We haven't died, I promise

Hey everybody!! I know it has been a looooong time since I last blogged and I am not sure how to catch y'all up on the happenings at the Salmond fish bowl..... I'll do my best.

This first picture is when Q and I had a girlie evening. We painted each others fingernails, well, I painted her fingernails and she painted my fingers, we did each others hair and makeup. So worry not, friends, T has did not beat me up, I have not forgotten that eye shadow goes ABOVE the eye lids, and I am NOT stuck in the 80's with the powder blue eyeshadow. But Q sure looks cute. She begs to wear makeup all the time! Doesn't she know that it is a curse, not a gift?

Bounty Hunter C is on the prowl. He got this helmet and dart gun for his birthday and has totally loved it. It makes sounds and has a little microphone in it. He also got a Darth Vader helmet too, and that was perfect because now C and K fight each other. It is funny because they use "the force" when they fight. They open they hand and thrust the palm of their hand at each other from across the room and the other one falls over. Don't ask me why they love star wars so much but they totally do.

Here is a picture with our family and T's grandparents. We had a normal smiling one but I think those are so boring. T's grandparents health is faling but grandpa is just as cute and funny as ever and grandma is just as gracious as ever. Grandpa kisses me on the cheek every time we go up and visit and says "I don't know how Wilford snagged you but he sure is a lucky man!" I think I am the lucky one to have had the opportunity to get to know these wonderful people.

This is C's soccer team. He was so cute in soccer. I think we will put him in soccer again. He was a strong kicker, when he didn't lay on the ball. I can't tell you how many times he would kick the ball and then lay down in the crowd of kids. He got kicked in the head, stomach, legs, wiener (twice), and back. I told him, everytime he came over to me crying, that if he didn't lay down in front of all the kicking 5 year olds, he wouldn't get booted in the noggin!!!

This is a semi-bad picture of the fam at the red and white scrimage game. It was such a fun day. We went to the game then when to a pizza joint for dinner afterwards. The day was pretty cold and Q snuggled up in a ball on T's lap the whole game (I don't think that she is a football fan). They put little K on the big jumbo screen because he was dancing to the music. He does this little spiderman bum jiggling dance that is impossible to explain but priceless to see. The best part of the game was that UofU won the game!!!! I am not even going to mention that of course they won the game, they were playing themselves.

I have been working REALLY hard on the landscaping and that has taken the bulk of my time. I spent at least 3 hours a day on the landscaping for a couple months now (with the occassional day of total exhaustion). We have a ton of new plants planted, all our veggies planted, all the mulch spread (2 full dumptrucks full!), the entire lot deweeded (quite a job considering we are surrounded by fields and weeds), and 11 trees planted. I think one tree is dead but that isn't a bad ratio, 11 planted, 1 dead. I am planning on buying 3 more trees. But I wannt to be certain that this tree is a gonner before I turn it into firewood. I will take pictures next month when things are poking out of the ground better.

T turned 33 yesterday and we had a fantastic birthday barbeque. I invited all his close friends and they all came!! It was awsome to see them. We hadn't seen some of them in over a year so it was great to catch up.

I had been practicing the ukulele pretty regularly. I am working on finger picking. I have really loved my ukulele and am planning on replacing the strings in the very near future. I found out that my uke is a pretty ok uke but the strings are crap so if I got them replaced I would hear a big difference in the sound of the instrument. I have to have them sent from Hawaii, but at least the shipping is only 80 cents.

Q graduated from 1st grade and is very excited to live in her swimming suit this summer. We got seven peaks passes and she loves going there. They all do except C, who is very timid about any of the slides. He will play in the kiddie pools and the wave pool but if you even hint at a slide he cries. Q also has piano and dance this summer. She is VERY excited to try out dancing. I hope she likes it because she doesn't seem to like sport too much.

Well, I think that is all for now because I am tired of writing. I am positive that I forgot stuff but it's all good. Hopefully, I will write again soon. Have a great day and an even better tomorow