Summertime

Considering my last post was in March, I thought I should at least give an honorable mention to summertime. Summer went by super fast and was filled with water days and trips to the gardens. We also decided to go on some hikes with the kids, which is a major feat for me since I'm no hiker. These are some fun pictures of us a Bridal Veil Falls.


And some at the Thanksgiving Point Children's Gardens.


I also stayed super busy being in the production of Pirates of Penzance up at the castle theater. This was my second time in this production and it was even more fun than the first. Although I almost died walking in the fourth of July Parade.


In August we got to fly to Ohio and hang out with Ben's family for a week and a half. We haven't been able to go to Ohio in over 2 years, so it was fun to see everyone and let the cousins play together.
We were sad to see summer end, but we had a great time and are looking forward to all the Holidays coming up!

St. Patricks Day

I love St. Patricks Day! My family is Irish and I was always proud that my first name means "Irish Girl" and my last name meant "Irish Person". I remember my mom dying our milk and pears green, and decorating our lunch bag with stickers, while most kids were content to just wear something green.

Each year the plot gets a little more elaborate at our house, and this year the leprechauns ransaked the place. We left some green snickerdoodles to lure them in and it must of worked.

There was toilet paper everywhere and the couch cushions were all messed up. We presumed they were riding their little horses on them.

Then they stuffed the kids clothes with pillows and filled their shoes with green legos.

We found of trail of gold throughout the house and realized they tricked us again. They didn't leave real gold, but candy instead.

They went through all the cupboards looking for mischief and even turned our milk green.

Instead of cereal they replaced it with green candy rings.

And instead of a flower centerpiece they filled it with green jolly rancher sticks. Those sneaky leprechauns even used our bathroom leaving the water green and didn't even flush. My they were quite tricky this year and we didn't catch a single one. However, Ella and Hyrum felt we shouldn't try to catch them as they are so much smaller than us and probably really nice people.

We had pot of gold soup for dinner (potato cheese soup in bread bowls) and rainbow drink (rainbow sherbet and 7 up) I think the kids only ate the drink and a few bites of bread, but I enjoyed it. It was a great day today.

2009

I have been long absent from the blogging world. Life got really busy and I had to decide between living life or writing about it. However, I feel like things are a little more balanced now and grandparents are anxiously waiting updates.

October

Ella started her first ballet class

She felt so sick the day of the performance but didn't want to miss it.

Ella turned 4 and had her first birthday party.
We did Fancy Nancy!

The girls decorating purses

Having a Tea Party Fancy Nancy style

Going shopping for the gifts to put in purses.

Hyrum was dracula for Halloween

Logan our sweet bumble bee

Ella a princess (what else?)

Hyrum lost his first tooth. It was quite an ordeal.
We let him listen to an my ipod while I held him as daddy pulled it.
Alot of bribery was involved.



November

I got to perform at a fundraiser for my former theater to raise money.
I was a silly girl from Beauty and the Beast
and Ruth from Pirates of Penzance.
This is the mansion where we performed.

The ballroom where the performances were.

This is the front entrance. It was so fun to perform here.
Except for the ride home in which I got some food poisoning and
threw up on the side of the road. Good times.

Thanksgiving in Boise

Ella helping grandma make rolls.

Uncle Tyler getting some loves.



December

Opening presents Christmas eve. I only posted a
few pictures because there are a million.
Logan riding his bike from grandma and grandpa Rohrbach.

Decorating cookies for Santa

Robes and jammies I sewed for the kids.

Christmas morning

Hyrum's new camera

Ella's jewelry box

Here is a brave picture of me with no makeup!
Opening my Miche bag from Ben.

The favorite toy. The older kids would not even let him play with it.

New addition to our family.
Billy the Russian tortoise.

Hyrum and his beloved Legos

Well that catches up last year. We had a lot of fun, a lot of family, and a lot of memories. Hopefully I can stay caught up with 2010.

Summer

I haven't blogged anything since July and this is why:

Hawke Family Reunion up at McCall



Camping in the back yard with the kids.




Ward Campout ( I was in charge of planning)



Other things that happened this summer:

* Lots of BBQ's and Water Parties!

* I cut my hair short (8 inches)

* I got contacts

* I hit my 100 workout at Curves

* I got called as the Activity Committe Chair Person for our ward

* Hyurm started first grade

* Ella returned to computer class

* Hyurm started soccer

I'm sure I'm missing a ton of stuff and I didn't take my camera for alot of things (I'm not big on taking pictures) so you'll just have to take my word that it was a busy summer. I'm so glad that it's fall and things are back on a schedule. I might even blog more than once every 3 months.

Fourth of July BBQ

It is a tradition in my family to have a neighborhood BBQ on the fourth of July. So, for the last 3 years we have continued that tradition in our own little neighborhood. We provide the burgers, hot dogs, drinks, and paper products and then everyone brings a side dish. We had about 30 people this year and we had tons of fun.

We set up the yard with kiddie pools, tents, balls, ect. and the kids pretty much entertained themselves while the adults were able to actually eat and visit.

After dinner we went to another neighbors house to set off fireworks we all bought and we gave the kids a bunch of glow sticks so we could keep tabs on them. Then we walked over to the ball field to watch the Stadium of Fire, which was pretty disappointing this year. We still had a great holiday together with our friends and look forward to doing it again next year.

A Green Thumb

This is the first year we have attempted a garden. We've never bothered before because the deer eat everything in sight. However, this year Ben put a huge wire fence around the whole thing and the good news is the deer haven't eaten the garden yet. The bad news is bugs have. We still have been able to keep them growing, but boy are gardens a ton of work. This is why I stuck to planting a flower garden and Ben is in charge of the vegetables. He planted cucumber, zucchini, squash, green beans, cherry tomatoes, and roma tomatoes. So far we've had one cherry tomato ripe enough to eat. We had the ceremonial tasting of said tomato and I'm really excited for the rest to come in.

Hyrum's T-Ball

Hyrum finished t-ball several weeks ago, but I never posted the pictures of him with his medal. He was so proud of that medal.

Several of their games got rained out and one game they just kept playing in the pouring rain.
Their last game was so hot that Ben had to keep pulling him into the shade so he wouldn't pass out from heat exhaustion. I say he definitely earned that medal.