Do Re Mi Inc.

On Saturday our town had it's annual Salsa Festival. It is a big thing out here in Maricopa. There are booths everywhere and bouncy house and inflatable things for the kids to play on. They have entertainment, and lots of salsa and other foods to try. Jake and I have gone every year since we have lived in Maricopa. Well my friend Tracy and I have been doing this singing group called DO RE MI Inc. We signed our groups to sing at the Salsa festival. We had a big practice the morning of, and we were feeling pretty good about the whole thing. The kids were ready. Well we got there and we were all really excited. We thought that since we were the first performance, there really wouldn't be many people watching. Not true. There was a huge group of bystanders and a lot support for our kids.

First our group the Treble Makers got up there. They all looked so cute! They sang their first song and did a great job. Then the generator went out. This was only the beginning. The generator continued to go out during or after every single song. It was very tough. I was so proud of all the kids though. They stood up there smiling and waiting patiently and didn't let it get to them. After the Treble makers, the Cupcake Chorus went up. It was a little bit harder for them. We had people complaining they couldn't hear the kids and we were just trying our very best. At one point the generator went out and the girls had to sing Somewhere Over The Rainbow acapella. I have to say that they did a great job on it and everyone loved it. I was so proud of the kids and the hard work they had done. I can't wait for the recital this Saturday. The parents will be amazed at them. We won't have to worry about any sound system problems.

Aubrey and Weston were wonderful and I was just so proud to see them up there performing their hearts out.

(I copied most of this post from Tracy's blog. She did a good job explaining what went down, and I was feeling lazy...thanks girl!)

Baby Ella!

So I have been spending a lot of time with my friend Tracy B. We are in Young Women's together as well as partners in our DO RE MI Incorporated. Anyhoo...her daughter's name is Ella and Spencer just LOVES her. She is one too...but much smaller than Spencer. "Ella" as you can see in the video is one Spencer's best words. He says it even clearer now, but for a kid who doesn't talk...you can tell he cares for Ella. He loves to push her over, pat her head, give her hugs and kisses and just be a cute little boy around her, this includes taking every toy she finds.... Anyway, today Tracy came over to show me her SUPER cute swimsuit she just bought and we turned around to see this....so cute! Ella was just lying on him for almost 5 minutes. Spencer just patted her back. I am lucky to have caught a picture of this sweet little moment.

Ultimatum

"a demand whose fulfillment is requested in a specified period of time and which is backed up by a threat to be followed through in case of noncompliance" This is from Aubrey today. She has been asking for weeks, but today was the day she gave me an ultimatum.

Friends!!!

I am so grateful for good friends. I am finally finding some kindred spirits again in my life and here are a few of them all at one great Birthday bash! I love you Steph and Tracy!!!

And here is the "Birthday Girl" herself...Jen! You are so awesome girl. When I think of service...I think of you!!

And lastly, my BEST friend....it is YOU dear!!! I love Jake and can honestly say he is my best friend. Not sure he thinks I am as funny as my other friends do...but still takes the TOP!

I love this picture! We look so cool....

Easter Time 2010

Easter really isn't my favorite holiday when it comes to the traditions and Easter Bunny...However, this year was so much fun. The last couple of years Grandma and Grandpa Watkins have planned a wonderful Easter dinner with Easter Egg hunt at their house or Aunt Connie's. The kids always look forward to egg coloring, sometime cookie frosting and of course hunting for eggs. They even find dollar bills and a few eggs. The Easter Bunny brought very little to our kids this year, but it was on purpose. The true meaning of Easter is enough for me. I thought a lot about eternal families this past weekend. Even though we are all promised resurrection, I find myself more grateful for that gift because of our little Samantha. I can't help but feel peace knowing that she will live again and have an opportunity to have her body and experience this wonderful world! I am grateful for my Savior and the gift he gives us all! Happy Easter Day!

Some exciting news for Aubrey

She has finally faced her fear and can officially RIDE HER BIKE!

