Things that around here are a PRETTY BIG DEAL...

Morgan and Miles recently participated in the Utah Federation of Music Clubs Piano Festival.  They each memorized two pieces and performed them for 3 judges.  The judges give them a score based on memory, accuracy, rhythm, technique & musicianship.  Both Morgan and Miles received a rating of SUPERIOR!  (The best you can get - oh ya!)  Way to go guys.  That is a PRETTY BIG DEAL!

Meg went off to play with Uncle Mike for a little while…  Uncle Mike is the sweetest guy around, he just doesn't look like it to little kids.  Will called him "the bad guy" for years :)  Uncle Mike is always so nice to Meg and tries to get her attention when we're together, but until last week, she wouldn't give him the time of day.  It was pretty cute to watch them play, and yes, it was a PRETTY BIG DEAL.  

We went with some friends to watch Bountiful High play for the State Championship.  It was exciting, they won, and yup, it was a PRETTY BIG DEAL.

This girl is having teeth issues…  Braces are coming in the next couple weeks, but first she needed to have some teeth pulled.  She needed two on the bottom pulled to make room for the permanent teeth coming in, and since she was drugged up and sleeping, they pulled a loose baby tooth on top to get it out of the way.  3 teeth total.  

Here she is before...

Drugged up on the car ride home…  What a funny girl when she's loopy.   

Then she came home and slept for hours.  Usually Morgan is a mess when it comes to things like this. (Even just a flu shot puts her over the top and into hysterics).  But thanks to a great pediatric dentist, some good drugs, and her being tougher than usual, she was an amazing patient.  The fact that she drank the nasty medicine cocktail without throwing it up or us having to sit on her and force it down her throat was a huge feat.  She was a champ and I was so, so proud of her.  It definitely was a PRETTY BIG DEAL!

Morgan's grade put on an animal walk where each student wrote a report on a different animal and then displayed their work for others to come see.  Morgan spent a lot of time on her project and did a great job.  She did her project on the Cottontail Rabbit completely by herself and that was a PRETTY BIG DEAL!

See what time it is on this clock…  Why is that a PRETTY BIG DEAL you ask?  Well, let me tell you.    It's 7:26 AM on Sunday Morning and Meg was still sleeping in her very own bed.  Yes, she stayed in her own bed all night.  There was never a little pitter-patter of feet at 1 am or 3 am or 5 am or whenever it is she woke up and wanted to crawl into bed with us.  

She is the sweetest.  I actually love when this squishy little girl climbs into bed with me and I can cuddle her up, but it was really nice to have an entire night of sleep without interruption.  For us it was a PRETTY DANG BIG DEAL!   

Miles Jr Jazz Wrap-up

Miles had a great season of Jr Jazz.  Mike and Dan were the coaches and had those boys playing good ball.  In fact they only lost 1 game by 1 point… More about that in a minute…  

The only picture I have of the team.  I can't believe I didn't get a team photo.  What a slacker.

Miles played up with the 3rd grade boys so he was a little small compared to the others.. He didn't let that get in his way :)  

Cheering for his team as they won at the buzzer…  

Miles team was good and they were winning all their games… They were starting to get a little full of themselves if you ask me… 

Then they met a team that gave them a run for their money.  The game was intense and it kept flipping as to which team was in the lead.  With a minute left, they were down by 3 and Miles scored a layup to bring them within 1.  With only a few seconds left, Miles team found themselves down by 1 and they had the ball.  The ball was passed to Miles with 1 second left and he shot the ball at the buzzer…  It hit the rim and bounced away… no good.  Miles first loss ever and he was the one that missed the shot for his team…  The poor kid hit the floor and started bawling.  He'd never in his life experienced something like that.  

As his mom, at first I felt bad he missed the shot and wished he had made it.  Then, I realized how good it was for him.  He learned a valuable life lesson that night.  (And it gave us something to tease him about every now and then :)  

I love this picture of Grandpa and Will.  My dad's the person that helped me fall in love with watching basketball at such a young age.  I don't think he's ever missed watching a Jazz game over the past 35 years :)   

 Miles team at the Jazz Game.

A video of Miles trying his new trick...

Morgan's Jr Jazz Wrap-up.

Morgan just finished her first season of Jr Jazz.  Mike and Brian were a rock-solid coaching team that not only taught the girls how to play but made it really fun for them.    

A few times I had to remind Mike that this was only a girls basketball game…  He just can't turn off his competitive side.  I think it's adorable and it's one of the things I love about him.  Although the other girls basketball coach he got into it with didn't think it was so cute.  

Mike had to remind Morgan a few times that it was okay to touch the ball :)

But really she just liked running up and down the court with the rest of the team.  She still can't quite get the ball to the rim, but she's getting close.  Maybe we should have her start lifting weights to build up those muscles :)  

Grandma and Grandpa were great cheerleaders.

At the end of the season, all the Jr Jazz teams get tickets to watch the Utah Jazz play.  Both of Mike's teams had tickets for the same night, so we had a big group of kids to keep track of.  Luckily there were some extra tickets so Will, Meg and I got to tag along.  So fun!   

March has been sunny and wonderful!  Everything is still dead looking, but I am not complaining.  Nope, not one bit. We've had park days, picnics, walks, and lots of backyard play.  It's been such an easy winter for us.  I kind of feel guilty about it because I know a good chunk of the country is having a really cold, yucky winter… Right AnnDee in New York :)  (BTW, I cannot wait to find out what you're having tomorrow… I'm dying here...)  

Changing subjects… Kind of…  I love the Dollar Store.  No make that LOVE the dollar store.  I do.  I love everything about it.  Sometimes when I need to get out of the house with the littles (you know, the kids that aren't in school yet) I hand them each a dollar and tell them they can pick anything they want at the store.  Usually it's a reward for doing something good, but sometimes it's just to give us something to do.  It's their favorite.  We can kill a good hour at the dollar store walking around trying to decide what to get, and the best part is they can wonder around and not really hurt anything.  Meg almost always picks a sucker and Will gets some kind of toy.  

Last week he picked this kite.  I tried talking him out of it because I was sure it was cheap and wouldn't work…  I'm sure glad he stuck to his guns and got that kite.  The kids have spent hours playing with that thing.  I may need to go buy a few more.  They're only a buck after all.  

Good pick Will!  Even Meg had it figured out in no time.  I can't wait for Spring and Summer!!