The Woff Pack

Spring Break

2011-04-20T13:35:00.000-07:00

St. George was great this last week. We were able to get away for Braydon's birthday and spring break. We had a great time going rock hunting by the power plant and at Crystal mountain. We also went to Mountain Meadow Massacre, and to the Jacob Hamlin home. We drove through Snow Canyon and went hiking. The kids went frog hunting with my sister and brother in law. We also went to Johnson's farm and saw the dinosaur tracks. It was a busy and lazy couple of days with playing card and having fun thrown in. Now for the many many pictures.

Sandwich rock

Mountain Meadow Massacre

Snow Canyon

Frog

Crystal Mountain. You can't tell but when we pulled up the whole mountain glittered like broken glass was every where.

Johnson's Farm

Braydon's Birthday

2011-04-20T13:22:00.000-07:00

Wow, this year has gone so fast. Braydon just turned 11. He lives his life by NCIS so what better way to celebrate his birthday than with a NCIS hat cake.

Braydon loved it. Also his favorite present was his Danozo shirt.

11 thing I love about Braydon
1- He is sweet - He always wants me to be happy.
2- He can't lie- He has a smile that he uses when he lies. I can tell everytime.
3- He loves baseball
4- He is a great big brother/ little brother- looking out for everyone.
5- He works hard in school
6- He is an amazing artist, especially 3d.
7- He loves the stars.
8- He loves to be outside.
9- He likes to ride bikes.
10- He is very compassionate
11- HE IS A GREAT KID! I am one lucky mom.

My Sister

2011-03-31T10:14:00.000-07:00

Today is Courtney's birthday! When I was little I hated this day, mostly because my birthday is just 4 days later. I was a brat and so mean to her. Well now that has all changed (Good thing I am a little old).

Courtney is one of my best friends! We have been partners in crime for as long as I can remember. She has been the best little sister anyone could ever want. When we get together we can be crazy!

Some of my favorite memories are:
The week before I was married we made the best cooking video EVER!
Laying in the back of the boat and just talking and making up constellations!!
Godfathers Pizza!
Gas Stations!
Parker's!
Playing Church!
Camping!

I love you Court! Thanks for being the best! I don't know what I would do without you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Grand Concert PGJH 2011

2011-03-31T10:05:00.000-07:00

Holy Cow!! The grand concert was amazing! I absolutely loved the final song! The Choir, Orchestra, and of course Band all preformed "When you believe" from the Prince of Egypt. I had cold chills, it was so touching and amazing!

I am so proud of Sidney she worked so hard to get all the pieces down. She played in the jazz band, the symphonic band and also the big group. Why to go Sid!! You did awesome!

Alex's Birthday

2011-03-14T10:14:00.000-07:00

Alex had the great birthday! Her cake turned out great!

Alex Lydia is 13

2011-03-10T15:36:00.000-08:00

This Sunday Alex becomes a teenager. I will have 2 teenage girls! I hope I can survive.

I just wanted to tell a few things that make Alex- Alex!

1- She is kind!
2- She is giving!
3- She loves rocks.
4- She loves nature.

5- She is loving!!
6- She makes friends easily.
7- She is beautiful!
8- She is good natured.
9- She is compassionate!

10- She has the most evil laugh, I am sure you have heard the saying that laughter is the best medicine, well not Alex's! It is the most evil laugh, but we love it!
11- She is a hard worker!
12- She loves kids!
13- ALEX IS JUST AMAZING!!!

Alex, I love you with all my heart! I am so thankful I can be your mom. I just hope I do a good job.

One Good Sandwich

2011-02-28T08:10:00.000-08:00

When Sidney was a baby we would go to this cute little sandwich shop that was just a little hole in the wall. One of the best things they had was a vegetarian sandwich. Well the shop has long ago closed but we still make those sandwiches on our own. This weekend Eric and I took the sandwich to the extreme. It really isn't a vegetarian sandwich here because we toasted cheese and a thin layer of turkey onto the sandwich then we put all the veggies. Yummy!!!

Blue and Gold 2011

2011-02-28T07:59:00.000-08:00

Braydon's last Blue and Gold and Hunter's first award.

I think the night went great. Brother Petty did a great job telling the history of Scouts.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

2011-02-21T09:49:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we took the kids to see the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. We read the Narnia books about 5 years ago. We fell in love with the stories. This is the first set of books that we read as a family. Hunter was only 3 at the time. He still loves the stories. We really enjoyed the movie.

Carl Bloch

2011-02-11T09:45:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks ago we took the kids to see the Carl Bloch exhibit. It was so amazing! I couldn't believe how many of his paintings are used in the church today. There were a few there that it was hard to believe weren't photographs. It was a beautiful way to spend a Saturday.

Ground Hog Day

2011-02-02T15:33:00.000-08:00

Hunter was so upset today that he had to go to school. I didn't understand why but then he explained. "Mom, it is ground hog day!" He thought it was a holiday and there wasn't any school. Ha! I wish! But after I explained he was off to school.

I just have to add, though, YAYAYA!!! The ground hog didn't see his shadow and that means EARLY SPRING!!!!!

Dad's Birthday

2011-02-02T15:20:00.000-08:00

Today is my dad's birthday! He would have been 61. He was such a good dad. I miss him so much. I am so grateful for the heritage that I have. My kids have been talking a lot about him lately, it is so nice to get to tell them stories since they don't remember him that much.

Some of my favorite things about my dad:
He really knew something about everything. He was so smart. He loved to learn.
He taught me to love the gospel. He was a humble man. He loved to serve others. He was very giving. He loved to camp and would take us all over. He couldn't tell a joke. He loved us, I have no doubt.

Happy Birthday Dad. I love you!!

