Cute chicks!

We have had our chickens now for a little over a year. They are so well loved! But we may be down to only one laying, and she is the meanest one! I am ready for some new hens, and I want to get more eggs soon. So last Saturday I surprised the kids, and maybe Dave too, and said, "We are going to get some baby chicks today". They were sooo excited. And boy, are they cute!! They were only hatched a few days earlier. It will be around July when they start laying eggs

for us.

Maddi's chick is nugget.

Audrey named hers Pepper.

Kimee's chick is a Sussex and so she named her Yorkshire, Yorkie for short. My chick is a Delaware and so that is what I named her, but we call her Deli for short:)

Spring Break 2017

We had a pretty mellow spring break this year. The highlight was babysitting Tillie. Everyday we went to a park, sometimes two in one day!

We also did a bit of relaxing.

I spent quite a bit of time getting bids to replace our sewer line (not fun). And also bids for shutters in the front room (more fun). I took care of some medical things and made appointments for more. We had one day with friends from school and one day with neighborhood friends over (including swimming in the swim spa). The kids had lots of fun this week and I really enjoyed the time to work on my to do list and not be on a strict schedule.

April Fools

Audrey planned out some funny April fools jokes. She got up really early and put a bunch of random bugs and plastic animals in surprising places like the microwave and butter dish. Maddi taped a big bug above my head while I was still sleeping. It turned out better than they expected because after a while, the tape failed and the big landed right on my cheek! One of my favorite was this note Audrey put on Kimee's desk.

Mystery solved!

We had a big problem in this old house for the past week or so. We started to smell sewer gas coming from the kitchen sink. We did a little research, made some calls, and spent some time cleaning out & bleaching the pipes. We left the window open all week so we wouldn't pass out from the smell.

After all this work, we could still pick up the smell. It was very frustrating!

Tonight I was standing at the sink and noticed the flower pot we have had there for a few weeks. I thought maybe the soil had gotten moldy or something. I picked it up, smelled the soil and then realized this awful smell we have been trying to eradicate for a week was coming from the beautiful bloom.

Christmas Break 2016

Even though I only had seven days off of work, I still managed to get a lot done during Christmas break. Mind you, my focus was not on getting things done. It was on plain old relaxing and having fun with my kids. I like to think back on all that we did so I know that the break was 100% worth it.

Just for fun

• went to a BYU basketball game
• watched the entire season 5 of Once Upon a Time
• lots of fires, movies and popcorn
• made yummy homemade treats
• swimming in the swim spa
• had school friends over
• read a book The Keeper (almost finished)
• watched some adorable neighbor kids so their parents could get home improvements done
• date night- saw Rogue One in the fancy recliner theater while kids had a sleepover at cousins
• went to Peppermint Place on it's last day and bought a bunch of candy at 75% off

Things that were accomplished:

• Balanced the checkbook and set up a Roth IRA account!
• Finally redid the caulking in the shower. Yahoo! That's been on my list for about a year.
• Made a few dreaded phone calls (RC Willey, PG City, Arctic Spa Store)
• trip to DI
• hung up pictures on the walls downstairs
• Kimee got to go to the temple, practice her ensemble piece, and almost finish her math homework.
• Audrey practiced basketball with dad and is almost finished her Faith in God.
• Maddi learned a bunch of tricks on her string and cleaned her room.