Utah Jazz Game/Vacation

As I have already posted, Joe surprised be with Jazz tickets! I can't wait since I have never been to a playoff game before and it's been over 2 years since going to my last game. It's crazy I love to go to a good ball game, but don't like to go to the movies. I guess I am strange. So here's the update...it was unbelievable. Joe didn't off at 12 like he had planned. We weren't able to leave town until about 2:30 which put things a little behind schedule. We got up there in good time. We had to stop by Cableas and get Myra some fudge...reward for watching our our kids! We were in and out in 10 minutes. Got to the motel around 7:00 and got ready. Then off to Little America to park our car. The trax is just right in front of Little America so we hopped on that and it takes you down to the Energy Solution Arena. The crowd and people were going crazy! It was awesome. Now to find our seats...in the nose bleed! Actually you couldn't go any further. We were the very top row, which was actually ok. We could stand up for the whole game and not have to worry about anyone behind us. The game was awesome. The team played very well and came away with a "W". So the series goes up to 2-1. I took my camera and all to get some pics...mostly of KORVER! Yeah I think he's a babe. Unfortunately...it didn't want to work for some reason. A $600 camera and it's having grief. So I took a few with my cell phone camera...not too bad. I am just sick about my camera. It's my life and I take it everywhere. After the game we were hungry and stopped at McD's like everyone else and grabbed something to eat. It was nice because our motel was right next door so we took it back and ate it on the bed. It was 12:30 by then and we both just crashed. It was a LONG, EXCITING, day! Thank you honey! It was a great get-a-way! Love you

Love my honey!

K...can I just tell you how much I love my husband! Today the fedex truck came to my house. The fedex lady handed me a flat envelope and had me sign. It was addressed to Joseph Stubbs from Illinois so I had no clue what it was. So I opened it up...and looked inside! There were 2 Jazz playoff tickets inside. I kepted telling myself they weren't for me even though I have been bugging Joe I wanted to go. I called him in exciting tears explaining this all and that I had opened it. He just laughed that was so excited. I am and can hardly stand it. We leave tomorrow at noon and drive up to SLC. We are staying for $55 at the Crystal Inn..the one that we stayed at for Princess on Ice. Myra will take our kids tomorrow night and we should be back early afternoon. Now to get everything ready for the kids sleepover and for our GETAWAY! I love my husband! THANKS HONEY!

Kite Festival

The kids won a free kite at the Dixie Escalante Kite Festival for reading. The do this kite festival every year in April and have it at Sun River Golf Course. We never stay to fly the kites at the festival...so for FHE tonite we went to Sienna Hills Park to test them out. The kids had a blast and the kids flew great. Carter got a kite from the Easter bunny so he was all excited too. Gordon brought Ben and Daniel to come and fly too. It was a lot of fun and sure we will fly them again.

Wipe Out!!!!!

Carter loves riding his bike...until he had his first wipe out. I keep telling him to stay out of the road and he didn't listen to me. We were up at Myra's for Brandy's birthday party and Carter came in just a crying. "I CRASHED on my bike!" He got a BIG owie on his forehead and Carter said, "I need a bandaid to make if feel better!" Aunt Myra put one on and it was all better for a second. We came home and I left to get Carter a little treat...an Icee. He loved it! I am sure tomorrow, Carter will be out riding is bike.

Hunter walking through the "W"

Hunter was chosen by his teacher out of his class to walk through the "W". He came home all excited and couldn't wait until Friday morning. We are so proud of Hunter and his hard work, and example he is in school. CONGRATS HUNTER!

Ky's Science Fair Project

It was mandatory for all fourth graders to do the science fair which that would mean Ky. The teachers didn't give out the packets until the middle of May and then it would be Spring break. I wasn't going to make Ky spend his whole spring break doing homowork. Then the school had Easter break and got 2 days off that. It just came down to CRUNCH TIME! We thought about a few ideas but ended up doing, "Which BRAND of paper towel is the STRONGEST?" He had a lot of fun with it! Ky WON 3rd place in the whole fourth grade. I was so proud of him. CONGRATS KY!

Ky receiving his Weblos

On Tues it was pack meeting where Ky received his Weblos badge. I didn't think he had it yet, but his den leader it the OK so Joe didn't come. I was bummed he missed it. He is getting so close of finishing and moving up to be a new scout in October. It seems like just yesterday he was a Wolf. Wow how time flies. We are so proud of Ky...he LOVES to be a SCOUT!

Easter

Easter falls on conference weekend this year! It was so enjoyable and a lot of fun. I was wanting to leave out of town for the weekend since the kids had Friday and Monday off, but we just decided to stay home. Saturday afternoon we had a BBQ picnic at the Highland park with the Sears family. The kids played and we just had a wonderful time. Then Myra had the kids come up and hunt for some eggs.

The Easter bunny found us Sunday morning. The kids all enjoyed what he brought them and after the first session of conference had an egg hunt around the house. They got 11 eggs each and a prize candy bar...with $1 on the back. They all had a good time.

I love Easter and the true meaning of Easter...the resurrection of our Savior and all he did for us!

strawberry jam

Well, it's official...I can make strawberry jam! Myra got 2 flats of strawberries and Joe and I decided we would attempt to make some. So we did just that and 2 hours later had 29 pints of fresh bottled strawberry jam. It tasted so YUMMY! I am so happy that I can finally bottle something for my food storage. It was actually easier than I thought and had a lot of fun doing it. Now I just need to get making homeade bread to go with it.

Connor Update

Well...I thought I would update on how Connor is doing. I really didn't sleep much...knowing that Connor had to sleep with gauze in his mouth and worried he would choke. I got up at 5:00 a.m. to check on him...he wasn't in his room so that made me more worried. I had to go and wake Joe up to find out. He was sound asleep in Kyler's room. He was in some pain so I gave him some tylenol and he went back to sleep. He did pretty good all day. I had to go to Ky's track meet so him and Carter watched movies until I got home. I wrote my cell # down in case he needed to call me. Joe took him to see the doc at 4:30. The doc said that the teeth are looking good and we need to do the gauze until tomorrow and then just take it easy with soft foods for a week. He wants us to come back next Tues where he will take another x-ray of his mouth and make sure none of the teeth are broken. Connor still has some swelling, has a hard time opening his mouth wide and some bruising around his chin mouth area. He will be on amoxicillin for the 10 days and hopefully will recover soon! He is doing great! :)

Track Meet

Ky being in 4th grade had to participate in the school track meet. He had to do at least two events and one of them had to be running. Ky signed up for the 100M dash, 200M dash, softball throw, and long jump. Needless to say...Ky isn't a fast and long distant runner. We are proud of him for doing things he knows he isn't good at. It was really fun to watch and video tape...until the camera decided to shut off in the middle of the race. I only took pics of him doing the long jump since I was video taping him running. Ky came in 6th on both of his races which to him was better than last. It was fun for me to go over and spend a sunny morning watching the school participate in their events. Good Job Ky!