Mothers Day.

 

  (this picture looks exactly like Josh when he was little minus the brown eyes)

Shelbie and I decided last minute (with the help of my dad) to surprise our mom for mothers day.

After Chamberlain's soccer game on Saturday we loaded up all the boys and headed south to the warm sun of St. George and completely surprised her.  

She literally had no idea.  

We surprised her while she was shopping and you could hear her giggle echo throughout the entire store.
I think she was happy to see us.   

Shelbie and I also made our mother a gift. Which of course I didn't take any pictures of, but i still want to remember.  Our mother is the Queen of baths.  She always treats herself to a nice hot bath in her jetted tub.  So we decided the perfect gift would be to make her some homemade baths salts.   We found an over sized Ball jar and made our own yummy bath salt.  The flavor we ended up using was Grapefruit Mint and it smelled so good.  

one down and many more to go

Chamberlain had his first soccer game last Saturday. 

Fun Facts:

They play 4 on 4.

 They have no Goalies. 

They don't keep score.

Its just to have fun.

His team has Green Jersey's.

Oh, and Chamberlain insisted that he wear his BYU hat the entire game.

Things of note:

1. Chamberlain never stopped playing, he just kept going and going and going. Looking at the last picture 3 of his teammates are playing in the grass and Chamberlain is running for the ball.

2. He scored 3 goals all for the other team.  Which he had no idea it was for the Orange team. He as well as his teammates were just happy he scored.

3. The other team (orange shirts) had 5 year olds turning 6 , they were bigger and understood the rules.  They had the ball most of the time.  Chamberlain would run down to the goal to be the goalie, so they couldn't score.  I was just impressed that he wasn't afraid of all the orange men running at him.

4.  Looking at these pictures I realize that he needs soccer shorts, and not thuggish ball shorts like his dad and uncles.

5. We cant wait for his next game!

doughnuts

Today we ran some errands in downtown Provo.

Josh and Uncle Tim had to stand in long lines.

I decided to entertain the boys with a walk. 

This is where we ended up. 

I must admit I have had a love for their 

MAPLE BAR DOUGHNUT

since College.  

photo fun.

 

We heard a noise outside yesterday. 

We were curious, so we paused our game of Mariokart, and had to check it out.

It was our neighbors doing some remodeling in the backyard.

It was nice outside.

So we decided to have an impromptu photo shoot, by our favorite stump.

The best part is Chamberlain's many face's in all the pictures. 

We had fun.  

I have been waiting

and waiting for these lovelies to bloom. 

I heart Lilacs.

Especially purple ones. 

They smell SO good!

Just one of the things I love about where we live. 

Just thought I'd share.

Oh and Happy Cinco de Mayo.

We celebrated with fish tacos. Yum. 

scooter video

This is video that Josh took from his phone of Chamberlain riding his scooter in the cave.

hard days work

Our last stop on our break was K-town. My mom had to work since my dad had meetings.
Chamberlain wanted to be with his Grandma so we went to work.
Boy did we have fun.



I think all of my family members along with my friends who have visited the cave have pictures in front of the Ti-pi with Chief Moqui. I believe that almost all children that come to the cave have a hard time going past this point. Chief Moqui is scary. In fact when I was growing up Grandpa Garth had Chief Moqui rigged so that he would talk to you as you walked by and move his tomahawk. It freaked me out. I would close my eyes and run past as fast as I could. From the looks of this picture it seems to me that Chamberlain has the same reservations as I. He always had to have someone go back there with him. Now that I think about it, in our earlier years of marriage, before Chamberlain, Josh and I had a boxer named Boba and she was even scared to go back there.

Working in a cave all day, especially when it is busy, you have to be really creative in finding things for a 3 year old to do. I can't imagine taking Chamberlain to work everyday like my Grandparents did, as well as my parents.
We just happened to have his Razor in the car with us. I remember my brothers riding from the entry way all the way back to the fluorescent minerals on their big wheels. I also remember my Grandma Laura telling me of the roller skating parties my Aunt Siri had there as a child. I thought why not pull out the Razor. Its about a 200 ft. ride down hill. He loved it. Best of all it kept him busy. Notice Josh in the background. That's because someone had to stand by Chief Moqui so he could scooter past.

After school Auntie Sage came to join us. This is Chamberlain's best friend.
He follows her everywhere.
At the cave we have a door frame where my Grandpa Garth kept track of my dad and his siblings height. My parents have kept up the tradition. Every year we all get measured, along with spouses, cousins, good friends, and employees.
We measured Chamberlain this trip and he is the same height as Sage when she was 5 and the same height as Truett when he was about 6, and a hair shorter than Shelbie when she was 5. Remember that he is ONLY 3.

Grandma has been doing some cleaning and remodeling of the curio. She happened to come across my Mickey Mouse watch that I got when I was in the 5th or 6th grade at Disneyland. I remember picking it out and I remember the red watch that Shelbie picked out with Minnie. My watch still works, and it totally fits Chamberlain. When he wears it, I think it makes him look like a real boy and not a toddler anymore. He is so grown up.

I just liked this picture. He is always pulling faces. Plus
its with his best friend, Auntie Sage.