Fun times in the Freezing Spring

I woke up this morning with my puffy feet, swollen hands and giant face, and I looked out the window to see a hard frost....sigh. C'mon Spring!! But, when I looked harder, I saw my daffodils budding, onions poking up in my garden, and I even heard birds chirping!! Spring is coming, she is just taking her time. About the swollen-ness, some mornings I just wake up a water balloon. It's weird, there is now rhyme or reason to it, it just happens sometimes. Sweet. Just another perk of being 8 months pregnant! Here are some of the exciting happenings of the last little while at our house....

-Elliott wanted to buy another Zhu Zhu pet, so he did some chores. He earns 25 cents a chore, and in 2 days, he earned 18 quarters! He is a determined kid.

-Lucy learned to criss-cross jump rope yesterday! She has been trying for over a year and yesterday she finally got it! Now she is a criss-cross pro and it's all she does all day long.

-Mike found a newsboy cap that fits his head and he loves it. I found one at Target for the baby, and Elliott got one online from Gap! There will most certainly be pictures to come, we are just waiting on our littlest model to show up to the shoot.

-Elliott, Lucy, Mike, Uncle Jason, and cousin Rowan are going to the Monster Truck Rally today. I will not be going because as Mike says, "they don't make ear plugs for my tummy."

The rest of our happenings can be seen in the following pictures...enjoy!

Lucy went on a special geo-caching date with Dad to the caves in Kuna! Here is a picture of her underground after climbing down a dark ladder into the cave.

Lucy loves her Cousin Joy, and to honor her keen fashion sense, Lucy popped the lenses out of some old 3-D glasses and created her new, favorite fashion accessory. She wanted to wear them to school, but I had to nix that idea.

Another Kuna geo-caching adventure while I was napping one Saturday. Dad took the kids and Cousin Rowan out for some adventures.

Lilly had a Birthday! There was a baby ( of sorts...I think it was a little rubber rat) in the cake, and Uncle Mike found it. We love having the Wilsons and Emily and Jason so close, these Sunday birthday bashes are the best!

Elliottt and I created and laminated a driver's license for him. He isn't happy with the picture I chose....apparently it isn't tough enough for him!

Lucy tested for her Blue Belt! Usually, we just take it easy and let her test in about 3 months, but green belt class was getting huge, so we decided to try for 2 months this time. She was amazing. She practiced after school most days, made it to 3 classes a week every week, and she did it in 2 months! Look at some of the cool stuff she got to do.

Her form. I love this backstance pose because it looks like tai chi to me.

One step sparring. She got to take down an older boy! SWEET!

Breaking a board with her back kick. No explanation needed.
They gave us coupons for Jamba Juice. It is just down the way from the studio, and if you wore your uniform you got a free teeny jamba. Very cool.

And here is the belt.
Congrats Lucy, we are so proud of you!

On a cold, snowy day, we got to watch Elliott's friend, Bo. I decided to take them on a field trip to my favorite store in Boise...Powell's Sweete Shop!! They loved it, and so did I.

Mike loved it too because I brought him home some chocolate covered bacon on a stick....mmmmm.
Those are our happenings, stay tuned for monster truck updates, baby shower reports, and pregnancy pics! Love you .