Soccer Season

We had 3 boys playing on 3 teams this past Fall. (yes, I am a little late posting pictures, as usual) This was the first time Noah and Sam were on different teams. It was pretty busy schedule, but a lot of fun! Jonah spent most of his time counting blades of grass. Every once in a while he would get into the action though. They all play very well and had a great time. Sam is great on defense, and Noah is great playing forward. Noah discovered his favorite position is goalie!

April Fools Day Dinner!

For April Fools Day, everyone in the house (well, except for Mike) participated in pulling pranks on each other. Some were funnier than others, but everyone had a good attitude about them. (A couple of the boys woke up with pink fingernails, and Sam went to school with remnants of facial hair drawn with marker on his face) I wanted to do something fun together without one person feeling picked on.
On familyfun.com, the best website ever, I got the idea for an April Fools Dinner. We had a nice family meal with Bill and Alex joining us. I listed all the items on the table on slips of paper(including utensils and condiments), and everyone got an envelope with their papers. For each course, we all drew 3 slips of paper. Whatever was listed is all that you got. Jonah was thrilled to get frosting and a brownie for his first course. Sam got cheese, pepper, and a drink. However, since he didn't have a cup yet, he drank from the pitcher! For the second course, Sam got salt, frosting, and a fork. He was not very happy because he was hungry! It ended up being a lot of fun and something we will make a tradition to do again each year.

Easter Chicks!

Our Uncle Bill and cousin Alex are visiting us this week. The boys are in heaven! For some reason they think Uncle Bill is really funny, and Alex- she just rocks. Bill took the boys to get some new chicks we saw at Ace. They are so cute! Lucy has adopted them. She will stand guard for an hour at a time, just watching over them.

Fiesta Days Parade

Our TRRFCC Horsemanship team rode in the Fiesta Days Parade in Cave Creek yesterday. It was so much fun! We painted the Six Pillars of Character on our color-coordinated saddle pads. Awesome exposure for our program, and we all had a great time. You can hardly see me in the picture, but that is OK by me! Mike didn't see us in the line-up, he was distracted by the library's big book worm. ;-)

Mutton Bustin'

It's Fiesta Days in Cave Creek this weekend! Jonah participated in the mutton bustin' competition. It was so much fun! He stayed on for 11 seconds, qualifying the finals today. He was super nervous, but still decided to do it. Even after the boy in front of him in line burst into tears crying for his mom. I was certain that would break him. but Jonah was feeling the pressure of having a large cheering section in the audience!

I think the best part for Jonah was that his big brothers had to sit in the audience and watch HIM for a change!

Family Pictures!

A huge thank you to the best photographer ever, Becca Hansen! She has been bugging me for literally years to get our picture taken as a family, but I always had some excuse to put it off. She finally just said, "today is the day!" The boys would not stop grumbling the entire way about getting their pictures taken. Becca made it so much fun they were soon running around finding great photo ops for her. All four boys wanted to pose several times by themselves, too. It was great! We love you, Becca!

Swimming Season has begun!

The boys have been in the pool for the last 2 days straight. Come on over and join us! The pool temperature is up to a toasty 67 degrees. You won't see me out there for a couple more weeks, but the boys are mighty happy! I will post pictures as soon as I remember to take some...