Salt Lake Marathon

Erin, with her cousin Kayla, ran in the kids 1k during the SLC Marathon. We thought we would be running 1 mile at first but I didn't look at the info very closely, so the girls didn't get to run to their full potential. Maybe in an upcoming 5k! Anyway, they ran with their moms and ran the whole way! They got to meet Elmo, even though Erin made sure I understood that Elmo wasn't real and that it was a person dressed up as Elmo. Leave it to Erin to keep you in the know! They got medals and a T shirt for running in the race. Erin was a little scared before the race because she expected something very different. She said she had pictured a field with grass and lines painted to show you where to run. She also requested that the Union Station, which is where we waited to start the race, could be quiet for a little while. She is a country girl all the way! She was also worried that she wouldn't know where to run if she got ahead of me. I informed her I would be right by her the whole time! She was sure she was going to win the race! Alison told me that Kayla thought the race only consisted of her, Erin, Alison and me! She told Alison that she had a chance of winning this thing! So cute!

Lauren's blessing day

Today Lauren was given her blessing. Derek did a wonderful job as expected; even though he forgot to take his pain meds this morning because we were rushing out the door. He was in a lot of pain and had to teach in Priesthood today too. The girls enjoyed playing with their cousins after church, in the backyard; it was such a beautiful day! We were all burnt on our arms; the girls on their faces too. We spent the whole day ,yesterday, in the backyard getting our garden ready for planting. It takes the first burn of the year for me to remember to lotion everyone up before going outside. Morgan found some grubs in the dirt and was naming them. The first one was named Hate and then she renamed it Derek. The second one was named Katie. So now we know how she feels about her parents. Shannon was playing kitty for Erin and Erin put a jump rope around her waist for a leash. Erin then decided she needed to go inside for a drink and tied her "kitty" to a tree in the yard until she came back outside, then they went for a "walk" around the yard. We just need to move up to Morgan so the girls can get a pet. It was nice finally getting out into the yard and working in the dirt.

Easter

The girls all looked so cute in their new Easter dresses I had to take a "few" pictures after church. They all made a pretty good haul this year after the Easter Bunny came and grandparents pitched in. Shannon did especially well at Grandma Kobe's house because she had had some practice at home with the easter bunny.

Erin's hiphop party

Erin had a hiphop birthday party this year because she wanted to invite a bunch of friends and I didn't want to clean up the mess so we had it at the dance studio that the girls go to. They provide an hours worth of dance instruction and then an hour for eating and presents. It was funny to watch because none of the girls had any idea what hiphop was. So I asked the instructor if she would perform a short dance so they could get a taste of hiphop. After that they played the freeze game (the kids dance till the music stops and "freeze" in any position)and the kids (mainly Erin) really "got their groove on". Luckily we got some of it on video! After dancing and playing games they all had pizza and cake. Erin said she had a good time and would do it all over again. The nice thing was being able to leave the mess behind!

Busy family

The Kobe family has been pretty busy lately. Derek is in the process of framing the rest of our basement in hopes of finishing the family room soon. Katie is still RS president (even after Bro Ballard's talk from General Conference). I'm giving a cheese cake demo at the end of the month to kick off our cooking classes we will have every month. There was a lot of interest in the classes, but not many sisters volunteered to help teach the classes. Erin is working with Derek on her first science project for school (we aren't sure what it will be yet; it's a work in progress). Morgan is rehearsing, with her ballet class, the dance they will perform in June at Thanksgiving Point. Shannon is in the process of being potty trained (we hope), but I had to put a stop to it today because I got a sinus cold and I'm not in the frame of mind to deal with wet undies all day! Lauren is in her own room now (yipee) and we will start training her to sleep through the night soon! Hopefully this will go better than the potty training.