Spring Concerts

Austin had a Spring Concert at the Bartlesville High School again. This time we didn't get there as early so we were up on the balcony! These things are a mad house! But it was super cute to see all the little kids. Austin was a flower and they sang some really cute songs.

I love this picture of him! I know he is thinking "when are we going to start!" He actually had a really good time and did all the hand motions and sang all the words!

Avery's spring concert was at her school during the day. She sang very well and got to play the fish bone instrument in one of the songs. I didn't realize she was also going to get an award that day. I think it was for showing excellence in class. Anyway, it's a Ranch Heights Wranglers sticker that goes on your car. I don't like stickers on my car... so hopefully she will forget about it! But I was very proud of her!

Since Avery's concert was during the day, Addie and I were the only ones who made it. Addie enjoyed it. We got there early so we could sit next to the aisle and she could stay in her umbrella stroller. That was more for me than her!

Happy 7th Birthday Avery!

I think I'm always more surprised with how old Avery is each year than I am with the other kids... since she is my oldest! I can't believe I'm a mother to a 7 year old! I know I will say that every year... it just goes by so fast! Here we are back at the donut shop! We love our chocolate glazed donunts!!!

Addie has to take on either the donut holes or just glazed... no chocolate. But she doesn't seem to mind! Notice Austin really trying to get what's left on his face. We don't want to waste anything!!

We weren't going to make a big deal out of this year's birthdays... but Randy talked me into a last minute sleepover with some of Avery's friends. They had a really good time! I have some great videos of the girls dancing that I'm going to be pulling out at Avery's 16th birthday!

Happy 5th Birthday Austin!

We always start off our mornings at the donut shop on birthdays!

Austin invited a few friends to hang out for his birthday. We started at McDonalds for dinner and fun.

Next we headed home to bowl on the Wii. We actually took the boys to the bowling alley but they only had one lane with bumpers and it was being used by a boy scout troop... and the other bowling alley was holding a tournament. The boys didn't seem to mind... they had just as much fun playing the Wii. Here is Austin getting a strike!

And here is one more picture at the end of the party. Happy Birthday, Austin. I can't believe you're FIVE!!!

Easter Egg Hunt

We were traveling back from Branson on Easter Sunday, but Saturday they had an egg hunt up there at one of their outlet malls. We thought we would try it out!

There was a seperate section for toddlers, so Randy took Addie over there. I grabbed one quick picture of the kids together before Addie and Randy took off.

We tried to tell Avery which eggs to pick up first. Some of the eggs were prize eggs... she ran really hard and was able to grab a couple of the prize eggs.

We also tried to tell Austin and his cousin, Tanner, to grab as many eggs as they could... but they got caught in the moment and just kind of ran around! But they had a lot of fun and that's what really matters!

Spring Break in Branson, MO

We went over to Branson for Spring Break this year. We had such a good time! We were there for 7 days but it felt like 3!! Our resort had an indoor pool... so the kids swam at least once a day if not more.

Addie loved being in the water... but she didn't like wearing the floaties. I'm going to have to really keep an eye on her this summer!

Austin has always been my water baby! Even when the rest of the kids went to warm up in the hot tub he would stay in the pool and swim.

The only way we got them out of the pool each day was to tell them they could get in our bath tub back at the condo. It was so huge... we could have fit another two or three kids in there!

Go-carting in Branson, MO

There was a go-cart place up in Branson that we thought looked like a lot of fun. It was called Wild Woody's, and it wound up about three stories then came back down. It turned out to not be as great as everyone thought! The kids hated it... and the adults said it went really slow. But they had another regular course that everyone enjoyed! Here is Randy and Austin ready to drive on the Wild Woody.

Sibling rivalry never ends! Randy and Julie were racing and look what happened! Randy and Julie are smiling, but Tanner is not a happy camper!!

Avery rode with Grandma John. Like I said, she didn't like the Wild Woody ride, but this was the other course and she had a blast on it!

Poor Addie and I had to just sit and watch! I found this little train that she rode while we waited for the others to be done. Everytime it stopped, she wanted it started again. I just kept putting quarter after quarter into that thing!!

Dinosaur Canyon Golf

This dinosaur miniture golf course was on the same route as our resort, so the kids saw it everyday. And everyday they asked to play it... even Addie said "dinosaur" when we would drive by.

So we tried it out! It was a lot of fun. One of holes was in a volcano. I think Austin was more interested in having his picture taken with all the dinosaurs than golfing! However, he did get a hole in one!

Here's my poser! Avery played really well, she also had a hole in one!

They gave Addie a little plastic putter to play with and she really enjoyed that. In the end, we all had at least one hole-in-one... but more importantly we all had a fun time!