Mason on Two Wheels!

Mason has finally learned how to ride his bike without training wheels! It took him a little longer but he is so happy that he asks to ride every day!!!

This past Wednesday, while I took Brooklyn to activity girls, Jer watched the boys while Mase rose and Dallas played. I can't believe how big Mase is getting!

Brooklyn's DIBLES Test!

Wednesday Brooklyn had her final DIBLES test of the YEAR! We met at the Fort Morgan Library. I just love Brook's teacher Mrs. Deb! She is awesome at answering my questions and concerns.

I am just so proud of our little Brooklyn! She went from reading 50 words per minute at the beginning of the year to 103 words per minute!!!

Brooklyn passed the bench mark for math concepts and math facts. Deb said that Brooklyn is very good at understanding what she reads. She not only can retell you what the story was about, she knows the most important parts!

Brook is all signed up for Spanish one next year. She can't wait for that! I'm a little nervous but excited as well.

I will admit that during the year, I do get frustrated and often think that I cannot continue, but doing these tests and seeing my kid's progress right in front of me really gives me a boost of confidence and makes me really feel like we are doing good and my kids are more than ready for the next school year!!!

After the test, I let Brook and Mason blow off some steam at the park right behind the library.

Mother's Day 2012!

It's Mother's Day! We decided Saturday to run up to Sterling and spend the night at Jer's mom and dad's house. That way we could spend time with them and also run to church the next day. It was nice to sit and chat with them that evening. We put the kiddos to bed. Dallas and Mason woke up at 5 am Sunday morning!!! Jer's poor dad got up with the boys and got them breakfast. I was so tired. I really did not expect  them to wake so early.

We barely made it to church without Dallas falling asleep. (Always a good sign. Ha ha! ;-)) 

The priesthood men gave us a gift of taking our classes while us women went to Relief Society. I have never seen that room so full before!

The lesson was nice. It was all about how there are many wonderful books out there but our scriptures are our most precious and important ones we will ever have. It really touched my heart and reminded me that I need to be more diligent in reading my personal scriptures. I need to write in my scripture journal more often as well. I always feel closer to Heavenly Father when I read every day. My days always run smoother too.  

After Sunday school, I found Brooklyn just bawling her eyes out in the hallway. I was worried and asked her what was wrong. She told me that she had messed up on my Mother's day card and was afraid I might not like it. Her tears broke my heart! She has such a tender heart. I reassured her that no matter what she did, I would love it and a hug from her is better than any old card any day. When she gave it to me, there was no mistake! She had drawn her hand and did not mean to. Silly girl!!!

Brooklyn and Mason sang in sacrament meeting today. Mason said he didn't remember the words and Brook was so sweet, she held his hand and told him to stand next to her and she would help him. I am amazed at how sweet my kiddos can be sometimes! 

Dallas was just awful in Sacrament meeting! he was either screaming or laughing really loud. Jer had to take him out right after the sacrament. It was so embarrassing!!

Jer's mom and I opened our Mother's day cards together. Jer gave me a laptop that I've really been wanting for a long time. Now I can do school no matter where we are!!! The kids and Jer gave me cards! My parents sent me some flowers!

Some of the kids pitched in and gave Jer's mom a gift certificate for a mani an pedi. SWEET!

Planting some of the garden

May 5th Jeremiah and I decided to transplant some of our seedlings into the garden. I didn't know where or how to start so I looked up garden layout on Google and found a website that suggested we Plant from North to South starting with tallest plants, then medium plants and lastly the lower plants to the South. We planted seeds for corn first. Then we planted the green bean seedlings as well as the tomatoes. towards the Southern part of the garden we planted the carrots. We also planted our pumpkins, squash and zucchinis to the side of the main garden since they grow large and tend to vine everywhere.

We still have cucumbers, lettuce, hatch green chilies and peas to plant.

I am not sure if this experiment with work. So far, the plants are all blooming on my "green house" front porch but some of the plants we transplanted are not looking so hot right now. It was in the 80s when we planted but it did get pretty cold a few days later. I still have quite a few plants left but even if they fail, we can use some of our left over seeds and just start all over again. That would break my heart since I have spent a lot of time and money on started my plants from seeds. Oh well, its trial by error I guess!

Mason is one tooth less!

Our silly little Mason has had this loose tooth for weeks and weeks. He refused to wiggle it even a little bit. Luckily it fell out today all by itself because the new tooth is growing in already. My crazy Mason bug! He is SO excited to put his tooth under his pillow. I hope the tooth fairy doesn't forget like she forgot Brooklyn last time. ;-)

Chickens continued

The chickens are now 8 weeks old! The coop is really coming together. If only they'd learn to roost in their own boxes instead of just the one in the corner. :-)