Crazy Hair Day

Allie had "Crazy Hair" day at school on Friday. Not sure if it was really crazy but she liked it!

Allie's Half Birthday

For Allie's Half Birthday, we had six balloons tied to silly straws with little pieces of paper inside them. She would pop them and they would have an activity that she would do. Here are some pictures of what we did. The balloons Trying to pop the balloon Slips of paper 1st Balloon: Pick out your present at Walmart 2nd Balloon: Make your own Milkshake 3rd Balloon: Coloring Contest Allie has learned about coloring contests at school and has asked several times if we can have a coloring contest. We let Dad be the judge when he got home from work. He said it was a three way tie. 4th Balloon: Stamping Allie loves to stamp. It always seems like so much work so we don't do as often as she would like so we needed to do it for her half birthday. 5th Balloon: Decorate your cake. 6th Balloon: Watch High School Musical 3. Allie has been wanting to see High School Musical 3 for a long time so we rented it to watch it. Hope you had a great Happy Half Birthday! We love you!

Aubrie learns You're a Grand Old Flag

The picture is kind of dark but it's really cute!

Apparently, during the Spring Solstice you can balance an egg on it's fat end. This picture is proof. It was later brought to our attention that it may be due to the geometric shape of the egg and the patience of the egg head that actually balanced the egg and not the increased gravitational force from the Spring Solstice. But either way it was kind of cool!

St Patricks Day

Just so you know Lephrecaun is actually spelled Leprechaun.

Aubrie's Half Birthday

My dear friend, Jenifer York, celebrates Half Birthdays. I was reading her blog a while ago and told Justin about it. He decided to start the tradition. He bought me a drill and made me a cake for my half birthday. Today was Aubrie's Half Birthday. Since Aubrie loves Dora so much we made a Map of where we were going today. She got to choose any park to play at. She chose the "Purple Park". Each park we go to has a name. Then we went to feed the ducks. At the ducks they got a special surprise. A whole dollar. They love to pick out something at the dollar store and it happened to be so conveniently next to Roberts where I needed to go. At the Dollar Store, they bought these water soakers. They had a ball with it. I have to admit it was kind of fun. We missed our Dad since he had to work but we were glad he joined us for Cake and Ice Cream. She also decided to that she wanted Hot Dogs and Mac and Cheese for Dinner. I had to throw in the green beans. We had to go to Walmart when dad got home so we decided to let her pick out her one present. She chose sidewalk chalk. It was a great day. This is my first attempted at a video on my blog, Hope it works!

Happy Birthday Mom!

The girls and I usually take balloons to my mom's grave for holidays. The girls have had a lot of fun with this. When we went to Ream's to get the balloon, I let the girls choose their favorite Happy Birthday Balloon. I'm sure you won't guess what Aubrie picked?

LAUNDRY

I was folding laundry in the hallway one day and Aubrie asked if she could help. I told her to go take the hangers in her bedroom. A while later she said,"Mom you've got to come and see what a good job I did." First clue that something is going to make me laugh. When I got to the bedroom I found this. As any good mom would, I praised her for the great job she had done. She went off to play and I hung the clothes in the closet. When it was time for bed that night she saw her clothes were all gone. She was so sad. She cried and cried. What can you say?

Sissy Lou Who?

I'm not sure where the name came from but Aubrie has been calling this doll Sissy Lou Who for quite some time. I love the names the girls come up with for their toys!

GYMNASTICS

The last of day of gymnastics, Allie learned to do a hand stand with just a little bit of help. She was so proud of herself. I feel so grateful and very blessed that they have community classes to put the girls in to teach them things that I have no idea how to do. The next month will be quiet at our house with no where to go! YEAH!!

Dance Performance

This year they asked us to only invite immediate family and grandparents because all three dance classes were meeting together. I was so sad because I really missed having our families there to support our girls. They did a great job and it was really cute to see Aubrie perform for the first time. Here are the pictures that were taken.

The girls were in the community dance class this year. I took pictures of the girls in their dance outfits! I was glad I did because the night of the performance I ran out of time to do their hair very cute.

