The Weidmans

 The entire first grade put on a musical at Heidi's school.  We were lucky to go to both performances. Heidi has been practicing the songs for quite some time and it was nice to see it all together and know what she was talking about when she was explaining things. Heidi was in the flower family.  She was very glad.  She did NOT want a speaking part. We went with my mom to the performance during the day where they did it for the whole school.  I took video of all the songs so that her dad could see it later on since he was out of town.  The videos are a little bumpy because Brynlee loves music and I was holding her and each time the music came on she just couldn't help herself and had to start dancing.  When he saw the pictures and video he said that there is no way that the kid sitting next to her is in first grade.  She's pretty little and that kid makes her look even smaller. We are so proud of Heidi, she did a great job! ...

Weid left again early Sunday morning to go to Boston and Washington DC for more research. Brynlee looked so cute again.  I just love this girl.  So does everyone else.  A nice older lady sitting right behind me in our ward noticed that I was alone with the kids at church and held Brynlee for most of Sacrament meeting.  She was super sweet for her and didn't make a peep.  The lady commented to me after that it was so nice to have her just sit there and be so calm and that her own grandchildren would never do that.  It was so nice to have my hands free to help the other kids.   Our church time is rough for young kids and Cougar has fallen asleep in his high chair several times after church just like this.  Heidi fell asleep on the couch around 6 and was out for the night.  Let's just say that with the help of that lady in church it was by far the easiest Sunday by myself ever, and I have done quite a few of them. I decided tha...

We woke up Saturday morning to quite a bit of snow.  We were going to go to Lowe's that morning but we weren't heading out in all the snow so we skipped it.  We were glad that Dad was home for the day though before leaving again the next day for more research. It measured a solid 6 inches when I started shoveling and it never stopped while I was shoveling.  I would have just waited for it to warm up and melt on its own if I didn't have to get Hailey to Tyson's birthday party. Hailey was excited to take her own cupcake and to give Tyson her present that we had to wrap with paper and have her draw a picture on since we apparently don't have any wrapping paper. We have some crazy girls!  Brynlee finally decided that she wants to crawl and is now really fast and having fun exploring new areas of the house.  Heidi and Hailey decided to decorate themselves with lots of bows and headbands. Grinch came over for dinner that night and brought these bandan...

The first few days of spring we spent by ourselves while Justin went to Dallas for research (March 20-22).  When Heidi learned he was going to Texas she told him to look for a girl with brown skin and dark brown hair because that is her friend Tasia who moved there after the end of school last year.  Ok, sure. One day we made Hailey's kind of cookies .  They are delicious! That week Brynlee decided that she loves to hold my hair.  I pick her up and her hand instantly goes to the back of my head to hold my hair.  When I'm nursing her if my hair is in a bun she won't stop moving around until I pull some hair out of the bun for her to hold.  It reminds me of how Hailey used to love to hold my hair.  *That week Hailey also got to go to Joy School at Tyson's house on his birthday.  She is so lucky that Heather is super nice and lets her come to Joy School when it's at their house.

We had a lot of fun and a lot of green food on St. Patrick's Day. We woke up and found that a leprechaun had made our milk green and even left a cup of green soy milk for Hailey.  We had green pancakes/waffles, green eggs and kiwi for breakfast.  Heidi didn't think that she would like kiwi but I had her try it and she found out that she loves it!  Hailey didn't like it so much and said that it tasted like cooked grapes. Our four kids ready for church.  They finally read us in as members of the ward here that day. This is my favorite from that morning.  Cougar has a green stripe on his socks. My parents came over for dinner and we had green rolls and chicken and wild rice soup.  I was going to make that green too, but instead we decided the celery in the soup counted it as being green enough.  Grammy played games with the kids and we had homemade mint shakes for dessert.  The recipe I found online says they taste just like the Sham...

I love daylight savings.  My kids wake with the sun so when the sun wakes an hour later, it is good news for me. We had plenty of time to have baths and be all ready way before church started so we took some pictures since the girls decided they all wanted to match now that Brynlee is big enough to wear her matching dress. This one was my favorite because they all look cute, but it shows their different personalities.  I just love these beautiful girls! I was trying to get a good picture of Brynlee's tooth and I got a decent one that you can actually see the tooth.  I also got her showing her crazy tongue tricks, her big eyes and closed mouth, and her just being cute. Play time with Dad!  These kids love to be crazy with their dad.  Pretty soon Brynlee will be big enough to play with the rest of them, but for now she is content to lay in front and just watch. March 13th was Dads and Donuts.  These two went and had a fun time togethe...

After getting back from Arizona we were adjusting back to the cold temperatures and had lots of fun indoors. Heidi found this hat in the toys and wanted a picture of her wearing it now with the book her grandma made of her wearing it years ago. Hailey got to play with this pretend snow and make a snowman.  She didn't play with it very long because it kind of felt gross.  But she loved making her snowman with nerds and a carrot fruit snack for the nose. (She is one smart girl to come up with that one.) Brynlee found the computer on the couch and had a great time playing with it.  She's pretty smart and quickly learned how to turn it on and off. After baths one night I took a picture of what Heidi had done with the letters.  I love it when these girls play so well together. That Friday night we were invited to go with the Hall family to eat dinner at Malawi's Pizza and then the Provo Beach Resort.  The kids had a blast playing mini bowling. ...