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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Spring Happenings

April has flown by! We have enjoyed warmer than usual spring weather (for the most part) and all the trees are already full of leaves and the lilacs have been blooming three weeks early.  Here are some Schauers events the last part of April.
Our flowering plum tree with blossoms that are all gone now.

The Monday after we returned from our trip my mother gave me the opportunity to host an extended family home evening at our home and as a bonus, I was able to invite my Aunt Betty Ann from Arizona and her kids, my cousins, Tiare and Shane over for dinner before the EFHE.  I had to really get to work on the yard and house and laundry and grocery shopping that day, but it was worth it!  The company was great and the food yummy and the EFHE discussion was wonderful. I didn't get any pictures and wish I would have, its not often I get to have my fabulous Rappleye Aunts Uncles and cousins over.


I had a busy week full of clients that week too, so I had to quickly adjust back to reality of many responsibilities.  Soccer of course is still in full force so we had to get to games and practices for all three kids all week. (Savanna did an amazing job as goalie at her last game, she blocked 20 and only let 3 pass, and she took kicks to her face and had a shoulder injury the next day from diving for the ball. She got a lot of praise from parents that embarrassed her after the game.)  Jared was catching up with his business and had no time to fish. Of course school, carpool, choir, piano lessons, and church callings all need to be taken care of too. And on top of all this I came down with a terrible head cold, so what spare time I had I spent resting, not cleaning. There was one less responsibility to take care of and that was Savanna's orchestra which is over for the year.  She really improved her violin skills by participating in orchestra, and I had a lot of fun accompanying for them.  The directors even gave me a Lindon Elementary Orchestra T-shirt at the Spring Fling concert.

Savanna's elementary orchestra
Me playing, a little blurry
Savanna and her stand partner Enoch
Spring Fling--6 elementary orchestras all get together and play/perform

The next week was much better. I had fewer clients and felt much more healthy, so I could catch up on house work and even made some time to do yard work and plant two trees and two lilac bushes. (Mowing our lawn wiped me out more than digging four holes if you can believe--hills and lots of unloading grass clippings.)  I chose 2 Redhaven peach trees, because I didn't want tall trees blocking the view and I've always wanted fruit trees in my yard.  Since I've planted them I have learned they are going to be quite a maintenance headache, but if I can prune them correctly and keep the diseases away, we will have wonderful peaches in a few years.

Waiting for a really warm day to prune
Yay lilacs!!!
I think my trees will be really nice!
Weston, super soccer star

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Easter



In my excitement to post about the cruise I skipped Easter! The day before we left we had some egg hunts. This year I hid eggs full of toys for my kids. Weston was totally surprised by the little ninjagos in his easter eggs. Fiora and Savanna got beads so they can design bracelets and necklaces. I also got the girls dresses. They all said it was like Christmas opening their eggs with gifts, and was way better than candy. The Barretts joined us that afternoon and we had a big family egg hunt and lunch. I actually attempted to give a spiritual lesson to the kids while we waited for Dextin to start the egg hunt. The kids tried to be cooperative, a little, and were just so happy to finally get outside and find eggs. The weather was very nice and everyone sat on the deck and opened their candy. We got a couple family photos, even though the littles tried to run away. It was a fun day.



















Sunday, April 15, 2012

Spring Break Cruise

We have made it safely home from our family vacation to California and Mexico. We started 5:30 AM on Sunday and squeezed our luggage and ourselves into the Volvo to save on gas. Here is a picture of Weston trying to stretch out in the back seat wedged between his sisters.

We stopped in Cedar City for church and made really good time on the way there, no weather or traffic hold ups to speak of, and arrived at Jared's Uncle Steve Smith's house about 5:00 PM. The kids love playing with their dog, Brooky.












Monday morning we spent browsing the Pacific Aquarium in Long Beach California. The kids each got a pose with a funny whale. We saw many different fish, sharks, manta rays, coral, frogs, and other marine life (like a sea horse that looked like a plant), and even parrots and lizards. The best part was the sea lion show, in my opinion. By 11:30 the kids were anxious to get out of there and get on our cruise vessel.



Boarding! It was very exciting exploring the giant ship. We immediately hit the lunch buffet and stuffed ourselves, then the kids wanted to try the water slides even though it was blowy and cold. We just loved our tiny cabin with the ocean view, our beds when unfolded were literally on top of each other but it was very cozy and comfortable.


The first night at the diner was exciting. The kids loved being able to order whatever they wanted and two of anything. We were lucky and got a table with another family of five who had a boy Weston's age and a girl Savanna's age, and they didn't drink or gamble. It was fun to have dinner with them each evening.





CATALINA! What a beautiful island. We thoroughly enjoyed exploring this city, we did a glass bottom boat tour and rented a golf cart to drive up to the tops of the hills. That morning there were a TON of dolphins surrounding the cruise liner, and I don't know if you can see them in these pictures but it was one of my favorite sights from the ship to see the dolphins cresting the water.









Formal night at the diner on the ship. We were as formal as we could muster, all in tennis shoes and no ties or evening gowns, but we did wear skirts and try to do our hair nice. We all ordered lobster and unfortunately none of us like it much, but we didn't waste a drop of it. That evening was the funniest comedy show, some guy named JEROME whom I've never heard of but will never forget. Every night when they turned down our beds they left a towel sculpture on our beds, they were so fun and cute!









ENSENADA. It was rainy on our day in Mexico, but thankfully not cold. We had an umbrella and it wasn't too bad. We found a taxi right away and he took us 25 minutes south to the Bufadora, or blow hole, where water shoots 100 feet in the air when the waves hit the cliffs. It was really cool. The store vendors there were very aggressive, and Jared was totally up to the challenge, and he got talked a fellow WAY down on three items, but we wanted to do most of our souvenir shopping downtown Ensenada so we got back in our taxi and away from the psycho vendors at La Bufadora. Jared bought me leather sandals and the kids got themselves what they could afford, Jared being their negotiator every time. Jared had the taxi driver drop us of at a Tacqueria, taco shop, and we enjoyed authentic mexican tacos and paid a nice Senor $2 to sing to us while we ate. I felt like I was in Nacho Libre. We all left happy.









"Fun day at sea" we played on the ship Thursday. Ping pong, swimming, hot tub, mini golf, and a child program called "Camp Carnival" where the staff entertains the kids for a couple hours and the parents go enjoy some time to themselves. The pool on that ship was FREEZING cold. Jared and Savanna both jumped in it a few times, but I don't know how they could stand it, literally ice cold. I just sat in the hot tub or sat on the side and read my book. Of course lots of eating was done this day, we were all very stuffed. And believe it or not, I participated in Karaoke night and sung "Open Arms" by Journey to Jared in front of everyone.










Last night at the diner. Savanna ordered the asparagus soup and hated it! But otherwise it was all very tasty. We took pictures of our waiters.






Knotts Berry Farm. When we disembarked it was cold and rainy and windy, but we were die-hards and tried to go to Knotts Berry Farm like we planned to anyway. We had a great time for the first couple hours, then the rain came, and after a couple more hours traipsing in the wet rain we finally gave up. But what we did get to do was very fun!




In Memory of Lillian

In Memory of Lillian
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