Dinner and Show

Last Friday I was working on my poster for Sharing Time. I had bought some extra posterboard incase I messed up. I decided to let the girls use the extra ones to color on. They drew pictures and Allie wrote a poem Roses are Red, Violets are blue.(that's it)HeHe!! They asked if it would be ok if we could put on a play that night. I said sure why don't you make an invitation for Dad. I was so GRATEFUL that Justin was in a really good mood when he came home and was willing to play with us. He asked Allie what he should wear to this play and out of no where she said, "A Coat and Tie" and told me to wear a fancy dress. She must have seen it on TV. The play consisted of dancing, singing, gymnastic, and story telling. The girls then asked Justin and I to stand up and say 5 things we loved about each other. (I make the girls do that when they are fighting) But we weren't fighting! Then they asked us to sing so we did. After the play, we made Calazones. I've learned to make a really good wheat crust. We use BBQ sauce and grilled chicken, mushrooms or olives and cheese. It is so yummy. Justin usually puts them together!!! We ended the night watching Mary Poppins. I would suggest to any parent to watch that with your child. I had forgot how much fun that movie is when you are a kid, except for maybe Tine. Here are some pictures of our fabulous evening "On the Town!"(in our livingroom).

My Mom

Today is my mom's birthday. It is strange to think it has already been a year since she has been gone. I can remember as if it was just yesterday watching her take her last breath. But today I want to honor her. Karen Tillie Hatfield Ostler was born March 11, 1942 in Springville Utah to Cloid and Ardith Hatfield, weighing in at 10lb. She was her parent's pride and joy. Her older brother adored her! Her brother was offered a new horse if he would sell his little sister and he told them no way, which must have been hard for a 4 year old since he LOVED horses. She had a great childhood with lots of fun memories with family and friends. The things mom loved written by her in 2004. 1. Ice Cream 2. Christmas and Holidays 3. Utah Jazz Basketball 4. Flag- Old Glory 5. Good Friend 6. Prophet, 12, and general authorities 7. A Good Book 8. Comfortable shoes 9. Old Movies 10. Courteous Drivers 11. Daughters 12. Gardening- like to see things grow. 13. my grandchildren 14. Conference 15. my son-in-laws 16. Missionaries 17. I love the temple 18. 7th Heaven 19. Sunsets 20. Country Music 21. Dependable cars 22. Tyler 23. Brothers 24. Fridays 25. My sister 26. Weekends 27. Heritage 28. KFC and A and W Rootbeer 29. GREAT Parents 30. Fall or changing colored leaves 31. Dancing 32. First Snow 33. Spring 34. Smell of roses 35. Scrapbooking 36. My cousins 37. New clothes 38. Chicken Cordon Blue at Prestwich Farms 39. Scrapbook class at Susan Perry 40. Camping 41. Mountains 42. Children 43. Clean house-organized house 44. Home grown tomatoes 45. Home grown corn 46. Coleslaw 47. Gospel 48. Christmas music 49. Candles 50. Sleeping in MY MOM'S FAVORITE THINGS WRITTEN BY HER 2004 Color- pink, blue, yellow, navy blue Flower- daises, roses, petunias, carnations Movie- Doris Day, Message in a bottle, Love of the Game Song- Could I have this Dance and The Dance Actor- Kevin Cosner Actress- Julia Roberts Singer- Neil Diamond Things to collect- Paper- Junk Things to do- being with my grandkids Ice cream flavor- Mint Chip Food- Hawiian Hay Stacks, Tender Steak Holiday- Christmas Season- Spring, Winter, Summer, Fall Mom’s words of wisdom written from her journal If you’ll remember always…. There is no goal you can’t achieve. If you’ll try your very hardest and above all else believe, believe that you are the person who has something good to give. Believe that you can make this place a better place to live. If you’ll believe you’re needed and that others like you too. Then you’re sure to find there’s nothing in the world you cannot do. I realized that all I’m guaranteed in life is today. The poorest person has no less and the wealthiest has no more. Each of us has but one day. What we do with it is our own business; how we use it is up to us individually. I love you Mom!