My Little Pony Worlds Largest Tea Party

Maggie and I were able to spend some quality girl time together today at the My Little Pony World's Largest Tea Party. We bought our tickets about a month ago and they've been showing the commercials on TV forever, so we've been waiting for a long time for this day to come. We were able to share it with our friends Amber & her daughter, Annie. The girls were about as thrilled with their new pony wands and cotton candy as they were to watch the ponies! It was such a cute story and a perfect legnth of time and the price we paid was well worth it for the fun memories we made today!

This week ...

This week ...
Josie finally cut another bottom tooth, a top tooth that decided it wasn't quite ready to make it's final appearance and disappeared, and a big, huge molar. We couldn't figure out why she wasn't sleeping well, but when we saw that big tooth, mystery solved! The other reason she wasn't sleeping good is because she has bronchitis again. The good thing about her being sick again is that we got our own nebulizer with 50 more premixed doses of albuterol, so it should last for quite awhile and save us many doctor visits! We're giving her breathing treatments twice a day to hopefully keep it from turning into pneumonia again. But, she gained two pounds and at almost 14 months old she now weighs in at a whopping 18.7 lbs.!! I can tell because it is getting harder to get her in and out of bed, high chair, and car seat. Through it all, she sure is cute and happy and just content with it all. What more could you ask for?


This week Maggie started gymnastics again and a ballet/tumble class. She really is showing great signs of improvement and I'm really impressed and pleased with her progress. She enjoys the social interaction and loves the time she gets to spend with her friends. She also got a hair"trim" on Saturday. We don't ever CUT her hair, she just gets trims. It's also started to curl quite a bit, I never would've noticed because I've never left it down before! I've heard many comments on how much older it makes her look to have her hair down. I think I need to leave it down more to let the little broken peices grow out and get it healthy again.



Johnny is continuing to do great in school. His reading skills have improved so much this year. He is now reading street signs and menu items and anything he can find and is so proud of himself. His teacher has great things to say about his progress this year and we're so proud of him. His nintendo skills are also improving from lots of practice in case you're wondering. We all have our priorities!

Johnny's Last Soccer Game

Johnny had his last soccer game this past Saturday. His team improved so much over the season and did really great! I guess that is what happens when you have it 3 times a week (which I won't miss at all)! Johnny's favorite thing was gaurding the goal. He did a great job his last game playing for the purple team because they didn't have enough people show up. We also enjoyed spending the season with our friends that are moving to Tennessee at the end of the school year. We're glad to have met them and had our kids be friends while we were here. After the game his coach put on a big party at a place called Bedroxx. It is like Peter Piper x 50, plus bowling. The kids had a really good time, but our friends went up to Phoenix to the temple for the day so they weren't there and we didn't really know anyone else. We tried to fit in and mingle a little, but it was hard. There are so many cultural differences here that make the whole experience so different. The coach was also having a birthday party at the same time so if you can imagine all the family members, friends, plus soccer kids, it was crazy! But they spent a lot of money on the kids to have a nice party and they got to bowl and play the games and have cake and pizza. At the end everyone got their soccer medal, trophy, and certificate. Johnny was beaming at his first trophy and wore his medal all day yesterday. It's too hot now to do soccer again, but we're proud of his improvements and look forward to the next activity!

Enjoying the sunshine!

Reid Park Zoo
March 7, 2007

The kids got out of school early last Wednesday so I called a few of my friends and we all went to lunch at McDonald's and the zoo. It was 87 degrees that day and we had a good time enjoying the sunshine! Our time here is winding down quickly and we're not ready to go and leave our friends here. The kids have made such sweet friends, as have I, and I'm so grateful and we'll miss them so much. I wish I had more pictures of the actual zoo, but with 11 kids there, I think we were the zoo!

Upcoming Plans ...

Plans for the future ...
Sorry, no pictures this time. We just wanted to send an update as to our future plans (if all works out according to plan). We were finally officially denied by BYU-I. We knew it was coming, it is just a relief to have out of the way so that we can make some headway in our future. We will be moving from the great desert of Tucson on June 30 back to Provo, Utah. When we get there, we'll share Mom & Dad Livingstone's basement for about a month or as long as it takes until we can HOPEFULLY find a house or place of our very own to stay for longer than 3 years, because that is the longest so far that we've lived anywhere! We're really looking forward to the change and we have great faith that we will be where we are supposed to be. We're taking a trip up to Utah from April 4-9th so that John can meet with his future employer and nail down some firm plans with the business. He'll be able to work at the practice while he finishes his dissertation, graduates, and works on his licensing hours. We feel very blessed and we're excited to be back to the home that we knew for seven years before coming down here, because it really feels like home to us.