First half of March

March 1st

After getting back home from Mexico late the previous night, I told the kids they could stay home from school for a Hansen Holiday.  Maggie had her basketball award night at a laser tag place because after the awards, they were going to play a couple of games of laser tag.  

 The lady up front is their coach. 

While they played laser tag, Garrett and I went out to eat dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings

March 4th

Maggie got asked to Mormon Prom with her friend Nathan.  She was pretty excited!

So, this was her answer back (a couple of days later):  

I can't remember what the official message was, but she did say yes!

March 5th

Garrett surprised the kids with tickets to go see the Marvel Avengers show at the Rose Garden.  We are all big Marvel fans, so everyone was excited.  

 Noah was doing a guitar solo to some song on the radio that I thought was pretty funny.

 Captain America fans

 Waiting for the show to start

 Some of the pictures on the screen as it was starting

 Thor on earth with the tesseract...trying to hide it so the bad guys wouldn't get it.

 Loki

 Black Widow and Captain America

 Iron Man, Wolverine, Captain America, Black Widow,...I can't tell from the picture but there was also spiderman, Dr. Banner, shield agents and some other marvel characters I didn't know. 

 Intermission

 Hulk finally comes out

 Fighting the bad guys.  It was pretty entertaining with good special effects.  Pretty cheesy too.  It was fun though.

After the show...Maggie and Lydia saluting like Captain America.  Goofballs.  Noah is sad because we didn't buy him something.  Poor kid.

March 12th

Maggie and her friends Makaela, Emma and Spencer like to go to the Rose Gardens and look at the flowers and stuff.  I think they go once a month.  Here are a few pictures from that trip.  

When I went in to check on Bella and Noah before I went to bed, I found Bella sleeping with her head on the railing.  It looks so uncomfortable.  She really was asleep though.  

March 17th 

St. Patrick's Day

 Kids wearing their green clothes

 Our table setting for our green St. Patrick's day Dinner

 I'm not sure where Maggie was that night.  I can't remember.

The yummy food

Beginning of March

Sunday March 1st

 We went over to grandma and grandpa's house right after church for lunch.  The trees and flowers were so pretty with their spring blooms.  

 Cute cowgirl Paige

 hot tubbing!

 Cute cowboy Noah.  Garrett had just bought Noah the holster and some cap guns the day before.  He wore that for days--everywhere he went.  It was so cute!

Monday March 7th

 Maggie decided to make a cake that day and Noah was her little helper. 

 Wednesday March 4th

 Noah has been scared of jumping on the trampoline for years.  Out of the blue one day he just started jumping and realized that it wasn't scary.  He doesn't like it when there are a bunch of people on it, but at least he jumps by himself now.  I've even got out and jumped with him sometimes, and he doesn't mind that.  

Saturday March 7th

 In Jim and Georgia's barn, there is a room upstairs that the previous owner used to use.  I don't know what for, but it was carpeted and stuff and I'm sure at one time it was really nice.  But, it hadn't been used in awhile and it was pretty musty, dusty and old up there.  Garrett's siblings were going to be coming out to visit in May and July and so Georgia got the idea to turn it into a bunkhouse/hangout for the grand kids. She asked for our help to remodel it.  So, Garrett took the kids out there to help rip out carpet and sand the walls and get it ready to paint and to put down new carpet.  

 Paige, Maggie and Lydia hard at work.

 That brown stuff that Maggie is vacuuming is the old carpet.  

 filling in holes in the walls

 Maggie took a break to practice her archery

 They had to wear masks because of all the dust--grandpa was sanding the walls, so there was a lot of stuff in the air.

 Grandpa sanding

 cleaning off the shelves and the little ledge

 Done working, now they got to drive on the tractor

 Beautiful trees in their yard

 Paige having a turn

Sunday March 8th

 We were back the next day having dinner with the grandparents.  They are so good to us--having us over for dinner most Sundays.  It's so yummy!!  And the kids love riding on the tractor. 

Thursday March 12th

 We were a couple months late in getting Paige's birthday pictures taken.  They sure turned out cute though.  She's so beautiful and very photogenic!

 Sunday March 15th

Once again we got invited over to Jim and Georgia's for Sunday Dinner.  Since it was so close to St. Patrick's Day, she made us corned beef and cabbage.  Something I have never had before.  It was good--except the cabbage.  Not a big cabbage fan.  But, now I can say I've tried it.  :)  We didn't do anything else for St. Patrick's day.  I was pretty lame this year.  

Jim and Georgia have a trailer that was on the property when they bought it.  Bill had been living in it when the previous owners lived there.  So, they worked it out so he could continue living there.  Anyways, he's a musician and when he heard that Maggie plays guitar a little and that Lydia just got a guitar for Christmas, he offered to give them some free lessons once in awhile.  So far it's only happened once, but it was really nice of him to offer it.  So, this was their first lesson.  Maggie and Lydia both thought it was awkward.  :)

Friday March 20th

 Paige is in 4th grade and so they are busy learning about Oregon history.  The 4th graders have lots of field trips--they had 10 in the spring.  Wow!  They went on a field trip to Fort Vancouver, Washington today.  These are pictures of her good friend Ella on the field trip that Ella's mom took.