May!

oh boy...the pose on Cadence while trying on these high heel shoes is stressful to me! :)

Jake and Janae had a sleep over and we took a walk to get donuts in the morning.

Irrigation is always a fun time! This time they made a boat with the pool and orr's with baseball bats.

Garden bounty. Isabelle is always the one who wants to help me in the garden, I love every minute of it!

Cadence's 1st try at polishing her nails all on her own. I think she still needs a little practice! :)

Just wanted to capture the sweet moment of the quietness of her sleeping...

Sand castles at the park. Dylan is so patient with all the younger kids at the park who want to use the toys...or destroy the castle!

Baseball ended well. Dylan had a great time and improved a lot this year!

 I built the girls a desk area for their room.

Isabelle doesn't love riding bike by herself but we took a little ride and she did great (with the training wheels of course!).

 We had the family over for Mother's Day. I love our yard and that we can enjoy being outside when the weather is nice.

 And Jon brought his finished Shelby Cobra over and took Mark for a ride. It looks great!

Mark's Birthday

 We celebrated Mark turning 37 but having dinner at our favorite buffet with friends. So great being with people we love just hanging out. :)

 The kids were so excited to give Mark the cards they made and the gift that they picked out, a back massager.

 And the morning of his birthday Mark and spent the morning together just hanging out. Had breakfast at Matt's Big Breakfast which has great old memories for us and then headed to a movie. 

I love him so much!

T-ball is not the girls' favorite sport

 I signed the girls' up to play t-ball with a league through our church. I want them to play all the different sports to see which ones they really enjoy. We can clearly mark T-ball off the list...it was like torture for them to play. So much whining on the way there and Isabelle literally just stood there and looked at the ball if it got hit to her and I think the below picture is the only time that she actually would bat!

 Cadence hated every minute of playing...but played really well. She understood where to throw the ball and hit so good! But I told her she didn't have to play again if she didn't want to. :)

Fun Memories from April

 The above picture was taken at Castles and Coasters on our family fun day (Wednesdays after school). We had a fun afternoon and the kids are getting better at it. :)

 Isabelle comes to the store sometimes on Thursdays with me. She does so great. Draws pictures, eats her lunch and then takes a nap in the back room. :) I am so thankful for our store, it has been so fun!

 We had spring carnival at school and the girls spent their tickets on hair painting (which was such a mess!) and Cadence with a tiger face! And the picture below is of Isabelle's hair. It has finally grown long enough to do a french braid...she is pretty excited for longer hair. It seems to have taken forever for it to grow from when Cadence cut it all off...not a good day. :)

Rainbow Loom rings and bracelets...who knew that little rubber bands would be all the craze. But it is, all the kids have them and love making them. I like that it is something creative and they have a great time making different styles.

Easter

 At Easter we also celebrated Kim's birthday. I love the picture that was captured. :)

Mom hosted and we had a family friend, June over also.

 The kids had lots of fun searching for goodies around the yard.

Girls Trip to New Orleans!!

 Girls trip to New Orleans was amazing! We went to celebrate Michelle getting married. We stayed with her friend Stacey. I loved the city, Michelle's friends, hearing so many fun stories about Michelle and just having a great time! I think it may become a annual trip. :)

 Bourbon street is of course just crazy and full of people!

 We were there over French Quarter Fest which is all the local jazz artists. It was so great to be able to experience the festival...although it was packed full of people. It filled the french quarter, which is a few blocks!

 We had lots of fun going out! The picture above is Stacey's next door neighbor, she is a lounge singer and we went to hear her perform.

 And of course I can't go to New Orleans without having some crawfish. So the above picture is me learning how to "suck" out the head. Which after that first time of doing...I didn't do anymore. :) But they were tasty, just a lot of work for a little bite!

 And the last evening we were able to go to Stacey's parents house which is on the water in a smaller town about 30 minutes away. I was in love with the area and loved that her dad took us on a boat ride and gave me so much history of the area. So much fun!

Until next year!!