Memorial Day

Monday we thought we would go to one of the local reservoirs so the boys could swim. The first one we tried was full and they wouldn't allow anymore cars in, but the boys didn't want to go home since we had already packed the car  and brought lunch. So we ended up  turning around and  heading to the forebay right by our home. The boys all had fun but the water sure was cold. Colin was pretty tired since we arrived right at nap time,which meant he wanted to be held the entire time. It was a nice relaxing day.

 

Now just to finish off this week of school and our crazy busy short summer begins. By the way when did summer vacation only become 2 months long?

Nathan Turns 8

Nathan has mentioned almost non stop for the last year that he wanted a laser tag party for his next birthday. Luckily for us a new bowling alley opened up and it included a laser tag arena. So I invited a small group of his friends to join us on his birthday. We first had some pizza and cake and ice cream then we went to the entertainment centered spent sometime in the arcade and then all the boys enjoyed a game of laser tag. It was lots of fun.

Playing Catch up

It has been a awhile since I have been able to update the blog. Baseball and other commitments have keep us busy for the past few months. So here is a quick update through pictures.

   Brady working on his final Koala Crate all about the wild west. Next up for him kindergarten.

 Colin just loves being outside and asks everyday to play outside. I love it and hope he stays this enthralled with the outdoors.

 I was recently called into the Primary presidency at my Church and was given the assignment to plan a It's Great to Be 8 program for all the kids getting baptized this year.

      I made this punch 8 and used it to teach a lesson on Baptism. The kids really loved participating.

                                         I kept is super simple and just made this banner.

  We only have 4 kids turning 8 . Nathan was excited to attend an activity just for him. For each of the kids we handed out a packet with information on what to expect this year and then as a gift gave them each a Baptism quiet book and white towel with poem attached.

                                              Colin playing dress up with his brothers.

 This year baseball started out rough for this kid and I was afraid he was never going to want to play again. It took a couple months but he finally got some of his confidence back and really enjoyed playing.

Easter 2017

Easter weekend is always busy for us. Saturday we joined Dave's family for the annual Easter party and egg hunt. Of course I didn't pull out my camera and get any pictures. Someday maybe soon I will find it not so hard to pull out my camera while I am chasing around my toddler.
But we had a great time enjoying an Easter lunch, playing with cousins in the bounce house, and of course hunting for eggs.

Sunday morning the boys woke up nice and early from sheer excitement that they had Easter baskets hidden somewhere in the house. And after interrupting my sleep several times I finally just got up and helped them find their goodies.

 After lunch we headed to Benicia for my families Easter dinner. Of course it was raining once again but that didn't stop the boys from having a blast. And they ended spending most of their time outside jumping on the trampoline and breaking long enough to go on an egg hunt. Luckily my mom was able to get some great shots from that day.

The rest of Easter break has been restful and easy. The boys ended up spending the past 3 days staying at Grandma Bell's house so that I could go in for a minor outpatient procedure(endometrial ablation) at the hospital and have time to recover without having to care for anyone. Everything went well and I actually feel pretty good.  It has been nice to have time for myself but also a little boring, it's definitely much too quiet here without kids and I have watched way too much TV.