caitlin turns 3

present time!!!She was such a good girl and told everybody thank you. She got everything she wanted, barbies, clothes, dolls(all pink of course)

trampoline fun

she loved everybody singing happy birthday to her. I made little princess castle cupcakes(pink of course) she wanted a pink birthday-it looked more like a baby shower but she wanted pink, so pink it was!!!

Cameron passed kinder!!!

Kindergarten is over and summer vacation is here!!!Camerons teacher has been out sick for most of the end weeks of school due to cancer. She did come in to give their kids their promotion to 1st grade. The kids were so excited to see her, she is such a wonderful teacher. I hope that she will be able to recover over the summer and be back this fall. Camerons last week of school was a busy one and I brought Caitlin and Cody with me every day to help out in the class. I planned the end of school party where I showed a video of the kids throughout the year, Wednesday was their water party outside, and Thursday and Friday we went in to help clean up the room for her. Caitlin and Cody should be ready for school when it is time for them to go. Congratulations Cameron, You are such a smart and good boy. We are so proud of you. We love you!!!!

bowling

Our friends suggested we go bowling last night. We had so much fun, the kids all did great. We were there until 10 and no meltdowns, I was impressed. Our friend Christi wanted to place a bet so we bet dinner on the losing couple. Well, Kris and I were the losing couple. In all fairness, I had a sore back and he had a hurt shoulder. Actually, we probably still would have lost regardless but we had so much fun!!! Caitlin loved when the disco lights came on and the music. She said "I'm a rockstar"

Mexico

Friday afternoon Kris called me to see if we could get the condo in Rocky point for Sunday night. It was available so we went down for a quick night. The weather was perfect and the kids had fun playing in the sand.

Cameron loved building and digging for the crabs

Although Caitlin loved the water she is terrified of seaweed, ladybugs (which were everywhere) and flies.Not exactly our nature girl.

easter

We started our Easter Sunday by going to church by the lake. It was a beautiful day. After church ther was another easter egg hunt.

look at all that loot.

so many eggs, so little time.

easter

We attempted an Easter Egg Hunt at Anamax Park. The weather was cloudy but it wasn't raining before we started the hunt. It started to pour with hail as we finished up. I picked up Cody and Caitlin and got to the car as fast as we could. That was a nightmare.

Cameron didn't care to much-he is always smiling.

coloring easter eggs at home

garden time

There is a place at a nearby park called Victory Gardens. You are able to have one of the spots to plant your own garden. I thought it would be a fun thing to do with the kids. Well, any of you who know me know that I can't even keep the hardiest of plants alive. My parents were out here for a couple of weeks so I had them help us get started. We planted carrots,beans,peppers,green onions and snow peas. To my surprise everything was growing really great but now all the rodents and birds come in and eat all of the seeds and anything that has just popped up.

Caitlin is planting her tree(it is a stick that she found)

Hopefully it will come back to life!!!

all in a days work

I know that I may have posted about Codys love for puzzles before but I think it may be somewhat obsessive. He did all 5 of these 100 piece puzzles in a day. Sometimes if he is playing outside he will run in the house to put a few pieces in or do an entire puzzle. It is amazing but at least he's not watching TV all day right?

what I love about SPS

One of the things that I love about the school in Sahuarita is that they sometimes do these "Lighted Schoolhouse" events. Sometimes it is a movie in the gym and this time they did an icecream social and v-day card making. They are always a family thing so it is fun to see different parts of the school where your kids go during the day and also meet some of their friends and families that you may not otherwise get to meet. These cards are a surprise for their daddy so SSHHH;don't tell.

bbq in phoenix

We went up to phoenix on Sunday for a bbq with some of Kris's old friends that he hasn't seen in over a year. Caitlin was so shy and didn't smile or speak a word the whole time. One of the girls was trying to crack a smile out of her but was unsuccessful. Kris said this was the first time he had ever been to one of the parties where he had to ask for a juicebox.....times have changed!!!!!!!!!One our way home Cameron started to cry in the car,complaining of his ear hurting so it was a very long ride home to say the least. I took him back to the minute clinic this morning and insisted they treat him for swimmers ear. Sometimes I wonder why us parents don't get paid the Drs. salary when we have to tell them the diagnosis. Oh well, at least he is now on the mend.

The boys had so much fun playing on this swing in the backyard.

Just had to take a picture of those beautiful blues

The boys playing with a stomp rocket

One of Camerons buddies

cute cookies

One of Kris's clients bought these cookies for the kids and I just had to take a picture to show everyone because I thought they were the cutest cookies that I have ever seen. I was able to sneak a bite and they were pretty yummy!!!

superbowl XVIII

We had a superbowl party at our house(not as many as I had anticipated but a perfect group of friends) The weather was great so the kids played outside for most of the time until it got dark. Most people left at 1/2 time to go home & put the kids to bed for school the next day. The 3-D show was a joke,especially since we put so much work into cutting out all of the glasses. We had a great time though with good food, and good friends even though the Cardinals lost:-(

Cody turns 4

I can't believe Cody is 4 years old today. We actually did just a little celebration with our family last night with cake and pizza since Kris won't be home until late tonight. Cody you are such a sweet and loving little boy and we are so happy you are a part of our family. We love you and Happy Birthday.

I didn't do a good job of actually taking pics of the lake. This is the beach area where we had lunch first. There is not much room to take a boat but I am sure we will go anyways. The kids will have fun in the boat even if we can just go in a circle.

patagonia lake state park

They have a cool jr ranger program at all state parks. They give the kids some little projects to do and than before you leave they give the kids a badge,poster and make them recite the jr. ranger oath. It is pretty cute and Cameron had fun.

Caitlin decided to protest in the middle of the hike