A Much Needed Update

Hello!

I am sitting here, with my legs up, enjoying a quiet minute, at the end of a busy day, and finally updating the blog.  We have had a fun month and I thought I'd share the highlights.  I'll start with the prettiest picture I have to show.  Mer went to a school dance Spring Fling on Friday night.  She looked like a celebrity in her flashy dress.  She decided to go at the last minute and ended up borrowing it from a friend who also did her makeup for her.

This cute dress was her back up plan.

Mer came home, slept a few hours and woke up for an 8 am soccer game this morning.   It is a tournament weekend for her. They lost the first game and won the second.  The rest of the kids had no games this weekend. Next weekend is the last game day of the season. We almost made it! What will we do with all our free time when it's over?

The elementary kids also had Spring Fest at school today where Luke learned to Hula Hoop. So cute!

I celebrated my birthday a couple of weeks ago!  38 baby! Oy that sounds old.  Tobin flew out to celebrate it with me.  Little did I know that Rachel was planning on coming too.  She flew in the day before Tob and surprised me by Skyping me from the Melbourne Airport.  What a treat! Best surprise ever! I screamed and cried and  drove to pick her up. What fun.

  Tob and Rachel jumped in with our busy schedule and we had a great time hanging out together. I wish I had taken more pictures. 

Tob's brithday is just a few days before mine so we celebrated his too on the night he flew in.

Here we are on my birthday morning.

We let the kids stay home from school and all went on an adventure to Sebastian Inlet State Park. Our good friends let us borrow some kayaks to use in the open water area.

So fun.  I love a good outdoor adventure.

  We came home went to soccer practices and then celebrated with cake, from Publix of course. 

Everyone except Mer had games the next day. It was fun to have some extra spectators with us

And especially nice to have extra hands on Sunday Morning to help us get out the door on time.

Rachel was a very good sport to let Mer practice curling her hair.

Then Tob had to leave and Rachel and I spent her last day here sewing.  

I'm so sad they are gone now.

In other news. Luke has convinced himself that he likes bananas, which he has spit out of his mouth everytime he has ever tried them since he was 6 mo old.

 He swears likes them and that he will soon eat the whole thing. He has tried twice to eat a whole banana.  The first time he took one bite and chewed it in disgust and then said he likes it but he doesn't want anymore.  The next attempt he took three bites which were the equivalent of one and said he was done, stating that he almost ate the whole thing. This kid keeps me laughing! I can't believe he'll be in kindergarten in a few months.

Over and out!