Hunter's middle name is Richard. He was blessed today 8 years ago and it was snowing like crazy.

Fred the Head

2011-02-01T09:52:00.001-08:00

For Christmas Braydon wanted the CSI facial reconstruction set. He has been asking for a couple of years, but this year I finally told Santa it would be ok. Braydon has been obsessed with CSI and NCIS shows for almost 2 years. He loves the science behind the shows. So this is Fred. Braydon spent a couple of hours working on him and I think he turned out great.

Valentine's

2011-02-01T09:17:00.000-08:00

It's Valentines!!! Time to put love in the air. I started decorating this past week. When the kids came home from school the other day they wanted to know why I had hung a naked baby on the windows! Well, his name is cupid. In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of desire, affection and erotic love. He is the son of goddess Venus and god Mars.
Cupid is the most famous of Valentine symbols and everybody knows that boy armed with bow and arrows, and piercing hearts . He is known as a mischievous, winged child armed with bow and arrows. The arrows signify desires and emotions of love, and Cupid aims those arrows at Gods and Humans, causing them to fall deeply in love. Cupid has always played a role in the celebrations of love and lovers. In ancient Greece he was known as Eros, the young son of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty.

Happy New Year

2011-01-04T20:50:00.000-08:00

A goal is a standard, a skill, an ideal, or a destination that is to be achieved. We set a goal when we decide to accomplish a particular thing.

It has been said that “if you don’t know where you are going, it doesn’t matter which road you take” (quoted by John H. Vandenberg in Conference Report, Apr. 1966, 92; or Improvement Era, June 1966, 533).

It's a new year! Time to start a new. I hope that I can improve myself this year. I have so many things I would like to set as goals but I think I am going to start small, instead of making a big goal and not achieving it.

Here is to achieving and becoming better~

Christmas Present

2010-12-30T22:15:00.001-08:00

For Christmas this year my mom got family pictures for us. Here are some of my favorites!

Christmas 2010

2010-12-30T20:03:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas this year. I hope everyone else did as well!

School Sing A Long

2010-12-30T18:12:00.000-08:00

I love the sing along at the school. The kids love it too.

A Christmas Carol

2010-12-30T18:02:00.000-08:00

It was so cute, Braydon's class put on the play A Christmas Carol, the day before school was out. Braydon was Bob Cratchet in the play. It was 17 minutes long and was one of the best plays. I loved it.

Sewing Projects

2010-12-30T17:46:00.000-08:00

We drew my Sister-in-law Erin's family this year for Christmas. Her living rooms colors are Blue and Black with an accent of yellow. So I made her this quilt to cuddle in while they watch movies.

I also drew my brother Todd. His favorite college team is West Virgina. I wanted to make him a blanket also but couldn't find any fabric with their logo. I ended up taking their logo and blowing it up and making my own pattern. I love how bright it is. It was a lot of fun to make. When he opened it he told me it was about time I spent my time working on a descent team. hahaha!

Sugar Cookie Tradition

2010-12-30T17:34:00.000-08:00

Every year we make sugar cookies and either spend a Saturday or a Family Night decorating. This year it was our Family Home Evening Activity. Alex was our baker this year and she did a great job.

This is one of our favorite activities.

All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth

2010-12-27T13:56:00.000-08:00

On December 23 Hunter lost his front tooth. "Boy that would have been cool if the Tooth Fairy and Santa would come the same day." Hunter said.

Well since the Tooth Fairy is a slacker and forgot to come to our house on the 23rd it all worked out, since on December 24th Hunter lost his second front tooth. "Cool!! I am going to get money for Christmas!" Hunter exclaimed!

Luckily, Santa and the Tooth Fairy were on the ball and did come the same night!

These are only the 3rd and 4th teeth Hunter has ever lost. I was getting a little worried but it all looks good now. :)

Temple Square 2010

2010-12-06T11:19:00.000-08:00

Last night was beautiful. The fog made the temple look so pretty. It was a great night. I am so glad we got the chance to go. It is a tradition to always go the Sunday closest to my moms birthday. It is usually the first Sunday of December that we go. We always ride tracks so that we get a chance to visit and don't have to worry about parking. It is just part of the tradition. The kids love it, and so do I.

Santa Claus 2010

2010-12-06T11:13:00.000-08:00

Every year Santa comes to the the big Woffinden Christmas party. Sidney was babysitting but the other kids went with us.

New Ornaments

2010-12-06T10:49:00.000-08:00

Each year we get the kids an ornament that goes along with the things they have been doing or that is important to them to represent the year.

This year we got:

Sidney a Cell Phone- with so many texts each day what else would we or could we do for her.

Alex a flute- She is doing amazing with her flute. I am so proud of her.

Braydon a scout shirt- he has loved scouts from the time he was 5 and I was the Webelos leader. He would be getting his arrow of light this month except we aren't having pack meeting. So January!

Hunter an artist palette- he loves to draw and create this was the perfect thing for him this year.

Hunter's Baptism

2010-12-05T21:17:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a great day! Hunter has grown up way to fast. He was so excited to get baptized. He was sweet. He loved the feeling he had when he was baptized. He said that he felt so good and warm inside. I am so proud of him and the choices that he has made.

Hunter Turns 8!!!

2010-12-05T21:10:00.000-08:00

I hate to say it but my baby is 8. He had a great birthday this week. We had his birthday party on his birthday which was pretty nice. He had an airplane birthday, it turned out great. He has loved airplanes for a long time so it worked out great to play games like pass the black box, pin the propeller on the airplane, paper airplane races, ect. Hunter had a ball.

Band Concerts

2010-12-05T20:45:00.000-08:00

It was so fun to get to watch both of my girls in Band concerts last month. Alex is doing a great job with her Flute. It is so fun to have the house full of music.

