the BRAVES are back!

Baseball season is here again and that is about all we have been up to! Nick is on a team with Ben again and they have most of the same players from fall. Last season was pretty rough for their team, but this season they seem to be a whole new team! They have won every game so far. Nick has improved so much. He is hitting every time at bat and last night he got his first home run! It was pretty awesome. I was so proud a couple of tears came to my eyes. I am glad that Nick has found something that he likes and that he is able to do well at it!!

Stake Track Meet

Last Saturday was our stake's 2nd Annual 5k and track meet. We woke up nice and early and headed over to Desert Oasis high School. For waking up the kids they didn't do to bad. Nick wanted to run with a friend so Chris was voted the parent to go with him! Chloe somehow convinced Jenny to carry her the whole way, Cooper got to take a ride on "horsey Grandpa", when my dad would run, Cooper would say "yeehaw cowboy!!". And Alex was running until he tripped. It was all over after that for him and he had a nice ride in the stroller. I totally took it easy with my mom. I think we were last, not that it really matters or anything!!
Chris ran the whole thing and came in in 32 minutes. Pretty impressive for not running or exercising for months. Nick ran/ walked and came in at about 40 minutes.
It was lots of fun! I can't wait until next year!

easter weekend

This year we had a picnic with my family on Saturday to let the kids have their egg hunt. They always love being with their cousins. So I think my mom decided she wants to make this a tradition.

On Saturday afternoon we colored some eggs. I haven't had any energy lately so we only did one dozen and were very simple, some color and stickers. Lucky for me that was good enough. The kids were happy!

Easter morning the kids woke up to find what the Easter Bunny left them and then emptied their baskets to find the eggs he hid in the backyard. I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast, a conference tradition and we watched some General Conference. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy listening to conference, but it just didn't feel like Easter this year not going to church. None the less we had a great relaxed weekend!

Discovery Museum

This morning we went with some friends from our ward to the Lied Discovery Museum.

My kids love all the role play activities they can do there. All 4 of them spent quite a bit of time playing in the grocery store. Cooper got his coke and he was ready to go!

It has been about a year since the last time we went there. They changed some stuff and added a lot of new stuff. The kids could have stayed there all day (if we could have eaten lunch there)!

We got a membership so there will be lots more playtime at the museum!!

The Lichty Derby

This last week the youth in our ward had their own Pine Wood Derby. Chris made him and I a car for the race and the kids were feeling a little left out, so he made 4 more cars. We cut, painted and decorated cars for family home evening. They had fun picking what stickers went where and what LEGO guy they wanted to drive.
Chris' car came in in the final 8. The rest of ours were just there for decoration! Nick was a little disappointed that he didn't win. I told him that when he is in Boy Scouts that his dad will help him build a winning car. So Chris better get busy!!