Teacher Birthday

Nathan's teacher celebrated her 45th birthday last week. We couldn't let it pass without a celebration.

The class pitched in and we were able to get her a gift card to a favorite restaurant and salon. We also helped the kids make a card for her. And I made this cake, and another parent brought ice cream. It was a great celebration for a great lady!

We've been busy - Part 2

Choir Concert
Teresa had her last choir concert with Freedom Middle School and Mrs. Panelli. They did a great job, and best of all, had a great time.

The video isn't great, but it shows you how much fun they had.

These kids were hamming it up, having a great time while they sand a medley of Beetles songs.

I should mention that these kids did a flash mob during school last week of Rumor. They did it for us, and it was pretty good.

This week the Middle school put on Beauty and the Beast

We've been Busy!

I'll put this in a few posts. I'd hate to overwhelm.

Let's start with T-BALL!!!

Nathan is having fun doing t-ball again. He has a very enthusiastic coach.
This last practice, they didn't even use the T.

That same night was Nathan's Open House at school.

So proud of his caterpillar



His teacher made little butterfly pointers for the kids so they could
point to all their work around the classroom



So many fun things, and I'm proud to say
I helped the kids with most of this stuff ;)

Edible Book Fair time

Teresa and a few of her friends(Hannah, Alex and Theresa) did the edible book fair again at school. They chose to do The Lorax this year. They did a great job!. The cakes are part of a silent auction at Open House - their cake brought in $25 and won 1st place for best interpretation - which earns them a pizza party.

You can see she's wearing a Beauty and the Beast shirt - they performed "Be Our Guest" for us that night, as a teaser to the show that they will perform at the end of the month. It was cute!

We've been crazy busy the last few weeks and it's not going to get better until - well, who knows, maybe well into June. Once this play is over they'll start right into another(Willy Wonka Jr. performed July13th and  14th). Nathan starts T-ball next week  - which should be fun, but he has swim and gym still as well. Summer school will start the first week in June for Teresa. But it's okay, because once all of this calms down, we'll have about 2 weeks until we go on a really great vacation to DC/Virginia. We are super excited for that trip, so being busy will make the time fly and get us on vacation sooner ;)

Easter Weekend

Saturday we spent most of the day with my family. We went Monster golfing, then had an Easter egg hunt, baskets and dinner. After that John and the boys left for Vegas, then home to Utah. It was a fun day.

Sunday Ty and Michelle invited us to their house for some burgers and an Egg Hunt - which was truly a hunt. Michelle's parents were there as were Jonathan's parents. It was a very nice and relaxing day.

The kids Easter basket

Spring Break away!

Monday I took the kids to see The Lorax - pretty cute movie. Amanda treated me to a kid free pedicure. It was so nice to visit and relax.
Tuesday my brother, John, and his boys came to visit. The cousins get along so well, it's nice to see.
Wednesday we, as a family, went to Yosemite for 3 days. It was AMAZING! I will add a few highlight photos. Yosemite is so relaxing. Fresh air, a shuttle to take you places, beautiful nature, and an amazing valley. We also had a great room with a river view and a kitchenette. That night we walked along the river, had dinner and then went swimming in the indoor pool. Thursday we spent the whole day in the park. Friday we made a few highlight stops and drove through the south entrance into Fresno, then home.

Okay so it wasn't just a few pictures. It's hard to pick just a few. I'll post our Easter fun in a different post.

Easter Fun at School

Nathan and I made these bunny cupcakes for his class. He was a huge help!

They're all lined up for an egg hunt

The race is on. They had a good time and were so sweet
to each other making sure everyone had their 3 eggs and pencil

And that brings us to SPRING BREAK!!!! YEAH!
Yesterday we went and saw The Lorax - which was a cute movie. Then lunch with grandma and then I slipped away for a pedicure with Amanda, it was really nice to visit and relax (plus I got to see Owen )
Today John and his boys will be here, so after we pack for our trip we'll be heading down to my folks for some serious cousin time.
Tomorrow we leave for a 3 day trip to Yosemite (we might freeze, but it will be fun!)
Look for pics sometime next week