Sidney is still loving the trumpet. She was in Symphonic Band and then she had to hurry and change to preform with the Marching Band. They about blew you away. It was great. I am so proud of how hard the girls have worked.

Thanksgiving 2010

2010-11-27T20:32:00.000-08:00

I am so blessed. It has been great this month to think about all the blessings I have in my life. I am most thankful for my family. Some days it gets crazy but I wouldn't trade them for anything. I love my kids and my husband more than anything in this world. How thankful I am to have them in my life. I have loved trying to really be grateful for all of the things in my life. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Amazing People!!

2010-11-16T12:06:00.000-08:00

I am so thankful for the amazing women in my life. I work with some of the best women on the planet in PTA and in the Primary. I am so thankful for the example that they are to me. I want to be better because of them. Thank you so much to each of you for who you are and what you do each and everyday! I couldn't do what I do without any of you!!

Music

2010-11-14T20:13:00.000-08:00

I love music!! I love to hear my kids practice their instruments, I love to listen to the kids sing primary songs, I love mens voices (especially like when the men sang in sacrament today) I like to have the radio on. I love to listen to Christmas music. All of these that bring the spirit make it even better. What a wonderful Heavenly Father to have included music!!

My Husband

2010-11-14T20:07:00.000-08:00

I am so thankful for the time I get to spend with my husband. He works hard to provide for our family. He also works hard at telling me sweet things. I think he is my biggest fan. I love him for it!!

2010-11-10T20:23:00.000-08:00

I am so thankful for my mom. She is an amazing person. I am thankful for her will, her testimony, her drive, her ambition, almost everything about her.

I am so glad that she is my mom. She is so amazing. With all of her trials she rarely complains. I want to grow up and be just like my mom.

Testimony

2010-11-06T20:56:00.000-07:00

Today I am thankful for a testimony. Sometimes we take for granted how blessed we are to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I don't ever remember not having a testimony. What a blessing to know that God lives and loves us. That he answers prayers. Yes life is tough but we are always being blessed and can never come close to the love that He gives us.

Cell love!

2010-11-04T20:15:00.000-07:00

Today I am so Thankful for Cell Phones. I know crazy but.... Sidney left on her first trip away from home without me or someone really close. Sidney is in Disneyland today with the Pleasant Grove Band. It was so nice to be able to have her text me and tell me about the things she is doing. I don't know how crazy of a parent I would be without this silly thing. I am so dependent upon my cell phone and hers. I like being able to get in contact all the time. I am very thankful for that technology.

2010-11-03T08:30:00.000-07:00

I am so thankful for a Heavenly Father who answers prayers. I don't know if I could make it through this life without the knowledge that I can pray when I need help. It seems that there are more and more days I am asking for that help. I am so blessed to have my prayers answered. I just hope that I can live worthy to continue to collect on those blessing when I need them most.

Thankful Heart

2010-11-02T12:02:00.000-07:00

I am thankful that I live in a country where we can vote. I am so thankful that we are given the choice to vote or not and to vote for who we want.

November 2010

2010-11-01T12:38:00.000-07:00

Wow where did this year go? I can't believe that today is the first day of November. This year has just flew by.

I found this poem today and wanted to share.

More Than A Day

As Thanksgiving Day rolls around,
It brings up some facts, quite profound.
We may think that we're poor,
Feel like bums, insecure,
But in truth, our riches astound.

We have friends and family we love;
We have guidance from heaven above.
We have so much more
Than they sell in a store,
We're wealthy, when push comes to shove.

So add up your blessings, I say;
Make Thanksgiving last more than a day.
Enjoy what you've got;
Realize it's a lot,
And you'll make all your cares go away.

By Karl Fuchs

So this month I want to take the time to reflect on all of the things I am thankful for. What a better way to start off the holiday season.

President Hinckley once said that the two most important words in the English language are "Thank You" I hope that this can be my focus the next month.

Today I am Thankful for the beautiful weather.

Halloween Parade and Costumes 2010

2010-10-29T22:47:00.000-07:00

Hunter has been planning to be the mad scientist for a few months now. He started building a time machine to go with his costume but it had a lot of parts and was a little to much to take to school. I was able to talk him into just carrying around a beaker full of potion.

Braydon had no idea what he should be until a couple of days ago. I am so glad that he choose something so easy. He makes a pretty cute little robber.

Since we have a band competition on the 30th I didn't want to worry about doing something big for the girls for Halloween. Sidney will be on the bus with the band, and Alex will be with Eric and I. So that is where Alex came up with wearing her PJ's and Sidney went as a 60's girl but she had friends ask why she didn't dress up since she dresses like that a lot of times.

Crazy Wind

2010-10-29T22:38:00.001-07:00

Sunday night there was a crazy storm that came through PG. We ended up loosing a bunch of limbs from 3 of our trees. It took all of Monday to clean up all of the limbs and leaves that were blown all over the street from our trees. It took the next two days to put our fence and gate back together. It was crazy. We had several people in our ward have their trampolines take flight too. My Cousin ended up with the neighbors tramp in their tree about 30 feet up. Crazy!!

Fall 2010

2010-10-11T11:22:00.001-07:00

Fall is my favorite time of year. I love the crisp smell of the air. The cooling of the night. Wearing sweaters, drinking hot chocolate, warm fires. I love the colors of autumn as well. Every year since Sidney was little I have always taken pictures of the kids with the fall leaves in my moms backyard. This year is no different. The only thing I didn't like about these pictures are, they show how grown up the kids are all becoming.

Marching Band

2010-10-04T09:30:00.000-07:00

Sidney has been a natural since day 1 with her trumpet. This year she is participating with the High School Band. I am so proud of her and all of her hard work.

