Busy week!

I failed to take Aaron for his shots in the fall, so he got them this week.  On the way into the doctor's office he tripped and skinned both knees and an elbow.  He was all bandaged up.  He made me carry him everywhere.

He also got a little sick from it all and it wore him out. Poor kid.

We had weird looking hail.  We don't get it often in our city, it usually hits the more rural areas.  The kids were fascinated with it.  

I ran a half marathon this weekend.  I got my fastest time ever!  I had to tie my shoes in the first mile so I know I can get more time off.  I am chasing down that under two hour mark one second at time.  ha ha :)

Leah scored a goal this weekend.  Thunderbolts played a good game.  Evan and Aaron both played well too.  They were both on defense and did a great job.

Evan looking handsome with his new tie at church.

We also had a barbecue at someone who just moved into our ward.  They had a good turn out.

Dallin and Joshua played UIL band.  They sounded pretty good.

Leah and Evan competed in State Robotics competition this weekend.  I was way more involved with robotics this year and really enjoyed helping coach them.  They had an awesome season!

 

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter!

We went to the Cruz house to eat and egg hunt.

They all still enjoy egg hunting.

We celebrated my Mom's birthday.  Michael looks a little threatening in this picture but he's just excited to cut the cake.  

We dyed eggs.

The kids dug into their Easter baskets.

I forgot to get a picture of all of them.  

We played card games.  

We also enjoyed a wonderful weekend of inspired words from the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  It was a wonderful Easter weekend.

 

Birthday Soccer and Robotoics

Joshua's robotics team qualified for state.  He and his team did so great this year.  Leah and Evan are practicing for their State tournament as they have also qualified.  

Michael had Birthday.  He wanted broccoli cheddar casserole and chocolate lasagna cake.

The next day we had everyone over for a dinner.  The weather was perfect.  We ate and played corn hole, volleyball, and archery.

Michael got a BB Gun he had to try out.  

Evan scored a goal this weekend.  He has gotten so fast.  He is doing great.  The kids all did well.

 

Soccer

Soccer season has begun so every Saturday we will be at the field.  

Aaron had his first soccer game.  He skinned his knee and was a little out of sorts after that.

We have been playing a lot of corn hold during spring break as well.

Leah had a great game.  She did great at goalie for the first time.

 

Spring Break

We went to Surfside for a weekend.

It was so lovely to get away for a few days.

We had fun riding on the waves.  

The beach wasn't crowded while we were there.

We went on walks and soaked up the sun.

We checked out the aquarium while we were there too.

Early morning walks on the beach are the best.

Good times were had by all

We watched people surf and one guy even kite surfed.

There are several Texas historic statues.  

 

Birthday and Baptism

We had all of our Texas family over for soup and cake.  Evan always requests broccoli cheddar soup.

After soup they all went to the church for the baptism.

Evan was so excited for the day.

It was a wonderful day.

Evan is so smart and handsome.  He hates being rushed. He loves to read. 

Evan wanted a volcano cake.  We took him to the Nickle arcade the day before to celebrate.  

 

Winter Storm

We had a winter storm roll in.  Last Saturday morning I decided to get my run in early.  My water froze that I carried.  I have never had that happen before.  I did make all 13 miles though.

Sunday is when the snow hit.  

We had church from home because we don't have snow plows for the street.  My siblings all came over for church.

We took out our pool toys so we could sled.

A friend of ours had a deer sled that was never used.  We had a great time with it!

Power outages were rolling throughout the state.  Michael was fielding calls starting Monday morning around 7 AM and usually lasted until after 10 PM.  He lent out all of our sleeping bags, blankets, flashlights.  We delivered food and foraged and chopped up firewood to deliver to those who didn't have any. Our Ward did a great job checking in on each other and making sure we were all surviving.

We went sledding just about every day as well.  We have to enjoy it because it only snow like this once every 15 years or so.

We hosted several people so they could warm up.  We were lucky to have power.  

It has been a wild ride.  I loved seeing everyone work together to help each other.  We have great people around us.  It was fascinating to see how the National news reported it and how I experienced it.  School is back in session tomorrow.

Today is it is 71 degrees out and no snow on the ground.  It is almost as if it didn't happen.  I ran the lake for a bit yesterday and it was still frozen in parts. We learned where we need more preparedness as well.  2021 has been a wild year so far.  I am a little nervous what March will throw my wa.