8 is Great!!

I can't believe that my baby girl is 8! It just blows my mind that she can already be that old. I swear that she was just a little baby. They grow up way too fast. Well, she officially turned 8 on March 18th. And she was one lucky girl because she didn't have school that day, so she got to have a very fun day. She woke up to a yummy birthday donut and a big pile of presents. Some of her gifts were clothes, books, money, a map of the United States with each states new quarter, and a sewing machine. She was one spoiled girl! Later that day, we went to Red Robin for lunch and then to Funworks. The kids love going there and playing the games to get tickets. The weather was really rainy so we weren't able to play miniature golf, but the kids still had fun inside playing games. That night we had her favorite dinner, taco soup, followed by a very yummy fire engine red cake. Then we watched the movie National Treasure. She had a great birthday!

A week after her birthday, the 25th of March, she had a birthday party. The party was planned for the park, but the weather wasn't cooperating so we moved it to our church. And it worked out great! I think I might have all the kids birthday parties there.

We played a few different relay games and the kids got a little wild and crazy!

Eating some yummy food after the games. She wanted subway so we did that and pizza and surprisingly most of the kids wanted sandwiches.

Afton with her friend Halle.

We ended the party with a pinata.

The mass chaos after the pinata was smashed open.

Afton's Baptism Pictures

A couple weeks before Afton's baptism, we had some beautiful pictures taken of her. I really wanted some good pictures to display at her baptism and to just remember this very important part of Afton's life. Jason's cousin, Misty, is an amazing photographer and did a wonderful job with Afton. She picked an amazing location in this beautiful orchard and the blossoms were perfect for the photo shoot. I was so excited when I saw all of the great pictures. Thank you Misty!! We love love the amazing pictures! (I still have more photos to come. I just wanted to post a couple for right now)

Basketball

This was Daxon's 2nd year of playing basketball and he was so excited. He started playing six weeks ago and had his last game on the 19th of February. This year he was in the k-1 league so he played with kindergartners and 1st graders. The hoops were a little taller, the rules a little different and they could only play with five players on the court at a time. The games were also longer. They were 30 minutes and divided into six 5 minute sections. So the players got to play at least 3 sections. It worked out pretty good and Dax had a great time. He was also really lucky this year because his dad was his coach and he had two of his friends on his team. He loved playing and couldn't wait each week for his game.

His first game.

He's wearing the gray pants by the basketball hoop.

taking a break at half-time

Getting ready for the second game. They had two games on the first day.

Getting ready to play some awesome defense.

The last game. Sorry the picture quality isn't that great. Daxon dribbling down the court.

Getting ready to make a pass.

Giving five to the other team after their last game. Jason didn't always dress that nice for the games. He was going to the Temple right after.

Dax is also playing coach pitch this year. They had player evaluations this day so he's warming up with his dad. He was really nervous about playing in front of the coaches but he did really good.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy late Valentine's Day! The kids had a great V-Day. For one, they didn't have school and they had a really great day. They woke up to some yummy heart shaped pancakes, went on a Valentine treasure hunt, found some neat Valentines at the end, went to have lunch at daddy's work, and got to make some yummy valentine cookies with their cousins.

Can you tell which kid isn't a morning person?

Finding clues on their treasure hunt.

Frosting their valentine cookies and making silly faces.

He's smiling because he dumped all of the sprinkles on his cookies. He's such a little stinker, but a cute stinker.

Since the kids didn't have school on Valentine's Day, they had their class parties the week before. I was only able to help in Afton's class because Dax and Afton had their parties at the same time and I had to help with an art lesson right after Afton's party. So that's why there are only pictures of Afton's class party.

Handing out Valentines

We made these special Valentines for their teachers. We gave them some lotion and hand sanitizer.

Art Corps lesson. This was their color lesson and they were painting masks.