New Concrete

We are Landscaping! After four years of work on this hacienda we are so excited to be working on the yard. What a treat! I heard once that your home should be your first vacation spot. Brian and I are striving to make our home a place we just want to be! Working on the yard is like finally getting to lick the frosting off a cake we've been staring at for 4 years! Yum! Brian and Dad and Clayton worked so hard and we have a beautiful slab in our south yard. WAHOO!

Ian's 7

Our sweet Ian turned 7 today! Since daddy had to work today we celebrated with presents and cake yesterday. He really wanted his cousins over so we did presents and cake with them. Ian got some cool army stuff ( a hat, an ammo container and a canteen) and a sweet new bike. Ian's choice of cake was a choclate chip cookie dough ice cream cake with chocolate cake in the bottom, decorated with ninjas! It was delicious! The kids enjoyed playing in the yard and then playing video games. Then today Ian got to choose all our meals since it was his birthday. For breakfast we had crepes with whip cream and cinnamon and sugar. For lunch we had hot dogs and strawberries. For dinner we had Tikka Masala and Naan (it is an Indian dish that Dee introduced us to and it has become one of the kids favorite dinners). Overall, we had a blast celerating for two days. You are such a special boy Ian! Thanks for sharing your sweetness with us!

Tangled Party

Tangled is finally out on DVD! We loved this movie in the theater and couldn't wait to add it to the collection. So, to celebrate we had a Tangled Party. First we decorated popcorn containers, then, for dinner we had a braid stuffed with yummy chicken stuff (that was inspired by Rapunzel's braid) then we hung up our "lantern lights" (inspired by the floating lanterns in the movie) We had so much fun as a family. What a great show!

Grandpa is Retiring

We got to go celebrate Grandpa Roger retiring for the Tucson Fire Department. He served the city for 27 years as a fire fighter and engineer. We are so thankful for his example of hard work and dedication. If was so neat to hear everyone praise him for the amazing person that he is. The kids enjoyed getting out of school a bit early to go to the fire station and they got to have eegees and cake! What a fun time it was! Love you Grandpa!

Spring Photos

Jenny and Bridget

Hailey and Ian

We tried to take some Spring pictures of the kiddos. I wonder why looking at the camera and smiling is so hard when demanded by parents. The kids tried hard but were more concerned that Mommy was "wasting their play time at the park." Way to push through and humor your mother kids. I epsecially love Bridget's smile right now. You say "smile" or "cheese" and that is what she does. Kids . . . they keep us smilin!

Eggs

What do you get when you cross Bridget with a brand new carton of 1-dozen eggs? 12 scrambled eggs on the floor of course! Note to self, it only takes a sec for that little one to find trouble-Never turn your back!!!!! Guess we'll have more oatmeal instead of eggs this week! Bridget, we all love you even though you are such a handful right now! We especially love your cheesy smile!

Mega Fun at Chris and Lynette's House

Annie's Parents,Grandpa,Annie's sisters

Phoebe

Annie and Roger . . . the race is on!

Grandma's rocking the obstacle course!

Georgie and Julia playing. Holly and Rowe, and Brian and I taking the challenge! That obstacle course was way harder than the kids made it look.

Playing and laughing is good for the soul!

Has there ever been a cuter belly in all the world. There is something about little kids in swimsuits that is so darn cute! Thanks for the belly shot Biddy!

Ian was enjoying the hours of fun with his cousins.

Here he is with Casey!

Jenny went crazy on the water slide. She is our party animal. Always willing to take an adventure and have fun. She definitely doesn't let any fear get in the way of having a good time! It was so cute to watch her little body float down the slide like a little fairy!

Hailey likewise was in on the action every second. She played until her skin was chapped from so much playing and even then played some more!

There was no better way to end spring break than with some giant sized fun at Uncle Chris and Aunt Lynette's house in Mesa. This was our first time at their new house. It is a beautiful home with grass!!! They had a huge water slide and obstacle course that kept the kids (oh and grown-ups) entertained for hours. We had a lovely picnic dinner outside and soaked up the spring weather and family time! We were only in the car 2-minutes before Brian and I had a silent ride home. What a fun day.

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