Life Lately!

What in the world happened?  It's been almost a month since I've posted last!

Just a re-cap of what has been keeping us so busy lately...

Pre-game intimidation!

Payton, Sawyer, and Sage played Rec Basketball!  The season only consisted of 8 games, which lasted about 2 months.  The twins were on the same team, thankfully.  Watching 5 year olds play basketball is hilarious!  They travel all over the court, bounce the ball off the walls and yet continue to play, and sometimes they just stand in one place with their arms up in the air waiting for the ball to come to them.  

Whenever Sawyer would get the ball, he would travel around until he got an open shot, and then shoot.  

Sage's favorite thing to do was stand directly under the hoop with her arms straight up.  Sometimes, she would get really aggressive and go after the ball.  That was fun to watch because the more comfortable she got with playing the game, the better she'd get at defense.  

But seriously, watching 5 year olds play basketball is hilarious.  

My little ballers!

Payton at half-time!

Payton had so much fun during this season!  Every time any of my kids made a basket, they'd look at me in the crowd, and I'd give them the thumbs up sign to let them know I was proud of them.  Payton was also really great at scoring.  It was so much fun to watch her.  Each of them said they prefer playing basketball over going to their dance classes!

Basketball is in their genes.  Their grandpa Walch played for BYU Idaho, and their mom and dad played throughout high school.  They already can't wait until next year when the season starts up again.

Last week was Spirit Week at school because of a big basketball tournament for the 7th and 8th graders.  Last Tuesday was Crazy Hair/Pajama Day.  Sawyer wanted nothing to do with it this time around, but the girls were very excited to dress up for it.  To keep it simple for myself, I suggested that we just add a bunch of hair bows, which they were excited about, so that's what we did.  Their American Girl Dolls have these matching pajamas that they are wearing.

Payton competed in the Spelling Bee for our school district last Wednesday night.  For each class, in grades 2-8, they choose the top 2 spellers to compete against each other.  Payton was chosen as one of the two in her class!  It was so exciting!  My sisters and I competed in these Spelling Bees when we were little.    When my sister Meridith saw this picture of Payton, she said that those privacy dividers were probably the same ones that were used during our days.  I think she is right.  Everything was pretty much the same as when we competed in them 20 years ago.

After 4 incorrectly spelled words, competitors are dismissed.  This picture is right after Payton was dismissed.  She was bummed she didn't make it further, but we are so proud of her even for making it to the Spelling Bee!  When she was feeling down about it, I reminded her how talented she was, and it was just an honor to have even made it to the Spelling Bee, and to be one of the top spellers in her class!

Just a few other exciting things lately…

My Grandma and Aunt Sherece are visiting!  Sherece lives in Arizona, so she has been loving this rain we have been having!  It's such a nice break for her from all the desert sun.

Grandma and I are both really into essential oils, and so it's so much fun to share stories with her and how they've helped us!

Dad had a birthday yesterday, and so I made him a chocolate cake AND apple pie because that's what he requested!

We had an earthquake a few hours ago with a magnitude of 6.9 and the epicenter isn't too far from here.  Luckily, there hasn't been a threat of a tsunami as a result.  The kids were all asleep in bed, but it was pretty powerful and definitely rocked our house.

I am officially in the 3rd trimester of this pregnancy.  It's going by pretty fast, and I still have so much to do in preparation for this baby!  May 23rd is going to come so soon!

Dad bought Sawyer and Sage their own set of nunchucks because they love to watch Bruce Lee together.  Bruce Lee was amazing.  Now all my kids practice their karate chops and kicks.  This movie clip has been been watched a countless amount of times, and it never gets old to my kids (and don't worry…there are no nunchucks swinging near any body parts in this house!)...