He's a pro now!

Yesterday, we took the kids down to the church parking lot to do some more bike riding and work with Dax some more. But we really didn't need to work with him anymore because he's pretty much got the hang of it. We pumped up his tires and he was riding around the parking lot like a pro and he was even starting by himself. So I think he's got the whole bike riding thing down now. I'm still working on uploading a video of him riding his bike, but my internet connection is just too slow for it....i think. We'll see if I can try again. For now you'll just have to deal with the photos.

Sorry about the blurriness. I don't know if you can tell, but she's in a skirt. Now that's talent... to ride a bike with a skirt on. I don't think I could even do that.

Logan with his "motorcycle". I love the pose!

Later that night we went and got ice cream and for some reason Dax ended up with most of it on his face. I'm still trying to figure this one out.

Jazz-Kings game

As most of you know our family are huge Jazz fans, so we love to go to their games when they're playing out this way. They played the Sacramento Kings on Friday and we went with our friends the Astle's. Dax and Logan and Jason were all very excited for the game. Logan watched the game for about the first few minutes, but Dax had a great time watching and cheering on the Jazz. He also had fun hanging out with his friends. Afton and I had a good time too. We just didn't get into it like the boys. But we all had a fun time at the game, although in the end the Jazz lost.

Dax, Steven, Caleb, Logan and then Afton.

The most awesome Jazz fans ever!

Don't you love Daxon's pose in the picture? He thinks he's pretty awesome and he surely is.

Caleb, Steven and Dax Logan and Afton

We were all sporting our Jazz attire. I thought Logan looked so cute with his hat and jersey on. And Afton had on her very girly Jazz attire.

last b-ball game

Daxon's basketball season came to an end last Tuesday, the 23rd. He was really excited to play two games but also a little sad that they were his last two games. He had a great time playing and can't wait until next year. He just loves basketball so much. It's definitely on his list of top things to do at home.....or anywhere else. T-ball season here we come!

Warming up before the game and Dax with his buddy Matthew.

Making a sweet shot during the game. I think he had just come in for a lay-up and I love that you can tell that he made it because of the way the net is swinging in the picture. I also love this picture of him running off with his "game face" on.

basketball game

On Wednesday, we went to Jason's cousin, Adam's, last basketball game. He's on his JV team and they were undefeated for the entire season. Max and Dylen were there so the kids were even more excited to be at the basketball game. They had a great time playing with each other and pulling silly faces. They love making goofy faces for the camera. One day I might get a decent facial expression out of them.

Dax, Afton, and Max making their funny faces. Logan making his funny face.

Afton and Dylen with their best goofy faces. Afton and Jason

Logan sitting with one of his most favorite people in the whole world-Jody. Everyday he asks if we're going to her house.

Adam is the guy in blue and red standing right by the 3 point line.

After the game we went to Fuddrucker's with the Ballard's and the Daley's. Max and Dax are best buds when they get together and were trying really hard to get us to laugh. And they did with this silly picture. They both had on their basketball jerseys and thought it was the funniest thing ever when they would pull it up over their heads. It was pretty hilarious!

Our Valentine's Day

Well, for Valentine's this year, Jason and I decided to for go all of the usual things like flowers and chocolates and instead we chose to go skiing.....well me skiing him snowboarding. We went the Saturday before heart day and it was a gorgeous day. The weather was beautiful. Almost a little too beautiful for skiing. I think it was in the upper 50's! Jason and I were sweating to death in our ski coats. I wish I could say the snow was great too. It had rained a few days before but had been really nice after that so the snow had been melting and then freezing. It was really crunchy snow in the trees. The grooved trails were nice, but I really love skiing in the trees. All in all, it was a great day. We had a lot of fun and it was nice to have a fun Valentine's day.

On February 14th, the kids woke up to a few little Valentine gifts - a heart balloon, some cotton candy and a coloring book - they couldn't have been more excited. Then we had some heart shaped pancakes with some yummy strawberries. The kids all had really cute Valentine shirts that my mother-in-law had sent them and I never got a picture of them in those. Oh well, I'm sure it would have been like usual trying to get them all to sit still and smile for me. yeah, it probably wouldn't have happened. Our day was pretty calm, we went to church, came home and lounged around the house and then had a yummy dinner and made some funfetti cookies.

more bowling fun

Since we enjoyed our first bowling adventure so much we decided to do it again. Jason was in Mexico for business so the kids and I met up with Misty and her family at the bowling ally. We had a blast! Afton and Dax enjoyed bowling again and they almost beat me this time. I did awesome our first bowling trip but this time "Hot Mama" (my sweet bowling name) didn't do so well.

Afton and Dax showing off their mad bowling skills. Don't you love Daxon's form?

this is how interested Logan was in bowling. He was being a little stinker and kept running off.

Emma, Afton, Dylen, and Dax

The bowling crew

Another two-wheeler in the family

A couple weeks ago we had some really awesome weather so we decided to take advantage of it and headed out for a bike ride. We went down to our church and let the kids ride around like crazy. They love having the whole parking lot to ride around in. It's really nice to have a large area for them to ride their bikes and it's easy to keep an eye on them. While we were there, Jason was determined to get Dax to ride without training wheels. At first, Dax didn't want to have anything to do with it, but we talked him into it. He practiced on Afton's old Dora bike and then we took the training wheels off of his bike. And he got the hang of it right away. I think it took him a few times with Jason's help and then he was riding on his own up and down the parking lot. He was so excited when he could ride by himself and we are so proud of him. Way to go Dax! I do have some video of it, but we'll see if I can get it to upload.

Afton on her new monster bike. She's still getting use to her new 20 incher.

Logan on his "Motorcycle" that's what he calls his new trike.

He thought this was pretty great!

Jason showing off his mad scooter skills. He was riding Afton and Daxon's scooters in this picture. The kids thought their daddy was pretty awesome.

Family Bowling Night

When my mom was in town visiting with us a month ago we wanted to do something fun before she left. So we all decided on bowling and we had a great time. I hadn't been in forever and I forgot how much fun bowling is. It was Daxon and Logan's first time and Afton's second time and they all had a blast. Logan didn't do too much bowling. He was more interested in the air blower by the balls. He thought that was great!


I love this picture of Afton because I totally do that same thing when I'm bowling. For some reason I think that if I move my body the ball will move too. Hilarious!

Basketball

Getting out the sillies before the big game.

The mass chaos

I thought this picture was hilarious because the whole team is waiting to block the other teams shot. They did this everytime the other team would come down to shoot a basket.

Warming up

As most of you know, Dax loves everything basketball. He loves to watch it, play it, talk about it, and wear the entire outfit to go along with it. He just loves it and can't get enough of it. Well, we found out that in a neighboring town they do basketball for his age. They have a preschool league for ages 3-5 and we were ecstatic to hear that Dax could actually play. Most cities don't start basketball until 3rd grade so when we found out that this area had a league for his age we jumped at the chance to sign him up. It's actually where he played soccer and that's how we found out they did basketball as well. Dax was so excited to play his first game and couldn't wait to get out on the court and make some baskets. And that's what he did the second he got out there. I think he ripped the ball out of the other teams hands and ran down to the other end for a slam dunk. The whole game was so hilarious. When you have a bunch of 3, 4, and 5 yr. old's playing basketball it's pretty entertaining. They were just running up and down the court with the ball and slamming it in the hoop. At Daxon's first game they were just ripping it out of each other's hands and stealing it. At his second game, it was a little bit more controlled. The coaches would get the rebound and give each kid a chance to shoot it. That was really hard for Dax because he just wants to grab it every time and shoot it. But he's having a

great time and loves playing with his team.