St. Patrick's Day 2016

 McKay was so excited for St. Patrick's Day this year.  I mean really excited.  I think he was even more excited for St. Patrick's Day than Christmas.  He was supposed to build a trap at home and use his interests.  He came up with this one all on his own.  I love that he stuck the soccer balls on it.  

 Hunter, Palmer and Lincon also made traps and we put their shoes out for the leprechaun to fill.  

 That leprechaun sure knows his way around the grocery store.  

 McKay wrote this note to the leprechuan "Leprcon I love you."  It was the cutest thing!

 The boys have to get up super early on holidays because the seminary kids come at 6:30 am.  

 Surprisingly, nobody caught a leprechaun, but McKay had high hopes for his trap at school. 

 We bought the boys each a green shirt to wear, but Palmer and Lincon's were too big (oops).  I guess we will have some for next year...

 His class all made such cute leprechaun traps!  McKay didn't catch one at school either, but he totally knew what we did wrong and is determined to catch one next year.  

 I wish all of my kids teachers sent me pictures like McKay's teacher!

Checking out all of the leprechaun traps.

Hunter and Lincoln Basketball

 We have missed a lot of seasons of basketball, due to missing the sign up date, etc.  This year however we got the boys signed up.  Lincoln and Hunter played through the YMCA with a guy (Dustin Baxter) from our ward as their coach. 

 They had a great season and surprised me at how aggressive and good they were (although we have since spent a lot of time on shooting, that wasn't one of their strong points).  Their team made it through the whole season undefeated.

 They had their end of season party at a place by us called Pepperoni's pizza (sooooo yummy).  

 They both got a trophy and their coaches said nice things about them both.

 This is most of their team.  

And of course they have to do a "Dab" (something some football player does that all of the U.S. is now doing).  We really had a great basketball season.

Josh Turns 36 and Valentine's Day

 Valentine's Day/Josh's birthday is always a bit of a crazy time at our house.  Josh birthday this year however was on Sunday and all of the Valentine festivites for school were going on the Friday before so it simplified things considerably.  I had the best idea for Valentines Boxes this year, but McKay would not have it.  He only wanted an Avengers Valentine box, so we whipped this one together and he was happy as a clam.

 I did however love the Valentines we gave to his friends.  We printed this off from some wonderful blog somewhere and then taped them to boxes of candy hearts.  McKay was ticked pink about them.

 My friend Anna did this box last year and I was dying to do one myself.  I had to mold the mouth and tongue from clay and cook it in the oven...this was definitley a labor of love, but I had a blast doing it.  

You can see the title a little bit better in this picture.  Lincoln was super bummed because his class didn't do their own Valentine boxes.

 The Valentines Lincoln and Hunter gave to their friends were bouncy balls wrapped in chocolate wrappers.  

 On Sunday we celebrated Josh after church since he had early meetings.  The boys woke up to the traditional Whoppers (I forgot to get a pic).  

 McKay is always doing special things for birthdays. 

 For Valentines Day I asked Josh if he would get me this mirror I found off Craig's List.  He was such a cutie and went 1 1/2 hours to get it.  Apparently the person he bought it from was pretty scary too, so I appreciatied it even more.

I couldn't wait to finish it and did it the next day.  I LOVE how it turned out!

McKay's Field Trip to INK

 McKay's Kindergarten class went to INK (Interactive Neighborhood for Kids), for one of their field trips.  I was lucky enough to be a chaparone.  It was so fun to see him interact with the kids in his class.  I see it in the classroom setting each week when I volunteer, but this was different.  

 This plane was probably one of his favorite things.  He played in it most of the time.  They had different sections of the museum that they alternated with other classes and he spent almost the whole time in this station in the plane.

 McKay and his buddy Caleb.

 He wasn't sure about this cow.  You could actually milk it and water would come out.  He was okay watching others do it...

 McKay loves his class.

 They had a real police car and a real fire engine in the museum.  

I love this age.  It seems the older the kids get in school the less fun it is (I guess that is how it has always been).  I am so glad that McKay is still in the fun stage.