From 30s to 70s

We have had the occasional days of April showers, like the saying goes. Then one day a very light shower turned into this.

It just so happened that that was the day I had to go out and run errands. The snow we got this day paled in comparison to what we woke up to the next morning. Somewhere around 8 more inches! Little Lady found her snow boots and enjoyed a few hours of snow before the sun got to it. By afternoon all the snow was gone. The next day we were in the high 60s and expecting to get hotter. Utah really goes have weird weather.

Volleyball Season

I love to play volleyball. I have played since I was twelve. However, I had to take a break from volleyball when I had kids. This made me a little sad, especially since volleyball is something that Eric and I really enjoy doing together. Well when we moved into our home in this new little town, I noticed a sigh advertising City League Volleyball. I called right away only to be told that the ad was for young girls. The older ladies volleyball was not to start until February.
Now I was faced with a dilemma. I really wanted my kids to be around two years apart. That would mean getting pregnant at the end of '08 or early '09. Well, being pregnant and playing volleyball does not really work for me; I tried it with Little Lady and was very sick.
So, it was either volleyball or pregnancy.
I chose to put off the next baby for a few months and do a little something for myself and I am LOVING it!!!
We had a great volleyball team. I made my sister Jana sign up with me. She is a great player. Because of our age difference we have not ever really played together. It was so much fun playing with her! The rest of our team was made up of all the ladies that signed up on their own. We called ourselves the Eclecticats. We used our first games to get a feel for how each of us played. By the second week we were on fire! We played really well the whole season. I believe we only lost three games. For tournament we were placed in the top bracket. We started our games at 6:00. It was double elimination. We lost our first game and had about a 20 min. break before playing again. We won all of our games after that. Around 10pm we were playing the first of two Championship games. The team we were playing had not lost yet, so we would have to beat them twice. We had just played 9 games in a row and they had just come from an hour break. Needless to say, we were exhausted! We played really well, but we lost in the first game. I was so glad. I did not want to have to play another game that night. By the time the evening was over it was 11 pm. My whole body hurt, especially my feet.
We did so AWESOME for a group of ladies who never played together before!! We got 2nd place!

I'm still a teen at heart.

I grew up loving many "old" musicals and cheesy romantic chick flicks. So when HSM, HSM2, and HSM3 came out I was ecstatic. Finally, back to the good old musicals. They have their flaws, but overall they were very entertaining, and enjoyable to watch.

Nickelodeon decided they wanted in on the musical scene and came up with

So, once again let me stress that I love cheesy musicals. Now let me tell you I TOTALLY enjoyed Spectacular. It wasn't as good in the character development area as HSM, but I really liked it.
Now for the best news. it may be in a Redbox near you. So, if you are looking for a cute feel good movie complete with singing and dancing for only a buck, check this one out. And let me know what you think about it.

Disguises

Did I spell that right? I hope so. Anyway, on to the point. I tend some kids a few times a week and I love how small things can hold their attention for extended periods of time. One day we got into the many hats that we have in our closet. They each had a difficult time liking the one that they got, so I told them that they were more than just hats, they were disguises. Then I explained what disguises were. They loved the idea of a hat turning them into someone else.

In this picture, one is a skiier, one is an Eskimo, and one is a smowman builder. We also had summer hats and baseball hats. They all took turns being something else. They had a lot of fun coming up with their own identity each time they traded hats.

Dressing up and Playing dress up

Little Lady got two new dresses the other day. The pink one was a little big so we had it set aside and she wore the green one. Little Man decided that he wanted to try on one too. He looks so cute .
They then took turns dancing.

Little Man's is a little blurry because all he knows how to do is twirl in circles. He is really good at it though. The he waited patiently for his turn and clapped for his sister as she showed off her dance moves.