Kiwanis Spring Tour

Friday we toured all day and then had the Music Week Concert that night. The boys did well and had a lot of fun. Jed was awesome enough to come and take some sweet pictures for us. This was our schedule:

Spring Tour Schedule, Fri. April 30th:

8:00 am Meet at Boise High

8:00-9:00 Rehearsal/Exchange with Boise High

9:30-10:00 Exchange with Shadow Hills

10:15-11:00 Summerwind Retirement Home

11:15-12:00 Lunch: Idaho Pizza

12:30-1:00 Kiwanis Club Luncheon

1:15-1:45 St. Luke’s Performance

2:00-2:45 Clinic with Matt Swenson

3:00-5:00 YMCA

5:30-6:30 Dinner/Awards Ceremony Boise High

7:30 Music Week Concert at Capital High

Needless to say, I was a VERY tired pregnant lady by the end of the night!

It's A Girl!

What should we name her? (Vote with the poll to your right!)

Final Results:

Olivia, 38 votes

Izabel, 10 votes

Addison, 19 votes

All About Sophie

I haven't done a post about Sophie lately so here are some updates I don't want to forget about her at 2 1/2 years old:

*I made the mistake of saying "I mean it!" the other day when she was postponing bedtime with every excuse she could think of. Now she says, "I mean it!" when she means it...which is every time she wants something.

*If you ask her what her name is, she'll tell you "Dopey". Yes, apparently I named my daughter after one of the seven dwarfs.

*One of Sophie's favorite games is to hide something behind her back and ask me, "Whichy one, mommy, whichy one?"

*She thinks the baby is inside my belly button and always tries to look as deep in there as she can saying, "I wanna see! I wanna see!" She talks about how when it gets bigger and comes out, she gets to help mommy feed it milk, give it a bath, change its diaper and hold it.

*We've been talking a little about how Papa is sick. When she saw him the next time, he picked her up and she looked at him and said, "You OK, Papa?"

*The melody for the ABC song and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is her song of choice and even just playing around will always sing that melody with whatever words she chooses to use. The other day it was "I made mommy sad, I made mommy sad."

*Since Phil has been gone, she doesn't really want to talk to him on the phone but I've discovered if I tell her he's sad, she will immediately take the phone and talk to him. She must get that sensitive side from her daddy.

*She's really into her Tinkerbell and "baby Tinkerbell" movies. She calls Peter Pan "baby Tinkerbell" because she is so small compared to the Tinkerbell movie.

*She doesn't use any prepositions in her sentences like "for" or "with". For example she will say "Mommy, play me?" instead of "Mommy, play with me?"

Easter Without Phil

It is sad to celebrate Easter without Phil here, but I always love this time of year. I'm so grateful for my Savior, that He died for me and that He lives! I know He knows and loves me. I hope Sophie will soon understand His love for her too.

Sunny Phoenix Girls

Sophie and I spent the last week in Phoenix visiting the Tenneys. The weather was fabulous and we had a lot of fun even though we had two toddlers and a 6 month old to take care of. It was our first time meeting Ivy and she is so precious and happy. Sophie and Lucy had a hard time getting along and sharing but also had times when they were playing and giggling like best friends. Nate was awesome enough to let Amy and I go see a movie one of the evenings and our last night was spa night (chamomile/lavender face steamers, honey/almond scrubs and lemon egg/yolk masks, ahhhhhh). The girls had fun riding the mini train at the park, dying easter eggs, hunting for eggs, playing in the sandbox, etc. It was great to spend time with Amy and catch up.

The Waiting Game

Well, here we are waiting for Phil to come home and waiting for this baby! Phil's experience at tech school is A LOT different than boot camp. His first day there he was calling me telling me he was bored! After their classes, they have a lot of freedom. He will get even more as he enters different "phases". Right now he can't leave base and he can't talk on his phone unless he's in his room. This time will be much easier for all of us since we can actually talk to him and web cam. He's already been made his element leader and last night was busy making sure everyone he's in charge of had gotten their homework done because if they didn't, he's the one that would get in trouble for it. We miss him already, but are so grateful we get to talk to him everyday.

I've been pretty sick this first trimester, but I'm starting to see the light now that I'm 14 weeks. We find out the gender on April 27th!

Sophie and I are trying to stay busy. We went with Phil's mom to Seattle last week to bring Phil's dad home after his radiation treatment. He is really hanging in there. Now all that's left is brain radiation they will do as a precaution. Apparently when lung cancer comes back, it often comes back in the brain.

Here are a couple recent pictures:

Cute Cousins

At least once a month Summer and Abbie and I meet for lunch at Grams to spend time with her and to get our kids together.