Cute Kenzie moment

Our family has had reason to rejoice since our last child is officially and totally potty trained! Kenzie was a hold out for longer that I thought was reasonable, but we finally found the secret of what worked for her and it turned out to be candy. A girl after my own heart. I tied a bunch of candy to the ceiling of the bathroom and bought a new singing princess potty. Can you tell I was getting desperate? The visual of the candy really helped her I think. I have to thank my friend Alyson for that idea. Kenzie loved being lifted up to pick out something when she used her special potty.
Anyway, she was doing so great and then she started regressing a little and having accidents. Paul decided to start giving her some coins for her to put in her piggy bank and he said when she had an accident she would have to give one back. She was all excited to be able to put them in her piggy bank. One day she had a little accident and Paul and I were in the kitchen. She comes out so sad looking and puts her little hand up to Paul and has all her coins and says, "Here Daddy." It was so cute and we were just laughing because we had forgotten all about that. So now we are past that stage and life is good! I don't even have to worry about it anymore- Yeah!

Kylie's volcano

For 5th grade science they have been learning about volcanoes so Kylie got to try her hand at making her own. We went to watch the momentous occasion of the blowing of the volcanoes. Some kids in the class had to try to run away to get to a safe distance before the lava got them but they never made it in time. The teacher kept saying, "Oh, the lava got you- you're dead". None of those kids will ever stick around to see what happens if a volcano starts erupting. You can never learn too much safety information!

St. George & Mesquite

You know it's baseball season when it's time to go to St. George. Over Easter weekend we were down in Mesquite and St. George and had a fun little trip. Tanner was mostly playing baseball but we managed to squeeze some fun in also. The condo we stayed in had a nice play area so we got to swim (of course!- the girls wouldn't think it was vacation if there wasn't a pool involved), play tennis, and even try our hand at shuffleboard. I think what everyone was most excited about was that they got to miss 2 days of school (and work for Paul). Personally, it was the chance to sit in the sun and soak up some warmth-it was in the 70's. The spring here is still in the schizophrenic stage where it will be beautiful one day and snowing the next. Tanner's team took some lumps but it is the start of the season so I think they worked out the kinks! Tanner got to pitch and played well so he was happy.


Tanner pitching...


The girls in Mesquite at the Casa Blanca.

Wii Play!

I wanted to see if this would work to put a video in the blog. This video cracks us up every time we see it. This is Maddie and her friend Ryan playing the Wii boxing. They get so into it! They are both really competitive with it and are so tired when they are done. It's a good workout. I like the bowling! The jumping is Maddie's signature move- she does that all the time.

Champions!!

For the second year in a row Tanner's basketball team won the championship for their age division! It was all pretty exciting. They had to win 2 games in a row and both the teams were good. The boys were so tired by the second game, I thought it might not go well. Especially since the other team was so much bigger then us. It came down to the last minute and we were behind but we got a steal and made a couple of shots and they won by just a few points. Tanner looked like he was about to die when it was done but he played hard the whole time so we were proud of him! Now it's on to baseball. His team started practice the next week! No rest, but luckily Tanner is fine with that. (Tanner is on the bottom right on this picture)