March Recap

Have you heard of March Madness? Well, we here at the Pilling home had our own March madness.

Here is a recap of the highlights.

Scott, Josh, Syd, and Maddy played in festival and all did a great job. Each earned a superior, which is what they hoped for. Way to go kids! Some people say, "Oh, you have such talented kids." But I would have to give credit to all the very hard work in the early morning hours!

Scott finished his first year of Jr. High basketball. His team only had one loss, and won every other game by a substantial margin! They also came away with the championship. I ran home during halftime of their last game to grab my camera, determined to take some pictures. I took pictures galore, but don't ask me what happened to them!! Arghhh.

Both Syd and Josh had birthdays. Syd's birthday was previously documented, but I missed Josh's on account of spring break. Josh is the lucky kid whose birthday always falls during spring break. So for his birthday, we went skiing and partied with cousins all night long!

Josh turned 11. What an amazing kid Josh is. I love Josh's happy nature. He is always making people laugh. He is so kind-hearted.

Josh shared this story with me a few days ago. It exemplifies Josh. A kid at school was being teased at lunch because he wasn't "cool". One kid offered to pay Josh if he would make some rude comment about this kid's hair. Josh said no. The kid found somebody else who would carry out his little plan, and the rude comment was thrown in the "uncool" kid's face. Josh told everybody to knock it off, then told the "uncool" kid not to worry about it, because his hair was really cool and he (Josh) really liked it.

(Like Josh is a good judge of hair! Have you seen his hair lately?!) Anyway, he is always watching out for the down-trodden. It makes me proud of him. More proud of him than anything else he does.

He is one amazing basketball playing, piano playing, crazy skiing, love to read kid.

Here are a few pics of his parties (one in Utah and one at home).

Notice the red face and red eyes. Josh had goggles, but forgot to wear them half the day, and he paid the price! And remind me not to trust Josh next time he tells me he already sunblocked his face!


Birthday breakfast at home.


Josh pretty much picked out his own presents. He hit the jackpot at Plato's closet. You gotta love getting clothes for cheap!


Spring break was a much needed break! We went to Utah with several of Brek's siblings and their families. We went skiing twice and enjoyed some great spring skiing. The snow was average, but the weather was fantastic!! Beautiful and sunny. Nobody skiied with a coat on. The kids had a great time skiing with their cousins and aunts and uncles.

The trip also included such fun events as Jump on It and ice skating. And of course, what Utah trip would be complete without a little bit of shopping. On the list were IKEA, Plato's Closet (a favorite of my boys), and Sports Authority. One evening all the adults enjoyed a delicious dinner at Thaifoons...another fave.

Warning: Lots of pics coming up. Sorry...I can't help myself.

The kids loved playing outside in the beautiful weather!




Queen Kelly (as Kent called her) decided to enjoy one last moment in the sun before we all headed back to the cold. A lawn chair and diet coke in the driveway....doesn't get better then that, huh Kelly?

We brought a few girls with us to help watch the kids. Lacy, Kasiah, and Delta. We love these girls and would gladly adopt them into our families!

Lacy and Delta
Syd and Kasiah
Maddy rockin' out!
Madelyn brought along her art supplies and went around beautifying everything....giving it the Maddy touch.

My kids love to go ice skating, so when we are in Utah and get the chance, we go. They had a great time. Some of the pictures are blurry, but I had to add them anyway. Great memories!




This would be me informing the boys that they are the only ones enjoying their little game of sneaking up behind people and scaring them...generally resulting in someone falling to the ground.





We stayed at a house in Draper, not too far from my old home. It was quite nostalgic. We had a great view of the GORGEOUS Draper temple!

We came home refreshed and invigorated...in my dream world, anyway. A vacation with all the kids, their cousins, lots of ski stuff, and no sleep. What am I saying??! We came home completely EXHAUSTED!!

Add to all of this a couple more basketball tournaments and all the usual running around, and that makes for one crazy month!