Build-a-dad

So, what does your five-year-old daughter do when her daddy has been out of town all week? My sweet sweet Lily built her daddy on the wall. She even traced his shoes to make it just right! She is such a thoughtful and loving little girl. We love her so much! She brings so much peace and joy into our home. Adam, we love you and miss you and can't wait for you to get back! Have a safe flight!

Spring Fun!

Drinking hot cocoa on the front porch in the snow on April 14th.

Freezing cold spring snowstorm!

The kids love to build a snowman!

Playing with the baby goats on Sunday at ward choir practice. Anna also fell out of a swing that day and landed flat on her belly, ouch! I am just glad it wasn't her head. Boy Adam and I got a laugh out of that after Anna was okay!

Jumping on our new tramp with daddy Saturday night after we finally got it set up! The kids were troopers. We bought it Friday and they couldn't wait to set it up, but we made them help us with the garage first. The garage looks great and now they have their tramp.

Anna at the kids T-ball game. She loves to mow the lawn. She kept running out into the field during the game!

Our beautiful tree! These line our whole street and they look lovely!

Anna playing in the sprinklers yesterday. Yes, only one week before they were out in the snow!

Lily decided it was too cold to get in.

We love water!

Our safety net is great! Anna can't get out or get hurt!

Jumping is so fun!

The kids play on the tramp all day!

Lily's hair is getting long enough to pull up again! Yeah! She said the other day she wished it were long again. That is the first time she has said that.

So fun!

T-Ball

My cute kids before their first game!

Ammon up to bat for the first time, yes he is a lefty!

Ammon at first base, good throw!

Lily out field.Ammon running home.

The team with Coach Rob after the game.

Ammon and Lily enjoying their treats!

Ammon and Lily had their first t-ball game tonight. They were so cute! I laughed so hard during the game, as well as the other parents. Watching little 5 and 6 year-olds who know very little about baseball try to play the game is quite entertaining. They would all run to get the ball when someone hit it and they would usually end up crashing into each other and then fighting over it on the ground, sooo funny to watch! Ammon and Lily did a great job and I am really proud of both of them. Lily was up to bat last during the first inning so she got a home run. So in the second inning when she was up to bat again, she ran all the bases, passing her teammate on 2nd. It was hilarious. Everyone was yelling at her, not in a mean way, she was so confused. Her coach gave her a high five as she ran to home an then he told her to run on to 1st and stop. She is a sweetie. Ammon played first base the 3rd inning and did a good job. It took him a few minutes to catch on, but he did really well. The girl who was there before him was totally out to lunch. She was sucking her thumb and didn't even pay attention to the fact that the ball was coming to her. It was hilarious! She was just happy to be out there. I am so glad the kids have a great coach. He is so laid back and just wants the kids to have a fun time. I am glad he doesn't overdo it or we would probably not be playing! Maybe I am crazy, but I think more than once a week is too much for these little kids. Thankfully the kids only have a few weeks with two games, most are only one, phew! It takes a lot of time, which I don't mind spending on the kids, but really, they are so small... Anyway, sorry about that. All in all the kids had a great time and were very happy about their game. We wish daddy could have been there! We missed you!

Tea Party

The kids and I went to the TEA Party up in Carson City last Wednesday. I hope some of you had an opportunity to attend one. I know the media tried to make it look like there were just a bunch of freaks out there who didn't know what they were doing or why they were there, but I'll tell you there were mostly very American every day citizens there along with me, protesting how our government is running and ruining things and taxing us too much! I was really inspired by some of the things the speakers said and was happy to play a part of the history of our nation. Overall, the turnout across the nation was larger than the crowds who showed up in Boston on December 16, 1773, and I hope that the effects will bring about as great of a change for us as it did for them. I don't know if we will have a full-blown revolution as in war, but there are a lot of people out there who are getting really tired of our government taking all our freedoms away and interpreting the constitution improperly. I hope change is coming! Adam and I listened to a speech by Chief Justice Clarence Thomas last week and it was so awesome! I wish all the Justices were as honest with themselves, God, and our forefathers as he is. Adam had the opportunity to take a class with Justice Thomas while In Law School. What a neat experience that was for him. I wish we had more good men and women in elected office.
When I told the kids we were going to Tea Party they were a little confused. I told them we weren't going to drink any tea and Lily asked if they were going to have water. So cute! It was neat to take that time to teach a little history lesson about the Boston Tea Party and explain what protest means and to go together to take part in it. They actually enjoyed it and had fun!

We didn't take any of our signs, but Lily made her own American Flag in the car with her markers when we got there, but then she forgot to grab it because we were so busy bundling up. It was freezing cold! I think it was only around 36 degrees that day!

I don't know if you can see, but there are tea bags hanging on the tree behind Ammon.

This is one of Adam's favorite quotes by Thomas Jefferson.This was a statue they had that is suppossed to represent the Boston Tea Party. It is a contemporary version of the Statue of Libery and is called The Hand of Order.

I don't know if you've ever read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, but this is from her book. The yellow sign says "Who is John Galt." I read the book last summer and loved it. I think it should be a must-read for everyone! It is really long, around 1100 pages of tiny print, but it is quick reading. I loved every minute of reading it and was sad when it was over. I highly recommend it!

I love this Don't Tread On Me Flag! The first time I saw it was on the John Adam's Videos by HBO. It is a seven video series and so wonderful. We have them if anyone wants to borrow them. I love history, thanks to Adam. I didn't care much about it before and I feel ashamed to say it. Since marrying Adam that has changed. He majored in history at BYU and is very active in what is going on. He is a great example to me and has opened my eyes to so much. Please understand and study the history of our nation and love it! Teach it to your kids and help them know what our founding fathers believed in and fought for! Thanks Adam!

Everyone was honking and making noise. It was really a lot of fun and the kids were so excited about being able to honk all the way down Carson Street to show our support. They had a lot of fun and so did I!