Weekend in Review: Mother's Day Edition

I had a wonderful long Mother's Day weekend. I had the day off Friday and after taking Everly to school had a nice day with just Aspen. We went to the park and ran some errands and I treated my self to a little early mother's day present. I actually legitimately needed a new running watch so I decided to just go with an apple watch. On Friday night I played a little 6 v 6 soccer game out on the practice fields at Talking Stick baseball fields and it was really fun. I am hoping to continue playing there throughout the summer because it is cheaper than indoor. Saturday morning I did an 8 mile run before we headed out to Everly's soccer tryout. It is not really a tryout because they only have enough girls to fill the team but it is a good experience for her. After soccer we got the girls stuff ready and met my sister at the splashpad. It actually wasn't too busy so it was a good way for the girls to burn some energy. We were all pretty pooped the rest of the day but I did go see Snatched with my mom. It was funny, but not as good as Trainwreck. Sunday morning I got up for a class at Orange Theory. It was a nice butt-kicking and then after I met Justin and the girls for breakfast at The Rogue Tomato. It was super yummy and Justin and the girls surprised me with a girls trip to see Britney Spears in Vegas in August with my sisters and sister-in-law. I am super excited and was totally surprised. He definitely did good! I took a nap on Sunday and then did a little later afternoon shopping with Everly before heading to my sister's for dinner Sunday night. It was a great weekend and I am ready to take this week!

Friyay!

Aspen loves the playground!

girls love makeup!

Aspen tried to take off her dress off instead of napping and then later fell asleep watching cartoons in her chair.

Needed a replacement

 

New watch and Friday night soccer.

not as long as I wanted to run but I got out a little late.

 

Dead after my run and Teddy and Alex waiting for Kim to finish.

 

Straight from soccer to the splashpad.

Skinny Minnie Nora

Bikini babe

"Mom, take a picture of me!"

Perfect end to a great weekend!

Easter Bunny Pictures 2017

This past weekend we took advantage of the free Easter Bunny Pictures at Desert Ridge. Last year Aspen cried bloody murder (HERE) so we had been trying to prepare her better this year. She is actually kind of obsessed with bunnies and calls them all "bunny hops" like Judy Hops from Zootopia. We were showing her pictures of the Easter Bunny and talking about giving them high fives. When the Easter Bunny came out she was okay and waving hi but then when it was actually our turn to take the picture, she lost it. Like, really lost it. She was flailing and trying to get down and screaming for Justin. There was no way I would be able to get her to sit  near the bunny but somehow I convinced her to stand next to Everly and hold her hand. We also take pictures a lot so I just kept saying cheese and she started smiling and we were able to get a couple of pretty darn good shots. You would have no idea by looking at these pictures how she melted down right before.

Admittedly, the bunny is kind of creepy.

Story Time at Desert Ridge

This week we attended our first Story Time at Desert Ridge. They are constantly having events that we can't go to because they are in the middle of the day so it was cool to finally be able to go to one. They had several of these story times for the holidays and they had free cookies and hot chocolate. There was a good crowd and it was really cute. Everly got pretty into the story and it was interactive so they had to listen and participate. Aspen was just along for the ride. They also have characters there and earlier in the month they had Curious George, but last night they had Super Why. I think Everly discovered Super Why on her own on Netflix a couple years ago and we had never heard of it before but apparently he is pretty popular. I only know the girl's name is Wonder Red because someone in line said it (nerd alert). It was cute but once our weekdays get busy again with catechism and soccer I doubt we will be able to go. We really need to get back in the habit of going to story times more with Aspen because we did a lot with Everly and Aspen's speech/language is definitely not where Everly's was! So excited for Christmas Eve tomorrow and to spoil all of the kids!

I love that they put the gym mats down for the kids.

Cute sister's and s super weird faced Wonder Red?