March 2017

It's always fun to catch a minute or two of Olivia in dance class through the reflection on the door. She loves going to dance.

March 1, 2017

I had cut her hair the day before and cut off about 6 inches and added in more layers but it wasn't very noticeable since it's still long. She would sit on her hair and so it was time to cut some off.

Ashton was in the school storytelling competition. His friend Cyrus was his partner and they told the story A Bear's Tail. They did a great job. This was before when the person in charge was giving them tips and pointers.

March 3, 2017

The judges picked 5 winners to move on to the district storytelling festival and they were one of them.

We weren't able to go up to the cabin for a couple weeks and it had snowed a couple times. So when we got there our snowmobile that was in the parking lot was completely buried. This was after shoveling some of the snow off to find the top of it. It took a couple hours to get it dug out since it was like concrete it was so packed and hard. And then the ground under the snow had a couple inches of ice that the snowmobile was stuck in.

March 4, 2017

The kids had fun playing and sledding around the parking lot while we dug it out.

And this was after getting it out completely. There's still a 4-wheeler buried in the pile of snow to the left of this spot that was parked right next to us.

One of Ashton's friends had come up too so they made small sledding hills to play on while waiting.

Our school had a family night at Classic Skating and the kids brought their scooters to ride around on. Kaleb tried skates but quickly switched them in for roller blades.

March 6, 2017

Matt tried out the roller blades but wasn't the best at balancing on them. He had Ashton and Olivia to hold on to. It was a fun night and the kids had a blast riding around.

Ashton's dentist suggested we see an orthodontist about his underbite and teeth crowding. And he also mentioned that he thinks based on old x-rays Ashton might be missing 2 permanent teeth. We ended up going to Neibaur Orthodontics because they were right by our house and a good price. And whatever you spend on Phase 1 treatment it gets applied to the cost of Phase 2 later.

He is missing his 2 incisors right next to his top two front teeth. The unfortunate part is we had just pulled out one of them not knowing there wasn't a permanent tooth and we would have left it alone had we known. They put an expander in that we had to crank each night to expand his top palate. When he gets his permanent teeth in we'll figure out which option to do for his missing teeth but with such a small mouth you can't tell one is missing anyways.

March 7, 2017

Ashton is my 'extreme' child and what I mean is, he can push my buttons and drive me the craziest, but he's also the sweetest and most loving kid ever too. Both side of the spectrum he likes to max out. :) He'll leave random notes or treats around for us like this one I found in my bathroom one morning.

March 10, 2017

My cousin Jenna came home from her mission and we all went to the airport to see her. She was serving in California and had a great time there.

March 11, 2017

Matt's brother's family was in town for a weekend and so Matt took the day off and they hiked up Ensign Peak. Olivia loves her cousin's and we don't see them that often so she loved every second of it.

March 13, 2017

Another one of Ashton's notes.

March 14, 2017

This was at the district storytelling competition. They did a great job again and didn't even look nervous. Ashton did have to practice talking clearly before having just had braces put on.

March 18, 2017

We always check on Olivia before going to bed and sometimes she ends up in the funniest positions. This one wasn't too crazy but I'm surprised she doesn't fall out of her bed more often.

March 20, 2017

Preschool field trip to the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum. I hadn't ever been there, my kids all had, and so it was fun to see everything there although it's crowded.

March 21, 2017

She made a good foreman telling everyone what to do!

She made sure to fix this car with all the different tools. It was a fun field trip and I loved watching her explore everything.

I've never found cute light decorations for Easter since I'm not a fan of the light pastel colors and so I tried making my own out of Christmas lights and wire hangers. It worked pretty good but was more time consuming than I thought it would be. Not pictured are the 2 carrots I made to go along with the bunnies.

March 22, 2017

I'm not even sure where we are in this picture. I know it was date night and we were probably at dinner somewhere but that's about it. :)

March 24, 2017

Our neighbor got a puppy. He already has one dog, Bella, and now he has Gus. Olivia loved spending time with him running around the yard and wearing each other out.

March 29, 2017

We had a couple neighbor boys over while their parents were out of town and they were having fun playing Mario Kart together.

March 30, 2017