We Are Alive!!!

So, I hope everyone hasn't given up on us, we are still alive.  I blame being pregnant.  I was sick all fall and then life got a little crazy.  Lance started coaching a club volleyball team and I helped him as much as I could.  It was a lot of fun.  I miss coaching.  I did find out that it is hard to coach with kids.  We went to some tournaments up North and then Lance went to one in Cedar.  The girls improved a lot and Taj loves the volleyball girls.  He was always mad when they wouldn't come play at our house.  Anyways, here is what went on this winter and spring.In December we went to Cedar City to say good-bye to Lance's little brother Kevin.  He is now serving a mission, we miss him but he is doing good.  Well, while we were there our pipe to our outside fausett froze and started spraying water inside and out.  Our neighbors saw it and called my parents and they came to our house to find about 6 inches of water in our basement wall to wall.  It was horible and very frustrating.  We however were very lucky.  Not a lot got ruined.  We had to replace some wall and all of the carpet.  It was good in the fact that it made me dejunk a lot.  Lance teased me because I had to throw out  so much.  My AWESOME dad told us not to hire a contractor and he fixed all of our sheet rock.  I am so thankful for my handy father.  We are almost all put together now, it is finally getting warm enough to paint baseboards outside and some other things that was hard to do with all the snow outside.

This is what Emery County looked like all winter.  It was very depressing.  It snowed in December and then tempeture never went above 30 for months so it never melted.  New snow would come and cover the old snow but it would never melt.  We had mountains of snow all over our roads.  We only went out a couple of times to play because it was so cold.  I was so excited for March when the temperture finally went above freezing and the snow started to melt.  I never thought it would but the snow all melted!!!My baby turned 4!!!  I can't believe my baby is 4.  He is so much fun!!!  He makes us laugh so much.  He says the funniest things.  He always tells us "What are you talking about?"  He also has some sayings that shouldn't be funny but it is hard not to laugh, we just wait until he is not looking.  He is going to preschool two days a week and loves it.  He still loves baseball and he loves hanging out with his dad and drinking Mountain Dew.  He tells Lance that he is the best and I am the best punkhead.  I told him that he better snuggle with his dad then and he told me that best punk heads get to snuggle with him.  He is only my baby for one more month, CRAZY!!!
Lance got a new bike with his volleyball and for some reason parked it upside down in our front room. Well Taj was playing with it and started turning the pedal adn getting the wheel turning and then stuck his finger in it. Well, of course it was on a Saturday afternoon so we had to go to the emergency room. He ended up getting five stitches in his index finger and breaking it. They had to sedate him to get the stitches in. I wish they could have to \take them out too. He has to keep his finger wrapped until the end of this week, that's if he lets us take it off. It has been very dramatic but I think we will survive. We are lucky, it could have been a lot worse.

Elli finished her dancing. She was soooo cute! She takes dance with her cousin Hallie. She is getting so big!
Elli turned 6!!! I tried to talk her into staying 5 and in kindergarten, but she didn't want to. She is getting so grown up. She loves school and learning. It is fun to watch her learn to read. She started planning her party in the fall. She had a swim party with the girls in her class. They had so much fun!!! I made those cute cupcakes myself, I am so proud. She had fun being the center of attention, she isn't use to it. She is still shy, but when she gets to know you she will talk your ear off.

Hopefully it won't take as long to post again. I will try to get pictures of the baby up next month after he comes out.