Spring Fever

We went to visit our friends, the Carter's.  We were all experiencing spring fever and decided we needed a family trip to cheer us up.  The kids all had a great time playing with each other and Mitzi and I enjoyed our time spent together.

Olyessa and Katelyn really enjoyed playing the piano.  Olyessa taught Katelyn a duet that they could play together.  I hear Katelyn play one part of the duet everyday now that we are home.  (She plays it over and over again!)

Andrew and Ben had a great time together.  They were fishing together.  Andrew's Dad was on his own trip fishing for the weekend. 

On our way home we stopped in Honeyville to see Grandma and Grandpa.  Aubrey asked Grandpa for a ride in the Rino.  Grandpa couldn't say no.  So off they went on a tour of the town.  They all came back saying Grandpa went down a really steep hill and had them all screaming in the back.  Then Aubrey and Grandpa disappeared for a while, so we sent Katelyn looking for them.  She found them out back with Aubrey swinging on the swings. Andrew joined them. Grandpa does have a soft spot for his grandkids. 

Aubrey is learning how to ride her "two wheeler". (She likes to call it her two wheeler.)  She is doing a really great job. She has almost mastered it and in such a short time.   Great job! We are so proud of you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Katelyn got a fun new haircut last Friday.  She has been asking me to cut it for weeks.  I thought it was just a phase that would fade quickly, but she really wanted it short again.  I am glad she talked me into letting her do it.  She looks really cute and grownup.

The newest member of the family....Dribble the fish

Katelyn is now the proud and responsible owner of her friendly Betta fish named Dribble.  I know it's is hard to believe that the day has come that the Kotter family would have a pet of any kind.  It all started out so innocently, with the girls deciding that they no longer wanted to share a bedroom.  We began to move Aubrey out of Katelyn's room and then Katelyn realized just how lonely she might be without Aubrey.  She asked for a dog... that wasn't going to happen (obviously) so her next idea was a fish.  I think she just happened to ask on the right day because Mom and Dad were feeling very empathic to her loneliness and said we could go and look at the fish to do some pricing of the cost of a fish.  You can see from the picture what that turned into, yes the newest member of the family, Dribble.

The winter continues even into the early March.  The kids had a blast making this snowman with their dad on Saturday.  Unfortunately the snowman melted very quickly.  It was a puddle of slush by Sunday.  Andrew has been very upset about his snowman and continues to ask Dave and I to fix it, over and over again.  We often sing the primary song to him, "Once their was a snowman" at night before he goes to bed.  We tried to tell him the snowman melted small, small, small.  He seemed to comprehend what we are saying until he saw the puddle of mush and started all over with, "fix snowman".  Just another thing to torment his mind with the snow!