Grass and baseball

About a month and a half ago we planted sod!!!!! I kept waiting to post pics because we are going to do some curbing and other things, but I was too excited to wait any longer. It looks so good and makes our house look complete. The kids love having grass to run on and can't wait to play in the sprinklers. Rory got me some beautiful flowers for my birthday and we hung them from the shepard's hooks in my front yard. He is awesome.



We started Pee Wee baseball. Connor and Kadee are on the red team this year. One of the perks of being in charge is letting the kids choose their team color. The kids love it and Connor has become quite the ball player. He can really throw the ball and hits it off the coach pitch every time. Kadee loves it, but she isn't as into it as Connor is. Rory has been working with her on batting (I love that man, he spends so much time with our kids) and she played first base last night. She is really funny though. Whenever grandma Debbie is there she takes several "breaks" to go have a drink and candy from grandma.


Kadee Jo, I couldn't get a good picture of her sweet face.



Connor Von, hardcore ball player.

Yum....

I love lazy Sundays. Yesterday Kadee helped me make homemade strawberry jam, it was so relaxing.




The rainbow in my backyard. This is why Spring is my favorite season.

Preschool graduation and a baby bump

Today we had our preschool graduations. Kadee's was at 10 and Connor's was at noon. The kids all did such a great job and behaved so well. Rory and Jamie helped me make them adorable graduation caps and they memorized their parts so well. They started by saying their name and what they like about preschool.

Kadee: "My name is Kadee Bradley and what I like about preschool is my mom"
Connor: " My name is Connor Bradley and what I like about preschool is my teacher"

Awww, they are so sweet!

Next they sang: Baby Bumblebee, I love Trees (a song in sign), Mister Sun, Yellow, Blue, Green, Pink, and Red. They then told the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Connor and Kadee's parts were the same: "The next day was Sunday again. The caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf and after that he felt much better."

I was so proud of them and all of my preschool students. They have grown so much and I have enjoyed working with all of them. It all went very well except at the end of the afternoon graduation I had a mom yell at me. They were in Mexico last week and she was mad that I hadn't let her know about the change of time for the graduation (it was originally scheduled for tonight). In my defense, I put a sign on my door, a note on each of the kids time cards, and had the kids make invitations for their parents. I understand that she was upset, I just wish she would have waited to talk to me about it after the other parents had left.



Kadee and daddy



Kadee and mommy


Dad, mom, and Connor

The mischievous four

All in all it was a great day and I finally got a picture of my baby bump.

My baby bump

Happy May!

Wow, May has been busy, busy, busy. We started off the month with a field trip to a real Kindergarten class. I think the kids really enjoyed it. The teacher, Miss Melissa at Castle Heights was super nice and told them what to expect when they go to kindergarten. We then got to play on all the cool playground equipment (it was so cold that day though) and then check out the bathrooms and the drinking fountain (the kids favorite part).


Mother's Day we went to grandma and grandpa Branch's house for a bbq. The food was delicious (as always) and I ate way too much (as always). Rory's little cousin Axel was there and Kadee and I got a kick out of making him laugh. I think it made Kadee very excited for the new baby, but also very territorial. She kept telling me to put the baby down and hold her, it is going to be interesting here at our house in a couple months.



This last Thursday we took another preschool field trip. This time it was to the Dino Mine Park and the kids had a blast. I was a little worried because it had rained tow days prior, but it ended up being a beautiful day. It was a great way to end the school year and I am so excited for my first preschool graduation on Tuesday.

Chet, Gavin, Connor, and Cole
These boys are VERY mischievious when they get together, but it has been so fun having them in my afternoon class.


Kadee and Austin, very good friends. She will miss him next year







Finally Friday night we went to Kadee's first dance recital. I think I was more excited than she was. We weren't allowed to take pictures during the actual performance, but I got some cute pics of her before and after and of course we recorded it. She got a rose from Nana Kelli and Grandma Debbie and LOVED all the attention. Yes folks, I think I have a dancer on my hands. I signed her up for Pee Wee Baseball and she doesn't act the least bit excited. She just wants to know when cheer camp is and when she starts dance again. Connor on the other hand, can't wait. He has been practicing every chance he gets and is still absolutely obsessed with basketball. Debbie gave him her old Playstation and that has been an adventure itself. We have limited his time on it, but he probably asks Rory 100 times a day to play it with him.

