven't talked to her too much and already she wants me to be better at keeping up with blogging. I read a great article a few months back in Family Fun, one of my fave magazines, about how a family used a blog as a family history and to keep other family members updated. At the end of the year, the family would complie the blog and have it printed in hardbound for their family records. How cool is that? I am going to try that. We will see how it goes.

James's Remodel

So James decided to remodel the hallway at the bottom of the stairs. Instead of using a typical means of demolition he tripped down the stairs over his tools he left laying around and punched his knee through the wall. Next time you decide to demo sweetheart, try using a sledge hammer and make sure that we want a hole in the wall.

Loving Lake Powell

Dylan's First Trip to the Lake! He took to it instantly and kept looking at Grandpa wanting to be his co-captain . . . maybe next trip Dyl!

We just came home last night from Lake Powell. The weather was fantastic though the water was cool still. Water levels are rising fast and it makes us even more excited to go back in July! The girls had a blast riding tubes, kneeboarding, and fishing. We had lots of fun and spent a lot of great quality time with Grandpa and Grandma and all the aunts and cousins. We love Powell!

First Timer!

So I am taking the plunge and creating a blog. No gurantees that it will look all that fabulous here at first but I will work on it. School and all of the kids's activities are winding down and I am thrilled. Here is just a quick look at what we have been up to the last week or so.