Mother & Son Night

The Plain City Elementary PTA had their annual Mother/Son night on Thursday. We went ice skating and for ice cream after. I don't think the boys had ever been ice skating and I have only been once in my life, so it was pretty funny. Ty caught on really fast and it took me and Dalton a while to get the hang of it. All their friends came so it was really fun. After, we went for ice cream with Kade and Stacy. It was a great night!

Mom and Dalton

Ty and Kade

HaPPy 9th BiRtHdAy DaLtON!

Dalton celebrated his 9th birthday Monday with a friend party and dinner with our family. Monday was a teacher work day, so Dalton was able to have his friend party during the day. He had a "football" themed party. We went to Ultimate Indoor and played flag football with 14 of his friends. After, they had cake and ice cream and opened presents. He had so much fun!

For his birthday dinner, Dalton asked if we could go to Tempanyaki. We had the best cook who had the boys laughing so hard with his plastic little man that peed on them and the fire. They loved it!!

I can't believe Dalton is 9! He is such a good kid who is so kind to his sister. He has a great imagination and is so fun to play with. He loves to stay up late and wait for me to come home from work. I love it because it is the best time for us to talk and I even get good hugs! Dalton has a great laugh and and loves to imitate characters in the movies. He likes basketball, football and baseball. Him and his friends love sports trivia and sports trading cards.

MaRcH MaDnEsS 2009

We traveled to St. George this weekend to watch Shock Baseball (Ty's team) play in the March Madness Tournament. They had 2 games that they played great in and 2 games that were not so great - ending 2 for 4 for the tournament. Not too bad for their first games of the season!! Ty is lucky to be on a team with such great kids and coaches. Everyone really cares about the kids!! Ty's coach has set up their own website and posted some pics that I was able to pull off of there.

Ty playing catcher

Runnin' bases!
Celebrating their win!

We had a great time in St. George and enjoyed the high 70's/low 80's while we were there. Grandma and Grandpa Oborn, Allie and her kids, Grandpa Mont and Grandma Debbie, and Tonya and her family all came to the games to cheer Ty on. Grandma and Grandpa Oborn even took Dalton to Zions National Park on Thursday. He and Grandpa Oborn did a little hiking and had a great time!! The place we stayed (thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Oborn) had a nice pool and a sport court, so the boys were in heaven. We left Kate at home with Grandma and Grandpa Wilson and she thought that was fabulous!! Thanks to Scott and Sue, Mom was able to just sit and watch baseball without any distractions. It was so nice!!

KiDs SaY THe DaRnDeSt ThIngS!!

We all know that 3 year olds have a mind of their own. Lately, Kate is definitely asserting her independence and trying my patience!! Along with that though, are the funny things kids this age think and do. I thought I would share a bit of her thoughts with you.

• Greg has been asking Kate what she wants to be when she grows up. She quickly answers 3 things. "I want to be a walker across the street, a bike rider and a lemonade stand (operator)". Very ambitious, huh?
• She loves to ask Greg and I how much we love her. She then says something like "I love you up to the Moon. I win, you lose! Yes!"
• After going through a Barney phase recently, she announced; "Barney said you have to love your family. I love my Mom, my Dad, Dalton and I'm trying to love Ty." We all bursted out laughing because it is soo true - they struggle a bit!
• Kate loves to go out to eat (hmmm..I wonder who started that!). Whenever we're out and about, she asks if we can go to the "lunchstraunt".
  

OUR BOY SCOUT
Dalton has been working really hard to complete his Wolf in Boy Scouts. This month at the Blue and Gold Banquet, he earned his Wolf as well as 1 gold arrow and 3 silver arrows. Greg and I were really proud of him for working so hard and sticking with it! Congrats Dalton!!

MoRe sNoW?

It's been a while since I've posted so I am a little late on our snow day photos. After all the snow melted in our yard, we got hit with a huge snow storm last week (or was it 2 weeks ago?) The kids are always so excited to play in the snow! Ty loves any piece of machinery he can operate, so the snow blower is a favorite. Greg was working late, so our neighbor brought over the 4-wheeler for Ty to use!! He could hardly contain the excitement!

Kate made a few snow angels, but the funniest part was when she went and got her lawn chair out to just chill and watch everyone! Life is just one big ballgame to her! (Get your lawn chair, snacks, drink and just watch it all.)

The End of Basketball 2009

Ty's Team (He's #5)

Ty and Dalton's basketball season came to an end last night. After not playing for a few years, they have had a lot of fun getting into the game again.

Dalton's Team (He's #30)

Dalton's team had a great year and only lost 2 games. They also played in a tournament in Brigham City this weekend.

Ty's team ended their season undefeated! They went to the County playoffs and made it to the second round. They did awesome considering it was their first year together! Unfortunately, my camera is not good at action shots so I don't have any fabulous pics! As for Kate, she keeps asking when we are going to a "grass" ballgame. She does not care for these indoor sports!
She won't have long to wait because Ty starts his baseball season in St. George next week!