Mother's Day by the pool!

George and the kids wanted me to truly relax on Mother's Day. So after a little nap I was served various tropical drinks as I relaxed by the pool. George and some of the kids couldn't resist the nice water and ended up going for a little swim. I on the other hand continued to relax and just watched.
My alone time was done. George couldn't keep the kids away any longer.

Opening the gifts the kids had gotten me.

George and Clara...that girl just loves to swim.

Alex showing off his swim jumps.

Swim Meet

Samantha has really taken to swimming this year and was on pre-team for most of the Spring...just before summer she advanced to swim team! This was her first swim meet.

Getting ready for warm up before the races began. She was really nervous. She was relieved when she learned she was just racing against her own times.

Swimming one of the 4 strokes (back, freestyle, butterfly, & breast).

Loving the thrill of racing and getting a ribbon.

T-Ball Season

Alex had a great time playing T-ball this year! His coach said he was the most improved player. I would have to agree...he went from really having a hard time focusing in the outfield to making some really great plays. Great job Alex! Go White Sox!

Easter Weekend

It was such a great experience having Easter weekend correspond with Conference (church meeting). It was relaxing and helped to keep the focus of Easter on the Savior.

The Smith's invited some families over for a wonderful Easter brunch on Saturday and a very organized easter egg hunt. The kids had a blast! There were even eggs with fake money in them that they could use at the "Bunny" store. So cute and so great to be with wonderful friends!





Easter morning...the kids are looking for jelly beans. When I was growing up my dad told us they were bunny poop showing all the places he went in our house...I decided to keep the tradition alive.


On Easter Sunday we had a wonderful dinner at the Buhlers. After dinner Kristen had a wonderful spiritual lesson about the symbols of Easter. The comment of the night was when Kristen asked what the egg stood for and Alex piped in and said, "Every time someone is resurrected they lay an egg." We all proceeded to bust up laughing and then he says, "Don't blame me...that's what my mom told me." Looks like I have some more teaching to do.

Spring Break

We had a wonderful Spring Break this year! We are lucky to live in the place where most people come for Spring Break, so we took advantage and did some fun things.

Sugar Sand Park...the carousel ride is a favorite of course.




We went to the Miami Seaquarium one last time with the Buhlers. It was a blast! Clara loved the dolphins, but not getting wet by them.



Of course there was a beach trip and some bike rides during the week, but no pictures were taken...I can't seem to watch all my kids at the beach and take their pictures without thinking someone will drown.