Science Fair

Our elementary had their science fair this week and most teachers let the kids choose if they want to do a project....but, Oakley's teacher required them to. Luckily he let them work with partners. I HATE SCIENCE FAIR!! It is seriously NOT MY DEAL!! BUT....this working with a partner thing was SO MUCH BETTER!!

Oakley and her little friend Katie chose to work together and the decided to do their project on Water Electrolysis. You hook a battery up to some pencil leads and there are two kinds of gases in water and the one clings to one pencil and the other to the other pencil. You can see the little bubbles on the pencil on the right. It worked! Yay!

Not only did it work, BUT....they got 3RD PLACE! They were SO EXCITED! Oakley was very surprised because some of her friends had some pretty neat projects. It makes me proud of her and the work her and Katie put into it. Way to go Science Girlies!!

HOEDOWN THROWDOWN

Last night was Oakley, Rhett and Laiklie's spring dance recital. They were excited about it, and since it was Rhett's 1st recital he was extremely nervous. Infact, as I was curling the girls hair to go he came in the bathroom and told me that he had gone in his room and said a little prayer so he wouldn't be nervous! EXTREMELY PROUD MOMMY MOMENT! I am so glad that something that I have taught my children - the fact we can pray anytime, anywhere, about anything - has stuck!! Yay!

Since I just posted pictures of Oakley clogging a few weeks ago I decided that I would just post pictures of my little ones! Sorry about the crappy lighting. That comes with dance recital pictures! Laiklie is the one on the left and Rhett on the right. This dance is called "Get Your Jammies On" and so they are wearing their pj's and have their stuffed animals for the end of the dance. It is a super cute dance. The giant hand you can see in the picture is their teacher....she sits at the front of the stage and helps them through the dance. They did great! This dance "Old McDonald" (a rap version of it....SUPER CUTE!) was the hit of the night. The crowd LOVED all the little animals doing their thing! Rhett is the one and only cow and Laiklie is one of the sheep....the 2nd in from the right. This is Laiklie in her Sheep costume. She NEVER smiles and thinks for some reason that she had to keep her chin in costume at all time! :) There is a part of the dance where her and the other sheep come out and shake their little tails and it was SO STINKING CUTE! Here is FUZZY Rhett. Sorry...fuzz also comes with dance recital pictures!

Oakley danced her 2 dances and then her 5 solos and did great on all....LIKE USUAL!

The teacher taught all her students the "Hoedown Throwdown" from Miley Cyrus and that was the grand finale. It was a fun night and I was sure proud of all 3 of my little cloggers! We finished the night off with ice cream cones before bedtime! If you look close you can see ice cream all the way down her chin!

Sleeve Napkin! Duh!!Dallin likes to purposely get an ice cream mustache.Smiley!!

*Here is just a little clip of Rhett and Laiklie dancing "Get Your Jammies On!"

Blastoff

This coming July will be 3 years since Ryan and I had the opportunity to go on Trek with our stake. We got to be the ma and pa to a group of amazing (and drama filled) teenagers. One of the teenagers we were able to be ma and pa to was a young woman named Shae. Shae was handpicked for our "trek family" because she has Type 1 Diabetes....something Ryan and I know a little bit about! Shae is now a senior in high school and for her senior project she did a gathering for all the T1 diabetic kids and their families. We were invited to BLASTOFF! Blastoff is one of my kids VERY FAVORITE PLACES EVER!! I love this picture of my ratty haired - messy faced baby! You can see she was in heaven!:) Rhett showing his sliding SKILLS!

They opened the entire facility to the T1 diabetics and their families. Usually you have to pay separate to rock climb, mini golf and laser tag. The three big kids rock climbed over and over and did some mini golf. The laser tag line was too long! I LOVE this picture of Rhett looking up to see HOW MUCH FURTHER he has to go!

It kind of surprised me that Dallin was a little hesitant to try the rock climbing and would only try it after he saw big sister Oakley and little brother Rhett try. He LOVED it though and once he started didn't want to stop.

And here is our little T1 diabetic herself. It is only because of this sweet girl and this disease that has affected every minute of her life that we were even invited to this event. (I would choose not being invited over diabetes ANY DAY!!) I am SO GRATEFUL for the chance Ryan and I got to meet Shae and be a part of her life. She is an amazing young woman and I hope Oakley can continue to make a difference in others lives the way Shae has.

Eventful Weekend

Last Sunday at the end of sacrament meeting the bishop announced that next week we would be getting a new bishopric. We were like everybody else talking about it non-stop....who it would be. Sunday after church we went to my parents for dinner and visiting and late that night when we got home we had a message on our machine that the stake president would like to speak to Ryan and his wife. A new bishop wasn't so fun anymore when we discovered....WE MIGHT BE PART OF IT! AH!!! So, Tuesday night after a very quick young womens (and trying not to let on that I HAD TO GO because we had an interview at the stake center) I ran home and changed. We got to the stake center at 8:45 and by 8:50 they had asked Ryan to be the new 2nd counselor in the bishopric. We then got ushered into the high council room where we met with the new bishop and the other counselor and all the new ward clerks and their wives. It was a neat thing to be a part of.

So - Friday Ryan and I run to town and got him the only suit that would fit him at the mall for Sunday. Sunday rolled around and I had to be there early to practice a song with the YW that they were singing in sacrament meeting. The kids and I got there at 8:30 and Ryan's family all started filing in and all the sudden 10 minutes to 9 I started questioning if Ryan was going to show-up or not! :) About 5 to 9 he came in looking as sick as ever. HE WAS SOOO NERVOUS! They started the meeting a little early which made him more nervous because he knew he would be called on to speak and be the last speaker and have to not only have something amazing to say, but take up the remainder of the time also. Once they called him up on the stand and announced the rest of the program and he and the other counselor weren't on it you could see the relief on his face.

When he finally got home that afternoon I told him, "You did great today Ryan." and he said, "What do you mean, I didn't have to do anything?" I said, "Well, you didn't throw-up or pass out, so you did great!!" Ha, ha! Poor guy! He will be a great counselor to the bishop and he will learn and grow so much from this calling along with his family. I am SO GRATEFUL for a husband who is a worthy priesthood holder who has a testimony of the truthfulness of this gospel. He is such a blessing in our lives and hopefully now in the lives of our ward family also.

ACCIDENT DAY/CAMOUFLAGE DAY

Ryan ran away with my laptop yesterday so I didn't get to post our spirit week photo. So....here is yesterdays - Accident Day

My 3 little accidents....HA, HA!!

And todays Camouflage Day. The kids have had a good week and it was a fun to have something different at school to look forward to for a minute!!

SUPER HERO DAY

Today - Day #2 was SUPER HERO DAY! They were cute this morning as they put on their capes....ready to take on the world! :) I didn't want to forget Rhett's picture this time, so I made him slip on his super hero cape over his pj's to be in the picture....so, I promise I am not sending him to school in Halloween pajama pants!:)

Spirit Week - NERD DAY

This week at our elementary is Spirit Week. The kids were SUPER EXCITED about it all weekend. We didn't have school yesterday (YAY) so today was the first day and it was NERD DAY! This is Oakley and Dallin. We were a little hectic trying to get Rhett out the door to Kindergarten this afternoon and I forgot to take his picture. He looked very similar to Dallin, but with red nerd glasses. What a bunch of SUPER CUTE NERDS!!