Long time no post. I guess that is a sign that spring season is in full swing. (even though the weather here in Utah has not realized it is spring)
Spring seasons bring birthdays, Easter and Spring sports. Which equates to a very busy few months.
So, let me take a few minutes to get caught up on what's been going on.
March 30th, Landon's 11th birthday

It's not his birthday without trying to shove his face in the cake.

Easter




Saturdays seem to be a bit crazy so when we found out 4 out of our 5 Saturday games had byes we took the opportunity for some much needed R & R. We had a great weekend in St. George.





Whitney turns 14! April 27th
We had a quick party with cake and ice cream after her soccer practice.


She got tickets to see Justin Bieber.

This sports season was a busy one at our house.
Whitney plays with the Utah Avalanche Soccer Club. She has a game or practice most every night. And she loves every minute of it. She is a defensive player and plays all the defensive positions. Her coach usually plays her most, if not all of the game.




Playing 3 sports at once is a dream come true for Landon but a nightmare for those of us who have to get him to and from every practice/game not to mention dealing with all the coaches. Don't worry it is not that we planned it that way it just kind of happened. We were almost half way through indoor soccer, flag football was just about to start, when an old coach of Landon's called to see if Landon might be interested in playing on his comp soccer team for the season. Of course he was ecstatic about playing so we figured flag football was not a big deal he would make it to the games he could and if there was a conflict he would go to soccer. Right up until the first football practice when he was made the full time quarter back. We told the coach that Landon had soccer and may not be able to make it to everything. He seemed OK with it until Landon actually missed the practice and I got the call that the team couldn't practice without their quarterback. Needless to say it was a lot of running around. Going to practices a bit late and leaving a bit early.


Teegan decided to give soccer another try. I don't have any pictures yet because we usually have to divide and conquer and I seem to always get the "other" game but I will have to work on that. The poor kids doesn't get to attend practice very often because we are running Whitney and Landon all over town. I don't think he minds to much :) (missing practice that is, the running almost drives him insane)

Its been a while since I posted so here is a quick update.
*Quick trip to the land of Las Vegas again for another soccer tournament last weekend -forgot the camera. We drove through a TERRIBLE snow storm most of the way down there, stayed at a total roach motel!! (so gross I have crossed it from my mind) and they tied 2 games and lost one so we didn't go to the finals (which was OK with Mike and I because it meant we could get on the road sooner, bad parents). But on the plus side, warm sun and green palm trees -I was in heaven. We stopped off on the way home and had dinner with Jim, Amanda and baby Jesi. I didn't want to leave, the sun was a shining.
*Landon turned 11. a post to follow :)
*April Fools day- I was a total loser this year. I didn't play any good jokes. Landon did put red food coloring gel by his eye and said he was hurt. While he was trying to fool Whitney Mike walked in on it and fell for it but unfortunately that is about it. What's wrong with me? I love that holiday.
*Spring Break-which should be called winter break this year. We had a mid winter storm that left lots of snow. So gross. We spent yesterday cleaning the house and today we went bowling. The kids and I were going to go back to St George but it was not going to be much warmer there and I didn't want to drive in a storm like we did again.
*Good news. The Fabrizio clan are moving back to Utah. We are so excited to have them (even though I think they are a bit crazy for doing so :) ).

Landon receives his arrow of light. The highest award in cub scouts.

He was asked to set up a table with some things that he enjoys or has accomplished.


These are some of his friends from the ward who also received their arrow of light.

Gram and Pa came to support him.

He is now on to Boy Scouts.