Hint...Hint!!!

Look how happy he looks Jake!!!

P90X

So I have been doing P90X off and on as my workout. For those who don't know what it is, it is just a series of REALLY HARD workouts that progressively get EVEN HARDER! Anyhow, I haven't been doing it much lately and usually do them at night when Jake is home to do them too. So, today after dropping Aubrey off at school I was asking Weston if he thought he could do a workout with me. I was feeling motivated, but needed a friend. He said he would try...so we did CARDIO X together today. It was so cute. He never quit and did the yoga, kick boxing and plyometrics with me!! I was so proud of him. He was actually a lot more fun to work out with than Jake, cause he would give me high fives and stuff! (Jake is a little grouchy working out...)

He told me during some of the cool down ..." Mom I want to do this every day, this was way better than watching a kids' show!" That's my boy!

A few minutes after our 45 minute workout....we played "Pretty Pretty Princess!" LOL We are well rounded at this house!

My boys!

This week it is finally feeling like Spring again. We have our wonderful warm weeks, but then it rains and is cold all over again. Anyway, this week the weather has been perfect so I have spent almost every day taking my kids on walks or to the park to play. We of course miss Aubrey (who is in first grade) but Weston and Spencer and I have had a lot of fun. I just wanted to remember a few things about "my boys."

Here they are playing in the sand. They love to get dirty and I am so lazy about baths. You should see their feet :(

Weston is just so adventuresome. He really will try anything. Yesterday on our jog back from Walmart. I ran there to get doughnuts...don't ask me why... Anyway, Weston stated that he wants to "play basketball, football and soccer this year." But not "T-ball" because, "I can already hit the ball like a big kid."

Yesterday Weston shouted from the computer room "Shoe Shoe....MOM!!" I actually couldn't hear what he said...I thought he said..."shut up MOM!" Which actually wouldn't completely shock me. So I just ignored him and he came out later and said..."Shoe Shoe MOM..." with this cute little face. I was like..."uhmm what does that mean dear?" and he said that means "I Love YOU in Chinese!" Very cute kid.

Here we have little Spencer. His personality is so great! He is full of life and laughs. He really does laugh a lot. He finds everything funny. His favorite thing is to be outside or taking shoes out of the shoe closet.

His stats at his last appointment were 30.5 inches long 50% something percentile and 26lbs which was like 80% or something. He still isn't talking. He likes to make sounds though... Like ahh ohhh and ok, (but the sound.)

Randomness!

My new word! Randomness. Anyway, I haven't been blogging at all lately because I didn't think I had any pictures. Today I took the few off my camera and put them on the computer and realized...I have a little bit to blog about. Random albeit...but something nonetheless.
So first we have...
This is little Spencer playing at Amazing Jakes. We are like a walking advertisement for this company...but we for sure love it! This last time we went we even got to try out some bowling. Jake and I tied for first place...if that matters. Anyway, it was just so fun to see our oldest two run around holding hands going from one ride to the next. Spencer got left behind, but there is a little play place for him. I only took this picture which is weird. But I wanted to remember that night. Playing with our family!

So next we have this picture of Jake and I! We went to a "Couples Bunco" night at a friends house. It was super fun. The theme was Saint Patrick's Day as you can see. I love that Jake has made such an effort to take me out on dates. It means so much to me! I am for sure a quality time kind of gal and I enjoy every second we get together...without the kids!

And here we have little Miss Aubrey Jean! I just loved this picture. Her school had an "80's"day and this is what we quickly came up with. (Since I remembered last minute.) It just cracked me up because Tina and I were just discussing how horrible the clothes were when we were kids and that is why we think we looked horrendous in our early years. I was saying how at least our kids won't have to look back and be horrified....and let me tell ya, I am sure they will too! The best part was Aubrey loved it all. She loved the bracelets, side pony and the belt to top it off. It was like looking at a little me!