The Count Down to SUMMER Break!!

I can't believe the weather!!! I am so excited that it is finally starting to feel like summer. I only have 7 days of school left!!! Although I still have a lot of grading and things to do in my classroom before I can "checkout" for the summer. I can't wait to have a little bit of freedom. This is the time of year all of the long hours at work and take home projects pay off. I get a 2 1/2 month break. I must say I am already planning "projects" for next school year.

This past Saturday we went up Provo Canyon and had dinner with Jake & Megan, Zac, and Shane. I love summer for things like that. I love having BBQ's, staying up late, baseball games, it's light until 9:00 pm, it's light in the morning, swimming, and most of all having more time to be with family and friends. Brian's already started coaching baseball again this year. So for the next month we'll be at the ball park alot. A few weeks ago he took his team to watch the UVU baseball team play. It got me really excited for summer!!Bentley at UVU

Ice Skating Part 2

Tonight we decided we'd taking Bentley ice skating for family night. They have these cool little things that little kids can use to ice skate so we thought that Bentley could surely do it. We got out on the ice and he struggled like crazy. After about 2 minutes we started thinking that we should just head home. We decided to just let him go on his own instead of holding on to him and he got it within minutes and LOVED IT!! We came home and signed him up for summer classes to ice skate. He's extremely excited. He called grandma Vicki and said "I'm going to be an ice skater." I'm excited to see how he does in the class.

Bentley pausing for a picture

Bentley getting up from a fall.

Bentley thought he needed to race all of the kids on the ice. Here's a video of him drag racing with a girl who was about 7.

*Note: The pictures and the video were taken with the cell phone.

Ice Skating

Last night Brian told me he was taking me on a date. All he would tell me about the date was to bring a jacket because it would be chilly. I asked can I wear heels, he said sure. His friends were going shooting so I thought for sure that was where we were going (FYI I hate shotgun shooting. Handguns on the other hand, well they're okay). When we got on the freeway headed north I decided that probably wasn't it. Well we ended up at the Seven Peaks Ice Skating Rink. At first I was a little hesitant to go, but we had a blast!! I love that Brian likes to plan surprises. He always has tricks like this up his sleeve. I love it!! He is so sweet and always plans things just perfect, always with me in mind and what I would like.

I must note that I was actually better than Brian. He usually kicks my trash at whatever we do, even cooking. So I was quite excited to find, that besides cleaning, there is something I'm better at than him.

Kids Say the Darnedest Things

This post goes quite well with the last one. Bentley always has so many things he wants to do he doesn't like when I say it's bedtime. The other night he decided he would try a few things to see if it would get him out of going to bed right then. This is how it went:
Mom: Bentley it's bedtime.
Bentley: I'm hungry.
Mom: No Bentley you are not hungry.
Bentley: I'm thirsty.
Mom: No Bentley you aren't thirsty.
Bentley: I've got to go potty.
Mom: RUN!
Finally I grabbed him and carried him upstairs. As we were passing by the upstairs bathroom where he saw the bathtub...
Bentley: But I smell like a fish.

I lost it right there. I thought it was hilarious that he would even say he smelled like a fish to get out of going to bed. Silly Boy!!

What Does Your Kid Do at Midnight?

This video shows what happens when Bentley takes at nap. He has a very hard time going to sleep. Unfortunately, Brian and I didn't get to much rest this night. The Parents of the Year Award would definitely go to Brian and Apryl!!

This is Bentley's rendition of throwing up. Personally, I hate to throw up and would never even pretend. Bentley on the other hand... obviously quiet enjoys it, he would prefer to stay up until Midnight and pretend to throw up.

ENJOY!!

If you can't tell from Brian's voice he wasn't the happiest dad on the block that night.

Easter

We had a fun Easter this year. On Saturday, we went out to the Goshen Easter Egg Hunt. It was freezing if you can't tell by the picture. Bentley got a basket of goodies and even got a prize egg. Sadly though, by the time we got to the prize table they had given the prize to someone else so he got $2 instead. I think he probably preferred the money. He loves money.
After the egg hunt, we had Kaulin come over and we made Easter cupcakes and dyed eggs. Later that night, we went to Grandma Vicki's for an Easter party. We had an Easter egg hunt and watched Bedtime Stories. If you haven't seen it, it's a very cute show.
On Easter morning, the Easter bunny led Bentley on an egg hunt to find his basket. When he found it he was quite excited. He got some new fishing supplies and games. We played Hi Ho Cherry-O all day long. That night we went to Grandma Vicki's for family night and had another Easter egg hunt.

Our New Kitchen

On Wednesday night I came home from work and decided I could not longer stand my kitchen cupboards being so unorganized. I organized everything in the summer and sure enough as the school years goes on, everything starts to get a little more cluttered. So I pulled everything out and dejunked my cupboards. Well we haven't had blind in our one kitchen window since we moved in and it drives me crazy. We decided we'd go do that. That lead to buying a curtain, the curtain led to paint, and the paint led to decorating. We finished all of the big stuff today, finally after a few days of my kitchen being torn apart and no oven so we've been eating out, we have our almost final result. There is still a few little touch ups, but for the most part it's done. We went from a white kitchen with no decorations to the pictures below. It's fun to not have plain white anymore.

Bentley loved helping. I just hope he doesn't think he can paint the walls whenever he wants to.