Creative Soul

2010-09-14T18:57:00.000-07:00

Hunter is my creative soul. I knew when he was about 6 or 7 months old that he was right brained. He used to crawl over to the speakers of the stereo and lean against them so that he could feel the vibrations. Music was always something that calmed him. Then when I was brave enough to let him start playing with crayons and paper. He went crazy.
He now is still very artistic. He has been creating with legos for about 2 years. He decided he wants me to send this one into the lego club to see if they will publish it in their magazine. I need to take more pictures so that he can see some of the great things he has done when he gets older.

Now I just have to do my best to help him find that creative outlet that he needs.

Sidney turns 15

2010-09-14T18:45:00.000-07:00

I think it will be a crazy year. Sidney turned 15 last week.

She has been so involved in band the last few weeks so we went with a band themed cake.

First Day of School 2010

2010-08-26T09:23:00.000-07:00

Everyone had a great first day of school. I hate so much having them grow up. If I could freeze time I think now would be a good time to do it.

Sidney started the 9th grade. She has a pretty tough schedule this year and is doing a bunch of extra curricular activities. She has a great look out and has set some good goals for the year. I know she is going to do fantastic.

Alex is a 7th grader. I was so nervous for her first day. I was sick to my stomach the whole day waiting for her to get done. She loved every minute of it. She felt so good about how well everything went.

Braydon is a 5th grader. He has Miss Nuttall this year. He came home so excited about her and his new class. He has some great friends in his class so it will make the year go great.

Hunter is a 2nd grader. My baby is getting so grown up. He has a new teacher to the school this year named Mrs. Shoop. His favorite part is that he is out in the trailers. This is the first class any of my kids have had a class out there so he thinks that is pretty neat.

Summer Comes to an End

2010-08-22T20:39:00.000-07:00

My sister and I decided that we needed to have a pool party before school starts this week. I haven't had a chance to spend much time with my brothers and sister this summer so we had everyone come Friday night.
We had a lot of fun letting the kids just play in the pools. We had a yummy dinner of pizza, bread sticks, and salads. All the adults got to spend time visiting and laughing.

90 years and counting

2010-08-14T21:26:00.000-07:00

Eric's grandma turned 90 today. You heard right 90. She is an amazing women and still very with it. She loves to read and sew. She was born in Mexico and lived there until she was 20 then she moved to New Orleans. She meet Eric's grandpa while he was in the military and was stationed in New Orleans. She grew up in a Catholic family and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints when she was in her 30's. She has lived in Utah for the last 65 years. She travels to see her two sisters as often as she can but is getting where she doesn't like to travel very far from home any more.

I am very blessed to have her in my life. My kids are also blessed to have had a chance to have her around.

Happy Birthday Grandma!!

BYU Earth Science Museum

2010-08-13T15:38:00.000-07:00

We had a great time at the Paleontology Museum at BYU this week. Alex liked all of the stones and fossils that they had. Hunter was loving everything. Braydon liked all the weird creatures. It is a pretty small museum but the perfect size for a group of 11 kids ages 12 to 0. It was a fun little trip. Seeing the scientists working was pretty neat too.

Idaho Weekend

2010-08-04T22:29:00.000-07:00

Our family had a blast going up to Mijken's house this past weekend.
Mijken had a ton of stuff planned for us to do. She is great to let our family come and bombard her family after she has already had a number of visitors.
The first day we went to the little air plane museum up in Rexburg. My boys loved the air planes. We enjoy getting a chance to see new things and learn about the history around us.

On Saturday we went up to the Temple grounds and then walked around the BYUI campus. It is beautiful up there. I loved the gardens. This afternoon we also went to the Teton Dam Museum. The kids and I were amazed by the video we watched about the flood. Wow! It is a miracle so many were saved.

That evening we went up and played at the splash park and then attended the dance festival. It was great. My favorite participate was Egypt this year. their dance was amazing.

I had so much fun getting the chance to visit with Mijken. She is one of my best friends and I love when we get the chance to renew that friendship. I miss her already.

24th of July

2010-08-04T22:15:00.000-07:00

We went to an Owlz game for our 24th this year. We had a little bbq with Courtney, Jason, Cheyenne and Mom. Then we headed to the game. Earlier in the day the boys had the chance to go to a batting seminary by Reggie Smith. They loved it and learned a lot. It was a fun day.

Living Planet Aquarium

2010-07-19T09:24:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun at the aquarium this week. The penguins are great. They are so active and fun to watch. I love all the new changes they have made there. Sidney has decided she wants to be a zoologist. We just need to get her to touch the animals. LOL.

Steel Days Weekend

2010-07-19T08:43:00.000-07:00

Eric and I are both from American Fork. His mom and dad still live there, so it is tradition to go over and celebrate Steel Days with them.
We always attend the AF band breakfast. After that we head over to our corner for the parade. This year the parade was terrible the gaps and the parade itself were awful. We usually head down to the car show but this year the kids were anxious to get up the canyon out of the heat.
The kids had a blast playing at the amphitheater and on the side of the mountain in the dirt. We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows for dinner. It was pretty relaxing.

4th of July weekend

2010-07-19T08:03:00.000-07:00

This year for the 4th of July I wanted to take a more historical approach. I wanted my kids to learn the real meaning of why we celebrate the 4th. We started off the week with the patriotic service at the Marriott Center at BYU. Steve Young was the keynote speaker (which is partly why I wanted to go) but the meeting itself was amazing. I had tears in my eyes for a good portion of the meeting. It was great to hear some uplifting music by some very talented artists. All of the speakers were great too.
On Friday we attended Ellis Island in the park. We were able to go through a fake Citizenship test, we had our knowledge tested about many facts. We also attended a wonderful play called Cries of Freedom. I learned so much from this play. It started with the revolution in Europe and why the people wanted to get away to find religious freedom, and then ended with Francis Scott Key and the Declaration.

