Kaylee and Connor helping dad get the elbow sprinkler parts ready

and then laughing about the "elbows" ha ha

Getting ready for sprinklers has been a lot of work! BJ called around to get quotes on having someone come to trench for us. One of the people he called happened to be in our old ward/neighborhood in Woods Cross- Rob Vandergrift. He came out and gave us a lot of tips and offered to do more than trench for a crazy good deal. BJ did all the hard work when it came to the sprinklers, but Rob used his machinery to help us out a lot including trenching for us. BJ slowly worked on the sprinklers every chance he had. We were getting pretty close when I went outside and found the trenches slowly filling up with water. I couldn't figure out what had happened but I knew it wasn't good.

I called BJ but he didn't answer so I got a bucket and just started dumping water as fast as I could. I thought we must have hit a sprinkler in our neighbors yard but was confused because the water wasn't on it. After having our neighbor Phil come over we realized the water had been turned on that morning and we had indeed hit one of the neighbors sprinkler heads. They didn't ever turn their water off for the winter so it just started filling the trenches up with water. I was anxious to finish sprinklers so I stayed out there dumping water so it would dry up allowing BJ to work on it when he got home from work. 

While I was out working on it a lady just down the street (Sherri Urry) saw me and jumped right in to help. She literally jumped into the mud hole and dug the water out. While she was in there doing that she slipped on the mud and fell in. I LOVED that she just jumped right in to help without really knowing me that well. The Urry's are the sweetest people. Her daughter Marissa has come to babysit our kids a few times. They are just sincere people who really care and want to help others.

Ashlynn was helping play in the mud too

The before all the grass picture

When we told Connor the sprinklers were done he ran inside to get into his swim suit ha ha. He was soooo ready to run through those sprinklers. Connor wanted grass more than any of the kids. He would find little seeds in his food or would find weeds and would plant his "grass" all over. He thought it would magically grow the grass over night. It was the cutest thing.

BJ really impressed me with all of his knowledge and expertise with the sprinklers. He did a great job and worked his butt of every single day without much help. I was really impressed!

Ashlynn wearing her new helmet as she tried out her boot scoot

The above picture is on Mother's day. I can't even express how much I love these little munchkins. I thought the other night as I went in to check on them before I went to bed how much they mean the world to me. I honestly don't even want to imagine life without them. Today Connor was talking about Heaven with his friend Jed. He said "I want to see what Heaven is like. I want to die so I can go see Heaven". They then started talking about Heaven and how amazing it must be. I told Connor that I don't want him to die because I would miss him too much. He said "I will just ask to come home". We had a good talk about Heaven and how amazing it is going to be when we will all be there together. 

Being a mom can be challenging and can take a lot of patience. But the blessing is 100X worth the sacrifice. 

I mean look at these two cuties

Here is Ashlynn with her friends Janee and Elle

Kaylee getting off the school bus from her field trip. She was a big fan of riding on the school bus

Kaylee at her kindergarten field trip

Connor hanging out with another girl on his soccer team

Kaylee played small Jasmine & Connor played Anger from the movie Inside Out. They both had such cute lines and did such a good job remembering what they were supposed to say and when to say it. One of our favorite things about Up with Kids is the confidence they build by getting up in front of people and performing.

The kids love getting a trophy after the performance is over.

Here are a few pictures from the Kids Fair. Kaylee is learning how to perform CPR

Kaylee's favorite activity was rock climbing. She is really pretty good at it!

Connor's of course was the miniature golf they had set up. This boy just LOVES golf!