Spring Break

We decided to not really do anything big for Spring Break this year. I'm glad as I got really sick before it even started. I was sick through most of the week. On Friday we decided to head to Tucson and spend the night and get the kids out of town. It was nice as we had hotel points. We saw two movies, shopping, eating at great places and kids went swimming. Then on Saturday morning we took the kids rock climbing at Rocks & Ropes. They had a great time even though they had never been before. Lillian was afraid at first, but then the instructors were great at building her confidence and before long, she was climbing to the top too!

Reading Week

It was Love of Reading week at the kids school. Each class designed the board outside their classrooms. We found everyone's but Gabriel's. And that was because he didn't put a name on his paper. Gabriel and Victoria's classes also sang.

Kids....

Apparently, my kids weren't using their brain. They decided to roll Lillian's new ball into the drainage pipe. Little did they know, the pipe was pointing back, and were shocked when the ball got stuck. Gabriel ended up crawling in all the way til he reached it. I told them to just leave it because I was already envisioning the fire dept. and policemen rolling up with lights and sirens.

Salt

Why is it that when you run out of something, you can never remember to pick it up the next time you are at the store. Between me and Tony, we've taken more than a dozen trips to the store and yet could not remember to pick up salt. Finally today while grabbing groceries I remembered!! Funny thing is that while Tony stopped at Wal-Mart on his way to work, he remember too. So now we have two giant things of salt so we shouldn't run out anytime soon!

Tryouts

Gabriel had baseball tryouts this past Saturday. This is his first year at the Minor level. Tony has been working with Gabriel since last season on and off. But I had no idea what is expected or what type of drills are done at tryouts. The kids had to bat, run, catch ground balls and catch in the outfield. He did so well, I'm amazed at his hand-eye coordination and his depth of perception. I was joking and told him that I don't think I would be selected for any team as mom is not that good at baseball.

V-Day Banquet

Kim and Jeff invited us again this year to their church's Valentines Day Banquet. Every year we are either gone or have something else going on. This year we were actually able to go. And a nice bonus is that the church provided babysitting too! Here's a couple of photos!

Grams

Today the kids had their Valentine exchanges. This is the first year I haven't gone to take photos. I'm still not feeling the greatest and also didn't have times for when they were doing them. Oh well. They all came home with lots of Valentines and candy!! One thing that I really liked that the PTO did was Carnation Grams.
We all remember Candy Grams when we were in school. It was so fun to send them to our friends and wait with anticipation to see if we would get any. Growing up, my parents weren't huge on these. I remember only being able to send one or two which I should have been grateful for.
Since I remember what a big deal it was to get one, I had sent in the form last week. Each of the kids were so surprised so get a beautiful red carnation. I just couldn't let me kids feel left out and it was a thoughtful way to tell each of them that we love them! Thankfully, they are too young to ask to send one to all their friends. But I know that day is coming! I better start my list of ways for them to earn money lol!

Storms

I love when a storm system rolls in. Sometimes we see rain and sometimes the mountains look so awesome covered by the clouds!

February????

I cannot believe the month is almost half over. Guess it doesn't help that it's a short month to beging with. I know I've been a very bad blogger and haven't posted hardly at all. Life has just been crazy the last few weeks. Hubby is home again and on the one shift we cannot stand! Adjusting to him being home and his new hours has taken some getting use to. The kids are doing well in school and keeping busy with all their homework. I think I have finally found a homework routine where I don't feel like banging my head against the wall. I have lots of photos to get up, but here is one of my and Tony before the ballet!

Christmas Season

It's time once again to get out all the Christmas decorations and start preparing for the big day. I got things out late once again this year. Life has just gotten so busy and I couldn't find the time. I did make sure to take our family photo which I think turned out really nice!!! I got all the Christmas cards mailed out which I'm very happy for. Presents are almost done and I just have to get them wrapped and together. We are heading to NM at the end of the week. We're going to see hubby and stay for the kids' winter break. So that means everything has to be done. And his room doesn't have an over so no baking this year. I must also pack a ton of things to keep 3 kids entertained while in a hotel room. I'm hoping it won't be so bad. I'm hoping to get some photos up of the tree and decorations, we'll see if that happens before I leave lol.