Happy April Fools!

April fools was kind of a silly day....just because of the spring weather! We dyed Easter eggs....

Then, we got on all our snow clothes and headed outside for an Easter snowball fight....tons of springtime fun!

4th Place!

Korinne went from 13th place in February to 4th place in March...what a jump! We can't wait to see what happens at state competition at the end of April.

Way to go sweetie!

Paradise!

Ahhh...paradise! Mexico was everything we dreamed of and more. Can we go back today....please?!
We stayed at a beautiful, all inclusive resort the Grand Riviera Princess. The grounds were gorgeous... Jet skiing and snorkeling was oh so fun! The fish were amazing bright blues and purples...we held star fish...the water was soooo warm and crystal clear...you could see right to the bottom. And look at the color!! Amazing!

Ahhh....our tranquil beach with soft white sand that felt like silk under our feet.

We went on an amazing tour of the Mayan ruins in Chichen Itza and Tulum. Our tour guide was Helaman, and we felt like we were being taught by Helaman from the Book of Mormon. We learned some amazing stuff!

Does this look like a picture right out of the Book of Mormon, or what?

Here's Helaman....he was awesome!

Yes...the water is actually that color! Beautiful!!

This is in Tulum.

Delicious food. Mmmm! I ate a little too much, but I couldn't pass it up.

Yummy fondue.

What a difficult life. We don't really have to go back to reality, do we?

Look at that sunrise. We had to get up pretty early to catch it, but it was so worth it!

We can't wait to go back sometime. Our only regret was we didn't stay long enough!

I'm leaving the country!

It's terrible to admit, but there are some nights when about 8:00 rolls around, I am SO DONE being the mom!! Everyone just go to sleep already! Colby says I need a break....I think I'll leave the country! Mexico and 82 degree weather...here I come!

Ice skating

The kids started ice-skating lessons on Tuesday....and it was quite comical!
Holt cried a little bit at first, but then the instructors gave him a bucket to push around, and he did really good after that.

Korinne, Reagan, McKinley, and Porter all trying to make it across the ice, falling all over each other, of course! But they had a blast!

Go Porter!

Korinne is getting the hang of it!

So much fun! They can't wait for next week. Holt has been asking me every day when do we get to ice skate again!

February Competition

Not the best pictures, but we were sitting pretty far away and this is the best I could get.
Korinne had a beautiful first pass and got pretty high scores (8.7, 8.6, 8.7), so we were pretty excited. Her second pass, she kind of forgot what she was doing. She was supposed to do a whip, 5 backhandsprings, tuck, but she ended up doing a whip and 7 backhandsprings. They looked beautiful, but she lost a lot of points. So, she placed 13th, but she had a great time and grandma Rolli bought her a donut as we were leaving, so it was all good!

Proud of you, as always sweetie! Way to go!

Competition time.

A few pics from Korinne's January competition. She was pretty nervous, but she did pretty good and she had a lot of fun, so I guess that's all that matters. I did my best to capture some good action shots.

First pass....5 backhandsprings, tuck.

Big smile at the end!

I didn't get any good pictures of her second pass, which was whip, 5 backhandsprings, tuck.Awards ceremony.

So proud of you sweetie!

We'll see what February's competition brings! She can't wait!