Happy Mother's Day

This is one lucky mama!

Kate, Mom, Austin, Ty

Scott, Logan

Springtime with Cousins

Brian and Elise and their family came down for a weekend so Brian could go to a writing conference.  The kids LOVED having their cousins here.  On one of the days, we went to the zoo.

Everyone has fun on the zoo train!

A couple of weeks later, we got to go to the zoo again with cousins--this time with Staci and kids.
Here is Logan with his cousin Tanner (only 11 days difference between these two)

We got a surprise visit one night from Sheri, Finley, and Gracie.  It was such a fun surprise and fun to hang out with them for the night!

Kate and Emma wearing their matching outfits

Playing Splendor with Grandma Lewis

Melissa and Zac had a little getaway and their kids came and stayed with us for a few days.  They all were loving the chairs at Sam's Club

Logan loved helping Everly

The kids were playing sick and had servants, this was a favorite!

Fun Times

Dad went on a business trip to Jacksonville, Florida.

And ate some yummy food

The kids playing one of their favorite games-Cube  Basically, someone rolls this play structure and someone is on the inside trying not to fall out, it is a favorite.

Logan made a pilot's hat with Mom

Logan and Ty playing Legos

Scott likes to make a bed for his stuffed animals too.  He sleeps on the lower part of the bed so they can get the top part.

The kids trying to drag Austin down the stairs

Everyone built a wonder blocks tower around Logan.

Everyone painting some pictures

Logan pretended to sleep with Dad on a Sunday afternoon, then fell asleep for real with Dad.

Logan loving on Austin

Logan and Ty love having a bath

Happy Birthday Jeff

Dad's birthday was on a Sunday this year (or he just wanted to look really nice on his birthday)

Here is Dad with his delicious pancake breakfast.

We have a good friend who has the same birthday as Dad (same year too), so we celebrated with them.

Dad with his Texas Sheet Cake

Dad is so special to all of us.  He works so hard for our family every day, then comes home and helps some more.  He makes all of us laugh and we all adore him!  We love you!

Bear Award

After a lot of hard work, Austin and Scott both earned their Bear merit badges.  

Austin, Mom, Scott

Nice work Austin!  Nice work Scott!

New Truck and Trailer

After saving for many years, this spring, we bit the bullet and bought a new truck and trailer (from the Speths)  We needed to have somewhere to park it so we cut down our peach tree (especially heartbreaking) and apple tree.  We then got a sodcutter and cut out the grass, put liner down and covered it with gravel.  We also moved the fence back a few feet and had to put concrete in.  This was a HUGE project, but we felt pretty proud of ourselves.  We did it as a family and had a nice place to park our new trailer.