There was also a little village to visit with many colonial activities. We were there for almost 5 hours and could have stayed longer.

Friday evening we went participated in the great American pastime, baseball. The Owlz won and put on a great fireworks show.

The next morning we were up bright and early to attended the balloon fest in Provo. Due to the wind they were only able to launch 3 balloons that morning but it ended up being so much fun because everyone left and we had a lot of space to wander around as they would put the balloons up and then pull them back down because of the wind.

Saturday we also had a family BBQ and watched PGs fireworks for Grandma Woffinden's yard. It is was a lot a fun spending time with everyone that day.

Sunday was spent with family as our little nephew Dreagon was blessed.

Monday was the grand parade where Sidney marched. That afternoon we saw how to train your dragon and then visited the rest of the evening.

Very busy but fun weekend. Only bad point is Sidney ended up getting sick. :(

Happy Fathers Day

2010-06-20T22:10:00.000-07:00

Happy Fathers day to the most important men in my life.

Happy Fathers day to Eric. I couldn't ask for a better dad for my kids. You are such a good example to them and work so hard for them. I know that you are teaching them well and that each one of them love you very much. Thanks for being patient and kind. You are a good example to me too. I love you very much for it.

Happy Fathers Day to my dad. I am so grateful to him for all that he taught me. He truly was one of the smartest people I have ever met. He made me want to try hard. He taught me to work hard and to give service. He was always a good example of choosing the right.

Happy Fathers day John. I feel very blessed to be able to call you dad since I can't have my own you are a pretty good replacement. You are a great grandpa and my kids love you to pieces.

Happy Fathers Day! I love you all very much!!

Field Trip of the Week

2010-06-20T22:02:00.000-07:00

For our field trip this week after the parade we headed up American Fork canyon. We took a picnic lunch and went up to the picnic areas just below Tibble Fork. After lunch and some relaxation we went to Tibble Fork and then not realizing the road we drove up to Silver Lake Flats. If you are or your kids are afraid of heights this is not the place for you. It is 1/2 a lane shy of a full road and it has big drop offs. By the time we made it to the lake the kids were asking to walk back down the 3 miles. It wouldn't be so bad if you didn't have to pass anyone, but.... We were able to do a little hiking and rock collecting. It was fun but pretty scary.

Strawberry Days Parade

2010-06-20T21:55:00.000-07:00

Sidney marched her first parade!! It was Strawberry Days. I am so excited for the next chapter of her life.

Field Trip Friday June 11

2010-06-20T21:42:00.000-07:00

Both of the girls were at girls camp this week for our Friday field trip, so we decided to do something that was more for the boys, even with the rain. We were lucky enough to take grandma and grandpa with us too.

Off to Kennecott we went. It was a lot of fun and there is no better activity than watching big trucks for boys. Braydon was even able to use some of the things he learned to pass things off for Webelos.

New Cousin Draegan

2010-06-03T21:59:00.000-07:00

My sister in law had her baby! He was born yesterday and weighed 8lb 3 oz and is 20in long. He is so cute and has the sweetest little round face.

Field Trip Friday (Saturday)

2010-05-31T14:15:00.000-07:00

We had an awesome day on Saturday. We got up early and headed for Salt Lake, the Bee's had a baseball clinic for the kids at 10 that morning.

Braydon and Hunter had a blast being able to learn from the players. The boys favorite part was being able to go into the dug out and use the Bee's batting cages. Then go on a tour of the locker room and training room.

Then we went up to the University of Utah for a couple of hours, we found a great pizza place just off campus called "The Pie", yummy yummy.

That evening we went back down to the Bees/ Grizzlys game. It was a great game. We were freezing most of it but the game was great. The Bees won in the bottom of the 9th.

6 th Grade Graduation

2010-05-26T22:01:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I can't believe how fast the time flies by. Alex graduated from the 6th grade today. She will be moving on to junior high that is the craziest thing to wrap my head around. She has grown up so much this year. I am so proud of how hard she has worked and what an amazing young women she has become.

This is watching her balloon with her dream in it floating away

Sining Lean on Me

Braydon's photo skills as Alex receives her certificate.

Dance Festival

2010-05-26T21:33:00.000-07:00

Today was one of the best dance festivals I have been to. I loved every minute of the dances this year.

Hunter danced to "Do you love me?"

Braydon danced to "The cha cha slide"

Alex's class looked amazing as the preformed "Thriller"

The cute teachers-

My Cute Dancers!!! Today was awesome. I am so proud of my cute kids. I couldn't ask for any better.

End of Year Band Concert

2010-05-25T09:53:00.000-07:00

The band concert Thursday night was fabulous. Sidney had a whole row and 1 seat of family there to see here. We are so lucky to have such amazing support from our extended family. Sidney had been so excited leading up to the concert because she loved the music so much. She did a great job. Sidney also worked hard to memorize her 12 scales so that she could move on to Symphonic band next year. We are so proud of how hard she works.

4th grade Utah Program

2010-05-25T09:39:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday night Braydon had his Utah program. I was so thrilled to see that Braydon knew the songs and that he was happy to do the actions. Just 2 years ago, Braydon would have never done the program. He is so shy when it comes to singing and doing actions. I was also very proud of how well he knew his part. It is a great program. Alex passed out during her program so we didn't get to see the whole thing.

