Trevor:
Trevor has been busy so far this spring running 5K races (just over 3 miles). He did his first race last spring and got a time of 45 min. The first one he did this spring (2 weeks ago) we told him that if he got under 35 minutes that we would pay off his library fines. Sure enough he finished in 34:20! We were so proud of him. Then this last weekend he pushed even more and got an impressive time of 30:28 seconds! Bryan says that before long it wont be Trevor trying to keep up with Bryan, but Bryan will have to push to keep up with Trevor! Here is a short video of some of Trevor's other skills.
Kaylee:
Kaylee is turning into a young girl. She is more aware of how her hair is done and what she is wearing. When we go on walks I am grateful that Kaylee is still willing to walk by me and hold my hand. I can't say how glad I am to have another girl in the house with me. Sometimes Kaylee and I just watch the boys, look at each other, and sigh. Kaylee ran in a one mile race and came in the top ten or so with a time of around 10 minutes. I think soon I will have to start running in the 5K races with her (although I am sure she could already out run me!) Here is a video of Kaylee doing some of her new tricks. She practices them all the time.
Nathan:
Nathan cracks me up all the time. He is a joy to be around. Nathan also ran in the one mile race and pushed really hard. He finished with a time of 17 minutes. One of his newest talents is to sing along with the radio. Some of his favorite songs are the High School Musical soundtracks, Bleeding Love and Hot & Cold. Here is a video of him singing along to a Wii game that shows you dance moves to do while you sing. (Ashton is singing into the mic too, but unfortunately I cut off the video right as he got up and started to sing...sorry)
And last but not least.....
Ashton:
Ashton has kept me busy. I am not sure if he is cutting teeth, or just entering a really bad phase, but he wants held a lot and is throwing lots of fits when he doesn't get what he wants. That being said it is an absolute joy to have him around. He has started talking all the time and can repeat most of what we say. We started to include him in our family prayer rotations and he says Amen to all the prayers (normally around half way through the prayer though) He has also started to Whistle which is what is in this video.
As much fun as the pictures were (the kids LOVED climbing in the trees...except maybe Ashton who we had to try several times before we got a decent picture) We fed the ducks the expired crackers and poptarts from our 72 hour kits and some old hamburger buns. Ashton was giddy the whole time, it was a little nerve racking. One time his shoe fell off and I caught him running toward the pond arm cranked to throw the shoe into it! Luckily I caught him just in time, he did throw the shoe but was a few feet to far away from the pond still and it didn't make it in.
However, here is proof that Bryan and I have been dying eggs together for to long:
On Sunday morning the kids woke up to find their Easter baskets had been hidden, and they actually didn't throw a fit when we told them they had to wait until after Church to find them. When we got home from Church the kids could hardly wait to change their clothes and get to searching for the baskets (thus we have no pictures of us in our fancy new Easter clothes....oh well) Then we ate some of our colored eggs (it was fast Sunday for us so we had to wait!)
Ashton much preferred the plastic candy filled eggs to the real ones. We pretty much let him have whatever he wanted yesterday (which is something I am already regretting today with a 1 1/2 year old coming off an all day sugar rush!)