Happy Easter

The kids always enjoy hanging out for the holidays.  This year we went to my brother's house and Brody came to do crafts, hunt for eggs and enjoy something to eat together.  It is fun to see how different kids search for eggs, or peek in the eggs and put them down if it's not what they want, or they collect so many the basket overflows and they drop eggs for others to pick up.  We are so lucky to have kiddos that are so close in age and have such a close relationship.  I felt creative enough to make a sunflower cake, Shaun and Zo made the apple pie and I made the strawberry pie too.

Happy Birthday Grandma! (March)

It sometimes is easier to celebrate birthdays at the house because the kiddos can have a little more freedom and can hang out more.  Happy Birthday Grandma!

San Diego Trip (March)

Legoland

 Kristin, Zoe and Ky with Heartland Girls

Ky LOVES roller coasters!!!

Sea World

 Shark Egg About to Hatch!

 We LOVE the Corvette Diner!!

Every spring, we try to make a weekend trip to San Diego.  This year Jeff and Wendy brought their niece, Kristin with them and the girls had a great time.  Kylee discovered her LOVE of roller coasters, but was bummed to miss the BIG ones because she was too little.  Poor thing!  Our lil' dare devil.  Zoe is becoming more open to trying new experiences and loves the thrill of roller coasters as well.  She is really coming into her own and finding her adventurous side.  

Softball in the Spring (Zoe's First Season)

 Opening Day...Fun with Dress Up

Zoe's New Painted Helmet

 Rockin' Twisted Softball Sisters

 Zoe blew us away this year, with many firsts.  We told her that we signed her up for softball and initially she was so excited.  As the first practice date approached she began asking a lot of questions and showed a lot of uncertainty.  Shaun helped coach for regular season, so he took her to her first practice and she would not get out of the car.  She told Daddy that she did not want to play anymore and that they needed to go home.  Daddy was so excited to get started that he gave one of his pep talks and she knows that if she tries something for a season and does not like it, that we will not make her play another season.  With that in mind, she went out there...a couple painful games (to watch) later, she was doing so well!  She loves softball and at the end of the season, she was asked to play on the all-star team!

 Spirit Award @ Newbury Park Tournament

 Champions at the Newbury Park Tournament

Zoe had such a good time playing and is looking forward to next year.  She is a bit nervous because it's kid-pitch next year, but will practice with Daddy, so she will be just fine.  Mommy has learned to embrace softball because when I was Zo's age, I wanted nothing to do with a softball ever again...

Twins' Scooter Jungle Party

 Party Hair

 Zo and the birthday girl...6 years old!!!

 Even the adults had fun!

 Birthday kids...

 This place was super cool!  This indoor play place was so much fun for all of us.  And the best part is that we had the place to ourselves, so we didn't even have to keep a close eye on the kids...they couldn't go far.  Happy Birthday Lil' Ones!  We cannot get over how fast the kids are growing!!!

Zoe's Living History Performance

We are such proud parents!!!  Zoe brought home a form one day, letting us know that she needed to pick a person/symbol from history to research and write about.  Daddy took her to the library and narrowed it down to Walt Disney and Amelia Earhart.  Her teacher assigned her Amelia Earhart and we were reading all the books that we checked out from the library.  She was instructed to write a few sentences and then she was to memorize them.  I learned that it would be a performance and she would need a costume as well.  As a teacher, I always love the homemade costumes better than something purchased, so I decided to get to work.  Wendy gave us a brown cardigan that she didn't need anymore and we got the felt and fabric needed to create the rest.  It is one that we will be saving and perhaps her sister can be the same or someone can be a pilot for Halloween.  We were extremely pleased with the whole class' presentation.  Zo's teacher works so hard with her class and we really appreciate it.  Zoe has come so far from the super shy 3-4 year old little girl, who would not sing or dance with her preschool classes at all to her stellar performance this week.