School Carnival

2010-05-14T22:08:00.000-07:00

We had a great time at the school carnival tonight. This is the quilt I made and donated to the auction. It has all of the hand prints of the class with their names written inside each hand. All of the kids did their own so they are all so unique. I love the way it turned out. I am making another one to give Braydon's teacher the last day of school. All of the other pictures are from the carnival.

Mother's Day Dinner

2010-05-14T21:51:00.000-07:00

For the last 4 years we have had a Mother's Day dinner for Eric's Mom and Grandma's. We figure that this way we get to spend some one on one time with these 3 great women. This is one of the traditions that the kids look forward to every year.

Unfortunately Great Grandma Woffinden couldn't make it this year. It was still a really fun night even with some pretty tired grandma's and grandpa, that had been traveling home from Wyoming.

We had lasagna, bread sticks, and green salad, with yummy berry poke cake for desert.

Looking like Gibbs

2010-05-01T21:04:00.000-07:00

Braydon has been obsessed with NCIS for a few weeks. Tonight I gave the boys hair cuts. Braydon and Hunter decided to get a Gibbs hair cut. Their cuts are a shorter on top but they look great.
Braydon's before and after

Hunter's before and after

Baseball opening Day

2010-04-25T20:38:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the season opener. The speaker that they had was awesome. I was so impressed by him. I think it was a great way to start the season.

This is the parade of athletes.

Alex and Hunter with Bumble from the Bees.

First preseason game. Unfortunately his team lost. We only have 2 kids from last years team, everyone else moved up so it is a really young team that is just learning. Hopefully they will catch on quick.

Spring Choir Concert

2010-04-23T08:59:00.000-07:00

I am going to miss the choir concerts. I really don't see either of my boys being into choir. With Alex doing band next year this is the end of the choir concerts. :( It was so fun to hear all of the cute songs the kids have been working on. Alex smiled the whole time. I don't know how she was able to sing she was smiling so hard most of the time.

Some of the other cute girls in our ward that are in Choir with Alex:

Bowling

2010-04-17T22:06:00.000-07:00

Today we took the kids bowling. It was Braydon's activity for his birthday. So we took Grandma and Grandpa Woffinden with us. We all had a great time.

Field Trip Friday How To

2010-04-16T09:06:00.000-07:00

I have had several people ask how we find all the things we do for field trip Friday. Here is a basic guide to how we do it.

1- We have a Utah Road and Recreation Atlas. We decide where we want to go then we will look around that area to see what is on our map.

2- You can also get brochures about several places at gas stations. These are usually free. Last week we picked up a couple that had things to do in Sevier and Millard County's.

3-Several years ago my brother bought him a National Parks Passport. Since then we have all gotten one. Inside the passport it gives the names of all the National Parks in the United States. What is fun is that each Park has a stamp that you record in your book that usually has the date on. It is fun to go back through and see where you have been. (The new Utah State Parks field guide that is shown in #2 says that it has a section set aside for the stamps this year.)

4- Another way to learn about fun places is from people. When Eric and I went to Cedar Breaks 3 years ago we stopped to talk to the Ranger that was working there. He told us about the Fremont Indian Park he told us it was on our way home and then explained how to get there. His directions left us a little confused so we stopped in Parowan at the little visitor building to ask some directions. It turned out that they thought we were talking about the Parowan Gap that is about 10 miles outside of their town. So just randomly we ended up finding a cool place just by luck.

5- We also use the kids Scout Books and the girls Personal Progress books to help us decide on a location. We have tried to do things that go along with what they are working on or learning about at the time.

6- Don't forget the internet. There are several websites that can help you find things to do. One good site to look at is Utah Outdoor Activities.

You have to leave your time open. We have left for a simple day trip that we thought would only be a couple of hours to having it take the whole day, just because we have stopped at everything we could find along the way. These trips sometimes turn out to be the most fun.

Some of the trips we are planning for this summer include-
Antelope Island-
Lehman Caves- located just over the boarder into Nevada. It also isn't a big hike like Timp Cave.

Timpanogos Cave-
Topaz Mountain and Fossil Mountain in Millard County.

Red rock Pass- This is where Lake Bonneville drained from. It is located in Northern Idaho. (This is not a day trip.)

Good luck, I hope this helps you find what your looking for in the way of a summer adventure.

Braydon's 10th Birthday

2010-04-15T16:07:00.000-07:00

Wow, I can't believe how time flies. I can't believe I have 3 kids who are in double digits. Braydon was born on April 14th 2000. He was 3 1/2 weeks early. He was so tiny. When he was 3 months old we found a lump on the side of his jaw. We had to go through a lot of prayer and surgery to find out what was going on. He is defiantly my miracle baby.
Now he is 10 and full of life and everything a 10 year old boy should be full of. He still is a light in my life. I am so blessed to be his mom.

What do the beach, volcanos and Indians have in common??

2010-04-09T21:23:00.000-07:00

Our first Field Trip Friday of the year. Today we traveled down to the Fremont Indian State Park, then headed back up to the west of Fillmore to Tabernacle Hill.

It was so much fun hiking around the Fremont Indian tails. We were able to see hundreds of petroglyphs. It was so fun to see so many. It was also nice to have a chance to get out in the sun and hike a little.

After we went to the state park we headed back up toward Fillmore to Tabernacle Hill. We were able to hike through fields of lava flows and we found a couple of lava tubes to hike through. The boys loved going through the caves.

Right next to Tabernacle Hill is White Mountain. It is made completely of sand. It is at the north end of mud lake, which is dry so it is just sand. It was like playing on the beach.

I am so excited to start planning our field trips for this summer.

Coloring Eggs

2010-04-07T09:09:00.001-07:00

The kids love to color eggs. They turned out super cute this year.

