The Colorado Wescotts are having a great Easter Sunday!  I wish you all a blessed day and week!
Love, Jennifer

Sam has been working on a huge project for school.  He was assigned a local pioneer from the 1800’s and had to present on that pioneer. Not only did he have to present but he had to really get into character.  He researched and created a story board of his pioneer. He also had to give a speech about his pioneer.  We spent a lot of time preparing for presentations.  Yesterday was Pioneer Day at school. They gave speeches and presentations in the morning and had fun activities in the afternoon ending with singing and square-dancing.  Even I got to square-dance.  I know you are jealous.
Sam’s assigned pioneer was Major Henry McAllister.  McAllister was a very influential man in Colorado Springs. It was really fun learning about him.

For the last month, Paige’s kindergarten class has been studying a few different countries.  This week is Australia.  When Paige’s teacher sent out the email looking for a parent to make and bring in food from each country, I scrolled down to the last week possible and signed up for that date.  April 21st. A month ago, it seemed easy.  Bring in Australian food. Granted I have never been to Australia and I have no idea what Australians eat.  Soooo, this past weekend I did what every good mom does and I Googled it.  I found a very yummy recipe that included sponge cake, chocolate and coconut.  That seems universal to me.  I’m just sayin’.  Anyway, Paige and I got out the aprons this afternoon and made some very deliciously Australian Lamingtons.  Here is the play by play. 
Excuse the quality of my pics.  For some reason, unknown the me, some of my pictures are fuzzy and not as crisp when I send them over to blogger. 

Today we are having a gorgeous Colorado day.  It is a bit breezy but with warm temps and a blue sky.  We are lovin’ it!  We managed to get out for a short hike this afternoon and a bit of playtime in the backyard.  Here are some cute pics from our fun weekend.  Last night we introduced Scott’s parents to Just Dance 2.  Good times!
Jennifer

Just wanted to stop by and say Hey.

We are enjoying a visit from Scott’s parents. They are so good to make the trek west from Michigan a couple times a year and it is always awesome to see them!  The kids cannot get in enough games, cards, stories,etc.  They are soaking up the grandparent time, for sure.

We are all prepped again for a semi-busy weekend full of fun. 

I am spending part of my weekend at a missions meeting for my upcoming trip to Costa Rica.  I (and my team from church) am going for week at the end of May.  There is a lot to be done between now and the end of May and most of the time it feels like a race.  If I make it to the finish and haven’t dropped too many balls along the way, I call it a success!  Anyway, a mission trip has been heavy on my heart for quite some time and I don’t believe that it was a coincidence that this trip came along when it did.  I wish that Scott could go with me but the timing was not as perfect for him. 

Sam has a huge pioneer project due this week so we will be dedicating some quality time to finishing that up. 

Scott, his parents and the kids are heading out in the morning for a soccer game and then to the movies.  Good times all around!

We are trying to decide what the rest of the weekend has in store for us but we know it will be fun no matter what the activity. 

I hope you all have a great weekend.  We are loving the bit of rain we have gotten this week and are hoping for some more next week.  It is really dry and fires have begun to pop up around town and the state.  A couple weeks ago there was a small grass fire a mile down the road.  Just a bit too close for comfort!

Enjoy Spring!  It is wonderful to be able to open up windows and let the warm breeze in! 
Jennifer

On Sunday afternoon, Alice had her first piano recital. She started taking piano in January and just started learning music on the staff.  I am not sure who was more nervous, Alice or me?!?!?!  She wasn’t sure she wanted to go through with it but in good tough love parenting fashion I continued to reminder her that she would indeed play and feel good about it.  There were a few tears on the drive to the recital but we held strong that she was just nervous and would be great!  And she was great! Here is the video.  I took a few pictures but the lighting in the auditorium didn’t get along with my camera so my shots are pretty bad. 
This video is of Alice practicing with her piano teacher before the recital started.  The one of her playing alone won’t load.  I think that it is too big for blogger. 

I mean it.  I know that I have said it before.  There truly are not enough hours in the day for all the things these crazy kids are involved in.  Seriously.  I mean it this time.
Our weekend included a school carnival, a couple long runs, a museum tour, multiple trips to Walgreen’s, two birthday parties, the post office, church and a piano recital. Let’s just say, my head is still spinning and probably won’t stop for quite some time.
Anyway, in all the mayhem of yesterday, Paige had a soccer game. Of course, she is the cutest little player.  Enjoy the pics.

Alice had her piano recital today and we took some photos so I will (hopefully) post those tomorrow.
Have a nice weekend.
Jennifer

This weekend we headed up into the mountains for some time away and some skiing.  A couple months ago, I bought a Groupon for 2 nights at the Monarch Mountain Lodge.  We had a free weekend and took the opportunity to get in one last ski day.  Our friends, The Youngs, and a couple other families also spent the weekend at Monarch.  We headed up Friday night and then skied all day Saturday.  Today we headed down into Salida, ate breakfast, hiked around a bit and then met our friends for lunch before heading for home.  It was a very relaxing weekend.  The kids had fun being with friends, watching movies, swimming, skiing and just hanging out.  The weather on Saturday was beautiful with temps in the 50’s and 60’s.  We were all way too warm in our ski gear.  The kids thought it was hilarious when we saw guys skiing without shirts and girls in bikini tops.  It was tempting to strip down to near nothing but I spared everyone and kept on my fleece 🙂  Today the weather was cooler and a bit rainy.  We even hit some snow on the drive home.  Good thing because we really need all the moisture we can get!  It has been an extremely dry winter here in Colorado.  Soooo, here are the pics from the weekend. Another fun and exhausting ski day under our belts.