Sweets in February

Since I missed so much blogging in February, here are some photos of Valentine's Day and other stuff we did in February!

 Every Monday I attend my sister's Body Pump weight lifting class at the gym.  She is the one in the white shirt in the middle (and she is about 14 weeks pregnant with her 5th child---she is still so small!)  Mary Kay is a fabulous teacher and it is super fun going to her class each week!

 The kids and I made heart-shaped brownies for their teachers and for all of our orthodontic staff.  Yum!

 I LOVE LOVE LOVE that they still write Valentines!

 One day, at "Adventure Club" we made GAK, or "slime."  Hailey and her friend Isobel made their own club called Adventure Club and we have it every Tuesday after school.  They do really fun things and the girls absolutely love it!

Hailey plays on a soccer team with a bunch of darling girls.  She has even made some goals this season.  Yeah Hailey!!!

For Kelsey's YW Service Project, she hosted a cupcake party for some little girls in our ward.  She did a darling job and made it so fun for them!

Here are our Bishop's two darling daughters.  We even got matching zebra aprons for all the girls.  They were super cute!

 Kelsey is such a doll when it comes to helping kids.  She really has a sweet way with children.  I can see her being such a darling little mother someday.  

Yep - it's was a day of Sweets for the Sweet at the Chamberlain House!

Still in "that" stage

Our "Hailey Girl" started soccer for the first time this year.  For weeks she kept asking me, "WHEN is my soccer practice???"  I was so happy to see that she was super excited to start because after all, I don't think she even knows what soccer is or what the rules of the game are.  She was just so  happy to be playing with some of her friends from school!

 There she is, number 3.  Their team only had one practice before her first game and Hailey was so nervous that she was going to do something wrong with "everyone watching her."  She is a perfectionist that way and I had to help her understand that soccer is for exercise and to learn a new sport----relax and have fun!

 We were surprised to see how fast her little legs could run!  She and her friend, Avery, are the two smallest girls on the team.  They are just little squirts!!

 As we pulled up to the GYSA soccer complex, I saw the hundreds of cars and parents lugging chairs, umbrellas, coolers filled with snacks/drinks, etc. and then remembered that Hailey's game field is the furthest most field from the parking lot.  I got a little cranky and wished I had planned for an extra 10 minutes---but then a sweet feeling came over me and my heart was immediately changed.  I'm still in "that" stage---the stage of being a soccer mom, the stage of getting snacks/drinks for the players because sometimes that's the best part of the game for them!  ha ha----Having teenagers who are not in "that" stage anymore has made me forget how much I actually really LOVE doing all of this.  I have been feeling older these last few months with some health issues creeping up on me (and it's NOT fun!).  But I can't tell you how much I loved still being in the precious mom stage with a child starting soccer for the first time.  LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!

 As the coach would trade out players, Hailey ran off the field to guzzle water (in the 106 degree heat!!).  Towards the end of the game we noticed that she tripped and fell trying to kick the ball.  There was a cluster of girls around her and we didn't notice that someone accidentally kicked her in the eye.  When she stood up, she was crying.  I ran out to the field and helped her off.  She could hardly open her eye----poor little thing!

So, I held her for a while until she could open it and the stinging went away.  I have to admit, I was a little selfish and glad that I could have some "snuggle time" with her.  I still love "that" stage too!!!

I honestly thought she would be out for the rest of the game because she would be afraid of her eye hurting and just because she probably was tired after playing for almost one hour straight.  But, to my surprise, after only about 5 minutes on my lap, she sat up and said, "Mom, I want to go back in the game!  I wanna play!"  So, I looked over at Tom, so happy that she had a little "fighter" attitude and said, "Well, go out there and stand on the sidelines so your coach knows you want to play again!"  Off she went-----her coach put her in for the last few minutes of the game and they finished strong and won the game!  It's amazing to me, as a mother, that you can see strong character traits in your children at such a young age.  This one was a new revelation to me.  I was really proud of her not quitting but trying her best to endure to the end.  That character trait alone will serve her well---that and her fiesty little spirit!  ha ha!