Easter

The kids had fun getting little Easter baskets from Grandma R.

 The candy hunt had begun and we made the boys wait a few minutes to let the girls have a chance to find a few first...and I think it was torture for Dylan as you can see in the picture above. He could hardly stand it that they walked right past one!

 What a cute bundle of kids!

 All the kids!

Thank you Mom for hosting Easter again this year.

Great Dad Conversation

Here is a conversation while driving in the car:

Isabelle: Dylan is such a good big brother. (said out of the blue)

Me: Yes he is, he is great at being a brother!

Cadence: Yeah, but he isn't going to be a very good dad.

Dylan: That's not very nice to say. Why would you say that? I'm going to be a great dad.'

Cadence: No, you don't have dark hair and you don't look like daddy.

Dylan: No, I'm not talking about the way I look on the outside but how I'll be inside. I know I'll be a great dad because our dad is so good.


Love, love, love my kids. And love they have the security of a amazing father.

Photo's

 Cadence recently has learned how to jump off the swings, she thinks it is so great. Love this picture capturing her in mid flight!

 Dylan rode bike while Mark ran the other weekend and when he came home he was yelling for the girls to come over and handed them each a flower. He said that he saw them and thought the girls would really like them. Mark later told me that he rode with them for almost a mile to bring them home for them. My heart melted with such a sweet gift for his sisters!

 Dylan realized he was big enough to start riding my bike :)

 And Cadence realized she was big enough to ride Dylan's old bike.  She asked me to take a picture of her with a silly face. :)

This last week Cadence had her friend Elizabeth over for some play time. She is such a sweet girl and they play together so great. While she was over she learned to ride a bike without training wheels! Dylan was the inspiration with trying to help her stay steady by holding the bike  as she learned to balance. Again, another amazing part of his personality with wanting to help others learn and accomplish things!

And Dylan's baseball games have started. 1st game and he hit a home run!

So fun!

We decided to take the kids for a boat ride at Tempe Town lake last weekend...just to do something fun. :)

 Love them so much! Dylan is such a great brother and I love that the girls are becoming such good friends. :). Just noticed as I'm typing this that it looks like Isabelle is holding herself...oops! :)

 Mark let the kids each have a turn driving the boat (Isabelle didn't want to). They thought it was so great! It took a little for them to get the hang of steering, but they both caught on really quick.

 (love Isabelle's crazy excited eyes in this picture :))

 LOVE!

So thankful for my family and the amazing memories we get to have together!

Spring Break Fun

We had such a fun spring break, connecting with friends we don't get to see often. The kids had a amazing week of fun...so much fun, Dylan had a bit of a sad melt down one evening when going to bed sad that he only had 3 days left of fun. He loves his fun, and never wants it to end. :)

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Student of the Month!

Dylan was nominated for student of the month this month by his classmates. He has worked really hard this last quarter at getting his grades up and focusing more in class. We have been super proud of him and the hard work he has done!! It happened to be dress up day for Dr. Seuss' birthday...that's why his principal is in this costume. :)

 I usually help in Dylan's class for the half hour between picking up Cadence and when Dylan gets out of school. This last week it was fun to be apart of his reading time in class. :)

Dylan also had his last run of the school year with Kids Rock running club. He ran just over a mile on the green lawn outside of the Cardinal's stadium. He ran the whole time and at the end gave a extra push and finished strong!

 

Life...

Love this picture I captured of Isabelle checking out her shadow. :)

 Dylan is such a great big brother! Giving Isabelle a ride while we were shoe shopping, she was complaining and wanting to be held and brother stepped in and offered his back.

Valentines Day. Cadence lost her balloon to the ceilling and Dylan had the solution for her to be able to reach it. :)

Dylan's reaction when opening a card from Grandma and seeing there was money inside!

Came into the room to find this fun person on the floor. Of course it was Cadence who created it. She made "me" complete with feet and a head from construction paper.

 Playground fun! Isabelle thinks it's great that she is now big enough to hold herself upside town on the short monkey bars.

And Cadence is now great on the big monkey bars!

 Can you see what this below picture is?? I didn't see it at first, it is 1 book plus 1 book = 2 (blanket spells 2). Only my sweet Cadence's brain thinks this way! :)

 Irrigation water fun, splashing with our neighbor Will.

Sister love!

Baseball practice has begun. Dylan's coachs are wonderful, he has already learned more in the last few weeks than he did the whole season last year! I'm excited for him to be challenged this year.

 Evening walk with the family. I love our neighborhood!

Thankful for the wonderful memories of this month!