April Snow!!

This morning when I woke up it was snowing. This is no April Fools Day joke people! It was snowing, in April, in Bisbee! Clay left for work early. Fifteen minutes after he left he called the house and said I should wake the kids and go up to the tunnel and play in the snow. I thought it was a good idea! There was no one else on top of the tunnel so we had the mountain to ourselves. It was really foggy and the snow was still falling.
You'll notice in all the pictures it's just Alex. Sydney didn't want to play in the snow. She didn't want to get out of her warm bed or get dressed either. (Good thing I have such a wonderful husband. He RE-hooked up our heater after his hot complaining wife told him to turn it off and get the cooler ready last weekend. Thanks Clay, I love you!) So, Alex and I braved the snow and went and played.
I had just packed all our winter clothes away last weekend, good thing I hadn't made it to the coat closet yet!
We went hiking up a mountain. Alex was ready to go. I kept making her stop to take pictures, she has a smile on her face but I don't think she was very happy with slow picture taking mom.
Then I let her climb up this hill and do whatever she wanted after one last picture. Then the fun really began!

After sliding down hills, getting dirty, cold red hands and noses, it was time to hike back to the truck.

When we got to the truck Alex said, OK mom you can take one more picture and that is it! Little did she know, that was the last picture of her taken but I planned on stopping off along side the road all the way home and taking pictures to send to our favorite news station KGUN9!

We found our truck and our cargo safe and sound where we left it. Sydney chose not to play in the snow but mean old mom made her get shoes on and sit in the nice warm truck with some blankets while mom and Alex played in the snow.

On the way down the mountain we stopped and took a picture of Old Bisbee, very foggy, very snowy, but hopefully you get the picture. It was SNOWING!

I think my roses are gonna freeze. It looks like someone stood in our poor rose bush. The rain and snow did a real number on these little ladies today.

The roses were so big and pretty this year. I hope they don't die, Maybe you should cover them, Alex tells me. I think it might be a little late, but we'll trim them down when it's dry out and see if we can't get some more growing when it gets warm. This is nice April weather for a change. Good thing we don't have school on Friday's or we probably would have had to take a snow day! As long as the sun is shining and hot come May 26 (first day of summer vacation) I'll be a happy girl!

Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day! Alex's shirt says.... Think Green Live Green.
Sydney's shirt says.... Home Sweet Home.

Alex had to recycle something into something else for a class project. We covered a book in a paper bag but we already turned that one in to her teacher. Last night (after Dad finally drank all the milk) we made a bird house out of a milk carton. We have a fun day at school planned with lots of Earth Day presentations and programs. Avatar came out on DVD today so tonight is movie night, and the movie fits right in with Earth Day!

We love our chicks!

Everyday the girls rush home from school to see their chicks. They love to take them outside and play with them.
The little black ones are always roosting on the food and water containers. The girls think it's funny, mom on the other hand gets a little annoyed. I'm the one that has to clean the poop they leave behind off of the containers. Not to mention all the poop left behind in their cage. I'll be glad when they get their feathers and can go outside to the chicken coop. I knew chickens pooped but it seems that's all they do at this point.

The girls love them, and cleaning out their cage isn't too hard so......I guess we'll keep them!

Bubble blowing fun!

While we were visiting Grandma, she bought all the kids a surprise. BUBBLES! Grandma has the perfect yard and back porch for blowing bubbles. The weather was beautiful, we had a hard time staying inside. Most times when we go to see grandma it's too hot to go outside and play without having to come inside in a few minutes.
All the kids had a great time with all the different bubble blowing toys Grandma bought.
They all took turns using each others bubble toys. It was so much fun to watch. Even the little guys could blow bubbles and have fun. I think Braydn's bubble gun was the coolest. It blew massive amounts of tiny bubbles. The laughter and giggling that you heard made it fun to just sit back and watch the kids be kids.

Alex's bug was pretty cool too. When the kids went inside I had fun trying out the bug blowers. It was fun! It's like blowing a whistle but bubbles come out and the wings of the bug spin. It was a great gift from Grandma. Thanks Grandma, we had fun!

Cousins!

We love our cousins! We haven't seen our cousins for a while, I think since Christmas. We all went down to Grandma Wings house to hang out until Harrison's party. Being with our cousins really made us miss all those who couldn't come. We missed Uncle Colin for sure, seeing his little boy and wife was very fun though. We missed Aunt Tara and Uncle Josh and Victoria and J.J. too! It just wasn't the same without them. Hopefully we'll get to see them this summer. We also missed our cousin Araya, her living in Montana means we haven't seen her for quite a while. I think a trip is in order! Autumn got to come down on Friday night and hang out with the girls. It was so much fun. My girls get sick of just playing with each other and Autumn only has Brothers at home. We had a girls night out with Grandma.
The boys and their Mom Chalice came up on Saturday and met us at the birthday party. I can't believe how her kids have grown since we last saw them. I got my baby fix. Baby Treyson was so much fun to feed and hold and play with! Thanks Chalice for sharing him!!

Even Colton has grown up a lot! He was talking and playing and having a good time with everyone. He cracks me up. I would say Colton come here, I want to give you loves. He would say NO and smile. Then I would say Aunt Roxy loves you, come here. NO and run away is what I would get. I did get loves from him. He doesn't like to give loves as much as I want them so I understand after a day with me why he was running away!

