Redland Oaks Spring Carnival 201

     As always the spring carnival is lots of fun. And this year it wasn't rainy like last year!

 

Oh this one had a fantastic time sinking his teacher of 2 years!

In the conga line 

Lilie's Induction into NJHS

      Well, we've always known our daughter was brilliant and an incredibly hard worker. Now she has the official backing of the NJHS behind her! We are so proud of Lillie and all of her hard work and accomplishments and were so excited to celebrate this special night with her.

In her new dress we found that was perfect for the occasion!

This was one of those miracle shopping trips where you walk into the store with like 30 minutes to shop the night before the event. You find the dress right away, AND it's only $10!

With her friends Kenya and Ava who were also inducted 

Random Springtime Fun and Creations

Grant with his awesome King Cobra he created for his Science research on desert animals

Lillie with the cutest ever apron that she made from a pattern

Grant receiving his Bobcat

and pinning me with the mom award 

Nana bought this child's pogo bouncer for Isaac - it was all he could do to figure out how to use this thing but he loved it and carried it EVERYWERE!!!

...car trips, into the store, drug it around the house, and even took it with him to sleep :)

Our newest budding artist

"Helping" me make cookies - I love these quiet mornings together! 

This swing set gets a lot of use for sure! I love that they all hang out here together :)

Always, ALWAYS he's attacking me with the water!

I taught Sam and Grant how to make hollow eggs and they had 

a great time - especially the part where they had to shake out the yolk!

Spring Break 2017

     Woo Hoo! Spring Break is here at last! We look forward to the adventures that we have every year and this year did not disappoint.

     We started off with a repeat from 2015 - I believe - of Morgan's Wonderland. The kids loved it then and wanted to go again. And luckily, it was just as perfect as day as the previous time! Beautiful crisp weather and not too many people.  

 

      Next we to a day hike in McKinney Falls State Park. Grammy came with us for this one. It was so gorgeous! It was warm enough to splash in the water - which was nice because the kids splash in the water no matter what temp it is!

      Of course we took a day break and hung out with kids in the cul de sac - can't say it enough but I love our neighborhood!

      And we finished off with a repeat from last year - A trip to Corpus for swimming and coastal town adventure. Grammy and Grandad joined us again - I like this tradition we're forming! - and it was made even better because Tim got to come this year!

Heading to the hotel pool

Enjoying a warm day at the beach:

Sam as The Hulk!

Grant trying to become a sand sculpture but only had the patience for the legs :)

Building Isaac his own personal ocean - he's still scared of the big one

Grammy as artsy as ever!

Finishing off at the USS Lexington

     We finished off Spring Break by getting a couple of things delivered:

Mom and Dad's new kitchen table!

We have waited so long for the perfect one to 

come along and I'm so glad that we did. I'm in love!

And Pokemon for the boys. This was the first time they've 

ever ordered something online and were so stoked when it came in. 

They invited William right over to open the packages and commence with the trading.