Enrichment Bears

Last week to celebrate the anniversary of the Relief Society we did a service project. We made bears to donate to the police department. It was a pretty laid back night and not huge attendance but I think it went well. We had a few already sewn so people could begin stuffing and hand stitching, a few already cut so the sewers could get started and lots of fabric to begin the cutting process. Mom and I finished up a few and fixed a few at home and this is what it looked like when we were done. I think in all we made 24 bears that night, plus Sis. Palmer added a few more she made at home. They turned out pretty darn cute. And it was a good reminder of how the relief society started, in service to others.

Family Blessings

We were very blessed for a long time to have all of our family nearby. When I was growing up, my grandparents and all my aunts and uncles lived in Arizona. As time goes on they are beginning to spread a bit more, including my sister who abandoned the family and moved to Utah (just kidding about the abandonment stuff) Anyway, when she was in town over our spring break we took time to see family.

Papa came over to visit 2 of his great grandsons...all kids love Papa.

Braden loved being able to be outside (away from Utah snow) and Keaton loves having a friend to keep him company.

We took a trip to Thatcher to see Karilyn's new house and visit with family. It was a beautiful day outside and we all enjoyed chatting while the kids played. Keaton of course would live outside if we let him.

Look at the dirty hands and face. He's such a boy!

The group kid shot...two of these are my cousins but the others are my cousins, kids. I believe this is 9 of 14 great grandchildren on the Levi side of the fam (with 1 or 2 on the way).

And the beautiful front porch of the new house :)

Bathtime Buddies

These boys have so much fun together and after a long day of play they need to get cleaned up. Here they are taking a bath together. Hopefully we'll have more pics of Melissa's visit and cousin fun.

Sitting next to Braden makes my little baby look so grown up. His baby face has turned into a little boy face.

Softball

I love to play softball...it's one of my favorite pass times.

Just over a year ago I started playing softball on Friday nights with a friend from work and her husband, sister, neighbor, etc etc.... Most of us have been playing together for over a year now, minus one season they played Sundays and I didn't play and a few of the girls (3) being pregnant. Well we finally came in 1st place. This is our picture of our victory Friday night - Gilbert Big League Dreams Rookie West Champions. We won the final game 20-6...it was a weird week, not everyone who normally plays was there do to sickness and injury but here's our troop from Friday Night.

In January a few of the newer girls from the Friday night team asked me to sub on their Wednesday night team....well it seemed that someone was always gone so I played every week. They played in Awahtukee. We won our season there too, but for winning the tournament we only got a $25 Fry's gift card (yes for the team as a whole). So they had a barbecue.....These are most of the girls from our team plus an extra friend or two.

Growing, Growing...Gone

Ok well not gone yet but I am amazed at how big Keaton is every day. They recently started a preschool for school district employees at Dobson High and I plan on putting Keaton in there starting August. I know that's still half a year away and he'll barely be 3 but it's all gone by so quickly. Here is some of the latest happenings with this busy boy.

These pics were taken this morning. Keaton chose all his own clothes including shoes and don't forget the glasses. And he's very particular about his hair, when I comb it down he says no mommy not like that, up up up! I wish the pics had turned out better, his genuine smile is eyes squinty mouth open but I told him to smile with his eyes open and mouth closed and he looks a little grumpy but still very cool.

Sunday Keaton wanted to be the photographer. These are his actual photos. Not great but at least there are people in the shot and his finger is not over the lens. Now we're working on getting his finger out of the way of the flash.

GO CUBS! Ok well we aren't really Cubs fans but we did go to spring training on Saturday. We had lawn seats which I thought would be good for Keaton to run around and play a little instead of having to sit, but our friend arrived late with the tickets and the place was totally packed. So it wasn't until the 8th inning when people started to leave, that we got close enough for Keaton to realize it was baseball.

Before the ball game Keaton had his last day of tumbling class. Yes I keep the boy busy although nothing worked out for March so I guess we'll take a break. It was only 4 weeks and he didn't love it as much as soccer but it was still good for him.

Keaton loves his grandpa. On this day Saturday Grandpa was going to ride his bike to work but Keaton really wanted to ride with him so they went on a 45 minute ride around the neighborhood (at Keaton's pace), then Grandpa drove to work.

Well I did take more video of soccer but I'll just post these final pics for now. Keaton loved soccer and I'd keep him going but the class filled up within a few hours so we're out of luck for his season. Here he is on his last day with his medal. He loved soccer.

I think that's it. A review of the last few weeks. I really need to scrapbook some of these pictures and not just blog them, plus I have so many more....I'll put it on my things to do list.