Love my man!

End of the Year program

Hannah had her spring concert last night to usher in the final week of school for her 4-5 preschool class. She has developed a few close friendships and look forward to spending some days together this summer.

 This is her teacher, Mrs. McCumber and her bestie...Sophia

Lined up waiting to enter the church...

Project Complete!

I have been wanting new counter tops since we moved into this house almost 8 yrs ago, but with a young family it just wasn't possible. About a year ago we started talking seriously about making a change. We discussed several things...most bang for our buck, smartest way to go for our big family, and what we really wanted if money wasn't and issue. At the beginning of the year we began doing some research and discovered we really wanted granite. Of course we both had different ideas about color but my choice won in the end. Then we needed to decide if we wanted slab or tiles. Our time is valuable when you 5 kids that need our attention. We priced out the slab and while it wasn't too pricey if we installed it ourselves I finally spoke up and said what I really wanted was the granite tiles. My hubby and I make a great team when it comes to projects and I think it is good for our marriage to work on things around the house together. It really brings us closer! We started on Thurs, April 28th with the demolition and finally finished up in time for Mother's Day! The pictures below document the progress and then with the final product! We both sit and stare at it with BIG, BIG smiles on our faces. It feels so good to put our own hands on this project!!!

Happy Mother's Day

I was overwhelmed with hand made cards and gifts today from each of the kids and I loved it all. Each one was excited to give their creation to me and I loved seeing the joy giving to another brought o each of them. We went to church and had lunch at G and G Self's (and celebrated Leah's birthday too). In the afternoon we went to a movie and had my favorite dinner! It was a great day to be a mom.

Happy 2nd Birthday!!!

This adorable baby is TWO!!! My amazing sister in law made her this dress which I love! We invited 3 little friends from church who all turned two in the last week. They were so cute and it was a blessing to have them over and chat with the mommies. Look out world...she is two!

Dbacks game with my Samantha Girl

Last night it was Samantha's turn to go with me to the game and she was so excited since she was the last one to get to go with me. We headed out a little early since it was a school night and enjoyed another gorgeous AZ evening. My Dad had called last week to ask me to go visit his high school baseball coach who happens to works at Chase Field on the Diamond Level which is where our seats are. Mr. Ackers is a very nice man and spoke fondly of my Dad. He is also now on my prayer list because he lost his wife just last month to cancer. The game started out a bit slow but did get a little more exciting about half way through. We headed home in time to see the thrilling end to the game on TV. As always treasured moments with my kiddos is the best!

Easter afternoon at the park

It has been heavenly here this spring and so we decided to hang out at the park on Easter afternoon. I had bought each of the kids bubbles and silly string and the park seemed like the ideal place to play with these fun new things. The kids were a bit crazy as reflected by some of the pictures but I assure you no animals where injured in the making of this fun! Hahahah!

Love my family...