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma's

2010-04-07T08:47:00.000-07:00

Every year Grandma Woffinden does a fun Easter egg hunt. The kids had so much fun this year too. She does a great job spoiling the kids and they love it.

More Annie Jr.

2010-03-31T19:52:00.001-07:00

New Project

2010-03-31T19:30:00.000-07:00

My sisters birthday was today. This is what I made her. It is my first machine quilting try. Not too bad.

This is the other side.

Annie Jr.

2010-03-30T20:30:00.000-07:00

The Central Elementary school play is this week. The play is Annie Jr. The kids have had rehearsals since The end of January. There are 50 kids that are part of the show. The whole thing has been done by volunteers, I have never helped with any more than just back stage before. This year I have been helping with the stage crew. It has been a lot of work and I am not even the head of the crew.

Alex is several characters in the play. She is an Apple Seller, a New Yorker and a servant in Daddy Warbucks house. I am so proud of how hard she has worked.

Braydon is on Stage Crew. He is the light tech. He has done a great job. It has been so much fun to watch him learn his job. I am so impressed with how well he jumps in to do what is needed. He is a great kid.

Old World War II poster

2010-03-21T20:27:00.000-07:00

I had to share this picture. I loved it.

Alex is 12!!

2010-03-13T09:19:00.000-08:00

Alex is 12 today. Tomorrow is her first day in Young Womens. I can't believe how fast time has gone. I can remember the day she was born like it was yesterday.

What an amazing girl she has become. I am so proud to be her mother. She is so sweet, she is a hard worker, she is always willing to help, she loves life.

Happy Birthday to our Allie Ballie you are awesome.

Friendship

2010-03-10T22:27:00.000-08:00

"Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of 'Mormonism'; [it is designed] to revolutionize and civilize the world, and cause wars and contentions to cease and men to become friends and brothers. . . . Friendship is like Brother [Theodore] Turley in his blacksmith shop welding iron to iron; it unites the human family with its happy influence" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, p. 463).

Thanks for being my friend. I am truly blessed.

Sweet thoughts

2010-03-08T10:04:00.000-08:00

"The most important decision of life is the decision concerning your companion. Choose prayerfully. And when you are married, be fiercely loyal to one another. Selfishness is the great destroyer of happy family life. I have this one suggestion to offer. If you will make your first concern the comfort, the well-being, and the happiness of your companion, sublimating any personal concern to that loftier goal, you will be happy, and your marriage will go on through eternity" (The Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, p. 328-329).

I need to work on this and make it a part of my life everyday. I always tend to be more selfish than I should be.

February Projects

2010-03-07T10:44:00.000-08:00

I was asked to sew Emilee's dress for her play. I was so nervous but was excited for a challenge. I have only put together things for my girls and my nieces before. This was also the 2 time I have ever put a zipper into something.

I also finished my quilt top. I think it turned out so cute.

SPRING

2010-03-03T15:37:00.001-08:00

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ~Anne Bradstreet

I hope next week I can get out and play in the dirt. :)

Blue and Gold

2010-02-19T14:06:00.000-08:00

This year we are celebrating 100 years of Cub Scouting. For the Blue and Gold it was a birthday party. Here is our cute cake. I think Macey's did a fantastic job.

The boys have been working really had and we had 1/2 get awards last night along with some of our outstanding leaders. They work so hard. I am so impressed with all our leaders do. They really do an awesome job and the kids love them.

Braydon was able to get several awards last night. I am so proud of how excited he is to work so that he can get his achievements.

Thank You to all our great Scout Leaders and Bishopric who support our boys.

Sewing-- Who knew

2010-02-19T13:56:00.000-08:00

So now I have this bug that is growing inside of me to just sew and sew and sew. Here are a few projects I have been working on.

This was for my sister-in-laws Birthday. The clover is on one side the Easter Egg on the back.

I didn't know if the Leprechaun would work but I think it turned out so cute.

Here is the front all put together.

Valentines Day 2010

2010-02-19T11:08:00.000-08:00

On Thursday night we had a big party to get the kids Valentines all put together. This is our cute teacher gift. Homemade suckers and a little Valentine Tin. (My sister got the tins at work, they were going to toss them. Then we glued cute valentine paper and added ribbon.)

Alex's class had a contest for their Valentine Boxes. Alex won most creative. I think it turned out so cute.

Then we have pictures of the kids with their Valentine Stash.

But this one..... This is Sidney with her rose. Where does the time go??? She is already 14 1/2 it isn't long until she is way too grown up for me?

Yummy Valentine Breakfast!

Science Fair

2010-02-09T13:57:00.001-08:00

Wow!! I am amazed at what a great job the 2nd ward kids did in the science fair. Some great projects were done.

Alex's project was about Microwaved vegetables and if they spark. Well they do. Did you know if you break a baby carrot or a piece of celery in half and put the ends together it will spark in the microwave. We have actually caught a carrot on fire in there.
It was a fun project and Alex did a good job. I'm very proud of her.

St. Valentine's Day

2010-02-09T08:10:00.000-08:00

Hunter was asking last night why we have Valentine's day. So I did a little research.

Valentine's day was named after St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off.While he was jailed the lovers he had secretly married would come to visit him and bring him flowers and notes of appreciation. Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine". He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries and fertility rituals.

January Blues

2010-02-02T18:28:00.001-08:00

I finally realized why people get so depressed the month of January. I took down all of my Christmas decorations way earlier than I normally do and my house seemed bare. Then I realized all of my projects were done. Now what??? I really felt sick and so sad. For months I had been working on quilts, pjs, crafts and shopping for the big day. Then January came and there was nothing to look forward to. No projects to work on and I had already read my book I got for Christmas.
So I started blog stocking but not just stocking, looking for ideas for projects. Eric's grandma was so kind to just give each of us some money so I started looking for what I could spend this money on that I didn't need to account for.
Well, I ended up with a quilt book and fabric. Now I need a job to pay for everything I want to make.

