The latest news....

Delainey and I arrived home on Monday after spending the weekend in Arizona for my brother's wedding. We had a great time, and she traveled well, although getting up between 5:15 and 6:30 was a bit tough. It's hard to reset a four year old's body clock! The wedding was nice and it was good to see my brothers for just a bit.

Last week Braden was home four of five days from school with swollen glands on the right side of his neck and general malaise. The one day he did go to school he should've come home early but declared himself "too chicken" to call me to come and get him. Thursday I learned from him that his legs had been hurting differently than usual (for those that may not know he suffers from chronic leg pain of the "undiagnosable childhood pain" variety). So Matt took him back in on Friday. Yesterday we learned from some bloodwork that he has mono. Joy. I'm glad in some ways though since we actually know what he has instead of the vague sickness diagnosis. He's done well this week, but hit the wall last night and is still in bed at home. It should be interesting how he does.

Andrew is off at the TSA(technology student association) state competition in Orlando. He'll be gone until late Saturday and he's really excited. First long trip from home-I'm just hoping for no phone calls saying he broke the elevator or some other very creative thing that could come from many smart young men and women hanging out. You really have to watch out for the smart ones.....

New Easter digs-or Christmas morning take two

Same kids, same front yard, different ties/dress

Of Baskets and Hunting-Part 2

We were invited to a fun Easter Egg hunt party on Saturday morning. It was great fun with lots of people and was a welcome relief since we were going to have one, but I was coordinating a Ward activity for that night!









Sometimes you really have to LOOK!!

Of Baskets and Hunting

A little fun Saturday morning after the EB dropped by...

The pre-basket corral



Following the jelly bean trail left by the EB





Andrew counting his green "grass"-a great idea from Matt's mom



Chase with green peep bunnies



Braden with a petco gift card for a new beta fish

And after the zoo..

A little Krispy Kreme bliss-just makes me happy thinking about it!

A trip to the zoo

After our snake experience we visited the Brevard Zoo with my mom. We had a great time seeing new exhibits and watching the feeding of the river otters. A few pics for fun:

Chase in the sand



Delainey playing "pet vet"



Braden in the sand



Random picture of Andrew

Snake Charmer

Nothing like starting spring break with a little excitement!! About a week prior to this picture, Matt discoverd a pair of black racers enjoying a National Geographic moment in the side of our yard just outside the boys' windows. A few days later I found "mama" snake dead-Matt thinks I ran over her with a lawn mower, but that gives me the heebee jeebies just thinking about it. On the Monday of spring break we found "papa" snake in our pool enclosure. Andrew the snake man tried to catch it. It took a bit, but he finally got it on his pillow case covered pool net and escorted "papa" outside.



We tried to force him one way with the pool noodle, but he'd have none of that!

General Conference diversions

Last session, four antsy kids. What do you do? LEGO'S!!

The pain of riding a bike

We took the training wheels off of Chase's bike, but haven't taken the time to spend working with him on how to ride it. On Saturday mornings Braden is playing basketball at a nearby church. I was on a bike ride and Matt was bringing everyone else on their bikes to meet us at the game. Apparently Chase was doing really well on his bike until...CRASH!! And yes, should you all wonder, he DID have on a helmet. Judging by his injuries, he has "earned" himself a new one!



Up close, a bit fuzzy, but you get the color better. The goose egg on the forehead just drained down around his eye.