Father and Sons Campout 2011

From what I hear it was a fun time! This year Kirk took Devin and he had a blast. Although, it was cold and even rained a tiny bit, the kids had fun. It was a big turnout and the kids each had friends there to play with. They even caught some fish! Here are a few pictures Kirk took.

Small, but doable tent for the three of them. :)

Derek Scott, Parker Chase, Rick Chase and Justin

Devin with his buddy Tyler Bahen

Bedtime!

Justin, Jake and Luke Draeger

5th Grade Project

Justin had a state project due this month and part of it included making a big cookie with edible things to indicate mountains, rivers, etc. Justin was assigned Utah. We made a snickerdoodle and this is what he ended up with. Chocolate chips for mountains, butterscotch chips for Zions Nat'l Park and Bryce Canyon and blue frosting for some lakes (with the Great Salt Lake having sugar crystals). Looks like a yummy Utah!

8 IS GREAT!

This past weekend Avery was baptized! She waited an extra 2 months so that she could share her special day with Lexi (her cousin). It was a very special day. We started out early with her baseball game. Had time to go home, change and relax for a short bit and then headed over to the church. My cousin Linda gave a wonderful talk on baptism and Grandma Winn lead the music. Uncle Mark, Aunt Sylvia, Matthew, Grandma Sumida, Grandma and Grandpa Winn were all there to support her on her very important day. Mike and Nick were the witnesses. And it was so nice to have more family to be in the circle to confirm her! After the baptism we headed over to Damian and Tandy's house for a wonderful luncheon. It was a very yummy and beautiful spread!

Congratulations Avery, for taking the first very important step in your eternal progression! We are so very proud of you!!!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures we took of the girls in their special dresses a couple weeks prior.

Devins Mothers Day program

On Friday Devin's class put on a Mother's Tea. They sang us songs and read from a book they made. It was a lot of fun to watch my cute little Mev perform. He did a great job! And he read his part perfect. After the program we had strawberry shortcake and pudding to choose from. Devin and I chose the pudding. Yum!

This is what Devin wrote on his page. I must have just taken him to the park because I don't do it very often. :)

Notice how huge he made me there in the middle. Yikes! I choose to think it's because I'm the center of his universe and not because I need to drop some lbs. Ha!

Easter 2011

We had a nice Easter this year. We didn't go anywhere and no one came over. It was just us and still fun. The kids woke up a little early to see their Easter baskets before church. The main Easter egg hunt had to wait until we got home from church, but the Easter Bunny had mercy on them and hid a few inside too. Not much to say other than it was a great day!

The day before Easter we colored some Easter eggs. Almost forgot this year!

Indoor Easter egg hunt

Outdoor hunt

Easter just wouldn't be the same without our traditional bunny cake!

Spring Fling

I'm a bit behind, but I wanted to be sure to get some pictures up of this years Family Spring Fling at Jeri and Ken's. It was great to see everyone as usual and the food was fantastic! It was cold this year and even snowed earlier that morning, so we were all couped up inside for the day. No backyard badmitten this year. :( And we didn't get a group photo this year either. Boy, I'm getting lazy! But here are a few that I did take.

Steve and Dylan

Kara, Brenda, Christi

Mary, Jean, Randy

The Ken's taking it easy.

Christi, Thelma, Maureen, Avery

Kara, Jeri

Devin, Avery, Gina, Justin

Devin and the best playmate ever, Brenda!

Spring Break Trip #2

On the second week of our Spring Break we went camping with some friends from baseball, the Forrests. The dad is Avery's coach and she played for him last year too. They have 2 cute boys ages 9 and 7.

We went to Rancho Jurupa in Riverside. It's the regional park there and it's our second time going. We like it a lot. Nice and close, lakes, parks and it's huge so lots of opportunities for bike riding. We had a great time! It was our first time camping with anyone else and it was a lot of fun! The kids got along great and Devin was the best he's ever been! We're looking forward to going again with them sometime in the near future. Here are a bunch of pictures I took.

This is Devin, Aidan and Justin

Tyler and Devin

Aidan and Avery

Tyler and Avery playing Connect 4 on Tylers bunk in their trailer

Nothing like a good campfire

Fishing (no luck, of course)

Kelly and Jeff

Aidan, Avery, Justin, Tyler and Devin

This place has a fun rock climbing park and the kids loved playing there

Swinging at the playground

Having lunch at our campsite

The kids doing friendship bracelets and beading necklaces

Coach Jeff helped Devin learn to throw properly. Devin is now his biggest fan!

Miniature golfing at the campground. This was a highlight!

Avery and Tyler

Not sure exactly why Kirk is holding our trash can, but the guys were barbecuing our dinner.

The kids had fun giving each other rides on the back of the Forrest kids bikes

And this gives you an idea how huge our lots were. The Forrests trailer is on the left and we are the right. This is when we were packing up to leave, so nothing is outside.