I also went through my moms scrapes and came up with the idea of a
Valentines Day table runner.

Once I finished that I started a St. Patricks table runner. I am also working on a patriotic quilt.

I think it has been so fun to create. Maybe next year I won't feel so bad when January rolls around.

A New and Addicting Hobby

2010-01-08T11:03:00.000-08:00

I have watched my mom quilt over the years. I thought wow I can't wait to get one of those quilts they are so beautiful. Then when I married Eric I got a cute little grandma that is a fabulous quilter. I love the quilts that she has given to us. This September my sister in law said that she wanted to learn to quilt and wanted my sister, my mom and myself to do it with her. OK!! I finally have the inspiration or push that I needed so, I pieced together my first two quilt tops. One is for Alex and the other is Sidney's. I think they turned out pretty good for a first try, but now I am addicted. I bought fabric for a cute patriot quilt and can't wait to get started. Also over the past couple of weeks I made a few blankets for Christmas gifts a total of 7 all together.

Alex'sSidney's
Grandpa's- Air Force Fabric
Braydon's-- Baseball Fabric
Hunter's-- Air Plane Fabric
Whitney's- I love the star fabric.

This little Christmas Tree is to hold Christmas Cards. I made one for myself and the other for my sister.

Thanks for all the inspiration. There are so many of the sisters in our ward that make beautiful quilts. I hope I can grow up and be just like them.

Christmas Concerts

2009-12-18T20:32:00.000-08:00

The first concert was Alex's Choir Concert.

Santa will be checking his list Twice.

Once it was over we had to hurry over to Sidney's Band concert.
Fun night. They both did great.

Christmas Cookies

2009-12-18T20:20:00.000-08:00

Every year we have a night where we decorate Christmas cookies. Here are the results.

Santa

2009-12-12T19:35:00.001-08:00

Tonight was the Woffinden Family Christmas party. The kids got to go sit on Santa's lap.

My little nephew, Brent, that wanted nothing to do with Santa.

Hunter and Alex both got to go help Santa ring the bells for the song "Jingle Bells" The other pictures are cute pic's of Eric's family.

The Forgotton Carols

2009-12-09T23:06:00.000-08:00

17 years ago I got a CD called the Forgotten Carols for Christmas. The next year I learned there was a story and a play that went along with it. I had to have tickets to the play because I fell in love with the book and music.

A few years ago it became tradition to read the story for family home evening. Then 4 years ago my sweet mother in law decided to make a tradition of taking all the girls out to see the play. Now my daughters are just as in love with the play, story and music as I am.

What a sweet tradition for us to be a part of. Especially when it brings such a wonderful spirit to the holiday season. It makes me so thankful for other peoples talents and that they are so willing to share.

Thanksgiving Day

2009-12-06T21:16:00.000-08:00

Christmas Ornament tradition

2009-12-06T20:14:00.000-08:00

Every year each one of us gets a new ornament to represent things in our lives that we like for the past year.

This year

Braydon started guitar lessons--

Hunter lives for lego's so when I found a lego ornament that was the one for him.

Sidney got a trumpet, she is amazing on her horn. I wanted her to remember the good times she has had in band this past year.
Alex's ornament is a rock. She loves rocks and with all the rock hunting we have done she needed something to remind her of that.

Hunter turns 7

2009-11-29T15:19:00.001-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUNTER!!

I can't believe how fast the last 7 years have gone. My baby turned 7 today.

He was a hard baby but he was well worth it. He is a great part of our family. We wouldn't be the same without him.

My Favorite Things about Hunter:
He is creative.
He is artistic.
He is funny.
He is sweet.
He has a strong testimony.
He try's to do what is right.
He is smart.

He loves to learn.

Hunter lives for his legos. The only thing he had on his list for Santa for over a month was legos. So what kind of cake do you do for a boy that loves legos. Well a lego cake. I have never worked with fondant before and it was so easy. It doesn't taste all that great but maybe next time we will try homemade fondant and see if it is any better. I think his cake turned out great and he loves it.

Halloween 2009

2009-11-24T10:35:00.000-08:00

It was so fun this year to help Hunter make his costume. He looked so great. Everyone at school loved it too. As he was walking in to school all the kids were pointing and shouting "look at the robot" , "Hi, robot", "that robot is so cool."

Hunter had been saving boxes and "stuff" to make his robot since August. Yes you read that right, August. It sure was worth it.

I don't have any great pictures though do to my camera getting broke. So here at atleast a few. I am so sad that I really don't have any of Alex.

She was so cute as Pocahontas. Sidney was a prisoner with Braydon a cop. What a fun Halloween.

Our family Halloween party was fun as always. Here are the kids hitting the pinata.

Volleyball

2009-11-21T12:36:00.000-08:00

Sidney has been playing Volleyball for the past two months. Today was the finals and they came in 2nd. Sidney did a great job. She is so excited to try out for the Junior High team next year. I think she has a chance.

Sidney and Alex's Bedroom. Project Complete!!

2009-10-05T18:06:00.000-07:00

I have loved the girls bedroom from the day we moved in. I think that the colors were so cute and cheery. I loved the fairies that adorned the walls. But all good things must come to an end. Sidney thinks that the room is too girly and not just that little girly.

So as the mother of a preteen and teenage girl, I must relent and let them help to create a room to last through the next 6 years. So this weekend I went to work and this is what happened.....
It turned out so cute. I have so much paint left, I wish I could think of another room to paint like the green striped wall. But this is defiantly a teenagers room! Don't you think??