End of March

You'd be surprised how many tornados and hail storms we get here in Frisco. Tonight's hail storm was strong and fierce. Lots of damaged cars around town and whole dealerships losing their fleets. But our neighborhood did fairly well but we were all huddled in the hall bathroom when the tornado signs went off.

 David came home from being in China for two weeks and looked like this the next four days...

 Melanie came to visit me Friday night and spent the night at our home. She and I went to Zoe's kitchen for dinner and talked late into the night. It was great catching up on life and I treasure our friendship all these years.

Spring Fishing

  The Bramletts invited us to go fishing because they had live worms left over from fishing over the weekend. David was still recovering from jetlag and Drew stayed home too so it was me and the three younger kids who went fishing. I baited their hoooks, and Dilan caught 5 fish, Drake caught 4, and Dakota caught two. A combo of bass and perch and a whole lot of wind and sun. We had a great time!

Chest X-Ray and Women's Conference

 Today was a very scary day for me. We were having so much fun with the Curtis girls over at our house and taking them to Chick-fil-A for lunch while their parents looked at some houses. After lunch, we headed to the park where the girls enjoy climbing up on top of the yellow spinning wheel and spinning around and around. Each girl was holding on and before I knew it, Dakota let go and fell. She landed on her back, knocking the wind out of her. She cried pretty hard but was trying to catch her breath too. I immediately packed the kids in the van and headed to the Urgent Care. One clean chest x-ray later, and we were discharged! Dakota was fine but I wanted to make sure. She did say her back hurt her for the next week almost but she had no bruises or any broken ribs. I am so grateful she is okay!

Tonight was the first time I took Dilan with me to Women's Conference because she's now 8 years old and can come with me! Danae and Camryn came and picked us up and we went together enjoying cupcakes afterwards. Dilan did very well and made it through all of the talks with me. The most memorable talk was centered around us being certain women as disciples of Jesus Christ.

Second grade performance

Dilan's second grade program was filled with lots of farmers singing about vegetables and produce. She had a speaking part of which she pointed out that she's had a speaking part every year so far. She did a great job and pronounced every word into the microphone clearly. She got into every song and performed her heart out. Love this girl!

Spring Break 2017 - San Diego, California

Tuesday of spring break we traveled to San Diego and checked into our hotel. The kids were so excited to be in a hotel agan and wake up to the hotel breakfast. Wednesday morning we drove north to the San Diego temple to see it with the kids. It is so stunning and breathtaking but the kids were so focused on moving on to Legoland that we didn't stay too long. We walked the grounds, saw a bride taking pictures and waited for an opening to take our family photos at my most favorite temple I've ever been to.  

 Once we moved onto Legoland, we were all very excited! IT WAS AWESOME!!! We had a perfect day filled with so much fun and wonder. We loved everything we saw, we rode, and we ate. We visited Ninjago world and Lego Friends Heartlake City too. Our favorite ride was the Dragon ride and we went back at the end of the day to ride it over and over again, 4x!, before they closed. The kids learned how to drive and got drivers licenses, drove boats on water, rode pretend airplanes and horses, rode the biggest roller coaster they had called Lego Technic Coaster and only Dilan would ride it again, and toured Lego mini-land USA too. We had an absolute blast and ended our night at Chili's for dinner right by the hotel.

 Hotel Swimming is the best. I stayed in the hot tub the whole time while the others swam in the cold pool. Sucess!!

 On Friday, we woke up and went to La Jolla cove or Seal beach to see the seals. There was a definite smell to it but it was fun putting our feet in the Pacific ocean and seeing the seals play and sleep on the rocks. Then, we toured the Mormon Batallic site, ate some mexian food for lunch, toured the largest model train museum in the country, and explored the USS Midway aircraft carrier. It was a busy day but we did so many fun and memorable things on our vacation.

Dad's 68th birthday celebration

We decided to start our spring break off by driving to Houston and surprising most of the family that we were attending my Dad's 68th birthday party at Sam Houston Race Park. We had an absolute blast watching the horses race and the highlight of the races were seeing the Camels and the Ostrichs race. There was only one jockey left on an ostrich by the time they crossed the finish line. For the third race, we were able to head down to the winner's circle and present the winning jockey his trophy. The kids loved every minute being together, watching the animals, and cheering them on. We ate great food in my Dad's suite and watched him open presents and blow out the candles on his cake. It was a definite night to remember and one that was definitely worth driving all the way in for just one night. We spent the night at Colleen's apartment in Conroe, had breakfast with her the next morning and drove home.

Spring sports 2017

Dilan played volleyball for the first time this winter season and she enjoyed it. Their team placed second in the championship series and received medals. Dilan played mostly with her Team USA soccer team from last year and had so much fun with them. She still prefers soccer but she wants to try every sport out there! 

 Dilan was moved up to the 08 team this year and has been playing great. She got a new coach, Coach Ashley, and our experience with FC Dallas has gotten a lot better because of it! Dilan plays defender and continues to impress us with her eagerness to attend two practices a week for 1.5 hours. She loves it!

 Dakota has been learning how to play soccer with Soccer shots this year. She goes once a week and she's gotten the hang of this game quickly! We decided to put her on a team this spring and the first game she scored 7 goals! Dakota is enjoying playing with her friend, Jade, and she gets discouraged at times when she can't get to the ball but loves making things happen on the field when she can.

Grab bags and a lost tooth

 Drake and Dakota love the movie, Trolls, and so we grabbed some grab bags today for them both at the store. They have been watching youtube kids and seeing kids open toys online so they knew what these grab bags were and wanted them. They enjoyed opening them up and Dakota got "Satin," and Drake got. "Creek." And...Drake lost his second tooth!!!!

Tenderfoot

Drew advanced to be a tenderfoot in scouts. Brother Willis and Brother Catmull presented him with his new badge!