Best Patient

We met Cole's new Opthamologist today. Cole got his eyes dilated so he also got those awesome shades :) Everything is good for now, but the doc says Cole will probably need prescription glasses eventually. He has been through a lot in his 6 years of life and he is always such a great patient for the doctors.

As his reward for being such an awesome patient he got a date with mom to Subway for lunch and Twistee to get a cherry dipped ice cream cone. I sure love this kid! 

My Little Beautician

Ellie decided she wanted her hair short and took matters into her own hands:

 She cut herself a nice mullet and was very proud of it. She did a pretty good job...I didn't notice until dinner time that she had done it. I took her into a salon to get the back evened out and the beautician chopped it and butchered her bangs. She went from mullet to page boy. We decided she did a better job than the beautician and should have just left it. But today I did a little trimming and blew it dry and it looks a lot better:

Ellie loves it and she is pretty adorable so I guess it all worked out :) But Elise Cathryn Coombs, don't ever cut your own hair again!!

Conference Planes

I love General Conference!! It is always the most uplifting weekend. And I absolutely love that Cole makes these awesome paper airplanes during conference:

Now I just need to find something to keep Ellie and Dax occupied so I can hear all of the talks and not just bits and pieces :)

Spring Break

It's Spring Break!!! And of course it was one of the months Daddy couldn't take time off work. So the kids and I had a staycation :)

We played the whole week, grew a lot of animals out of capsules, Cole insisted I home school him for a bit everyday :), and we went to the Children's Discovery  Museum in  Bloomington with the Fossats and the pool at Five Points with the Fossats. We were so busy playing that I forgot to take pictures except at the Children's museum:

 

We had a great week here in Illinois! And to top it all off we get to watch General Conference this weekend! It's been a fabulous Spring Break!!

Sunday Walks with my Cute Kids

I'm so happy that the weather has gotten warmer and we can finally go on Sunday walks again! Aren't those the best looking kids you've ever seen?! I love my cute kids!

I Love To See The Temple

We were able to go to the Nauvoo Temple today!!

It's the first time we have been here since we moved to Illinois. The last time we came was three years ago and the kids don't even remember it. 

We got there a little early so we went down to the Mississippi River where the Saints crossed to head West to show the kids where I was baptized. It was fun for me to reminisce and the kids were shocked I was baptized in a muddy river :)

We spent a wonderful day at the temple. It was our ward temple trip so we spent the first part in the Arrival Center watching all the kids while others went to a session, then we swapped. It was the first time we were able to see the new video. It was amazing! I felt the spirit so strongly and learned so much! It was so peaceful and spiritually strengthening. I wish we could go every weekend! We will definitely have to make a greater effort to come back to this beautiful place.

Pinewood Derby

Cole and Ben worked hard to make an awesome car for Cole's first Pinewood Derby!!

Pack 73 has a serious race. Last night they weighed and measured each car and then locked them up until the race so no one could cheat. There was an awesome track with lots of computers to make sure each car received their exact time and place. It was quite the event!

Cole was pretty excited and I think he had fun. There was a lot of anticipation, and a lot of disappointment when he kept coming in 3rd place. Cole was a good sport though, although a little sad he didn't get a trophy. Ben took notes and hopefully next year they can make a faster car and at least win one of the heats :)