March Madness

We always have a little March madness around our house on St. Patrick's Day. I helped the kids make this leprechaun trap.
There were excited to wake up in the morning and find that the leprechaun escaped, but left them some treats for a nice try.
Oh, and he turned the milk in their Lucky Charms green, but that might have happened anyway.

We had some mad fun with our neighbors, the Newtons, the McNeils, and the Starks. We went to Pirate Island Pizza in Orem. My boys were scared of the pirates when we first walked in and Jacob wanted to go home. But, when we told him the whole place wasn't scary and that if he stayed he could play some games he toughened up.

Scared Nathan

That's a lot of people!

Adam, Morgan, and Harlie pretending to play the pirate's organ

All the kids with their pirate hats

Cute Pirate Adam

Jacob's school, Silver Crest Elementary, has a monthly award called Knights Pride. Every teacher picks a student who exemplified the months character trait. Jacob's teacher picked him to win the award for March, which was Empathy.

Jacob on the front row in the middle, with all the other award winners

Getting his award from the Principle, Mrs. Durrant

I am so proud of him, he is such a good boy

We had no health insurance in February because Randy switched jobs. Luckily no one got sick, but we made up for it in March. Between the 6 of us we had 8 doctors visits. I hadn't been to the dentist in a little over a year because we didn't have dental insurance before. I have always had perfect teeth, I never get cavities, so I wasn't at all worried. I was shocked to find out that not only did I have cavities this time, I had 12! Including one that needed a root canal! The dentist said being pregnant makes you more prone to cavities. I was fine through the first three, but it finally caught up to me. So, I had a root canal, not fun, and I have 5 or 6 more appointments over the next few months to get everything fixed. Natalie had her 15 month well baby. She is a whopping 20 lbs now! Randy, Jacob, and Natalie all ended up at the doctor for sick visits too. Madness!

Jacob was home sick on April Fools Day. Our neighbors thought it would be funny to put a for sale sign in their yard. So Jacob was trying to come up with jokes that involved a sign in our yard. His first idea was to put up a sign that said, "Throw Up Here." I don't know why he thought that would be a good idea. When I said no to that he said, "Lets put our swimming pool in the front yard and fill it up with water, then put a sing that says 'Sharks in Here'." He was cracking himself up trying to come up with a joke. I told him we didn't have to do anything if he was feeling too sick, but he said, "We have to do something." So, I pulled out the Family Fun Magazine and got this idea to make a "sponge cake". Nathan is famous in our family for giving away secrets, so while we were making it I kept telling the kids what we were going to tell dad about the cake. I was so proud when Nathan told Randy that we made a new recipe and didn't give anything away. We got him good. :0)

Here is a good Nathan quote to finish this post with. One night during family scripture study Nathan said, "I think when we read the scriptures, Jesus comes one cloud down. Isn't that right, Daddy? That's amazing!" :0)