Happy Mother's Day!

What an eventful Mother's Day weekend.  We went to San Diego for Lori's wedding.  It was a beautiful sunny day.  Lori and Bryan were married on a beach in La Jolla and then we went to their reception in Solana Beach at their club house.  The kids loved every minute of it.  One of the cuter moments was when Matthew was dancing with the twins, Emma and Sofie.  Bryan's brother is a twin, Darryl.  And he has twin girls that are the same age as Matthew.

 Playing at the beach

 The playground on the beach at Del Mar

 Building sand castles on the beach

 Playing Uno with Papa

Watering flowers in La Jolla

 Lori & Bryan's wedding

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas

 Greg, Jessica, and Dylan

 The Bruce's at the ceremony

 Matthew and Uncle Mike

 A trip to the aquarium

 Greg, Lori, and Mike

Matthew riding bikes with Papa

Nanna broke her foot the day before she left

Sunset - Goodbye California

Just a swinging

This week Matthew learned how to swing all by himself.  Andy and I explained and showed Matthew plenty of times but he finally picked it up this week in his after school program with his friend, Sam.  Sam is a volunteer with the after school program.

On Monday night, we went to Audrey's ballet recital.  She did really well on stage with her friends.

 Audrey's recital

 Audrey's new princess bike

Last weekend in April

It's hard to believe that April is almost over.  The weather has warmed up now and we were able to enjoy the pool in our backyard for the first time now.  The water warmed up but the kids still wanted to get in the bathtub after the swim to warm up so it's not completely comfortable at this point.  On Friday, we enjoyed family game night and played mousetrap.  On Saturday, we played at home most of the morning and enjoyed the toys since they missed them last weekend.  We picked up sandwiches and had a picnic at the park.  

Matthew had a t-ball game later in the afternoon and he played 3rd base.  He did well at paying attention and fielding the ball and throwing a good throw to first base.  He made it to first base most times at bat except once when he was tagged out.  He had a lot of fun.  The way the rules of the game are setup, it's virtually a tie every game and just more an opportunity for the kids to learn the game.  He has a good coach that gave good pointers and positive feedback.  

On Sunday, we went to church and then out for breakfast afterwards.  We took a nap and then went to the Dallas Children's Theater - Charlotte's Web.  Audrey and Matthew love going to the theater.  Matthew gets excited and says "it's the best day ever".  

The last day with my dark hair color just before I colored it back to my normal color.

Easter 2014

For Easter weekend, we went to Sarasota Florida to visit Uncle Bob.  We enjoyed spending time with Peg & Rich, Tom, Sally, Bill, and Mimi.  We swam in the pool, watched the "Frozen" movie, and played with the games at the hotel.  On Easter sunday, we went to church and enjoyed an opera singer there!  What a treat!  And then the kids changed clothes and hunted easter eggs in the palm trees.  Later that day, we went to Siesta Keys beach and the kids loved every minute of it.

 playing a giant Jenga game at the hotel

 We took this photo at church on Easter - Audrey was bashful

 Matthew hunting eggs

 looking for easter eggs in the palm tree

Aunt Peg was trying to help them

 Tom was trying to help since he was the Easter bunny that hid the eggs.

Siesta Keys Beach

Girls trip to Austin

I drove to Austin for a girls weekend with my sister.  My parents drove over and picked up Audrey for the weekend.  It was her turn to visit Nanna and Papa all by herself.  She talked about going ever since Matthew went there for spring break.  She didn't cry at all.  In fact, she went away smiling and waving "bye Mommy".  I wish I took a picture.  It was so cute.  I couldn't believe what a big girl she was!

While the girls were gone, the boys enjoyed t-ball and other manly stuff.

our little lefty

 Eating breakfast at Magnolia Cafe in Austin

 Riding the train in Zilker Park with Papa

Seeing Dylan in Zilker Park - Audrey gave her this unicorn balloon

We celebrated my brother, Greg's birthday over dinner before I headed back to Dallas.  Audrey was exhausted and slept nearly the entire trip.  Thank goodness!

Matthew's first t-ball game

Matthew had his first game of t-ball on Saturday.  He basically ran out of the car, went up for bat right away, and hit the first pitch and made it on first base!  We were so proud of him!

hopscotch at the park

practicing hitting balls with daddy at the park

sticking our feet in the pool to cool off - the water is still too cold to get in

Off to school in the morning - I thought it was cute to stop and take a picture

At another park on Sunday - the weather cooled down

Audrey stayed home sick that Monday but we enjoyed lunch together

Matthew is eating a cookie after his first game


Making it to 1st base on his first hit!

Matthew also enjoyed his first NCAA basketball game.  What a weekend!

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Matthews 6th birthday

Matthew had a fun birthday on Friday.  He enjoyed cupcakes at school with a special candle and blessing.  And then on Saturday morning, we celebrated his party at his favorite park. Even his teacher came out!

stuffing the pinata

Birthday dinner Friday night

playing ring toss

Mrs. Franklin came out.  This was her neighborhood park when she was a kid.

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