Never Judge a Book By It's Cover

Chris sent me a link yesterday to watch this video on Youtube and I was absolutely  in tears by the end.  As a people we are always so quick to judge others and put them down.  What an incredible job this woman did and I truthfully have watched this about 15 times and I'm sure that's not the last.  I have no doubt this woman's life will change forever because of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Wyatt Earp

Each year the 4th graders get to do a Wax Museum at school and Zach decided to be Wyatt Earp.  We got the outfit together and he learned his lines.  They had each made a paper button for their desk and we had to press the button for them to talk.  Zach did a great job and was very much in character.  

Easter Egg Hunt and Movie

We are so lucky to live where we do, we have great neighbors, and a great location.  Every year our neighborhood does a easter egg hunt for the kids, but this year they did it in the evening which was fun for the kids (Chloe seriously hit the jack pot and filled her bucket up) Zach and Kyle did well themselves.  After they got their yummy candy filled eggs we pulled out all of our sleeping bags and pillows and they showed an easter show and then the movie Bolt afterwards. Sydney watched with her friends as well but didn't hang with the little kids (it's a teenager thing) While they watched the movie Chris and I and the Moore's sat on the front lawn and had a nice candlelight dinner and enjoyed good company.  I love raising my kids here, we are truly lucky.  

Happy Anniversary to Us!

I just wanted to let Chris know how much I love him!  We've been married for 15 years now and it's been a great life and I look forward to more.  Chris is a great husband, dad and provider for our family and I'm so grateful for him.  It was so fun this morning, my mom came over for piano with some gifts from her and my sister, thank you so much for doing that!  You are so thoughtful and it made our day.  I truly do have the best mom and sister in the world!    Happy Anniversary Chris, I love you!  

Play date for Chloe

The aftermath
Watching TV and eating snacks
Jumping on the trampoline

Chloe had her friend Delly over today to play. They had so much fun running from room to room, playing mommy and baby and then going to Home Depot and Lowe's with me.  Delly called the Trampoline a submarine, it was so darn cute.  They almost look like they could be sisters.  This is such a fun cute age and I'm enjoying every minute of it.  Chloe just told me she had "so much fun playing with Delly".  I love making my daughter happy.

Baseball and Soccer Season

Well the spring season of baseball and Soccer has started and we're in for a fun filled, action packed season.  Sydney is playing soccer and Chris is the coach, she is excited for the season.  Zach is playing on 2 teams he was drafted onto the AAA Yankees team with Chandler National Little League and then he plays on an East Valley League called the Peleteros.  He plays 1st Base and pitcher.  Kyle is on the Blue Claws with his friend Hunter Barth and he likes playing all positions.  He caught a great fly ball last game.  Julene Barth and I both volunteered to be the team moms so that should be fun.     It will be crazy busy the next 2 months but we are excited to see the kids excel in their individual activities and we hope they enjoy playing as much as we enjoy watching.  

Surprise Visitor for Sydney

During Spring break a few weeks ago I'm sure my kids were thinking that it was boring to just be at home especially Sydney until..... Mallory made a surprise visit!  Mallory is actually my cousin but she is closer in age to Sydney so they get along really well.  Sydney was so surprised!!!! She actually didn't know what to say.  We were just at home watching American Idol and Mallory came running in the door and ran to Sydney and it was so cute to see them together.  They did lots of fun things like watch movies, visited cousin Alyssa and family, late night Denny's run then we got the Twilight movie, shopping, build a bear, treats, sleepover with friends etc... it seemed like they had a great time.  We were so happy to have Mallory here!  

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!