First Walk of the Year

It was so nice out last night after dinner that we decided to all go for a family walk. It started with 3 kids on their scooters, Sophie in the stroller, Todd walking Shadow and Timmy helping Claire.


By the first corner I had both girls in the stroller (if you look closely you can tell what we had for dinner by all the food still on Sophie's face)

By the last 1/4 mile of the 1 mile loop I had 3 kids in the stroller and Tayson was riding his and Luke's scooters.




Sophie didn't really like having Luke in the stroller so she went for a ride on Timmy's shoulders


Then she decided that she wanted to walk/run


This was the view I had the last part of the walk. (notice 2 of the 3 scooters are now in the stroller)

After 1 time around the block we dropped of the 3 little kids with Timmy and Todd, Tayson and I went for another 1 mile loop. Tayson even walked Shadow almost the whole time (which is a big accomplishment). And the best part was that Timmy had the girls bathed and in their jammies when we got home!

Signs of Spring

I love spring in Utah...it likes to trick you by coming and going for a while but it's always such a nice relief to know that the long, cold winter is over.

Here are a few signs I've seen in the past few days telling me it's spring:

• Tulip's are breaking the ground ready to show their beautiful faces
• My mom finally cut her rose bushes all the way back
  
• Goggle sunburns (you know the ones you get from spring skiing)
• Blue, blue, blue skies
• Kids bikes and razors laying around in yards
• Kids jumping on trampolines
  
• Muddy shoes
• 66 degree's on my car temperature gauge
• Forecast of snow for the weekend (it wouldn't be Spring without snow)
  

Hooray for spring!

My Bright Idea

Today was a gorgeous day. The first real spring day we have had so around noon I decided it would be fun to leave early (just like all my co-workers with spring fever)and come home and take the kids on a walk to deliver a few books to some neighbors. I left work around 3:30 and when I got home the boys were over at the neighbors playing and my 15 month old nephew was at the house. No problem. So I changed out of my heels and work clothes, got Claire and Talon in the stroller, found the leash and collar for Shadow and headed off to the neighbors. Luke wanted to hold the leash and be in charge of Shadow and within minutes Tayson was crying since he had the leash wrapped around his body and his razor scooter at least 4 times. So I went over told Luke to stop which caused him to throw a fit, unwrapped Tayson and within a few more minutes we were off. Luke wanted to push the stroller so we ended up running into the curb a few times so I took over stroller duty and Shadow duty. Tayson liked to ride within inches of the stroller and Shadow so we kept stopping and starting and getting all tangled up. Poor Claire almost got clotheslined a few times by the leash. Then Luke decided he wanted to ride in the double stroller so I put the back down and put him in behind Talon. Talon didn't like this idea at all so I had to take everyone out and move Claire to the back with Luke and put Talon in the front of the stroller. Claire decided it would be fun to hit Talon in the head the entire ride from this point since she was directly behind him. Then Luke decided to get out of the stroller to walk and after running about 6 steps face planted on the street and rocks. So now I am carrying Luke, pushing the stroller and holding Shadow's leash....ugh! I still hadn't made it to the first house. I finally calmed Luke down and got him back in the stroller and we made it to both houses. The walk back wasn't half as exciting as the walk there but Talon and Claire cried the entire way - oh well. That's what I get for sleeping in this morning and trying to get a little exercise with the kids. I will remember today the next time I turn off my alarm in the morning!