Before the rain....

We got to have a few nice spring days. Our back porch is situated just right for afternoon and dinner eating. The girls love to eat out there!

When the boy is away, the girls will play!

Jason had to work late tonight, or otherwise he would have been with us! We missed him, but decided to have a Cinco De Mayo dinner anyway. We made virgin mojitos. I just can't wait for my girls to go around telling everyone how much they love mojitos! They liked getting to mix their own. They were pretty tasty!

I made enchiladas, and we listened to mariache music on Pandora. Amazing how that music makes you feel like you are in a Mexican restaurant!

So it wasn't a huge celebration, but it was fun. And yummy. We missed Jason, though!

Whos on first...

I love softball season. I love watching my girls play, sitting outside with the younger ones, watching my girlies be a part of a team and feel so good about their successes. I don't even mind the crazy schedule that comes with having three girls on three different teams. It is good fun.

This year is Ava's first time to play. She is loving it. I am amazed at her arm and she hits the ball on a fairly consistent basis as well.
There is nothing cuter....

Than a little girl in a softball uniform. Her number is 2. We had a hilarious conversation about the other meaning of number 1 and number two, and how I could call her my little poop. And when she was on the field, I would get to yell"Go number 2"! I had her giggling so hard I worried she would pee her pants!

Tonight watching her practice was quite amusing. If you have never watched a team of 6 year olds playing any type of game, I highly recommend it. Better than stand up comedy. Her coach was trying to teach them where the bases were and their names, so he was calling out a base and having them run to it. Most of them would run as a pack, and if the head of the pack went to the correct base, the rest would. They would look like a swarm of birds, heading first one way, then the other, changing direction together. One or two would be clueless, and run the opposite way to another base. Once Ava did this. She wasn't upset though, she was giggeling the whole time. Their coach was really great, not getting upset but finding humor in it as well. I saw him high five the kids at random times and say encouraging things. Such a good experience for my Ava.

Efforts for Japan

Since we have moved to our new house on the golf course, Michaela and Payden have been bringing in big bucks selling golf balls they find on the course and waters. They decided to dedicate all their earnings for the month of May to relief for Japan.

Here is the sign they made:

It is nice to see them do this, and I hope they get a good feeling from it. They hope to earn $150.00, and I think they could do it. Wish them luck!

A very nice day

Sunday we had a great day. We had spent the weekend at my mom's. She made us a yummy breakfast that morning, then we took off for home. We had Stake conference at 10:00am, so we knew we wouldn't make it for that. So instead, we decided to head to Temple Square and see the tulips in bloom. It was extraordinarily beautiful. The weather cooperated as well. We all agreed it was an excellent day!
This post has probably the most pics I have ever posted at once; they were all so pretty I had to put them all here. Just warning you!



They had moss in the planter beds and Ninny had a thousand questions about it.

The smell was incredible. It smelled soooooo good!



Now thats cute!



This pic is so funny; Ninny is standing in front a bit because she would not stand in the dirt for the picture. She has a similar problem with sand.

"Popcorn popping on the apricot trees!"



Look at the color!

Michaela found a robins egg; a sure sign of spring!

Michaela wanted a picture like this. It turned out really cute!

















There was no one around to take this for us, and I forgot the tripod. So here is my family, minus me! It was nice that it wasn't super crowded though.

Here is one I had a stranger take; they never get close enough!

Awwww! Ava wanted this pic with daddy.










We realized that we went on May Day. How appropriate!



They all want these printed off for their rooms. Somehow I missed getting one of Corrine.





Ooops! I posted the wrong one!

A smooch in front of the temple!



Every where I turned the temple looked so pretty.

After the temple, we went to the conference center. We took the older two there a while ago, they don't remember it. So since it was a nice day, off we went!



On the roof top.

These are the skylights into the conference center. If you look down the glass part, you can see the seats. It was kind of freaky. I had to have Jason hold me up to look too!

The kids really enjoyed the whole day. They kept running around saying how pretty everything was. If you want to see some beauty, now is the time to go to Temple Square!