Generous

"Generous"....that's how Mallry's tonsils have always been described. That coupled with a hard time breathing, slepp apnea, and snoring finally helped us decide it was time to take those things out!

We went to the IHC outpatient clinic in Riverton.  We thought this Lorax tree in the lobby was pretty sweet!

We took off our new hello kitty nightgown and traded it for our "hospital 'jamas and socks."

We chose a scent for our sleepy mask, got our operation doll and took a pre-operation selfie before saying goodbye.  This experience was kind of different. Our nephew Jedd just had brain surgery the day before and I couldn't help but think how different my brother and sister-in-laws experience was from ours.  I can't imagine watching my child go behind those doors and waiting 9 hours while surgeons worked on a tumor on his brain. I got a little scared when our 20 minutes passed and they said they were having a little bit of trouble waking her up...but not two minutes later they said she was awake.

She was a little groggy and her tongue and the side of her mouth hurt where they had to keep her mouth open but she didn't even cry. She drank her rootbeer slushy and we watched a little bit of a movie before they let us go home.

We kept up on her pain meds for 10 days and she did great all 10 days.  Some mornings when the medicine wore off overnight her throat would be a little sore but in general everything went as smoothly as possible!

Bear Lake with The Cousins

We love playing at the cabin with cousins!  Kickball and playing at the park are our favorite things to do !

Mallory Turns 5!

Mallory was so excited for her birthday! This is the Big 5...the year she goes to school!

 We decorated.

 She picked out the cake.

 We took 5 of her friends to slide and bounce at Kangaroo Zoo.

 When they were all worn out we headed over to the Splash Pad to get cool :)

Grandma's Treasures

My girls always love going to grandma's house because a) she has the coolest dress ups (aka our old dresses and dance costumes  and b) she has the coolest treasures.  Like these vintage (old) dolls that belonged to my great aunt Dorothy.  The girls loved examining the dolls while grandma talked about our ancestors.  Some of them had broken fingers, their eyes opened and closed, and one even made a crying sound when you laid it down.  The crying sound was kind of faint and one of the girls thought it might be "out of batteries." ;)

Halfway to 70!

This guys birthday always falls about the same time I am wrapping up preschool and having my end of year program so it often gets put on the back burner. But this year I was a little more prepared to make his day a special one...after all, you only turn 35 once.

 We call this picture "This Cake is On Fire (sung in an Alicia Key's type voice)!" It is hard to believe that we only put 4 candles on the cake but those four must a felt the need to shine like 35 :)

 Kody got a lot of clothes, hats, and sunglasses he will need for our cruise in July.  The girls started putting on his shorts and hillarity ensued....

 We hope this guy knows how much we love and appreciate him...

 even if we are a little too silly to show it.

Hey Chickadees....

I was finally able to volunteer on one of Tessa's fieldtrips.  For her fieldtrip we went to Red Butte Gardens. It was a nice spring day and the flowers were in full bloom.

 Each group had a bird name. We were the Chickadees. When the guide wanted our attention she would say "Hey Chickadees...." and we would respond with "Hey Janelle (the guide's name)!"

 The kids learned all about the parts of a plant and seed travel.  Our favorite part was the edible garden with parts of plants you could eat. We also loved this little shrub that when you rubbed your hand on it made your hand smell like bubblegum :)

Our Little Graduate

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 This was Mallory's last year of preschool. She really has been my student for three years, because even as a two year of she wanted to do whatever the other kids were doing. Mallory did a great job at our end of year program...she is a great singer!
 She is a great little helper too and I will miss her sooo much, but she is very ready for kindergarten

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