Go Astros!

A few weeks ago, the Houston Astros celebrated Little League Day. Andy's team participated in the parade and Colin was fortunate enough to tag along. They're both on Astros teams this year, just in different age groups, so he looked like he belonged. A great time was had by all!

The Endless Wait


Parade Time!










ASTROS!


Running the bases - the very best part!

Parents of 5!

It was only for a weekend. Whew! Our nephew, Shane, spent last weekend with us. He's 9 months younger than Elizabeth and Ryan, so we got a taste of what triplets would be like. It's a good thing Shane is eternally happy because he certainly likes to get into everything! Actually, it turned out to be a really good weekend, but we packed as much in as possible. We had baseball practice, a birthday party, a baseball game, a parade, a trip to the park, Mother's Day, church, and Andy's family birthday swim party! The kids were all really good and even gave me breakfast in bed (at 6:45am!) for Mother's Day. Well, I think that's what I got, but with 5 children in the bed, I'm pretty sure I didn't get a bite of that breakfast!

First Swim of the Season!

A few weeks ago, we came home from a really hot day outside and the kids asked to go swimming. The water wasn't quite warm enough to get in for long and it was dinnertime, so we let the kids play on the steps. Sorry, since they were only going to be in for a short while, we didn't bother to find their swimsuits either! :)

Budding Artists

The Easter Bunny thought it would be a good idea to bring the kids notepads and highlighters this year. (Conveniently, the note pads and highlighters come 4 in pack, so I'm thinking that's one smart Easter Bunny!) Ryan and especially Elizabeth love to color and draw, so it should have been a good idea. And they did have fun, especially when I turned my back for a few minutes. I really have no idea if they colored on their own faces or each other's face, but either way, this was the result of their artistic creativity and they were so very proud. Notice that Elizabeth has pink highlighter on her arms as well. This is certainly not the first time they've done something like this, but it was the first time I thought to snap a picture of them. Really, who can resist them looking like this?! But anyway, when I tried to clean them up, I discovered that yellow highlighter is much easier to remove than pink highlighter. Who knew? The yellow washed right off of Ryan's face with very minimal effort, but the pink stained Elizabeth's face. It faded tremendously, but only after much scrubbing, and didn't come off completely for 2 days. Yes, I sent her to Mother's Day Out with faded pink stripes on her face. So there's your parenting lesson for the day: yellow highlighters are better than pink!

Mexican Getaway!!!

In mid-April, we thankfully had the opportunity to fly to Huatulco, Mexico to attend a good friend's wedding. They told us that the kids were invited, but we politely refused. Seriously, who can pass up a vacation weekend at an all-inclusive resort in Mexico without your 4 children along???!!

We flew in Friday afternoon and quickly learned that everything, including the airport and hotel reception area, was open-air. It was kind of nice for a change! Of course, it was mid-April and not August, so we didn't suffocate like you'd think. Our hotel room was really nice and the resort was perfect. We got to catch up with friends we hadn't seen in awhile and had fun meeting new friends! It was so relaxing and refreshing to just lay on the beach and not have any responsibilities at all. We thoroughly enjoyed being lazy!

The wedding was beautiful and the everyone had lots of fun at the reception. I didn't really want to put someone else's wedding pictures on here, so you're just stuck with a picture of Kyle and me. Sorry! But congratulations Michael & Claudia Barfoot! We wish you all the happiness in the world, even though we're jealous of your 2 week honeymoon in New Zealand! :)

Easter 2010

Happy Easter! The Easter bunny left our baskets on the stairs this year. He wanted to be different from Santa Claus, who brings everything to the middle of the living room. And we told the kids to put on their boots before we went outside since it was really wet out there. Well, we meant rainboots, but Colin grabbed the first pair he found - cowboy boots.

Easter baskets

Easter lunch, with our cousins of course!

Elizabeth was the only one who would stop for the camera

Baseball Season!

Baseball season has begun! (Okay, actually it began over a month ago, but the pictures are from opening day.) Both Andy & Colin are playing this year, so we're a little busy right now. Each boy has multiple practices and at least one game each week. It's a fun sport and they love it, but I'd be lying if I said I'm not looking forward to not being busy every evening.

To celebrate opening day, we had a parade! Here are Micah and Elizabeth waiting for the parade to start.


Andy's float


Colin's float


Colin in baseball ready position at his first game

Elizabeth, future baseball all-star