Family Reunion

We just got back from a little family get together in Wyoming. We had a fun time, but are glad to be home. 2 days in a car for 2 days to hangout is just crazy! Kyle had fun though.

Kyle rode the 4 wheeler with Grandpa

Kyle went bowling for the first time.

We played with the Human Slingshot (so much fun!!!)

The kids even got to play with a parachutte.

We watch fireworks. This is Kyle with a few of his boy cousins.

We went to Jackson and Teton National Park. This is Jenny Lake in TNP.

April and May

I have been soooo busy! Sorry I have not been beter about writing on here more often.

I have been helping out a new charter school getting started in our area. I am now secretary of the founding board. I have board meetings every week and community meeting a few times a month. I am learning a lot about eduaction and all the curriculums and the business side of it all. I have a lot to learn still. Our web page is www.benfranklinschool.org/ we are really excited and are planning on opening in time for Kyle's kindergarten year.

Henry is slowly recovering. He still gets really tired and is ready for bed by 7pm. He is getting old :) If he does to much lifting his stomach still hurts too. Our garden plot at the community garden has not been pllanted yet because of it all. A friend of our from church went and tilled it for us so we wouldn't get kicked out. Thanks Lori! We owe you big!!!!

Kyle has been busy too. In April he took a kinderbaseball. It was just an intro ro baseball. He had fun. He missed a week becasue he was sick (which he passed on to me). At the end of the session he got a medal. He is so proud of it!

We had a busy past week. Wednesday we had our fundraiser for the YW/YM, it was a carnival and silent auction. Kyle had fun for about an hour. We discovered he has a fear of clowns! Dad took him home so Henry and I could work and bid. We won a lot of yard work, babysitting, horse ride for Kyle, learn to play sport with some YM for Kyle, and a dinner. It was all for a good thing and Henry benifits from it :) The ward seemed to have a good time too.

Kyle had his last day of preschool (until August). They went to Littleton Historical Museum on Tuesday for a field trip. It is a little working farm in Littleton. It is free and one of our favorite places to go. Then on Thursday it was preschool graduation for those going to Kindergarten next year. They went to the park to play and had a little ceremony and those staying next year, got a bag of goodies. Then they all had cupcakes.

Kyle with his teacher, Ms. Holly

Kyle and Henry went to the Father/Son campout tonight. I have my piano recital tonight too. I will post pictures of the Father/Son campout if Henry takes pictures.

Update

We really haven't had much going on the past few months. We are just trying to survive right now. Henry is having gall bladder surgery as I post this (trying to keep busy). So here is what we have been up to over the past month and a half.

March:

We had a leperchaun come and visit us on St Patty's day. He left a mess! Kyle was all to happy to clean it all up when he discovered the leperchaun had left chocolate coins at each mess.

Kyle had a sleep over at Mama and Papa's with his cousins

We had a snow storm and Kyle was finally able to use the snowman kit he recieved for Christmas.

April:

Easter of course. His cousins were sick so we only saw Ashlee on Sunday. We dressed Kyle up in his Easter outfit and took pictures even though it was General Conference. He loved looking for all the things the Easter bunny left behind.

And finally Henry had his gall bladder removed, well, tonight. Kyle had fun hanging out at the hospital today. He had a Rockies lunch (foot long hotdog, a rockies cookie, and cracker jacks for later). He laid in bed with Henry most of the day and just cuddled.

That catches us up for now.

Monster Jam

We bought tickets to see Monster Jam. Kyle LOVES monster trucks and watches it on Speed. He had a blast! Henry, Kyle, Dad and I went. Kyle's favorite part was the Motorcross exhibition durring intermission and the freestyle competition. There were 6 monster trucks there; Scarlet Bandit, Bounty Hunter, El Torro Loco, Monster Mutt, Teenage Mutant Turtle, and Grave Digger (always the most popular).

Grave Digger, one of Kyle's favorite!

TMNT - Took this picture for Brian (loved TMNT)

When we got home he pulled out his monster trucks and pulled out the ones that were there and replayed the whole night.

FHE Board

For our Relief Society meeting in April we wanted to do a craft project. Cori took a picture of an FHE board her cousin had in her home that she wanted to make. I made three of them trying to see how hard they would bee to make and how much it would cost. I really like these boards. They are easy to read and if you have a big family, all the names are easily seen. With the heart hanging FHE boards if there are two names on an assignment, one is hidden behind another. The original had metal work at the top held on by two bows. Henry thought the bows were lame so I didn't do the metal or bows.

Dinosaur Museum

Henry left for Las Vegas early Sunday morning so we spent friday hanging out together. We took Kyle to the Denver Musem of Nature and Science, or as Kyle calls it the Dinosaur Museum. Kyle loves to go there! We didn't even get to the dinosaurs this time. We looked at the animal exhibits (of course), and then we saw an IMAX movie called Wild Ocean. Kyle fell asleep the last 10 min., we really wore him out!

Kyle's Pump It Up Party

We had Kyle's birthday pary at Pump It Up, an inflatable bounce house place. The kids had a blast, the adults did too!