Clean Garage!

If any of you have ever been to our house you know that our garage can be well you could say a little unorganized.  I tried many times over the years to organize and clean only to have it become a disaster zone 3 days later.  Then my very nice neighbor Fred came over and said he could make shelves for us ( like in his garage) and we jumped all over it.  It took 3 days to be finished but he did an excellent job!  Here is a picture of the shelves and one of my clean uncluttered garage.  As I was going through things I found bags from Home Depot with Receipts and stuff inside so I returned them today and got a nice store credit.  Yeah!  Cleaning and organizing is awesome!  It makes me happy and my life less stressful.  Yes, we can actually put 2 cars in our 3 car garage now :)  

 

Zach's last Pinewood Derby!

Making sure it's just right
Happy Zach with his Racing Roadster
Red Racing Roadster
Come on Car #4!!
Chloe happy as usual
Kyle's is all smiles-his turn next year!

Well every year the Pinewood Derby rolls around and Chris makes a new car oh I mean Chris and Zach make a new car :)  This year it was the Racing Roadster and it was lightening fast!  We all had fun as a family and the best part was that we did 53 races in 1 hour!  It was so fun.  Zach took 3rd place and was able to go to the Stake level that evening and I'm not sure what he placed there. Here are a few pics of the day.  Congratulations Zach!

Warm Saturday

What incredible weather we're having here in Chandler!  It's been warm today it will get up to 87 degrees and the same for tomorrow and monday.  The boys had a great idea to  get the trampoline all wet and jump on it.  It's a great way for them to cool down.  They were loving it!

Congratulations Chris and Sydney

Congrats to Chris and Sydney!  There team the Green Lightening took 1st place in the age group!  Yahoo!  Chris loved coaching so much that he's doing it again in the spring.  Life will get busy but fun.

Sweet Little Voice

Kyle just called me on the phone from school to tell me there was no running club today because the fields were wet from the rain last night.  His sweet soft little voice was so cute and loving and I don't want to forget it.  They grow up so quickly and I love this time with them.   I hope I can be a better mom each day to my 4 beautiful children.

Baseball

I just wanted to say how proud we are!  We just found out that Zach was drafted onto a AAA baseball team with Chandler National Little League.  He will be playing for the Yankees.  I can't wait to see how both Zach and Kyle's baseball seasons turn out.  We love you both and are so proud of you!

Happy Valentines Day!

I just wanted to tell my family how much I love them!  Also it's my mom's birthday today so Happy Birthday Mom, we love you!! Thanks for all you do.

Sydney

I just wanted to take a few minutes to write about Sydney.  She is such a good girl and we are so proud of her accomplishments thus far.  She excels at school and makes the superior honor roll and she is a great soccer player and enjoys playing with her friends and having Chris as her coach.  She has been learning the piano but has really blossomed this year and she is very diligent in playing and practicing especially if it's a song she likes! We just want her to know how much we love her and think she is awesome and we are so lucky to have her in our family.  Love you Sydney!

Bike Ride

I love the fact that I can bike ride with my 3 year old!  It was so nice out today a little breezy but nice anyway, that I decided to pump up the tires on my bike and Chloe and I went for a bike ride.  As we were riding she was commenting on all the bushes and I asked her where they all came from and she said "my grandfather".  I thought it was cute, she's a good little rider she kept up with me and didn't complain and she always told me to be careful.  I love little moments like this that I get to spend with my kids.  This week has been nice we went with Chris's parents to Joe's Farm Grill in Gilbert (it was shown on the food network) so we tried it out it was nice, very casual.  The boys had running club this week and love to always be active.  Sydney has soccer and is enjoying her team with all of her friends on it and her dad as her coach.    Sydney, Zach and Kyle are taking piano from Grandma Gardiner and are doing well.  Kyle is VERY excited to get started and likes to practice.  Sydney has been playing new and challenging songs and Zach likes the baseball songs.  I'm glad to see each of them trying and learning new things, I'm grateful for persistence.  Thanks mom for the lessons!  

Pure Joy!

I am sitting here today with my sweet 3 year old and we're just talking about dolls, chicken nuggets, and her blankie and I remember how truly blessed I am because of my children.  They each are so unique in their own way and I love each of them dearly!  They most definitely bring me pure joy.  Life is too short to not take the time to realize the good things in life and the love of good people and family.  I am one lucky mom!