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Cy-man turned 3 on Wednesday! He loved us singing the Happy Birthday song. He would ask all day long....Mom, is it my birthday?...and then wait for me to BURST into song. He would sing along..probably to make sure I got the words right. When we finally got a lighted cake in front of him and sang the song, I think he was bored with the song as he blew out the candles right in the middle of it. Our original plan was to go to Chuck E Cheese pizza, but because of a late work schedule, we ended up going through the drive through at Del Taco. He didn't seem too disappointed. In fact, he was pretty excited because we let him finally get a vanilla shake! Simple Pleasures!! He's such a sweetie! Happy Birthday Cyrus! We love you!

Emily joined the city recreation basketball league for boys and girls in kindergarten and 1st grade. It was fun to watch these kids learn the game. Some were actually pretty good, others.....well....they probably won't be joining the NBA. Emily fit pretty good right in the middle. The last game of the season was the most exciting as Emily made two baskets. We've included some GREAT footage for all to enjoy....so enjoy! In order to teach the kids about guarding another player, each player was given a colored arm band. They were to look for opponent with the same color arm band and play defense. Emily was one of the best defensive players. It didn't matter if her team was on offense or defense, she was on defense. ..even if the ball was on the other side of the court. That's our girl!

More Pictures of the Museum of Ancient Life. The kids at the erosion table and posing with the dinosaurs. It was alot of fun.

We decided to visit the local Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point. It was a bit overpriced (in my expert opinion) but the kids had a lot of fun. There were many "hands on" activities such as the erosion table and the design-A-dino. There were also many "hands off" displays that we included as part of our "hands on" experience. (We wanted to get our monies worth) I was proud of myself for remembering the daiper bag, but forgot the camera. These pictures are from the camera phone. Oh well....one can't be perfect at everything.

Here is Jasmine Pretty Princess Mae Badger...or Jazzy Jazz for short. She is our newest member of the Badger party. She's pretty cute, but she poops.....I wish I would have know that before. Emily has been great in feeding, watering, and taking her out for her potty breaks. Andy and I have been responsible for cleaning up any accidents.

We have been looking forward to having church start at 9:00a.m. We made some Sunday goals and knew that we would get a lot more accomplished during the day by having church first. What we got accomplished the first Sunday this year was to put every hair barrette into Emily's hair. I guess we can cross that off of our list of Sunday goals....whew, that feels good.