Week in Review...

On Friday Rick surprised Jacob by checking him out of school and driving up to the Father and Sons campout. They hadn't planned on going because the weather had shown rain, but the weather reports seemed to be getting better, so they decided to take a chance...the weather looks beautiful on their drive up...

They even got a little fishing in....

And then around midnight the snow started to fall....and didn't stop falling...and Rick's air mattress deflated 3 times...here's the Bishop and his son checking out all the snow...

Jacob...freezing!!

Trying to warm up...

They had a slippery drive home...

I felt so bad when they came home and said that it had snowed because I had packed them all up without any snow gear like beanies, gloves, etc. The dang weather never once mentioned that it might snow! Rick only had his sleeping bag and no blanket. They were definitely not prepared for the extreme cold...so glad that they survived!

On Friday, I had to get Ashlyn out the door by 5:30 so that she could make it to school for her field trip to the Grand Canyon! She had a great day exploring, hiking about a mile down into the canyon and having lots of fun with friends!

 She finally made it home around 11:40 that night, whew! That was a long day!

 On Wednesday with my Activity day girls we made mothers day gifts, sugar scrub and a yarn flower and a mothers day questionnaire.

 Abby and her little daycare friend Darwyn are really big Minnie Mouse fans and so when Darwyn showed up in her Minnie Mouse dress, Abby had to wear hers too:) So cute!

 I finally finished the table, I love it! That was a long labor of love for sure!

 I've been searching for information on my Fathers Uncle, James Sydney Hahn. He was an amazing Navy pilot that even had an island named after him but for some reason I couldn't find any information on him to add to Family Search. It turns out it was because we had his birthdate wrong. It was so exciting to find his grave marked at the Arlington National Cemetery.

Week in Review...

Abby took a selfie...

Rick's sister Becca is having a baby boy in a few weeks so I made her these little bandana bibs. They're so cute! Abby wanted one too!

Rick's birthday was on Tuesday and Abby couldn't resist swiping a lick of frosting...she had such a hard time waiting to eat that cake! It was gluten free and dairy free and tasted so yummy! It actually tastes like a hostess twinkie because I put cream cheese frosting in the middle.

I tried to decorate, but it's the thought that counts right??

Yo can't see it too well, but I drew on our driveway Happy Birthday Rick!

I also made him his favorite, RIBS!

He got a bluetooth speaker, a car wash kit, socks, beard trimmer and a headset to protect his ears when he works with power tools.

He had a good birthday, he had a soccer game with Ashlyn and he loves that! On Monday Ashlyn had some dental work done, she had a tooth extracted and a root canal done. Then she got slammed in the mouth with a soccer ball at the game, ouch! She seems to be a magnet for getting hit with the soccer ball, I think in every game so far she's been hit with the soccer ball. She always gets right back up and keeps playing, but after this hit she needed some time to rest, poor girl. Rick says it's because she's aggressive and always in the action, but it worries my momma heart!!

Making progress on the table...this was before sanding it down...I got most of the top layers off.

We finally got around to replacing our 15 year old wood slats in our gate...Rick did a great job! 

Then I stained the wood, to help protect it....

After sanding...

Rick took the three older kids to a Diamondbacks game on Friday night...they had a great time! Jacob even got a pic with the DBacks mascot! He was so scared to do it, but he did it! I guess their mascot used to be a diamondback snake, but that didn't work out too well so they changed it to this guy. A fox? So glad they made the change!

While Rick and I were working on projects on Saturday Ashlyn gave Abby and herself a little makeup makeover. Jacob was there to document it! It was really cute, she even painted her toenails and fingernails. Abby was so excited to come and show me.

Rick also went kayaking on Saturday morning and had fun.

I got my hair done for the first time in 3 years! I got some natural highlights put in, and I got about 4-5 inches cut off! It's been a good, busy week!

Haley started running this week with our neighbor Savannah, they ran a mile on Monday morning and Wednesday morning at 5:30! I was so proud!! She came home and she was so happy, so I told her to remember how she feels. It's those happy endorphins that were making her so happy, exercise is so good for us! It's a natural mood lifter and I'm so glad that she's starting to see how true that is.