And then there's my buddy Treyson. We hung out a lot together. I wish we could hang out more. I loved snuggling with this little guy. The other kids were busy playing with one another, to busy to stand still for a picture. We loved seeing our cousins and can't wait to see them again!

Harrison's First!

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY HARRISON!I tell ya, this little guy is so cute!Harrison had his first birthday this weekend and boy does he know how to party. There was a ton of yummy food, lots of friends and family, and great fun. We had so much fun visiting and sharing in his special day.
He loved his presents, and wow did he get presents. He loved all the music books and toys. He even broke out in a dance a couple of times. Mommy says he likes the cars we got him. It was fun shopping for a boy for a change!
Amy, I tell ya, she's a cutie too! His little panda bear cake was soooo cute. Amy is talented in all areas. If I tried to make this cake it would probably come out looking like a skunk.

Harrison wasn't quite sure what to do with his cake but once he figured out it was yummy to eat, he dug in. We don't get to see Harrison and Amy much because of our school schedule but summer is just around the corner. Hopefully we can visit them again soon! We love you guys!

Easter Bunny and Egg Hunt

The Easter Bunny went a little over board this year, but hey they're only young once right?!The girls had a great time wearing their Bunny ears and playing with all their Easter toys. The Easter Bunny didn't bring any candy this year. Thank goodness! We always have to throw candy out around here! (can you see the science fair projects in the background? Thank goodness that's over!)

Then it was off to the Annual Easter Egg Hunt. What a great day for it. The weather was beautiful, we saw tons of friends, and enjoyed spending the day together as a family.

It was a packed house this year. Glad we went early to get a good parking spot and a good seat!

The kids were so excited to get down on the field, they had a hard time standing still for a picture.

Alex and her BFF Yasmine! Alex had to have her hair cut short just like her BFF. These girls are pretty much inseparable at school (at recess anyways since their in different classes!)

The girls with their FULL Easter baskets. There were over 5000 Easter Eggs this year!! They must have gotten at least 25 hard boiled eggs. We didn't win any prizes this year but we didn't care. We had so much fun. We can;t wait until next year. Actually I can, I'm pretty sick of eggs at the moment!

A couple of cute chicks on Easter

My two little cute chicks got a couple of cute chicks for Easter. We kept them in the back room, so it was a complete surprise on Easter! I looked everywhere for some. All the feed stores around here were sold out. When ever I'm in a pinch I call my Mom and Dad, they checked a feed store in Benson and score, we had chicks. They came to my rescue as always!!
Alex loves the little black silky chicks the best.

Sydney loves them all, as long as she gets to hold them she's happy.

We're hoping we can make our chicks as tame as the ones at our friends house. They aren't afraid of us and they don't mind being held. Every spare minute the girls have they're holding their chicks. Way to go Easter Bunny, You Rock!

Science Fair Season

Science Fair Season is upon us! Sydney's science fair project was due today. I forgot how much parent involvement these projects take. For her first project I think she did pretty good. I don't remember one of my science projects from school (I remember Linda's paper towel experiment, that's why I never buy Bounty or the high dollar paper towels). We have enough documentation of Sydney's science experiment that she'll never forget it!

Good job Sydney!

Easter Primary Activity

Last Saturday we had our Easter Primary Activity Day. We had a great turn out. I think just about every kid in primary was there!We walked in just as they were getting started so we had to hurry and make our name tags and sit down.

They explained what we would be doing, then it was off to our centers. Sydney and Alex got to go to the coloring center first. We color all the time at home so you think they would be sick of coloring. I think they stayed the longest at this center!

They thought there was going to be a coloring contest so they tried very hard to do their very best. Turns out there wasn't a coloring contest. Their pictures were so good they earned a spot on the fridge at home. Good job girls!

Then it was off to dye Easter eggs. We hardly ever dye Easter eggs at home so this was a treat for the girls. Between school Easter eggs, the Bisbee Egg Hunt eggs, and relatives eggs, we have no need to dye our own. Plus Mom has a little dye phobia so.......

After we dyed an egg or two it was time to decorate our baskets. The girls went a little sticker crazy.

For some reason I keep finding stickers of Easter eggs and little lambs on everything. From cups to doorknobs, I think we've got Easter covered!

Then it was time to fill our baskets with yummy candy and goodies, not to mention Easter grass. I have a disliking for Easter grass so soon after we got home it was in the trash can!

After that it was time to go outside and hunt our eggs! Each kid was allowed to find two, with a few extras hidden for those who had really good eyes!

Both girls found their eggs pretty fast, then helped some of the younger kids find some too.

Have you ever been to an Easter egg hunt where everyone is looking UP for eggs?

There were two hidden eggs in this tree, but we could only find one. Way to go Easter Bunny!

Then we moved inside where the kids read the Easter story from slips of paper in Easter eggs. Each slip of paper came along with a little visual of that scripture.

Then it was lunch time. Our favorite part was eating our boiled eggs, YUM! It was a great day, a very fun activity, and the girls still remember the story of Easter because of the great visuals. I was very impressed with the turn out. The girls had a lot of fun and are looking forward to the next activity day!