Austin's Spring Soccer '10

Austin is once again on the Storm, but Randy is not coaching him this year. He was sad at first, but when he found out Randy would coach his baseball team he was okay. They lost one boy and gained another, but the rest of the kids were on his team last year.

Austin has really improved and has not only gotten quicker but more aggressive. He is a lot of fun to watch.

Look at him keep this ball from going out of bounds! I'm so proud of him. Like I said, he is doing soccer and baseball right now which means he is busy almost every night but seldom complains about it. What a trooper!

I don't think this shot went in, but he has made quite a few goals this year. More than last year! Great job this season, Austin! I love my little man!

Helicopter at the Hospital

My poor grandma fell 2 weeks ago and broke her hip. She is still in the hospital doing rehab, and we try to get up there as much as possible. This particular day, the medical helicopter was sitting out on its landing post. We were walking by slowly and the pilot came over and asked if the kids would like to look inside!

I had never seen inside a helicopter and I was just as excited as the kids were. All I had was my camera phone, but I was glad that I at least had that! The flight crew was so nice, they even asked the kids if they wanted to put on their helmets.

I think Austin now wants to be a pilot! The only thing that could have made it better would have been to actually go up for a little ride!

We hung around to watch them take off. It was really neat, they had people stationed at different areas so no one would get too close. As for grandma, its been a really rough road. She is in physical therapy every day until after 3pm which is also when the kids are getting home so it's been hard for me to make it up there lately. I love my grandma and feel so bad for her. Praying that she makes a full recovery!

Easter Egg Hunt

Next to hunt eggs came Addie and her cousin Hannah. Addie thought the little eggs were really cute, so those were the ones she went for. Plus they made a "jingle". So instead of a ton of candy, she got a lot of money! That was fine with her and me!!

Austin didn't care where he had to go to find eggs. He was on a mission!

And from the looks of it, he did a great job! Look at that smile on his face! He is pretty happy with the end results of this hunt!

Avery is wondering where she is going to put the eggs that are in her hands! Look at that basket! Needless to say, we went home with a LOT of candy. I encouraged the kids to share, and share some more with all their friends!

Hippity Hoppity!

Easter was rough in the John house this year. I started the weekend super sick. I stayed in bed the entire day Friday and was still pretty nauseous Saturday and Sunday. Luckily for the kids, Uncle Jordan and Auntie Jen came down from Kansas so I had some help. They all went over and colored Easter eggs with my mom and grandma. And the easter bunny still came!

On Sunday, Randy got sick! I had gained enough energy to take the kids over to Grandma and Grandpa John's for dinner and an Easter egg hunt while Randy stayed home to rest. Here are the kids with their cousins waiting patiently to go find some eggs... and Uncle Ryan!

We let Ashton and Logan go first and they quickly picked up what they needed to do! She had so much fun!

Avery and Austin

Right after we got back from Utah, we had to get back in the swing of things. We got home at 3am, and the kids went to school the next day (including Addie going to her mothers day out) and Randy got on another plane to head down to Houston for work. I did feel bad that Ashton and I got to sleep the whole day. :-) The kids birthday was right around the corner, but we decided to play it low-key this year. Austin's birthday was on a Friday, so he just wanted to have a couple of friends spend the night.

Here is Tanner, Austin, Mack and Brandon. I can't believe Austin is 7 years old! He has really grown up lately. He stays very busy with soccer and baseball and always tries his hardest. He is a great reader and always impresses me with his math knowledge. I'm so happy to have him as my one and only son!

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Avery's birthday was the following Wednesday. She was so excited because the Miley Cyrus movie The Last Song came out on her birthday. So all she wanted for her birthday was to go see that movie... and to get a Chocolate Molten Cake from Chili's!! It was a mother/daughter night and we LOVED it! The movie was great and the cake was soooo good! Avery and I had a wonderful evening. She is now 9 years old!

Randy was so excited to give Avery her birthday present! And Avery was so excited to get her first set of clubs! They couldn't wait to hit the driving range together. I'm hoping Avery and I can learn to play together since my clubs that I got a year ago still are in their plastic! Oh, and Austin got his skateboard he was dying for!

Last Days in Utah

Our trip to Utah went by way too fast. We went up to the Buttars house on Sunday for dinner. Here is Hallie taking Ashton outside. They looked so cute holding hands. We got to spend some more time with all the Buttars and their dear neighbors, the Simpkins who we just love.

Our last day was Monday. We took the kids up to Magna, UT to visit Randy's grandma. Grandma Cheney had lots of fun toys that Randy's dad played with when he was a little boy. I think the kids thought it was pretty cool to be playing with the same toys... and to think of grandpa as a little boy!

After visiting Grandma Cheney, we headed back to the Geislers for one last day of play! They have a great park right behind their house that the kids love to play at. Here are Addie and Jada! They really bonded and Addie is always wanting to go back up and see her!
They also live walking distance to Gabe's school which has a fun playground too. They all went up there one day during the weekend and came running back home to tell us that they set off the school alarm! I guess Gabe was wanting to show them his classroom and the doors were unlocked but the alarm was on. He felt so bad! Randy teased him the rest of the weekend about the police coming after him. Poor Gabe! These older kids had a BLAST and you never heard them the whole weekend! Gabe has a couple of skateboards and Austin was begging for one the minute we left their house! Oh... it was soooo hard to leave. Spring Break went way too fast and we have since found another reason to head back up there. Randy is helping put on a Brian Buttars Memorial Golf Tournament in honor of his friend and to benefit both Brian's children and also an athlete at Brian's old high school, Brighton High.

Joe and Lindsay's Reception

Joe and Lindsays reception was held at the Alpine Art Center. It was a beautiful building and Lindsay's family had it decorated so beautifully! I have to admit when my brother said their colors were going to be orange and tourquiose I was a little taken back. But I am first to admit that they look great together!

Of course my kids had to find and sit at one of the tables with the goldfish. This picture captures the moment exactly. Addie kept asking Austin if she should put a rock in the bowl and Austin would tell her yes. It didn't take long for all those rocks on the mirror to disappear into the fish bowl. I had to stop her when she started putting her hand in to take the rocks back out! In the bottom were orange gerber daisies. It looked beautiful.

The tables without the fish had beautiful candles and bouquets of gerber daisies like the one Avery is sitting at here.

Here is Nana with Austin and Ashton. Mom had to stand in a reception line with the rest of the wedding party for hours... they had a lot of guests! Now that I'm older and have been married for ten years I feel bad for making my mom, dad and Randy's parents stand in a reception line... but I admit I did it to them too! I'm hoping my kids won't do it to me!