Charge, Charge, Chargers

Cord is on a soccer team for the first time ever. He loves it and looks forward to the practices. He loves to be the goalie the best. It's fun to see him so excited and that he'll also get into the action even though he's smaller than the other kids. The kids names their team the "Chargers" and do a cute cheer at the end of their game. They yell - "Charge, Charge, Chargers".

Preschool Easter egg hunt

What a beautiful spring day!  We met with Cord's preschool class at a local park for an Easter Egg hunt.  There were over 1400 eggs spread out on the grass and each child got to collect 30 eggs filled with candy and treats.  I love Easter and I love having a child young enough to enjoy the fun traditions that come with it.  His class does a lot of fun things together.  I'm grateful for all they do. 

Great Day!!!

What an awesome day. I was blessed to go with Chelsea, Brianna, and Mason and the rest of the youth to the temple to do baptisms for the dead. I had 17 female names and 38 male names that needed work done. I had been sharing with the children the different names so they would be familiar with the family relations so it would have some more meaning. Brianna did the work for her great grandma, Ruth Kelsay while Chelsea did work for her great, great grandma Grace Mae Smith. Mason had the whole McKelleb/ Harmon lines on his shoulders. The kids were excited to do as many names as possible. We had a large group of youth so my kids were only able to do 6-7 names and then we spread the rest out. But the way things worked out, Mason was confirmed for all 38 male names. Because he went first with the baptisms, and because of a confusion with some of the workers, they decided just to keep him dry. He would be confirmed for the names as soon as the other boys were baptised for them. I was surprised at how excited he was to be able to do all of that work. He said he was glad to do work for family and would be excited to meet them in heaven. The spirit was so strong and I loved being in the temple with my kids. It was a great day!!

Pre-festival guitar concert

We enjoyed watching Chelsea play her guitar tonight. They are sounding awesome! They are getting ready to go compete the week after spring break. They also just got back from attending a guitar workshop in California last weekend at LMU. They got to preform as well as attend several workshops from some guitar greats. I love watching her develop this talent. It was also nice that she was in front this time (makes pictures easier). After the concert we went out for custard with her boyfriend, Jake, who came to support her.

LMU

Chelsea looks forward to her annual trip down to California with her guitar class to attend a festival at LMU. There's not many girls in the class so they get really close. Chelsea didn't take her camera but I found these fun pics on facebook that shows how much fun they have down there. I'm sure they learned a lot of good guitar stuff too. She was excited abour a couple of artists that they got to listen to and attend master classes with.

Happy Spring

It's finally spring and the weather is warming up into the 70's.  The pool isn't ready to go yet, but the boys couldn't resist a dip in the hot tub.  Silly boys.  Now Cord will be begging every day to get in the water like a little fishy. 

Redo the bathroom

It's Mike's goal to have the bottom floor of the house completed and livable by the time we are done with spring break (easter weekend). I decided to paint the bathroom today. I didn't discuss it with anyone, just brought out some of the paint that we had and went to town. I really like how it turned out. Chelsea loves it because I used the same paint from her room. Mike isn't to sure about the dark teal wall but he can live with it until we can afford to do some real renovations to that room. I like how it looks different depending on where you are standing and how much of what color is reflecting from the mirror. But it means - another room - DONE!

Daddy has a birthday

Daddy turned 42 today. The funny thing is that he thought he was already 42. He's thought that all year. So he doesn't really "age" with this birthday. Cord and I took him lunch at his office. I like to bring a balloon and cookies to his office so everyone knows it's his special day (he certainly won't say anything). Tonight we had a little celebration, mostly for Cord. He's the one who get so excited for birthdays. Daddy doesn't really like cake, so we got a chocolate pie. Then he gets to open presents. Nothing exciting, just a big fan for the bedroom. He likes the breeze on his face when he falls asleep. Life is so exciting when you get OLD! Hope he felt special anyways.

Hair Envy

Brianna is "obsessed" with hair. She's always playing with hers or others. And then she takes pictures of her styles and posts them on facebook. She has agreed to find a cute style for Chelsea's prom date and will help her on the big day. Here's some of her creations.