Birthday, Baptisim, and Mothers Day...

Jeffery's 12th Birthday Party....we celebrated with going to the Manitou arcade with some of his close buddies.

Here they all are on the coin rides for kiddies.....

Remember these? I only remember these "knock out" games at carnivals or at the fair....The boys liked it!

Trevor...

Cacey...

Tyler...

Skee ball and more games....

Yeeeee Haw! Ride e'm Jonathan!!

Not going too far on this bike!!!

They all tried the "natural" spring water in Manitou......Jeffery always has to be "funny"

Jeff and I....

Then we went to Old Chicago for some Pizza and Pool...

Cacey and Jeff were Pool partners...

Went to this "mini" car show...mostly cars just come to this old parking lot and park....the boys liked looking at all the cars....Jeffery is really into cars right now!!!

Then back to our place for cake and icecream......the boys all wanted to light the candles....

I thought Jeffery was going to chop out the flames...HA!

Sunday (Mothers Day) the kids were welcomed into the church as members.....It was so neat because I know the kids have worked hard and it meant sooo much. I loved that our Pastor prayed for all of them!

THEN......they were finally Baptised! Symbolizing that they are sealed in Gods Covenant.

Cacey.....we were so happy that Drew, our youth pastor, assisted with the Baptisim. It meant alot to the kids and even more to me!!!!

Cassidy.....

And finally Jeffery......

How Happy!!!!

Here we all are outside the church, my dad, Tracy and Elyse came...Jeff was so sick....we were in the Emergency room the night before...he had a wierd allergic reaction, to we dont know what, but his lips swelled HUGE!!! It was actually kind of scarry!!! Welll they loaded him up on Meds...which Jeff is not good at taking alot....and he was pretty pale through service.....glad he made it through the Baptisim....Praise God!!!

Then off to a HIKE!!!! I wanted to do Seven Bridges, since it was such a beutiful day and Tracy was going to be here......Jeff stood home....just not well enough to hike...bummer!

Here we are ready to start....

Bridge 1

My Handsome son...

Bridge 2

Bridge 3

Bridge 4

Bridge 5

Bridge 6

Man...he's really strong.....

And Yipppeeee we made it...Bridge 7...

The kids wanted to take their shoes off and soak in the water....they didnt realize how cold the water still is....

Seven Bridges was soooo fun, and couldnt be happier that Tracy was here....she really made my day and it meant so much that she came for the kids Baptisim....I love you Tracy!!!!

622.....cant forget this pole....Seven Bridges is not marked.....we almost passed it but now we know to look for this pole......Right TRACE?

This nice lady asked if we wanted her to take all of our picture....so here we are....

If you look real close that is Cassidy in the middle of the trail who ran ahead of us....welll she stood right in the middle of the trail with her hands on her hip and did not move for ANYONE who was approaching her.....she is sooooo funny. We laughed at her!!

And kind of a sad ending......Max was pooped at the end and kept laying wherever there was shade....or so I thought.....When we got home we noticed Max had wore off most of his pads from his paws....I felt terrible.....Had to take him to the vet on Monday...had to have laser treatment...antibiotics, cream for his paws and pain meds.....WHO KNEW???? I thought he was just over heated and tired. Other than that I had a wonderful weekend....I loved being with Cassidy, Cacey, and Jeffey....my babies....I love them so much and being their MOM is the greatest gift God has given to me.....

Easter and Beyond...

Autumn and Cacey decorating cookies......

Jeff and Jeffery went turkey hunting.....no turkey, but check out the way the car came back...uuuuggghhhh!

They unloaded and went straight to the showers..

We missed them!

My doggies....with their spring collars on..

It is still kinda cold here so they found a warm spot on the floor to get cozy.

Our friends the Schwartz got a new puppy... a mini australian sheperd, "Goalie" he is sooo cute!!

Arent his eyes amazing!

Saturday before Easter, Michele never forgets my kids for anything!!! She brought over this great Easter basket for them.

