Easter!

After the Easter Bunny left...

Checking out their baskets...

Maxx and Abby in their Easter clothes.  Sofia had the stomach flu all weekend.  She'll wear her dress this Sunday, and I'll post pics later.

Pinewood Derby 2011

Maxx raced in his 2nd Pinewood Derby on April 12th.

The car...

It's name was "Question Mark".

The driver....

His car was "Judges Favorite".  It tied for 5th place.

Some crazy scout we picked up off the street....

Maxx did an awesome job on his car this year!  We are very proud of him.

Black with Green!

Abby tested April 1st for her First Degree Black with Green belt.

They had to perform a traditional form and spar.

Eli's Back

After the zoo we went to the airport to see Eli come home from his mission.  I didn't take the best of pics, but you can see how happy Eli is to see everyone.  We were all very happy to see him as well.

Field Trip to the Zoo

Sofia's preschool class went on a Field Trip to the Phoenix Zoo.

Her class!

Sitting on a frog...

 Hangin' with Jack...

Rhinos!!

Fighting Gazelles, I think....

Not exactly sure what this is called...Anyone???

Zebras...

Miss Jessica (her teacher) had been talking for a good month about the different animals they would see.  It was so fun to hear Sofia talk about this animal or that animal and point them out at the zoo.  She would use their more detailed name and tell me something about them.  Maybe I should ask her what that long horned animal is....

Our Very Own Punky Brewster

The pics speak for themselves...

Lately, she's been really into tucking in her shirts....a bit Urkelish...she really does channel those old 80's sitcoms. :)

We Are Not Alone!

Ok, for those of you thinking this would be a spiritual post or one about life on other planets... sorry, not quite. :)

We have had a lovely, quite amazing looking spider among our midst.  If I really deep down wasn't terrified of them, I would say it was quite a remarkable lady.  Just wish she wasn't in my back yard, under my 4 yr. old's slide...she might have been welcomed.

A Poet

My Sister

A Poem by Maxx

Sometimes I wonder why my sister is mean.

She never cares.

She never shares,

Well, at least for me.

All she really does is sit and slouch all day.

Sometimes I just wonder

Did she ever learn to play?

For when she plays,

She goes away,

I really want to play.