keehoanyo's?

Tyler might not appreciate this but kids do the darndest things. Last Friday was Tyler's 5th grade maturation program. When Derick had his Kirk couldn't go, so who had to go, ME! Not a problem me being the only Mom there about, oh well we had fun and went to DQ afterwards for lunch and to answer any questions. Anyway it was Tyler's turn on Friday and we ended up taking the kids out of school that day for Spring Break with cousins in St. George. Whew, I didn't have to go to the maturation program again. Well Tyler comes into my bedroom the other night with this little booklet on puberty. The first sentence in the book says, "Try talking with your DAD, Another adult you trust, your OLDER BROTHER, GRANDFATHER , UNCLE or Mom. Notice that Mom is the last one listed, but no going to the first 4, Tyler comes to me. I really don't mind because I can talk open to my kids about anything, I just think it's funny that he didn't at least go to Derick for all the info. Well we flip through the pages and talk about puberty, hormones, making sure that he is always nice to his mom,(I threw that little bit of info on my own), stinky armpits, and hair on various parts of the body. I was then informed that you don't say the "P" word but we call them KEEHOANYO'S. I'm about 99% sure he learned that from his Uncle Greg. We ended up all surviving the conversation, I got to smell his armpits with oldspice deoderant on. All in a days work for being a Mom. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Dinner with Dale Murphey

Ice Cream in a bag

For our Family Home Evening activity and treat we made Ice Cream in a bag. Derick was in charge of treats tonight and had to do this for an assignment in school. It turned out great, and was a first for us but I'm sure not the last.

Spring Break with cousins

Lori and her boys came down to our house for their Spring Break. I took my kids out of school on Friday and we went down to St. George for the day. We first went to the mall, lunch and then to Santa Clara to the pool there. The kids had such a great time. Kaitlin had the best time about a 1/2 hour before we left when she finally got the courage to go down the slide. Once she did it, that's what she did the rest of the time we where there.

We had planned on taking the kids hiking but they just wanted to hang out and be together so that was fine with us Mom's. I had a great time with my sister visiting and learning more tricks to digital scrapbooking.

Tree Trimmin

Every year the city comes and picks up any of our yard clean up materials. So we put them to work this year. We trimmed our tree in front and filled the entire road in front of our house. Thank goodness we didn't have to haul it off.

Tyler's 16th Great Grandpa

Come listen to the Prophets voice.

I always look forward to General Conference every six months. This year I did a page with some of the thoughts and quotes that I enjoyed and wanted to remember. I think that one of my favorites from the Sunday session was given by Brother Gary E. Stevenson of the quorum of the Seventy.

Really Rosie

Kaitlin has been working for months on the play "Really Rosie". She played Dolly's Mom and did such a terrific job. Really Rosie, is about a girl who loves to act and is trying to find a cast to put on her next play. Kaitlin loves to perform and I'm sure that this won't be the last we will see of her.

and the winner is...

Kaitlin had clogging practice today and guess what we found out? Kaitlin's clogging team took first place on both of their clogging dances. I guess if we would have hung around we would have found out. We are so proud of her for her hard work, she did such a great job. The main thing that the judges said that they lacked were SMILES! It's hard to smile when you are scared to death.

When I can get a picture with Kaitlin and the group trophy I will update.

Tyler Circut City

Tyler's fifth grade class decided to to a group science fair project this year. This is the way I wish they would do it every year, way easy for me! Each of the kids made their own circut city with boxes, paint, papeclips, batteries, brads, and Christmas lights. Good job Tyler!

How adorable

My sister did this layout of my brother Greg and nephew Jaron. I just love it and had to steal it from her blog to put it on mine. Thanks Lori.

Down the drain...or up?

We sure have had our share of plumbing problems. This last time it came up in Tyler's room and the Family room. Thank goodness for insurance! We are in the process of replacing carpet in both rooms and walls in Tyler's. Luckily these were two of the rooms on the remodel list, which just ended up at the top.

The double double with fries

Yesterday while we were in St. George for Kaitlin's competition, we introduced our family to the In-N-Out Burger joint. When they say in n out, that's what they mean. We were hesitant to go because there were cars pulled all around the building for the drive through and lines coming out the door. Once we got in line to the time we received our food took less than 10 minutes, pretty quick service I would say.

Kaitlin had her first clogging competition today and did such a great job. She nominated me to be the group "mom in charge" so I got to make sure that the kids practiced and made sure they were in their places and ready to perform. She has really enjoyed clogging and I like it because they can be modest and have fun. The first dance was to "Walkin on Sunshine" and the second one was called "Slam".

Derick and Tyler's new assignment

Derick and Tyler got the task of hanging lights this year. They were quite excited that they got picked to do this, little do they know that from now on it will be their job and it won't be quite as exciting.

Kaitlin's Christmas Concert

Kaitlin has really enjoyed being in the Choir at school. The clip below is my favorite song that they sing, "Hot cup of Cocoa"

Friends

We made some great friends during our married college days. The Manley's and the Vorkinks. We all started our families around the same time and did everything together and also all moved away around the same time. We have some great memories with these families. Just before we moved back to Cedar City I remember telling Kirk that the only thing that would make it better would be if our friends were back there. A few days later we received an email from the Manleys saying that they were back in Cedar City. During the summer of 2006 we received a call from the Vorkinks telling us that they were in town and wanted to get together. So we all got together, had a BBQ and took the kids to the park. What a great day.

Derick's Violin Concert 2006

Derick is a wonderful violin player. We have always enjoyed attending his concerts and listening to him play. Derick has always loved music and has such a good ear. My earliest memories of Derick and music is when he used to sit in Grandma and Grandpa Marchants front room in front of their big speakers and wave his arms back and forth to the music. He wasn't even a year old.

Evers Family Photos 2006

It's amazing how quickly all of our little ones change.

A Christmas Carol

In looking back at my picture files, I had misssed some great ones.

For Derick's last year of Play makers they performed "A Christmas Carol" Derick played multiple parts, Mr. Fizziwig, a pirate, a man on the street and dead scrooge. Playmakers has been such a great experience for Derick and he has had a blast and made some great friends through it.