May Madness

Forget March Madness, it has been May Madness for us! So many things going on-and this is just what I got pictures of and can remember....

 Tessa is my hat girl! I love her in this hat and call her my Anne of Green Gables. She says it's her Darkwing Duck hat...hence the gun in her pants.

 Adam participated in his school Walk-a-thon. I gave him a time limit otherwise we would have been there all night. He of course ran the entire time. This boy has so much energy and he eats me out of house and home because of it!

 The girls got new swim suits and are all ready for the summer!

 Gwen is Adam's littlest cheerleader. She is always so excited to find him when he is playing baseball. 

This is how we look all summer long. We love our hats!

 Adam said it was time to rename his missionary doll since Uncle David will be home in a month and Uncle Ben left for Chile this week. Uncle Ben gave Adam all his Magic Tree House books before he left, so Adam wanted to take a picture of his doll with one of the books. Uncle Ben called us from both the Salt Lake airport and the Atlanta airport on his way to Chile. He was nervous, but excited to get to Chile and get to work. We are so proud of him!

 We went to a magic show at the library. It was a fun little show and I loved hearing Adam and Tessa laugh their heads off!

 I am a HUGE Duck Dynasty fan! I couldn't resist when I saw Willie at Walmart.

 Tessa and I have been wrapping up Mommy School. I can't believe she is going to Kindergarten!

 Adam's class had their end of the year party. They had a Luau! Adam with his best bud, Braxton. They were so happy to be on the same baseball team this year!

 After the kids are in bed, I have been working on some fun summer surprises!

 BYU had a Fan Fest here in Spanish Fork! We stopped in for a bit on our way to Adam's baseball game. Tessa was so excited to find some cheerleaders. She took her pom poms just in case she found some cheerleaders. In the first picture, as soon as I said, "Three!", Tessa threw her arms up in the air. The cheerleaders thought it was hilarious. I made her put her arms down so we could get a nice picture with them. 

 Adam was so excited to see Coach Rose there! They got to talk for a minute and Coach Rose signed a poster for Adam. 

 Gwen was less than thrilled to wait in line to talk to people, but it was worth it! We got to see Bronco! Uncle David will be so sad he missed this by a month. Adam got to talk to Coach Bronco and got another poster signed by Bronco and a few football players. 

Our future Cougar!!

We are so anxious for school to be out! We have been counting down the days for weeks now. Our afternoons are full of basketball playing, bike riding, soccer, bubbles, coloring, and enjoying being together. We can't wait to have the entire summer to ourselves!!

Mother's Day 2013

We had a very nice Mother's Day...ok, I had a very nice Mother's Day. We spent the day between families and had fun visiting and being together. Eric and I are so thankful for our mother's and all that they have taught us and do for us. I feel very lucky to have such wonderful women in my life. They have given me big shoes to fill!

 Eric tried his best to give me a day off. He wrangled the kids most of the day and bathed them before bed while I watched some Food Network. I was showered with pictures from Tessa, given a sweet letter from Adam, and Eric spoiled me with a sweet note, beautiful flowers, and another season of Downton Abbey.

 The highlight of the day though, was talking to David. We got to Skype with him again....sort of. For some reason he couldn't hear us over Skype, so we finally figured out how to live chat on facebook, and that seemed to work ok. Unfortunately, all the connection problems lost us about 30 minutes of talking time with him. He is coming home in 5 weeks and we are all so excited! Katy and I told him we bought him a ticket to go see Josh Groban with us this fall and he about fell out of his chair! He is SO excited! His exact reaction was (with his arms thrown in the air), "Gloria!!!" Everyone decided to play a mean trick on him and told him that Bronco had left BYU. David idolizes Bronco! When they told him that, the look of utter shock on his face was priceless! Mom said he wouldn't have looked that shock if we had told him she had died. It was pretty funny!

 We had a delay on facebook with what he could see of us and what he could hear, so Matt kept messing with him and putting all the large stuffed animals my siblings have in front of the camera. Poor David. I am sure he can't wait to come home to our weirdness. 

 He is doing so well and is so happy. He has very mixed feelings about coming home. We are so proud of him for serving so faithfully. Ben wasn't able to call this Mother's Day since he is still in the MTC. He leaves for Chile in a week and a half and will get to call Mom from the airport. 

It was a fun and busy day, but we are all happy and healthy and I never could have imagined my life going any better than it is. I have a wonderful, supportive, and very appreciative husband and 3 beautiful babies who are the light of my life. I am one blessed girl! Words can not express how grateful I am to be a wife and mother!

What We've Been Up To....

We have been busy as usual. Here is a quick look at what we have been up to.

 Last Monday, Adam gave his very first Family Home Evening lesson. He taught us about Jonah and the Whale and he did a great job!

 We went to the BYU/UVU baseball game. Tessa cheered loud for her Cougars!

 Tessa and her preschool group had a field trip to the Library.

 Gwennie discovered sidewalk chalk and she loves it! She is covered in it by the time she is done "coloring". 

 Adam started baseball practice. He is doing Coach-Pitch this year. He is thrilled that his best friend from school is on his team. They start games next Tuesday!

 We had some California cousins come to visit and we were so happy to see them! We had to get a redhead shot with Leora. Amie just graduated from the University of Utah. We forgave her and cheered her on for accomplishing all that she has done the last few years. 

 We had our Arizona friends come stay with us for a few days! Rebeca (with one c) and I have been friends since I was 13. It was fun to have her family come stay with us and we have fun catching up. (We had our big Cinco de Mayo party with them.) It's been 4 years since we have seen each other. We had fun sharing stories about work, motherhood, pregnancies, and life in general. We were glad to find out that neither of our weddings turned out like we had planned them back in 1995. 

Besides the normal stuff, we have been painting and getting our garden (such as it is) ready for planting. We are counting down the days for school to be out! We are getting our summer schedule ready and can't wait to start swimming and spending our days in the sun...fully lathered up in sun screen, of course!