I'm so mean I made the kids wait til after church on Sunday to open it.

We colored eggs...

And yes this is snow day before Easter, we were glad tho....it has been a dry winter so we are grateful for the moisture!!

Easter morning .....looks like the Easter Bunny was here!

Easter Morning....

The kids are still excited to see what the Easter Bunny brought....too bad he didnt do that dirty laundry sitting behind Jeffery....Oh Well...

Cacey barely made it down the stairs...

Cassiy half awake..

Before Church...

Well we made it to church snow and all....Kinda funny to see everyone wearing coats on Easter.

Church was beutiful, happy to celebrate the Rising of the King!!!

My sweet Dad...I love this picture of him...he looked so good on Easter, he was really happy wearing his NAVY sweatshirt Jeannie sent him. I thought it looked great on him!!!

Cass....and some crazy kid!

Tracy, Anthony, and Elyse came over. I was soo happy! They are such a fun bunch!!!

It waremed up pretty nice so after dinner we decided to go for a walk with the doggies.

Tracy brought the kids kites for Easter, which was such a great idea!!!!

Cacey and Elyse found these pennies just laying on the ground, so they put them in this bag....added up to $5.60. Pennies add up you know!

Tracy and I loved these trees she is standing in front of, they smelled soooo good!

Cass didnt want to change from her dress so she just threw on jeans underneath.

Not to much of a breez up so the girls just kept trying and trying!!

Cacey did really good...

Well since we went for the walk we went straight for desert when we got home....I made cheese cake, and carrot cake (from scratch) it was a recipe from Pioneer Woman's blog. It was delicious!!

I have the best boss in the world Dr. P always remembers us at every holiday, which I know his wife is behind all the remembering but I am grateful for both of them. They gave us all these adorable eggs from our city famous "Patsy's" candy store. MMMMM, I saved it till I got home and we all tore into them!I should have Chickens in my backyard....I cook 12 eggs fro Jeff, Jeffery, Cassidy, and Cacey in the mornings....well not every morning but when I do I can't believe how many eggs we go through. WHEW!

Jeffery is turning 12 on the 5th...I took this picture to add to his invites.

I'm so proud proud proud of the kids, they are being baptised on Monthers day ( how perfect for me) and also becoming members of our church. They completed the Communicants class that is required which was alot of extra "home work" and momorization. At the end of the class they each had to be interviewed by the Elders of our church....Each of the Elders told me how proud I should be of them and what great kids they are. I was gonna ask the Elders if they could come home with me to make sure they would keep it up...HA!

Cassidy did a great job, Dr. Hammerstrom just went on and on about what a good girl Cassidy is....Just have to brag about her.....

Jeffery did great too. He is just a happy kid......unless you make him stay inside and vacume the steps or something like that...HA! I look forward to Mothers Day !!!

May 1st....still snow on the Peak.....

May 5th....Our Cinco De Mayo Baby!!!! Wow 12 years old......

Got lots of Camo for hunting this year...and all sports sort of stuff....

Oh yeah and a big gift....a shot gun for skeet shooting, he has really liked doing that on Saturday's with Jeff.

Jeffery requested breakfast...."Skillet" MMMM

Cass and Cacey went to our Church annual "Girls Lock In" ..Cacey invited a friend from soccer...

Here they are in the morning, They had 40 girls all together....Cassidy and Cacey both love Anna one of our youth directors.

Cass and Sarah.....look kinda burned out

Well our yard took a beating this winter with no moisture, today is the first weekend in a while it has been kind of nice for Jeff to try to get the yard back up to par....Jeffery mowed...

Jeff cleaned out the shed .....look how terrible the grass looks, I cant believe it. Jeff works so hard on the yard, we both really enjoy being outside in the back and just having a nice yard.

Max didnt want to help.....

Neither did Cass....after being up all night we didnt dare ask her to help....EEEEEK....Well hopefully more nice weather is to come!! Happy May!!!!!