This year we did 4 competitions instead of 3. And since I am NOT a morning person and we had to be in Provo at 8 AM on a Saturday morning...we decided to go to Provo and stay in a hotel and play with friends and make a mini-vacation out of it. Lori, Brinley and Sam came with us and the Rice family. The kids swam and we had a fun time. The Adams' came to the dance competition and sat for 4-5 hours...that is true friendship!
Wow it is hard to believe that Stockton will go to high school next year?!? What happened to the time? He will be going to the same high school Brad and I went to, which is funny (we didn't move far from home)! It is open enrollment and he thought about going to other high schools, Layton or Syracuse, but we said lots of prayers and Clearfield is where he is going. He has been playing basketball with kids that will all be going there. He went and didn't know 1 kid, and he has made new friends and they have done really well in the league. (Nikko is going to be on the team too but he didn't play because he had wrestling with the jr. high team) They were undefeated until the last game, and they had beat the team earlier in the league and only tried about the last minute and the other team made a buzzer beater shot to beat them. He was excited because -the coach after the game, asked him and one other kid to come and play some scrimmage game with the older team against some of the other schools. He is looking like his dad wearing the falcon jersey?
I have been bowling for the past 4 years and it is fun to go with friends. The first year, we were not very good, but the second year...it came down to the last game to see if we got first place or not (we didn't), 3rd year- we finished middle of the bowling league and THIS YEAR- DEAD LAST! Don't most people get better, the longer they play? NOT! But each week, we talk and try to solve our own problems and sometimes the world's problems....and we look forward to every Thursday morning 9:30. I love my team - Char and Lori, but I love all of our friends who we see each week and now the new friends we've made over the years. 
Today I had surgery. I had a hysterectomy and a bladder repair. When I told my kids I was having my bladder fixed they were sad, because they find JOY in making my pee my pants. This isn't something I want to blog about but it is a HUGE part of my life that is now done and over. I had a few crazy things that happened, the worst part is when the breathing tube was put in, it must have pinched a nerve because my lower lip is completely numb. I asked a friend, who worked for an anesthesiologist and she said it just may take months to come back. WTHeck? It feels like I have been to the dentist and it is numb, it drives me CrAzY! The next weird thing is, where they put in the IV, it must have bled out I got a bruise and it lasted 2 weeks on my wrist. The recovery was good and I feel good. I know I will be happy when the full recovery is over :) Brad thought we needed a picture and we needed to blog and remember this time of life,(he could only give me 1 day because of his work schedule.) The thing that I do want to remember is the kindness that was shown to me and my family. I didn't want the ward to know because there are so many other families in need, and I didn't want to bother people. So even without the ward help, we had meals for 7 full nights! That is amazing! I have the very best friends and neighbors a person could ask for. I got gifts and baskets of goodies. It was humbling to receive such acts of service in my behalf. I have great people in my life.
At the elementary school, each grade has does the same program based on what they have studied for that year, and when it comes to the 4th grade program, we LOVE it. It is the only program that I will be sad to never see again. I guess I will go when the younger neighbor kids perform it, because YES it is that good! In the 4th grade they learn about the state of Utah - so the program is about the explorers that came through and the pioneers. It gives me the chills each time I see it. The 4th grade teachers are the BEST! Mrs. Spencer is an excellent teacher, she is strict yet she builds their self esteem. She is the only teacher that I have had for all the kids and if I had more kids I would fight to get her again, SHE IS THAT GOOD! Sara learned all about Tooele county and she did lots of research, to build the float, make a map and an entire packet on this county. In the program, she was a pioneer. She did an awesome job! She sang her guts out. I was far away so the pictures aren't the best :(
Easter, this year is a bit bitter sweet...it was my grandma's 2nd favorite holiday. We used to go to her house on Easter Sunday with my cousins and their kids for dinner and an egg hunt, but this year was not quite the same :( This year on Saturday, we met my mom and Scott and the Anderson's at the Pizza Factory for a little lunch, then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's to color eggs. Stockton and Brock stuffed the plastic eggs with money (like Grandma Ethel used to do- she spent weeks getting things ready, she would put balloons, $ and candy in her eggs) while the little kids colored eggs. I did make Stockton color at least one egg. Then on Sunday morning, the kids found their eggs, baskets and dresses. We didn't have church because it was General Conference, but it was a nice way to spend Sunday. I love all the holiday's but the reason I love Easter is because my grandma taught me to love it too! (like Christmas) She made every holiday fun and made them all such a big deal. 