Kadee before her Bunny Jumps performance




Kella and Kadee at intermission


Connor and dad playing the Playstation



Well I guess that is all for now, more to come next week after my preschool graduation, wish me luck!!!!

The Playoffs and Paint...

This weekend I got to experience my first playoff game. Rory goes to atleast one every year, but I am usually not invited. We went with Hyrum and Paula to watch the Jazz take on the Nuggets. It was such a fun game and it was C.R.A.Z.Y. It was so loud in there, they had fireworks, confetti, clappers, the whole bit. The fans were on their feet most of the game, and the best part is the Jazz WON!!!! Our seats were pretty close so I got some amazing pictures of our favorite players. We took a couple pictures of Rory and I together, but they did not turn out so I am not posting them. Let's just say pregnancy makes me look a little frumpy.

Kyle Korver shootin' three's before the game

Carlos Boozer warming up

D-Will Practicing

Candee painted MyKella's room a couple weeks ago and Kadee fell in love with it. She kept saying she wanted a room just like Kella's, so Candee came over on Friday and made her wish come true. She is so talented. It only took her a few hours to paint flowers on all of Kadee's walls and it turned out so cute. Thanks Candee for taking time out of your busy schedule to help us.

Cuteness....

All the way back in March I had Candee and Debbie take Kadee up to Wellington elementary and have her pictures taken. It was for her birthday, but I have been really disappointed in the WalMart Portrait Studio lately and didn't know when I would get up north to take her to Sears. I told Candee and Deb that since these are her birthday pictures they had to make sure to get a good one. So they took her up there and made the photographer take a ton of pictures. They finally picked their favorite and I absolutely love it. I finally got my scanner up and running again, so here it is:

We have been doing lots of fun activities in preschool lately. The kids are loving the warm weather and I am loving that we can finally go outside. Last week we learned about bugs and the kids made this (This is Connor's):

And last but certainly not least, here is our little bug. I know it's hard to see in this picture, but she has her hand on her head and is totally posing. She has gotten so active and I LOVE the feeling of her moving in my stomach. I told Rory that is the only thing I will miss about being pregnant. I just love when they kick you and I love when they get hiccups. It cracks me up every time. I think we have finally decided on a name, so stay tuned for that announcement! :)

Mesquite

Easter this year was so much fun. Derk and Deb got all of us a condo in Mesquite, Derek and his kids weren't able to go, so it was us, Derk and Deb, and Kyle and Candee and their kids. So anyway, we loaded up the kids and headed out of town Thursday morning. The weather was so crazy, at one point we hit a major snow storm and the temp outside was 22 degrees! After that the weather just kept going up and when we left Mesquite yesterday it was 78 degrees. We were so sad to come home to this miserable weather. While in Mesquite we enjoyed a couple parks, Beaver Dam (Kadee LOVED that she could say Beaver Dam and kept saying it over and over again), bowling, an arcade, the city Easter egg hunt, our own Easter egg hunt, dying eggs, yummy food, a little bit of swimming and a whole lot of fun. My kids kept asking if we could just move there. They have some really great parks in town and you can't beat the weather. The condo we stayed at was so nice, we had our own rooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and plenty of space for the kids to run around. There was a little window in the master suite that looked out over the living room and the kids thoroughly enjoyed throwing things from it whenever grandpa turned his back! I think all those rug rats had grandpa a little stressed out, but he was a good sport about it all. Thanks Derk and Deb for the great trip and the great memory.

All the kids enjoying the park.

Everything said Mesquite on it, even the garbage cans.



I thought this was a precious picture of Kella and Kadee. They were joined at the hip the whole trip, Kella is so good to let her little cousin follow her around.

Kella, Kadee, and Landon posing at the entrance of the condominiums.

I am pretty sure Landon is picking his nose, LOL!

Connor loved the Palm trees and really wants to plant one in our backyard. Unfortunately, I don't think we have the weather for it!