My little Hot Shot

Justice is by far my most adventurous child and he has the scars to prove it. He is simply crazy... a dare devil. He decided a couple of weeks ago that he was tired of training wheels. He is 3 years old, so I wasn't sure I wanted to take them off his bike yet. But, his 3 yr old meltdowns made me cave. Sometimes a mom can just haddle so much.
So, I figured "fine". He'll figure out soon enough that he can't ride his bike and that will be the end of it.
Well, with his first push on his bike without training wheels, he was off!
And that was the end of that....He rides without training wheels now.
He can't seem to go fast enough, even! I guess I should not be surprised by that. He wants to be a race car, police car, and fire truck driver and fighter jet pilot when he grows up.
Even when he falls, he will usually get up and say. "That was Awesome!!!" Sometimes he will cry when he crashes. But, those times are very short lived. He gets back on the bike and zooms off. ...Crazy kid.....

'Til We Meet Again, McNugget and Lola...

Poor little McNugget and Lola lost their lives one sad day. It was a battle of chicken verses dog, and dog won.
Normally they spent their days in our yard enjoying the freedom from their coop and eating the bugs and grass as they roamed and followed the kids around the yard. We could always see in their shining eyes, and hear in their little clucks, how they so enjoyed it...
But, it was a sad fateful day that they unsupectingly left this world as our friends' dog entered our yard and found the greatest game he could ever play....
Chase, attack, and kill.
It was a sad scene to come home to. But, my kids understand that our Beloved McNugget and Lola are in Heaven probably grazing on the grassy yard of Jesus' mansion on high. They are at peace. They served us well with many delicious eggs and friendship. We will always remember....
In loving memory of McNugget and Lola.....
The funeral perfectly set on Easter Sunday,
the day that reminds us death is not the end.....

Easter 2010

We had a great Easter. David was even home!
The Saturday before Easter, we cooked and decorated eggs. We decided that it would be more fun to paint our eggs instead of dipping. So, that is what we did. Hope added to the idea by adding glitter to the mix. I think the eggs turn out beautifully. David even got in on the fun. I didn't know he wanted to paint Easter eggs. He kept stealing them from the kids so he could get his chance to paint. I think next year, I will add some more eggs to the pot for David to have for painting.
Then, Easter came and the kids woke up to eggs scattered all over the yard. They rushed outside at 7am to collect the eggs the Easter Bunny left. But after being out for about 10 minutes the kids started to complain about how freezing their hands were. So, they came in, compiled all the eggs and split up the booty evening between themselves. (My kids sharing skills are awesome.)
Later that day we all sat as a family and watch General Conference. I loved it! The messages were so good.
During the Break we even had a chicken funeral. What a perfect day for a funeral.... All the focus on the reserrection.
Easter night, we had a traditional ham. But, David threw out my brand new 10 Pound bag of potatos. He thought it was garbage. I am still trying to figure that one out... So, we had rice with our ham instead because it was Sunday and I didn't want to go buy new potatos. It all worked out beautifully.
What a great day!

Our trip to Erie and Kirtland

David was asked to go do "Hopital Day" in Erie again this year. Since we lived there for 4 years and we haven't seen David much, we decided to make it a famiy trip.
After our three hour drive there, we checked into the hotel. That was kinda bitter sweet because it it always fun staying in a hotel and David's work was paying for it, but it as a water park hotel... Justice can't go swimming. He has ear problems that make it so he can't (or shouldn't) get water in his ears. But, that is another story...
So, we had fun hanging out in Erie. We did all the fun things we use to for 4 years. The highlight was driving around Preque Isle at night and spotlighting the wildlife. We use to do that every Sunday night. It was a family tradition that we created. We do miss it... we counted seeing something like 13 deer, 12 racoons, 13 or 14 skunks, 10 rabbits, and i can't rememeber what else.
We went to the zoo the next day and were excited to see the oragatans had a new baby.
We also went down to the lake and skipped stones. It was really a good time.
Then we did other non-Erie fun stuff, like we saw How to Train a Dragon. LOVED IT! I highly recommend the movie. It was so fun. After that we went to Olive Garden. The best part of it all was that David's work paid!!!
It was a fun weekend stay in Erie.
On the way home we stopped in Kirtland, Ohio. That was nice since we haven't been there since Justice was about 6 months. We snuck in on a tour. the kids were having a hard time being still and quiet listening to the missionaries talk about the historic sites so I gave them my camera and told them to take pictures of the most interesting things that they saw in each building and room. This is what they thought were the coolest things in Kirtland...

1st Thing David did was check out the game in the room. Surprise...

 These are cool statues from a local artist. They are all in his front yard and made out of cars. Justice freaked!
Welcome to Kirtland!
My sweet kids.
Justice Loved this bust of Jesus.
Hope thought the coolest thing in the room were these flowers.
Her face fit her personality. :P
Someone thought David's Stomach was the coolest thng in te room.
My boys lookng at the ashery.
I wonder if someone is trying to tell me something here.... Hmmm..
The theme for the day.
This looks like a weird toupe, but it is really a pile of furs.
Thank goodness for modern stores!
The coolest thing was the window... Maybe they wanted to escape...
We did sneak out of the tour just like we snuck in.....
Scriptures.
This doll creeps me out. I wonder if kids in the 1800s had nightmares....?
Not sure what this was about.
This was my favorite picture.
Hope picking flowers.
 
I think Faith is looking at the creek.
David and me.
The House of the Lord.
Kirtland Temple - the 1st Mormon temple ever built.

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