I am the pilot

I recently read a quote that said "Time flys but the good thing is your the pilot."
I have thought a lot about this the last few days and don't know if I agree with it.
Happy St. Patrick's day.
Our day started out when Teegan woke up disappointed that the leprechaun didn't come. At that, I sprang out of bed, I heard the leprechaun had made a special trip to Target yesterday just for that stuff. (Can I plead my case? My kids were up really late, like 10:30 late. Landon was actually in talking to us about his birthday while Mike and I were in bed.) Funny thing was, the leprechaun actually did come. He just hide the candy and Teegan had not found it. (I wonder how many times that one is going to work)
Off to work I went. Why do kids have such attitudes? After work I ran home for an hour. Make green Jello for our big St. Patrick's day dinner while texting Whitney about picking her up since she had to stay after school to beg teachers to give her a better grade since she was told that if she didn't get her grades up her cell phone was being taken away. Pick Whitney and 2 friends up and dropped them off at the corner by our house because I was going to be late for my dentist appointment. I had a tooth that I knew needed something, the dentist drilled it and I ended up having a quick root canal while the man in the next chair talked about how scary root canals sound and that he hopes to never have one. It's all routine for me, what's a half an hour and a months salary.
Ran home just to pick Landon up so I could run him to his friends on my way to Scouts (he only called me 3 times at the dentist). Took the Scouts to the park to pick up garbage. Ran them home and went straight to Whitney's soccer practice to pick her up. Practice went a half an hour over making it 6:45 when we pulled in the driveway. I had big plans of making a fun "green" dinner. I had even made green Jello remember? I wanted to eat before 8:00 and realized Mike was still at work, Whitney was home long enough to change and go to YW at 7:00 and Landon was still at his friends with strict instructions not to pick him up until he called. Oh well. So I decided on grilled cheese and threw the first one on. I ran in to check email real quick when Teegan came in to tell me the stove was smoking. I ran out to a smoke filled room and a black sandwich while Teegan just kept saying that one is yours, I am NOT eating that. I GIVE UP!!! Dinner tonight is green jello -want something else? Make it yourself! I am the pilot.

"Be who you are and say what you feel,
Because those who mind don’t matter,
And those who matter don’t mind.”
-Dr. Seuss

Welcome March

So March has begun and it is time to set my new goals. I hope after reading the last few posts you will be understanding when I say February's goals did not go over so well. Why didn't I set the goal to remodel someones basement? :)
So with that said my goals for March are.... everything I didn't do in February.
I am trying not to be too hard on myself. Teegan and I were actually just talking about it yesterday while reading books. He said "I guess you didn't get that goal done" I said "No, but should I just give up? No. I need to just keep working on them"
I do have to make one disclaimer. The goal to read all the kid books in the house to Teegan in a month was a bit of a lofty goal. Mike told me it was crazy and I guess I should have listened. We have a lot more books than I realized. I filled 2 big boxes, over flowing over the top. We have a good start but it is going to take us a few months to make it through all of them. That's OK I am loving my time snuggled up with Teeg's reading.

Mike got his job back as the recruiting manager at EA Salt Lake. We are so excited. It was a rough year while he transitioned into the Studio Manager due to a company hiring freeze. At times I was not sure he was going to make it but we were always reminded that we were thankful that he had a job. He has received great praise for all he did for the studio this last year. I know management is so excited to see him back in recruiting again but he will leave a big hole that will take a lot to fill. Below is a copy of the announcement that was sent out. Congrats Mike!

Today is Mike’s last day as EASL’s Studio Manager. In the past year he has done a phenomenal job in doing whatever it has taken to keep us running smoothly, he will be hard to replace.
But as we say goodbye to Mike Maxfield, Studio Manager, as of next Monday please welcome Mike Maxfield, EASL Recruiter! Many of you were recruited here by Mike; it’s what his passion is and he is one of the very best in the industry. We are delighted to have him back in his new ‘old’ role. In fact, delighted doesn’t say enough about just how great this really is.
Please join me in thanking Mike for being prepared to do a different job for the past year – very few people love their place of work enough to do what Mike has done. EASL is a better place because of him.

This is a great success story. Welcome back Mike!
-Jon

Happy Friday

Just when I thought spring was around the corner we got this!

The boys and I are off of school today since we had parent teacher conferences yesterday(which went great by the way, happy teachers, happy parents). I guess instead of going out we will turn on the fireplace, clean the house and make cookies.
Teegan woke up early this morning to surprise us all with a breakfast. He made cute place mats for each of us and set the table with everything we needed. We had toast, trix cereal and he set a granola bar by each persons place. He also gave us each a football playing card that we used to play a game during breakfast. The best part was the note he wrote to each of us telling us he loved us. What a cute little guy!