Birthday and a Wedding

Saturday April 19th was just a busy day! We had a nephews birthday party and a wedding!
Kalebs birthday was fun fun.... they did a sports theme and had different sport activities to do.

My sisters wedding was also this day. If you dont know how crazy nutso brides are... it makes for a long day. Chris and Nikki were so generous to let Karolann and Mikey hold their wedding ceremony and reception in their backyard. They were so awesome at making sure the lights were on the trees and that the grass was green. It was gorgeous. Kayla was the flower girl and not a day would go by without her asking when she would get to wear her white dress. I was more worried that she wouldnt be doing her job a dropping flowers. The rehearsal was good and she got to practice her routine. Everyone there was trying to get her to smile too. I said you know she is doing good just to get the flowers out of her basket and onto the ground, lets not push it! Treven was the ring bearer. he looked so handsome in his black vest. His job was to make sure Kayla was going in the right direction and to encourage her to drop the flowers. They did a great job. That night was a long night. After decorations taken down and everything put away, it was close to midnight. I had a hard time leaving that night, we made some great friends
with Nikki and Chris. Chris was ready to keep Noah. Chris took Noah and Skylar out in the backyard with a black light to catch scorpions. Nikki says last year he caught over 200 scorpions. CRAZY!! It was funny, Noah was telling Chris how one time he got lost and Chris said " well did they find you?"
Noah said " well Duh, I am here aren't I?"
oh sweet Noah. He just talks to everybody.
I wish Karolann and Mikey the best!!

My sisters wedding

Springtime

These pictures aren't all of swimming, I know. We have had a great Spring time. The Cook side did a kickball and Easter egg hunt at the park. That was so much fun. A friend of ours, Kevin, had his twins for the week and did a BBQ pool party in his heated pool. It was a nice day and the kids really enjoy Kevins pool. They especially the the rock waterfall and jumping from it. The pool is nice because the first few feet of it is like only a foot deep so Kayla can be in the water without actually being in over her head in the pool. The bummer part of the whole thing was Jared was in Washington visiting grandma and not able to be there with us. The happier note is that grandma Cook is doing well and we are very thankful for that. The kids and I spent the weekend at my parents house. We slept in the Fifth wheel and Skylar actually convinced my dad bright and early Saturday morning, that he needed a tether ball. Yes grandpa and Skylar went searching the stores for one. They came back and pretty much made the rest of the day a tether ball day. It was great, you never really know how out of shape you are until you play and get beat by your own sons. Ahh I miss those good ol' days of actually having "muscle". Pretty crazy. We are so glad that daddy is home now and not stuck at the airport!!

swimmin

Family Fun

This past weekend we decided to take the kids out for a fun filled day. I unfortuanetly forgot my camera so I dont have any pictures to post. I am not used to the idea that I have a nice camera that doesnt die after only 3 pictures. Thanks to my wonderful husband who got the camera for me. Love ya Dear!! Saturday I decided to take the kids to Tempe Beach park. They were supposedly doing dragon boat racing and I thought that would be fun to watch. When we finally arrived to Mill Avenue the whole place was crowded and Mill was actually blocked off. we figured there must be something more going on, especially since all the places to park were going to cost us $10. No thank you. So we went to Riverview marketplace. I had not yet been to Bass Pro Shop , we took the kids there. They seemed to enjoy it and the animals. The only problem was Skylar had a hard time dealing with the fact that those animals were once living breathing animals now stuffed and posed. I also was excited that Skylar could pass off one of his electives here. He needed to identify atleast 5 different fish. The aquarium had atleast that many different fish and you see them really well. The cinemark movie theater was right there and playing a movie that the kids had been wanting to see. Spiderwick chronicles was good all the kids enjoyed it, except for Kayla, she did not like the goblins. She sat most of the movie on her daddys lap facing away from the movie. I really had a lot of fun. That night we spent with my family at Freestone park doing a BBQ and playing volleyvball. All in all it was a great getaway day.