Maddie Spring Moments

Maddie and her friends celebrating after their choir concert at school!

Cooking like her Daddy - street tacos!

Field day with new (and old) friends!

Lunch date with Mom

Sweet baby had another jazz dance recital! She is still going strong with dance, still loving it. Even with a knee injury, she powered through physical therapy and she rocked her knee brace through the performance. I love seeing her do things she loves:)

And finally, a trip to the petstore (matching shirts) where she finds the new love of her life, a clownfish that she cannot live without! (we did not get this fish)... there is a puppy coming soon in our family, no more animals until the puppy is settled :)

Selfies are always being discovered on my phone :)

Max Spring Moments

One of the highlights of our spring, was our special outing with Max to Tree2Tree Adventure Park (ropes and zipline course). This was one of his Christmas presents, and we had to wait until the weather was good, so the three of us could enjoy it thoroughly together. We had so much fun together, and he only got stranded once! (Staff had to rescue him as he was dangling above the earth)... :) Kyle and I were both so happy to know that Max did not want go to Level 5 like Marin did (because, yo... it's super scary!!!) He did so awesome, and we just loved our time with our sweet boy.

Stranded!

Fun field trip at the zoo with best friends. He got to display his animal mask he made for zoo staff (it's a roadrunner!), and enjoy all the animals.

This kid loves school, but was SOOOOOO excited to begin enjoying his chill summer vibes. As captured here by the "surfer dude at the pool", "chilling under a tree with a book" situations.

Max's fave neighborhood cat

Marin Spring Moments

Marin's last year of elementary school... (sniff sniff)... boy have I loved having all four kids in the same elementary school for one special year. It truly was magical to have all of them under one roof, it felt like all my little chickens tucked into one little nest. But, alas, chickens must fly! (Wait, I have real life chickens and they are actually terrible at flying, so I really need to shift the metaphor here to something else)

Baby birds must fly, and this girl is definitely ready to fly off to middle school. Our 6th graders at church, are treated to a very special "end of year" banquet, capping off a very important year in the life of a human being. (Side note - did you know that majority of belief systems are permanently formed by the time a person reaches 13 years old?  So parents, do that important work in during these young years, because it matters)

At the banquet, I got to dress up as a waitress and serve tables (this was totally fun for me, because my food service experience is limited to McDonald's when I was 16, and I had to wear a sign that said "Please Be Patient, I'm New" for three entire months... So, all that to say, this was much more fun, and I didn't drop a single plate). 

The families were invited at the end, and got to watch the special slideshow together, and pray for their child! Marin picked out her own new outfit, and just graced through the evening like the young lady she is. I love her so much, and I LOVE being her mom.

The end of the school year, also brought many special moments, celebrations, goodbyes to favorite teachers and lots of nostalgia. One of the major highlights of this year was her amazing friend group. You cannot underestimate the power of solid friends to get through your growing up years. I truly love each one of these awesome kids!

She also learned how to play poker this spring... (clearly Dad taught her too well, because she cleaned up)

Marin's spring violin recital - so bittersweet as her new teacher announced she was moving to Idaho! We wish her the best, but will really miss her influence.

My little creative sweetheart :)