Happy Birthday Maria!

A celebration of Maria.  I didn't have pictures on the computer that go back every year but the first 8 are pretty much in proper timeline.  Love you Maria!

Random Pictures from the month of April

Here are pictures from our two phones that we finally have ready to post on the blog.

Serious Grandma Paula and Grandpa Raul watching for Mikey to enter for his first communion.

Mikey checks out his card

The cake

Salud!

Pauline with her Easter basket made by Grandma Rose

Bubbles on the deck 

Good food!

Avery at library story time.  That's her in the pink in the middle

Avery bought an umbrella to become a southern belle

The kids colored eggs while at Great-Grandma Alice's

We had to go into the garage to "fleck" the eggs

Mikey puts a puzzle together at GG Alice's

Mateo finally slowed down. 

Preschool Easter, Pre-Earth Day and Strawberry Patch

Some more April pictures of our life

Avery and Maeve before the preschool easter egg hunt

Avery doing the egg and spoon carry

Gettin' in a little jump time

Balance time

Sidewalk chalk art

Eggs!

Checking out the loot

Grandma Rose, Grandpa Bob, Mom and Avery

A little minion

Planting a magnolia in the side yard

We dug a wild wisteria and will see how it does

A little visitor

Getting ready to pick strawberries

Lots of strawberries!

Obstacles

We had the Mason girls this past Saturday while Mom and Dad went to a wedding.  Rose decided they needed something fun outside so we set up a little obstacle course.

They had to straddle the hose and walk the line

They tried to throw various size balls in the basket

The walked the plank

They bounced on the ball from one circle to another

They did hopscotch

They jumped over obstacles

The crawled through a tunnel

"I want to do it again!"

Avery keeps score

Just like the  Backyardigans they need a snack after playing

April Pool Fun

As the thermometer hit 85 we decided it was time to replace the little plastic pool the kids play in.  Some backyard pictures follow from the second day of April in SC

"It's cold!"

Grandma Rose relaxes with a gin and tonic while Avery adjusts to the water.

Here pose after a full body dump

"Splash!"

"Grandma, come out here."

Avery got the bathtub toys and did a little fishing

Kendall decided to try it out when she stopped by after school.  

"Ahhhhh, it's cold!"