Spring is here!

OK, so it's been a while. This is the time of year when we leave the house at 6:30 in the morning and don't return until about 10:00 Monday-Saturday. We've been just a little busy. The kids' sports are really kicking in. We had a great Easter and hope you all did as well. We had our first Easter egg hunt at the new house; 250 eggs...The kids all (even the older ones) had a blast finding eggs. We are still missing one (thank goodness they were all plastic)! Unfortunately, we didn't get any photos (bad, huh?)!
Dean absolutely loves Cub Scouts. On Friday he was able to participate in his first Pinewood Derby. Tyler helped him build his car. It was really cool, but unfortunately, it didn't go very fast. Neither Dad, nor Tyler were able to make it to the Derby so weren't able to help with the car. He had fun anyway and got some help from some of the other men that were there. He ended winning the prize for 'Best Overall Design'. Here's a picture of his car...


Tiffany had cheer tryouts this week and made the JV squad for next year at Skyline.

More to come soon... We really should be updating daily since there is so much going on.

Latest Update

It's been a while... Things are getting crazy busy around here. Several of us have had the 'crud' that's going around. Fortunately, it has now moved on, hopefully not to your house! Well, here's what's been happening around here:

Cathy went on her semi-annual scrapbook retreat last weekend. There were only a few gals there this time around so it was a little quieter than usual but we still had a great time. Derek has received a new calling as the Sunday School teacher for the 15-16 year olds. He will start that next week. That is a great calling for him. He is really good with the teenagers and they all love him. He's been busy working and trying to clean up/organize his garage. He and Tyler have also been talking and planning lately to get back in to racing 'Sand Drags'. They've been talking about buying a funny car that they can both race! We used to have a lot of fun when he raced before and now that Tyler is old enough to drive as well, they will have a great time with that.

Brandon has decided he will be attending Scottsdale Community College next year and plans to play football there for a year or two before moving on to a university. He is currently playing varsity baseball (pitching) for school and is also having fun playing basketball with the men from church.

Patrick and Tiffany are both in track. Patrick attended an invitational meet at NAU earlier this week. He said it was very different to be in the Sky Dome. He took first place in two events at his last meet.

Heather has started fast pitch softball. She's only had a few practices so far but loves it. She's very excited to start the games and she's learning a lot.

Dean has turned '8' and will be baptized this weekend. He is so excited he can hardly wait for Saturday to get here.

We are also having an Open House on Saturday, so, needless to say, Cathy is stressing to get prepared for that. It's been a very busy week so all preparations will have to take place Saturday morning. It will be a great day on Saturday but we will be glad when it is over as well.

Well, we hope to see some of you on Saturday and hope all is well with you and your families!