Breaking the ice

It was a warmish day and no one had plans for an hour or so, so we hauled everyone to the park.  They pretended to be upset, but then there was all this ice to play with.

More of Moab...

 Family Reunion

 Floating trampoline

 Grandad's 100th birthday

 This is across the street from my parents' house. 

 Yoda finally felt confident to jump off the diving board

And Happy Birthday, Dad :)

First Day 2017

My last year with having 2 in elementary school...

 Mimi: sort of ready for 6th grade...

 Yoda: so ready for 2nd grade. 

 Now she looks a little more ready

 Parker: gone before the sun and off to HIGH SCHOOL! 

We still bike or walk whenever we can.  
Check out Mimi's giant bike.  It was a Costco purchase a few months ago, it's the first time she has had her own, not a hand-me-down.  She loves it. 

 Because we took out the basketball hoop, we sometimes remember to water the grass seed and therefor the hose was out when the kiddos came home from school.  I looked away for a minute and suddenly they were wet and muddy!  Good thing I spent hours cleaning and mopping the house! 

Spring Break Post #1

It's been a while since we visited NJ and NY so we made it a must for Spring Break this year. 

We've also really wanted to visit Fallingwater in PA and we knew this was the time to do it!!

Along our way we found a great hiking path-known to many others- and took a few minutes to stretch our legs. 

What a beautiful rest stop.

Lots of windy roads later we found Fallingwater. 

The town of Ohiopyle, PA is a beautiful stop that we would have loved to spend more time in, maybe next time...

Great Idea

With school starting, it's hard to remember that it's still sort-of summer.  One hot day I had the great idea to send the kiddos out to play in the sprinkler.  This happened all too soon.  Mimi loves that mud! 

Utah trip

I was talking to a neighbor, she said she has had one family reunion in all her grown up life.  I feel like I've had at least one a year.  This year it was my dad's siblings getting together, the last time that happened I was a newlywed!  

So we headed to Moab and here's a few photos of the kiddos enjoying the sunshine and time with family.

 

 

 

During the drive we saw Jim Gaffigan's tour bus van at a truck stop, that was a fun surprise :)

When we got home there was our popcorn of the month waiting for us!