Sedona

We booked two weeks in Sedona this year. The first week was July 7 - 14. We stayed in the stone house. It was a great house, the first hotel in Sedona it was a historic house! Our first day started out with two sick kiddos, Michael and Bella. A quick stop at the pediatrician and Walgreens and we were on our way with a diagnosis of a fever for Bella and hand, foot, mouth disease for Michael. The worst of it for Mikey was Friday, my birthday of course, so Sat even though he looked horrible with sores all over, he was cleared for vacation. We had a slow evening the first night with two sick kids, swimming for everyone but Mikey and pizza ordered in. Kim and kids came up for first two nights which was fun as always. Mom and Dad arrived for their week on Sunday. We had a relaxing week, lots of pool time, a few sight seeing trips with mom and dad, and lots of activities at the new activity center.

White Mountains

Nana and Papa offered to take the two oldest grand kids, besides Chris, to Big Lake camping for a week. Lizzy broke her foot two days before, but she still went, even with an air boot. They stayed for 6 nights and had a great time. They fished a lot and Lizzy caught her first fish. They played many games of UNO. It sounds like they had a great time. It was a great week for the two cousins to get to know their nana and papa better. Nana told lots of stories about when their moms were little. It was a week where many new memories were made!

Fun Times Spring 2012

Some different shots of different fun times this spring!  Playin in the yard and tub, Michael after a haircut and at the park!

Markie's First Communion and Confirmation

Markie made his First Communion and Confirmation on April 29 at St. Tims.  We had a lot of friends and family come to support Markie in his sacraments.  Wendi and kids, Mark from KC, Curtis, and Nana and Papa all came to town for it.  We had a big party afterwards and Brad was Mark's sponsor.  The whole day was a lot of fun.  I served two hams and lots of great appetizers including my buffalo chicken dip which is always a hit!  Markie had a great day and I almost forgot, we had a fun pinata and the kids loved swingin at that!  I have so many pics of the day, but I have to add a couple of pics of the pinata fun. 

Spring Break

We went to Vegas for spring break.  We stayed at South Point Time Shares with Nana and Papa.  It was fun, we went to Excalibur and played games.  Papa, Ben, Lizzy, Markie, and I went to the m&m store and coke store.  On the spur of the moment we decided to go to the Stratosphere.  The kids enjoyed it.  We also had a meal at the Steak n Shake which is always a favorite for the kiddos.  The only downside of the trip was the drive home.  We flew in, sending Markie in advance to drive with the Moores.  Coming home, Lizzy and Mark flew home a day early so Lizzy could go to gymnastics practice.  Myself and the rest of the kids drove home with Kim and her kids, Bill had flown home earlier in the week.  It was basically a 7 hour drive.  Kim's van does not go very fast and there were some issues with the brakes that we will not go into detail about.  We also had to make a trip back to the timeshare for Kim's forgotten charger.  Plus an hour long stop at McDonalds.  Needless to say, we were happy to arrive home safely.  It was a fun trip, Vegas with the kids.  Good times.

Lizzy State Meet Xcel

Lizzy had a phenomenal state meet for Xcel Gold on March 31.  She had her highest all around ever with a 37.025.  She is the first alternate for the state team for regionals.  She just missed the state team by a smidgen.  She got her highest bar score ever with a 9.525.  Her floor is what I will remember the most from the meet.  She was the first competitor of the meet and gave an amazing performance.  She nailed every tumbling pass and got lots of cheers from the crowd for her performance.  She was upset to not make the state team, but happy her team won first place.  Lizzy bounced back quickly from not making the state team and had a great first practice back the following week.  She got to uptrain, suks on vault, cast, layout flyaways on bars, front walkovers on beam, and front handspring, round-off, back tuck on floor.  Lizzy has really shone this season and seems to love gymnastics more than ever.

Flag Football!

Markie is playing flag football this spring.  His team is The Saints.  He had a great game last week and got a lot of flags on defense.  We all enjoy watching him play and are glad he is getting to play his favorite sport!