May: Beauty and The Beast

One of my best friends had a son in the high school musical Beauty and The Beast. He is a phenomenal actor and we have attended many musicals/plays that he has been in. We had a "girls night" (Ethan was an honorary girl) and went to see it with my friend and her daughter. The girls were totally mesmorized by the event and reinforced their desire to perform when they are older.

Blake with the kids...
Sarah (Mrs. Potts) with Lizzy...
Belle and Sophie (and her funny smile)...

Blake with his mom, Grandma, and shy Paige!

April: Martin Family Visit

My dad had spring break off at his school so he and my mom decided to come visit. When they decided to come visit, Fiance Ben and Christina tagged along, and then Chelsea decided to come too. We had many fun events. My mom's birthday happened while they were visiting so we made her a BTS cake!
Of course the kids blew the candles out!

My dad made yummy breakfast omelets for us!

The family came and watched an intense 8 year old soccer match. Andrew was an all-star!


Nana & Grandpa had us over for their famous pot roast and potato dinner!
Ethan dazzled everyone with his tower building skills. Ben then impressed us with his ability to take out the middle section of a tower leaving the rest of it still standing. We all tried to match this amazing talent....and failed.



No trip is complete without a visit to the ranch. Ben and Tina provided some great photo ops...


But Ethan was better:)

Our friend Tom out did them all on Splash's back!


Then Ethan was informed by Grandpa there would be no tractor rides today. And Ethan pouted!


Then gave us the lip...

Then he was a little better when he got held by Grammie.

Bob, Bill and Bud are growing!


Oh so romantic!



And he finally quit crying!

April: Kindergarten Field Trip to the Fire Station

We went to the fire station right near our house for a field trip with the Kindergartners. The kids first listened to important info about smoke alarms and what to do when there is a fire.

Then they got to explore a fire truck.
And they even got to put out a fire!


Ethan loves being an honorary Kindergartner!
Even I got to feel the full force of the hose (which by the way was 100 times more powerful than what the kids felt)!

This is my second kindergarten field trip to the fire station. Half-way done. Only 2 more to go! Does that mean I get an honorary fire woman t-shirt?

April: Fluke Hailstorm

We had a sudden hail storm that dumped dime size pebbles all over our neighborhood. It came and went within 5 minutes. Andrew and his buddy Andrew M were together. They ran out in the storm and had a fun hail ball fight!

April: Easter Morning

Easter morning was anticlimactic. The cousins left early in the morning back to North Carolina. The kids wanted their cousins back. But, the Easter Bunny did arrive along with the fabulous Grammie Toodie gift box complete with very cool shoes!






Candy apparently goes with every meal, including breakfast. But when you're eating Lucky Charms in the morning what difference is it to eat candy?

April: Easter Sunday At the Ranch

Easter Sunday we went out to the ranch to do "ranch chores" with Grandpa. The fields were flourescent green and spectacular.