Dance Recital

The girls had their dance recital over the weekend. Sophie danced to the song "I Will" by the Beatles. Each dance in the recital represented a country hers was Great Britian. She was so cute!!

Dixie was so great and came to see the girls dance. They all had a great time, talking her ear off.

Eden danced to an African folk song. She enjoyed every second. August miraculously survived the dress rehearsal, as well as the actual recital.

Happy Birthday Dupree

Dupree Turned one on June 5th. And we had the biggest birthday bash ever. Probably because the girls planned and executed the party. I know...it is embarrassing that we have an indoor dog, but we are not embarrassed by it.

Then and now.

Don't Touch the Frakkin' Touch the Artifacts

The Yankees were in town, which meant the Godzilla Bros. were not far behind. We got to spend a little with them in Seattle seeing the sites. They are every bit as cool as they look.

The game was great. We got 5 balls during BP and one during the game. The M's won in extra's. The over all highlight was the the four fans ran onto the field during late innings. One of which was completely nude! After a short chase the boys got to watch him walked off the field wearing hand cuffs...only hand cuffs.

Apparently, the EMP (Experience Music Project) knew the Godzilla Bros. were in town. They had these signs all of the museum.

They tried their hand at Grunge in the EMP "Sound Lab".

I am not going to lie to you...it got loud.

The boys wore the girls right out...And yes Cole was one of the girls.

SPRING BREAK!

Libby and the coolest girls in the world at Pike's during Spring Break.

(Note - Spring was unable to attend).

Sophie & Eden didn't even notice the absence of Spring. They have embraced looking like vampires and manage to find the bright spot in the sky above.

August ran his 1st official race. I know from this picture it looks a short race. What with the Start so close to the Finish, but it was 1,000 meters...ok 1K, but 1000 meters sounds longer.

Aug spent the days prior to the race training by watching Steve Prefontaine clips on Youtube. The similarities in their running styles are evident by looking in their eyes. August & I begged Libby the night before the race to make him a Prefontaine costume to run in. She declined. From the gun, August ran his guts out. He was the rabbit and made all others chase with all they had. In the end he took 4th, but he made those that beat him bleed to do it.

(Note - In what is considered Pre's greatest race, Munich '72, he took 4th...look it up.)

Some Thoughts. . . .

So, it has been raining here for 72 straight hours. Which was preceded by 4 months of off and on rain, mostly on. I have been keeping up with the hourly forecast and it should let up around 1:00 a.m. (There is only a 50% chance of rain then.) Maybe I'll go for a run. I've come to many conclusions after being inside for months. #1. Vitamin D is ineffective from a bottle. #2 My dog needs a treadmill. #3 You really can run out of things to search for on the internet. But one question remains unanswered. Why can a storm trooper point his toes?

Fun Girls

I've been leaving the blogging up to Matt lately I just haven't felt like doing it. Here are some photos of the girls being girls. All of this was instigated by Eden who came up with it on her own except for the cutting of the cucumbers.

Eden decided she wanted to have a Valentines Day tea party. Miraculously her mother said yes. It was a lot of fun, and who knew how easy it is to have five seven year olds over. (I'm being serious, girls are so calm.)

Luckily for me Eden is the kind of big sister that always includes Sophie, it's never even a question. Eden made all of the name tags and helped with everything, it was a super fun thing to do together.

Park City

Our annual trip to Park City was unbelievable. We had blue skies, sunshine and plenty of fun. The snow was great and the cold temps kept it nice and soft. All 3 of the kiddies love to ski and are getting good in a hurry.

Here is the crew. A little taller than last year and much braver. In fact one member of this group nearly had their lift ticket revoked for taking out a 7x5 foot SLOW sign. Snapped the posts right in half. When questioned the perpetrator (approximately 4 feet tall, wearing a blue coat) gave the false name Julio and acknowledged they were aware of the sign prior to hitting it. He no qualms with the signs message, but disagreed with the placement of the sign. Witnesses/associates agreed the sign was unsafely placed in the middle of the race course. One "Resort Authority" was heard saying "Oh, if I get that boy I goin' to stick him in the house of detention".

This run was Sophie's choice. That is why she is in front of the map.

Eden was all smiles the whole trip, but grew weary of her mothers coaching. When told that she skis like her mom, "smooth and smart" she disagreed based on the fact that her mom talks too much. Her response to this "compliment" was "I don't talk when I ski." Although the trip was much shorter than last years we managed to squeeze in a birthday dinner with Grandpa Val during the five hours we spent in Bountiful. Thanks to everyone who made this possible, Dixie, Larry, and all the girls for the great dinners!!