Soccer Team Pictures

Courtney's soccer team has pictures in March.  I usually arrange them which is really simple because the photographer is such a great lady to work with and she does a really good job.  She does all kinds of family pictures in the area and she does a lot of the sports teams.  So she has experience working with crazy kids while trying to take their pictures.  And she needs all those skills to work with some of the girl on the team.  I think the pictures turned out really well!

Updates

So,,, the app that I usually use to update the blog was discontinued.  I couldn't find another one so it made blogging a pain because I had to download the photo to my computer and then find the time to blog.  But today I found another app that works great.  So I am spending today trying to get everything updated from my computer so I can use the app from now on.  Please be patient with all the updates. ;)

Finished

I bought a texturizing spray to see if I could get the orange peel texture that is on the rest of the walls to work on the new section.  I shook the can for a full minute, like it says, and then I sprayed.  It made a mess and didn't end up working as well as I would have liked, but it's done.  It didn't work as well as I would have liked but I am learning and we can move the clock from the wall on the left to over the door and it will hide most of it. 😄

It is really fun to learn how to do new things and create things.  We are going to try and perfect our technique on the walls inside our bedroom before we start on the downstairs.

Brian Head

For the Monday of Spring Break we decided to get away but we didn't want to go too far.  So we went to Brian Head skiing.  We loaded up, drove to Brian Head, rented skis, bought ski passes, and hit the slopes...or in my case, hit the bunny slope with the magic carpet.

It was such a nice day that we didn't need gloves, hats or jackets.  It was great!  We went down the bunny slope until Courtney was ready to go off and then she and Bryan went down the large hill.  Courtney loves to ski and is very good at it.

Ethan stayed with me on the small slope until he felt comfy and then he went up with them too.  He wasn't as thrilled and felt a bit out of control but did a great job.

I stayed on the small slope and had a lot of fun going up and down.  The guy who operated the magic carpet told me that if I waited until the end of the day he would crank it up to 8 miles an hour!  It was running at 4 miles an hour when I was on it.  Hahaha!

After a few hours, the kids and I were tired of skiing but Bryan was still rearing to go.  So we took a break for lunch and then Bryan went on his own to do some runs of the other side of the mountain.  Ethan and Courtney had a snowball fight and then we went to turn in our ski equipment.

We were staying the night in a lodge in Brian Head called the Cedar Breaks Lodge.  The map on their website showed it on the road past the Navajo ski area, where we had spent the morning.  So we left the ski area and drove up the road for quite a while but we didn't see it.  We turned around and went back to the ski shop to ask for directions.  It turned out that the Cedar Breaks Lodge was right next to the ski slope we had been on all morning.  Yup, it was visible and within walking distance from where we had been.

We checked in to the Lodge (it was really nice) and then I went back with the car to wait until Bryan was finished skiing.  When he finished, we turned in the skis and went back to the Lodge.  We took the kids swimming, to the hot tub, ate dinner, bought treats, rented Star Wars and then spent the night in our room.  It was relaxing and a lot of fun.

Tuesday morning we woke up, got ready, checked out, took the long way home, and then went to St. George to watch a movie ("Hidden Figures").  We went home in the early afternoon.

It was a fun break!

The master and the padawan

Ethan wanted to do a fantasy baseball team so Bryan jumped right in to help him.  Bryan used to play fantasy baseball and knows a bunch of tricks.  He and Ethan sat down at the computer so Bryan could help him get his team ready for the draft.  It was fun to listen to all the reasoning and the science behind why you want to draft this player and how to best ensure you get that player.  They were having a lot of fun!

Soccer Schedule

It is soccer season again and here is Courtney's schedule.  It's weak this year because she only has 6 games and she has to miss one because of a dance competition.  But we are hoping for a great season!

200,000 miles

So, I missed it by a few miles (73 to be exact) but our 2004 van has over 200,000 miles on it now!  We bought this van a few weeks after we found out I was pregnant with Courtney and it has been a good van to us.

I was so bummed when I realized I had missed the flip but at least I got a picture of it afterward.  It has been a good van and has taken us on many adventures/vacations.  Here's hoping it lasts a few years more!