Field Days

Today was Rachel's Field Day for school. She competed in the hurdles, 50 meter dash, and softball throw. Wade and I went up to watch for a while. 

Rachel running the hurdles.

Wade will have been to so many field days by the time it is his turn either he will be a pro or be completely tired of them. Somebody gave him a sucker. It entertained him for a few seconds.

Rachel and a few of her friends.

Rachel and Cameron

Rachel and her cousin Mason. I love his red flat top. I always think Wade will look like Mason when he gets a little bigger. It is probably the hair.

Lukie had his Field Day on Friday.

Kate was probably just as excited as Luke about Field Day. She always gets to play the games too. It is practice for next year when she is in Kindergarten and has her own field day. That is three field days for Momma next year. :0(

This game is where they keep a rubber pig on the parachute. It is harder than you think.

Luke with his friends.

They let us play some games inside to cool off.

These are his two best buds in class this year. Luke is tall but these boys are extra short. They are the same height as Kate.

I can remember how much fun field days were when I was in school, but I don't remember it being this hot!! I know the kids will look back and just remember how much fun they had too and not the 100 degree temps.

Pool Time!!

Yesterday was Memorial Day and Chris was actually off work so we headed to the pool!! We were all excited to go swimming!! We were even more excited when we got to the pool and we were the only ones there for over an hour. Here is the gang all ready to jump in....

 Luke jumped in in-style with a front flip.

All I think of when I see this picture is how LONG Rachel looks. The kids think her hair is funny sticking up.

Kate getting a swimming lesson from Rachel.

I actually got to sit and relax for about three minutes.

Wade is really not much of a water baby but he did great yesterday. I hope he can have fun at the pool because we spend a lot of time there.

Chris and Luke played catch. Luke would jump in the pool and Chris threw the football for him to catch before he hit the water. Luke caught this one.

It was a fun day at the pool. We were there for four hours. When we thought we would leave more of the kids friends would show up and they would want to stay. Luke even went back for more swimming  yesterday evening with his friend. Having a pool down the street has really be great for our family!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Yesterday was Chris's birthday!! The big 3-7!!! Unfortunately, he had to work on his birthday, so we had to celebrate fast. We took him to eat at Abuelo's. I tried to get a picture of him with the kids...this was the best of the bunch. Don't know about Kate's smile here.

This smile was much better!

Wade enjoyed lots chips and queso.

Rachel drinking her Sprite.

Luke being ornery.

And here is the birthday boy...

After dinner we headed home for some cake. Both Chris and I had been drooling over this cake all day. We picked it up at noon and had to wait until after dinner to eat it. It was worth the wait!!

The sun was shinning off the front of his hair....or something.

He had to have help blowing ALL his candles out!!

Chris's birthday present.

Happy Birthday Daddy!! We hope you had a great birthday!!

Sleep

I have been looking through the pictures on my phone. Many of them have the same theme...sleeping kids.

How many kids do you count?

Here is a different view. That is right I woke up to all four kids in my bed. All I can say is I did not even notice they were all there. Rachel surprised me.

Batman taking a little cat nap.

Kate and Luke snuggling together.

Wade looks so sweet when he is asleep.

 Luke and Wade snuggling.

I woke up with three of them this morning and about six inches of room for me to sleep on.

Kate taking a rare nap.

Wade shopping.

Wade was sick this day. I was putting laundry away. I came to put the baskets up and this is what I found. I felt so bad for him. This particular morning/day he took a 5 hour nap. Poor baby.

 Wade and Kate snuggling. Look at his curls.:0)

My Mother's Day Gifts

Chris asked for some honorable mention on the "Old Blog", what he calls the blog, for all the Mother's Day gifts he got me this year. Unfortunately for me, we had to make some big purchases in less than a weeks time. Chris thinks this is both funny and convenient. He knew exactly what I needed for Mother's Day this year!!

Last Saturday our hand-me-down washer went up in smoke...literally. The smell in our laundry room and house was awful!! Aunt Junie gave us her washer and dryer when we got married. We are not sure how old they were when we got them, but they have served us well over the last 14 1/2 years. I got to go pick out a brand new set this past Monday. They were delivered on Friday. Aren' they pretty? Red happens to be my favorite color!! The salesman told me the color red was supposed to give you energy. I don't know about that but I could use all the help I can get!! Chris threw in the flowers because he is just really sweet and thoughtful like that.

If a new washer and dryer was not enough, I also received four of these babies. I am a lucky girl!!

We had to drive Chris's car for the day while they got my tires put on the car. Wade was very irritated he could not watch Barney while we ran our errands. He kept pointing at the light on the ceiling confused. Poor kid is so spoiled.

I can't say I am too excited about my new tires and washer and dryer, but I am very glad I have them. Talk about bad timing!!