Swimming!

The boys are in swim lessons for the month of June.  They are loving it!  Dallin is working at station 2 and Joshua is working on station 3. 

Their instructors have told me how great they are doing and how well they listen.  It just warms my heart when people tell me how great my kids are.  :) 

 

 

Evan and Leah get to watch.  We walk everyday to the park for swim lessons, and then play a little.  It has been a good transition from school. 

Leah tells me everyday how many "ponies" she wants.  Today was three.  One day it was four.  I'm getting creative.

 

As you can see Leah wasn't too thrilled about missing out with swim lessons.  She even went in the pool area following the boys on the first day.  Oh well, next year she will be old enough to start.  She plays really well on the playground with others, so she has a good time too.

Dadfest 2013

We have a lot of fun at Dadfest.  Poor Michael had to run the day after he got back from scout camp.  He is a trooper.  It rained a few hours before so the weather was perfect.  It was cloudy and cool for June. 

 

The race went well.  I did beat Michael so I felt good about that.  He stayed close to me until the last half mile and he had to walk.  He hasn't been running either, so he did great with no training.  I would have placed if my Birthday was a week later.  30 year old ladies are fast!

The kids ran the 50 yard dash.  Joshua and Dallin want to run the mile next year. 

Tony ran and Jenny watched the kids for me. 

Michael and the kids took 3rd in the Father/Child look alike contest!  We won FC Dallas tickets! 

 

Tony won the Wii u in a drawing.  Lucky!

My Birthday

It rained on my Birthday, which is nice.  I love rain espeically when it is suppose to be hot.  Leah and Dallin told me that would play outside and not get muddy.  You can see below how well that worked out.


I got a vegetable steamer/rice cooker for my Birthday from Michael.  He made a delicious chocolate cake.  We also ate yummy french dip for dinner.

Friends took me out to eat for lunch on Friday, and Michael took me out that night to eat on Friday!  Nice!

We also went kayaking today for my Birthday.  I know Michael secretly wanted me to pick something like go see a movie, but kayaking is fun!  ;)  I know he enjoyed it too, but he hasn't seen any of the latest movies that are out yet.  The weather was perfect!  Today was perfect.  I woke up fed the kids, and went for an hour run.  I got to run in my new running clothes Jenny got me for my Birthday.  Then we packed up the kids and dropped them off at Aunt Jenny's house.  We then went out on the lake.  It was awesome!  We even saw some turtles.  I couldn't ask for a better day.  When I got home a friend dropped by my birthday present, it was Cadbury Mini Eggs!  Awesome!  It has been a great Birthday!  I have amazing family and friends!!  I am so blessed!

 

The latest...

Michael went and painted with his co-workers.  He had a great time, and now wants to paint more often. 


Dallin and Joshua had a fun primary activity where they were called on a mission. Dallin went to Spain and Joshua went to Uruguay.  It was a fun activity. 

Joshua likes to share his art projects with Evan.  Evan likes to move and kick them around. 

The kids have been into dress ups lately.  They are cuties!  :)

Evan is now 3 months old.  He is cooing quite a bit.  He still loves to be held and loves to smile and interact with people.  :)  I love the pouty face below.  I think it would just about melt any ones heart.  :)

I ran my first race after having Evan.  It went pretty good, it was my last race in the under 30 age bracket.  I'm getting old.  :)  Next we have Dadfest, where both Michael and I will do a 5K. 

Camping in New Mexico West Style

We met up with Michael's siblings that live in Arizona.  We had a great time!  I love that everyone was willing to drive so far to get there.  It was well worth it for us!  We traveled through two severe thunderstorms,  and as we camped we had two severe thunderstorms come through.  Ha ha we thought we were in a desert.  Poor Paul had to set up camp like three times due to the weather.  We were lucky enough to have our tent hold. 


Evan did great.  He hung out with me most of the time.  Brianna is expecting a baby in couple months.  You can see her tiny bump below.  She did great camping in the desert pregnant.

We walked down to the lake and had to throw rocks in.  Paul had to show off with this big rock.  ;)

 

The campground had a nice covered playground.  We had fun there. 

 

Evan did awesome!  He is a great baby!  It was too hot to sleep in the tent so he was with me most of the time.

We also played at the lake.  We took out our rafts.  We had a great time swimming and playing in the water.

In Carlsbad they have the Pecos river flowing through town.  They walled off a section and have lifeguards.  We had a good time playing in the river as well.

The three 2 year old cousins.  They started to play together the last two days.  It was fun to get them together.


The girls playing in our van.    We had to put sunscreen on every few hours, so despite having showers at the campground the girls had greasy hair.  :)

This is the last day camping. We survived!  We had a great time.  I love all of Michael's family.  It is so fun to get together with them.  We're talking about making it a yearly tradition.
Michael, Paul, and Nicole had an awesome light saber fight.  I didn't have my camera handy, but I know others got pictures.  It was fun to see them play together.  :)  It was fun to talk with Nicole, Andrew, Brianna, and Paul. I lucked out having great in-laws!  :)

Camping with the Scouts

On Mother's Day weekend Michael had a scout camp out.  The boys have been wanting to camp for a while.  Michael arranged it so they could go, and then decided he was going to take Leah too. 

All the kids returned in one peice but they all caught the stomach bug. Leah was the first to get sick and then the rest followed.  Poor Michael had to deal with that on the camp out.  He said the kids did really well despite Leah getting sick.   

 

Family Pictures

Jessica took our family photos a few weeks ago.  She did a fabulous job!  We gave them to our Moms for Mother's Day.  Michael and I are blessed with awesome Moms!  We love you and appreciate you!  I've been spoiled for Mother's day here.  Joshua made me a cute magnet with paper and and pen on it.  Michael and the kids got me cake and a food processor.  I am lucky to have such great kiddos and an awesome husband!