April 13th, 2014

• My last post was my 200th post on my blog! That's a lot of posts and pictures shared. It is all worth the effort when I can look in the blog book I print out each year and remember all the good memories and see how much the kids have grown.
• This week was Spring Break! Wahoo! We were so excited to have a week off of schedules and school.
• Monday morning Bodee and I each got a hair cut. Bodee was ready to go for the faux hawk..seriously adorable but he calls it his "Shark Boy haircut" and it matches the shark tooth around his neck he never takes off:) 

• After hair cuts we drove down to Orem and the girls got their free Krispy Kreme donuts for their great report cards. After that I picked up new 72 hour kit food. I finally just bought MREs instead of replacing packaged food every six months. Life just got a bit easier. 

• After Orem we headed to Thanksgiving Point to use the pass we just bought. I never thought a pass was worth it since the new Children's Museum is opening up there in May I knew we would use it all the time. Monday was the dinosaur museum. It really wasn't busy which surprise me since it was spring break.

• On Tuesday we headed back over the Thanksgiving Point to visit Farm Country. We met up with Marci, Emma, and Zach Bargeron. It was a great afternoon and the weather was perfect.

• We got ready early on Wednesday and drove up to the zoo so we got there right when it opened. The kids hadn't been to the zoo in over a year and Wendy's had a buy one get one free so it was actually a pretty cheap day. (Can you see the elephants in the background?) 

•  We even got to see a sea lion show. It was so fun to watch. 

• I have never see the tiger so close to the glass before, or so animated. Very cool! 

•  After the zoo we stopped by the mall and visited the Lego store. Bodee had really been wanted to see it so he was super pumped when he got to look around. He loved the Star Wars Lego sets  but of course they were over $300.00 so not this time. I did let him pick out a little Spiderman car that was part of the Lego junior collection. I just learned about the junior collection and it's perfect for his age. The girls then picked out something cool at Claire's and we had lunch and headed home.
• Uncle Dane come to our house late Wednesday night so Thursday we actually just hung around the house and ran errands although the girls did beg to put on a lemonade stand. Cute little ladies. 

• Thursday night Dane and I decided to relive our childhood and made Wookie Cookies and Yoda Soda for the kiddos. They were a hit! We didn't actually watch Star Wars though...Dane hadn't seen Frozen yet so we had to show him that movie of course:) 

•  Saturday morning our niece and cousin Bella was baptized. I actually never got any pictures of Bella (sad) but she was so pretty and the baptism was wonderful. I always love how mostly everybody in Todd's family is supportive and happy for each other's exciting life moments. It makes life fun to share with others.
• After the baptism luncheon cousin Chrislyn came to play and all the kids worked hard on making cake walk cards for the family Easter Party later that afternoon. 

•  Easter Party time! Lots of eggs, pizza, candy, games, and of course Grandma's famous fish pond! We all had such a good time! 

Sophia, Zoey, and Bodee. Cute kiddos:)

•  This year we had a few new games like badminton and sack races, and yes, Todd beat me at a sack race:)

• On Sunday Todd drove down to Provo to be there while his cousin Eli was ordained an Elder. Afterwards he and his dad got a call that his brother's truck broke down in Nephi so they headed down there for a rescue. Bodee had driven with Todd so he played at his great-aunt Terri's house for a couple of hours with Grandma until I got to Orem to pick him up. It was kind of a crazy Sunday but life is always crazy I'm learning!

April 6th, 2014

• My dear friend Elizabeth's dad, Dennis passed away last week so Monday night we went over for his viewing. He fought a hard battle with cancer and our hearts go out to their entire family.
• On Tuesday morning Todd and I attended his funeral. That night Addy played and I coached her last indoor soccer game. We had a good little team this season. Addy learned indoor moves much faster and it forces you to gain better footwork skills.

• Tuesday was also April Fools' Day.  This is not my favorite thing to celebrate but I did put food coloring in the bottom of the cereal bowls in the morning so when the milk was poured in it turned the milk crazy colors. Brynn and Dad tried to trick me by covering Brynn's face with ketchup and saying Bodee hit her! Too bad she couldn't quite keep a straight face although for a second there I did panic!

