I haven't blogged in quite a while.  My mother-in-law has been rather anxious for me to get back up to speed.  So here it goes.  Enjoy!

Father's Day

I'm in the Primary presidency and this is what we chose to do for Father's Day this year. 

                                         

Tootsie Pop boutonnieres.  They turned out so cute.  The dads looked great with them pinned to their suits. My pictures don't do them justice. 

Random Pics

Double Digits

I knew the day would come eventually and it finally did.  Eric turned 10!!.  Yikes.  I really wish they could stay little forever.  However, it has been wonderful watching him learn and grow and try new things.  I loved his fourth grade year of school.  He had several projects that he did great on, he played the violin in orchestra, he was inducted into the National Elementary Honor Society and he played basketball and floor hockey. 

We had his party yesterday.  He asked for a basketball cake with either the Nuggets or the Heat playing.  I'm no pro when it comes to decorating cakes and I couldn't find players to put on a cake so we took a different approach.  I think it turned out nicely. 

We sent him on a scavenger hunt to find his gifts with the last clue leading him to a new bike.  His jaw dropped when he saw it.  Happy Birthday Eric!!

Katie turned Four

 Katie's birthday was  Monday May 9th but we didn't have her party until Saturday.  We let her open one gift before school.   New Shoes!!

 She loves The Little Mermaid.

 One of three Little Mermaid dolls.  She loves every one of them too.

 The birthday girl blowing out her candles

Opening presents. 

Easter 2011

These pictures are from Easter.  It was Andrew's first Easter.  Dean thought the Easter Bunny was lame because he only got cereal and baby food.  Dean must have forgotten that he threw in a few Peeps as well.  I put Andrew in the highchair to look in his basket.  He had a spoon in one hand and a Peep in the other.  I kept waiting for him to eat the Peep but he never did.  He kept trying to put it down but it was stuck to his hand.  Eric, Charles and Katie loved dying the eggs and hunting for the treat filled plastic eggs.

Not exactly NASCAR

We had some fun Friday night.  It wasn't a NASCAR race.  It was the Pine Wood Derby!  Eric loves the Pine Wood Derby.  Last year was a little bit disappointing for him.  His car did fine, but it didn't win.  Every kid wants to win, not just do fine.  This year was no exception.  It was his turn to race.  He excitedly put his car up on the track, they pulled the release lever and his car went about three feet and stopped.  I couldn't believe it and neither could Eric.  I could see the disappointment and the tears ready to fall. The weights on the bottom were dragging on the middle part of the track.   Dean wasn't able to be there so the very nice Brother Romero helped us take the weights off and move them to the top of the car.  They called him back up to race and his car did great.  So great that he ended up winning the derby.  He did in fact look like he had just won a NASCAR race.  He jumped around giving the boys high five.  It was awesome.  His prize for winning was a three layer cake with a chocolate car on top.  He was in heaven.  On the drive home he told me he is going to ask his scout leader if he can use the same car again next year.  Why mess with perfection?