74: ryder's talent show debut

The talent show was tonight! Ryder was part of an ensemble that did a little dance to Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal". He loved it and had such a great time! He's the ham of the family and definitely likes the spotlight! I'll try to post a video soon.

73: catching fire..book 2

Started a the 2nd book today of the Hunger Games series: Catching Fire.

72: had a great run

Didn't really want to go running this morning, but I forced myself out the door. Believe it or not, this was one of my best runs! 4 miles at almost a 9 minute mile. I guess I wanted it to be over quicker so I ran fast!

71: better late than never

So we're a few days off from the annual balloon picture..

70: daylight savings

Daylight savings..time to spring forward!

{with 9:00a.m. church..it was a very tough day!}

69: school carnival

The annual Tony Tobin Elementary School spring carnival. Junk food, hair painting, rock wall, merry go round, booths with throwaway prizes, and gift basket raffles that we never ever seem to win! I have 4 more years of these to go!

{Jayden informed me that he had 10 of these cotton candies..like mother, like son!}

68: i love to see the temple

I met up with Jim this afternoon to do an earlier session. I took this picture from my car and used this great new app {awesomizer} to edit it. It just amazes me what phones can do these days! I find myself using my camera less and less. 

67: an official teenager in the house

Skyler turned 13 today! A teenager! For months he's been complaining that he's the "ONLY" person who doesn't have a cell phone at his school! I can't emphasize ONLY enough. Jim and I decided that it was probably time. We went and got him one..and NO, it's not a smartphone! Not under my roof will my child have a data plan and internet access at anytime or place!! I wrapped it up and when it came time for him to open it, we secretly called the number.  All of a sudden it dawned on him that the ringing was coming from the bag and he knew immediately what it was! He was so excited! I just can't believe how quickly 13 years have gone. If you were to ask me this 5 years ago, it wasn't quick enough, but now, I want time to SLOW DOWN!! We went through his baby book this morning and it brought back so many great memories! It's been a pretty fun ride!

66: arise and shine forth

We had our Young Women's New Beginning's tonight. The 2012 mutual theme is:  Arise and shine forth that thy light may be a standard for the nations {D&C 115:5} So for our handout, we gave them these little lanterns and I tied on the cute quote with the theme on it. I tied 45..but it warms my heart because I had one of my old laurels, who is now in college, facebook me when I posted this picture, telling me that she still has all her handouts I made for her. When I hear that, it's sooo worth the work!

65: look who has inherited my eyes

I took Jayden to the eye doctor back in September. He said that his eyes weren't perfect, but not terrible either. He wrote us a prescription for glasses and because we were in a hurry {because the appointment took so long}, we never got the glasses. Fast forward 6 months and while cleaning my car, I found the prescription in my center console. So off we went to find some glasses. Jayden is as indecisive as me, but he finally narrowed his selection down. These are the frames he went with. I think he looks very handsome and smart! He's actually very excited to get them. I was actually excited because I guess our eye insurance pays for his glasses. Up until 6 months ago, I didn't even know we had eye insurance! 

64: more computer work

Woke up with a bad sore throat and an earache so I was homebound today. My opportunity to finish my advertising homework. Finished creating the tickets for the boy scout fundraiser. This will have to do for my potd, because it's really all I did! {actually the boys' got much needed haircuts..but I forgot to take a picture}

63: last day

Our cozy little bungalow..the blue house! The bird of paradise is getting a little out of control, but we Jim picked some weeds and washed down the months of dust.

Oh yes I did..finished the book in about a day! I just knew that I needed to do it while on vacation because I have a hard time just sitting and gratuitously reading a book. It just feels a little too indulgent to just sit my day away when I'm at home and read, especially when there is so much to do!

62: sunny beach, freezing water

 Another beautiful day on the island. Sunny and in the low 80's. The sun was out in full force, but the water was so cold it hurt my stomach to put my toes in it. That didn't stop the boys. Only Bryce had a wetsuit, but he assured us it was still freezing. They wanted to go snorkeling and they did. They sounded like little school girls through their snorkels every time they saw a fish. It was comical. Besides the glass bottom boats, they had lover's cove to themselves.

Another thing we love to do while lazily sitting, doing very little, is to eat {ice cream, in particular} but this time french fries for Jayden and popcorn for me. The mangy and very brazen  seagulls got into my beach bag and stole my bag of popcorn. It took the bird forever to figure out how to get it out. For me, it was entertainment..next to the new book I started.

61: skyler's birthday trip to catalina

We decided to take a quick trip to Catalina for Skyler's birthday. We let him bring 2 friends to celebrate: Brody and Bryce! We had an incredible boat ride over with a virtual Sea World show. I don't think I have ever seen so much wildlife in one ride. There were whales breaching, flying fish, and pods and pods of dolphins riding the waves. It was pretty amazing. The weather was phenomenal! Gorgeous, clear, and sunny. As soon as we got there, we did the normal circle island tour. The boys wasted no time climbing rocks and chucking rocks down the mountain. Good times!

60: boy scout poster

I have the unofficial calling, at church, of creating invitations, posters, fliers, and anything of the such..I even have that unofficial calling in my sister's ward too. Today, it was for the boy scout auction. The poster looks rather simple, but this took me a loooong time in photoshop!  It looks even more impressive in poster size and laminated on foam core {which ended up being free because Staples messed up the first order..love when that happens}.