• Brynn started swim team with the Lehi Frenzy this week. This first week was swim camp so it was two hours every day. (Usually she only practices twice a week for 45 minutes). Here she is being introduced to the team on her first day. (Can you see her standing between the two coaches?) 

• On Friday, the last day of swim camp Brynn participated in a mock swim team meet. Although she is not the competition team yet it was good for her to see what a meet was all about. We got there and she was warming up with the others and I thought, "Does she even know what she's suppose to do?" So I ran to the pool and explained this was a race and she had to swim as fast as she could across the pool. She was signed up for two events. 25 freestyle and 25 backstroke. Brynn did great and for being so young kept up with the others. She was excited to see both Todd and Grandma Bassett in the stands cheering her on!
• The first picture is what they wrote on her arm so she knows her event, heat, and lane numbers. We have a lot to learn about this whole swimming thing:)

• Saturday morning we listened to conference and ran some errands. The kids love the car wash because they get to spray the cars with soap from inside.

• We stopped by home depot and realized it was the kid building day. All the kids built bird feeders. They really are cool. There was a Chinese speaking family at our worktable so Addy talked to them for a bit. Her language skills are so amazing! After building we ran into Todd's parents and hung out with them for a bit, then we did our own shopping. We pretty much spent two hours there!

• Saturday night Todd went to Priesthood session and dinner with his dad and brothers. The boys just keeping the tradition alive! After Todd got back I headed to a surprise birthday party for one of my friends. The ladies had a mean four square and double dutch competition going on. It was tons of fun! I seriously love the ladies in my ward!
• Of course this is how we roll during Sunday morning session of conference. Wow...I'm so glad we get so much out of it. Good thing we can read conference in the Ensign:) Actually there were lots of great talks I did get to hear.

• We headed over to Chris and Cathy's for Sunday afternoon session after a family drive and ended up eating dinner there. Bodee crashed on the way home. Life is just too much fun! I love the legs crossed and the socks over the jeans. (I can't even believe he was willing to wear jeans all of a sudden!)

• Bodee playing the piano with both his hands and his feet. Talented kiddo!

March 30th, 2014

• These past two weeks were a little off since Todd was out of town for over a week. I was living the single mom life. (Not that it's too much different from his normal work schedule...sad but true:) But of course we did miss having Dad around over the weekend. Here are a few highlights from the past couple of weeks.
• Here are the little rugrats just after waking up one morning.

• Bodee coming down the water slide.

• Bodee and Brynn playing with Emerson.

• Addy received roller blades over a year ago for Christmas but for the past week Brynn had taken them over and taught herself how to roller blade. This week I took her to get her own roller blades and of course while we were out Bodee begged for some Spiderman skates he found. This picture was taken just after Addy left for school at 8am...they had to get out and skate right away in the morning. All three kids are skatin' fools!

• Fresh snow in the mountains and a sunrise = beautiful!

• With Todd gone I was well taken care of. Merri and Wes invited the kids and I for dinner on Friday night. My in-laws visited us on Sunday and watched the girls so I could attend a Young Women's meeting til late one night. After Stake Conference on Sunday we were also invited to a big get together with lots of neighbors. I'm lucky to have such great people in our lives.
• I have been called as the Girls Camp Director this year for our ward. I'm really excited and because even more so after my first YCL meeting on Saturday morning. I have a lot of amazing YCLs. I am really looking forward to getting to know them better...all 15 of them:)
• Todd left really early Wednesday morning and drove down to Arizona. He had a couple of business meetings down in Phoenix and he had never visited Amy and Milo at their house down there so it worked out well he could stay and visit for the weekend because he had to be in Las Vegas on Monday for a conference. Of course they golfed Superstition while he was down there. Todd said it was really beautiful. 

• Amy and Milo took Todd to Tortilla Flats and Goldfield ghost town. He really enjoyed spending time with them.

• Todd was also able to spend time with his brother Chad on this trip. He spent one night at Chad's house and went out to sushi with him and Terral. Chad also drove back to Lehi with Todd so they had lots of brother bonding time:)