20 years of Cool

This year, our elementary school is celebrating its 20th birthday. The school had a big party in its honor. We were able to design and make a cake as part of the festivaties. The girls and I had a lot of fun. We even won a prize in the end. (A prize, not grand prize)

Easter

Hours after we got home my brother, sister, and families came over for Easter dinner and egg hunt.

Here are the cute chick cupcake my SIL made, we gave the bunny cake a break this year.

This year we also let the kids hide the eggs. The big kids hide for the little kids and vice versa. I think the little kids hid the eggs in harder places then the big kids. 

All smiles during the craziness

My nephew, G, flipping all over the yard 

The 3 youngest hanging out

R, A, Auntie Beth, and K as the fun wrapped up 

3 of the all the same age cousins: K, J, and E

Uncle David with S, Uncle Randy and Aunt Reva 

We had a great celebration

Spring Break 2012

This year for Spring Break we headed down to spend a week with JR's family. We did lots of fun activities.

Here is S picking up her first Easter egg ever.

E finding the golden egg. So excited! 

R, H, and R taking the plunge. It was a total coincidence that the two RAZs have the same swimsuit. 

The girls chilling in the hot tub 

S eating animal crackers poolside. These are fed to her by Grandpa, her buddy. 

While we were there, JR took a quick trip to the Masters in Augusta.

Silly!

I found these pictures when I uploaded the pictures. Don't know when this was, but CRAZY hair S!

Here she is after I gave her a chocolate pretzel. FYI, her body doesn't do well with chocolate. 

The remains of the pretzel 

Thank you, thank you Sam-I-Am!

In honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday, the First graders at our school have a Green Eggs and Ham breakfast for them and a guest. It is one of my favorite events.  Besides the breakfast, the Cat in the Hat comes and reads the book Green Eggs and Ham. Plus, each First grader is given a free book and Dr. Seuss hats. It is a great morning.

H and Mom enjoying our green eggs & ham 

H, Maddie and Mr Schiewe as the Cat in the Hat

My Foto Friday or Six Degrees of Seperation

On Wednesday my parents and Hermana Coco, JR's cousin, were at a combined mission meeting.They are serving in neighboring missions. All the missionaries came together to hear Elder L. Tom Perry, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speak. The meeting was wonderful. Plus, they thought it was fun to meet with each other for a few minutes as well. I think Coco was 7 when JR and I were married, so I am sure no one in the group remembered each other from that encounter.

I Had a Birthday, Part 2

For my birthday I asked for tickets to the Harlem Globetrotters. JR wasn't sure he heard right the first time, but I kept asking for tickets for the whole family. The girls weren't very excited. They had no idea what the Globetrotters were and couldn't picture it being as fun as I promised. Despite all of that, JR gave me the present I asked for. I was nervous that this great family memory I was hoping for won't happen, but that was a waste of worry. Everyone loved it!

Here is one of the first baskets of the game

The girls enjoying the show

(E's teeth are blue from the lollipop she ate from our favorite restaurant we went to before the game) 

JR and S loving the experience

H and me all smiles 

We were seated by the International Elite's (the other team) bench. The coach kept yelling at the girls when they cheered. "Little girl go clean your room," "Little girl go do your homework," "Little girl put  your feet down." After encouragement from other adults the girls started yelling back. They loved being able yell back at him. It was a new experience

 This is "Cheese". He was the girls' favorite player. After the game he throw that wrist band to them; a new prize possession of theirs.

"Hi-lite" got pantsed and had a tutu underneath 

What a surprise, the Globetrotters won! 

And a good time was had by all :)