Superhero's and little boys

. The girls needed more room, so we swapped the boys and girls rooms. Morgan's and Michael's room was quite colorful. They have about 5 wall panel's, each one was a different color; pink, yellow, lavendar, green, and blue, with a blue ceiling that has glittery stars. Not for them or me.
Morgan loves Superhero's. He sat down with Austin one afternoon and learned all about their powers and who each character was. Then told his Dad all about them. Michael love's Buzz Lightyear and Woody. I found two posters. Still need to hang Woody and the gang. The boys love their room.
The paint is called Sonata, a blueish gray. I found the wall stickers at Walmart. The bunkbed's we got for Austin and Justin about 10 years ago and the dresser was given to us by our old neighbor in Surprise, both are in need of a facelift. Eventually we will repaint them after a few other projects are finished.
The girls room is next to do and they are excited to have it done!

Grandparents

July 2nd - 11th: Austin and Justin are Varsity Scouts. They had the opportunity to go White Water Rafting on the Snake River on the Utah/Wyoming border. Steve was able to take time off work and go with them. They loved it, but were glad to get home.

I decided to take the 4 younger kids to Arizona for the DeWitt Family Reunion, see grandparents and visit friends. I have six children. The reason why I say that, is because they have 6 Grandparents. In their prayers they name each of their grandparents, take a deep breath and whisper, "Is that all?" How blessed they are to know Great Grandma Greco - she will be 102 years old this year. Great Grandpa Palmer and Great Grandma Palmer - both in their 80s. Grandma Randall - Steve's Mom. Grandpa Greco - my Dad, and Grannie - my Mom.

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Wasp and Ants

Spring for Utah this year is rather here and there. Tomorrow, the high should be maybe 39. Next week it should be in the 70s again. Maybe, we can plant the garden. It still snows from time to time.
Today, with it in the 60s, the little one's and I got out and picked up the zillion sticks that our Crooked Weeping Willow Tree drops - we were told by the previous owners that it is a 'self-pruning' tree. Self-prune it does - 2 bag fulls this time - that's what the little one's picked up. Miss O is great at helping. The branches needed to be squished down inside the bag - so she would have Michael climb on her back (piggyback) and carefully place him in the trash can so he could break the branches.
We have this unkept area in the front that has a ton of weeds there - so today I decided to use the weed eater to clip them. A silver round fence post needed to be moved behind the shed. Miss O picked it up to take it there. To her surprise! A huge ant colony dumped out of it onto the sidewalk. At least a million of the creepy crawling insects on the sidewalk. They now reside in heaven.
Right before going inside, a wasp decided to perch on the back of my arm - it didn't seem to mind my protest or swishing it away - it lingered, but didn't sting me. Then it was gone.

Getting Back on the 'Horse'

In May, I will be celebrating my 40th birthday. Seems strange, never thought I would be THAT old, but I am. I have made a few decisions on how I will celebrate this year. #1 get in shape ~ by loosing some weight and giving myself challenge's along the way. Olivia brought to our attention (Steve and I) a 5k event for her school on May 14th and she has been training for that. Justin and I are also going to participate with her.
I used to run cross country (2 Miles) in Junior High ~ that was only about 25 years. In my mind I am still in shape, then reality hits me several times throughout the day. Waking up, sore muscles, and sweat - lots of it, but inside I feel GREAT! A friend once shared in her Relief Society lesson that she "Love's her tennis shoes." I didn't understand it then, but am beginning too.
Each year in Arizona right about this time, they start advertising about the Susan G. Komen 3-day, 60 mile walk to raise money for breast cancer. Every year, I would think, "I would like to do that." This year I am. In honor of a very special lady, Margaret DeWitt Harris.
She is my Grandma's OLDER sister. You wouldn't know it though if you saw the two standing side by side, they look like twins just about. Aunt Marg had this wonderful laugh, you could pick her out in a crowd from it. Her laugh wasn't at all boisterous, just familiar. She was friendly, loveable and was always upbeat. She also had breast cancer and chose to have a mastectomy. In July 2004, she passed away. I miss her. I miss her laugh.
In 1988, I was going to college out by her and had the opportunity to go out for a visit. Uncle Delbert and Aunt Marg also had a horse. I got to ride the horse. I have ridden horse's before, but never one like this. I swear, as soon as Uncle Delbert was out of sight, the horse knew it. He would run and then suddenly stop, causing me to almost topple over his head. He would try to bite me. He never bucked though. This seemed to go on FOREVER! I finally managed to get off his back and over the fence and walked back to the house. The horse was content just to walk beside me on the other side of the fence. Fine with me ~ I had enough. I passed Uncle Delbert along the way, he asked what had happened and I shared. He chuckled, so did Aunt Marg. Eventually, I did too. She was a great Aunt and I miss her.
For the 40th year of my life, I am taking a walk in Arizona for Aunt Marg and for me. I look forward to the journey.

Justin's Wrestling Match

On March 2nd the video below was taking. Justin did pin his competor.

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Justin decided to go out for the wrestling team this year. He has entered the world of eating right, eating less and watching yummy things pass him by in order to keep at the 140lb weight level. He started out on the JV team, but would weigh just a pound or two too much. Then came the week that the team (like always) weighed in before they loaded on the bus for the meet. Justin made the 140lb weight! He was so excited, he was going to get to wrestle. Then they got over to the competor's school and lined up for the weigh in - he was 2lbs too heavy! He wasn't able to wrestle. He had a teammate later on wrestle him for his JV spot and the teammate won. He has since not only made the weight level, but has been successful at keeping his weight down 1-2lbs below the 140 mark. He wrestle's at the matches in either the A or B spot of the exhibition level.

With the girls school getting out the same time as Justin's matches, I have been able to attend 1 meet. It is my first time watching wrestling matches and being a wrestling Mom. I love it! Steve was also able to see the meet when they went to Centerville Jr. High. Justin liked going over there for the match, because that is where he attended school last fall. His next sport is track and field in the Spring.