March coming to an End

In the last couple weeks we have started softball for the girls', survived spring break with the help of our wonderful friends letting the girls hang out with them, and many more activities.
The Monday of spring break the kids and I took a trip to the zoo with our friends the Keomala's. This was Tayte's first trip to the zoo and he loved it. Here I thought he said "Waz sthat" a lot before. I was pointing at everything and loved the animals. Something he really enjoyed was the fish aquariums and the jellyfish. He continues to amaze us everyday. I know I have probably said that many times before but truly he does. It's so hard to get him to come back inside after playing, we have now began throwing tantrums. If any of you remember what Peyton was like when she was little, it's not quite that bad. We try to keep those to a minimal.
The weekend ending spring break my nephew Rigby came and stayed with us. Kennedey had a birthday party to go to at the rollerskating rink so we decided to tag along. After and afternoon of skating Matt and I took Peyton and Rigby to the Iowa Chops hockey game. The kids had a blast.
The next day after picking up Kennedey at her friends and leaving Rigby with Uncle Matt and Tayte, the girls and I went to the musical "Hairspray". This was their first musical they had gone to at the Civic Center and what a good one it was. The girls got dressed up and off we went. I think we may have to make it a yearly event.
This past week we had some good news that our continuous was granted for the trial coming up for Matt's accident. We were so thankful for this because Matt's back is starting to get bad again. They have now moved the trial date to October. We went in for Matt's appt on Friday and Matt is unfortunately looking at another surgery. This one would be three times the recovery time (per the Dr) We still are not sure if it will involve two of his discs or one. We'll keep you up to date. Please keep him in your prayers.
Friday the day started off very well when I received my passport in the mail. I know most people probably have passports but this just made it more real that Matt and I will finally be going on our trip that we have been wanting to go on for so long!
Friday night my cousin Nicole hung out with the kids while Matt and I went to our friend's birthday party. Let's just say i'm glad that doesn't happen very often, it was a long day the next day :)
Yesterday the kids and I were invited over for lunch at the Keomala household while Matt was at work. The kids played for quite a while then we headed home to make supper before Matt got there. Sunday night it was nice to just sit around and relax.

Our little man








On our way to eat out with Aunt Tricia and family


My Helper


Tayte loves to dance





Part of the clan at the Juvenile Diabetes walk


Tayte LOVES to be outside


We even got a little muddy cleaning up the back yard


He was excited to find the bucket of balls


Meg and Ethan


Ryley, Jenna and Kennedey


Dawn and Nolan


Shannon and Meg


Allen and Felicia


Peyton


Dawn, Felicia, Meg and Oaklee


Matt and I


Peyton bowling


The girls eating a late night snack


Meg and Ty


Felicia and Ty (being a baby..lol)


Meg, Peyton and Mandy



Here we are March and i'm a little behind on posting things. Our lives continue to as busy as usual this past month. It has finally gotten nice enough out that Tayte can play outside. He loves to be outside and screams when he has to come in. It's so fun to watch him discover new things and new noises outside.
I think the month of Februrary was the month to win tickets for my family. First off my sister won tickets to the musical Legally Blonde at the Civic Center. She had asked me to go with her so I got off work early that Tuesday and I took her out to eat at a restaurant called Centro downtown for her birthday and then headed to the 7 o'clock show. I had never seen the movie before so I didn't know what to expect. Tricia and I both really enjoyed it. We had a great sister's night out.
That same week I had won tickets from a different radio station to the production of To Kill a Mockingbird. It was being put on at Stephens Auditorium in Ames by a company out of Montana. Matt and I ventured to Ames for the play and out for pizza at my favorite pizza place in Ames. It was the first professional play that I had seen in a long time and the first for Matt. We really enjoyed it and you could say Matt got into too. If you have never heard of To Kill a Mockingbird it is a novel by Harper Lee. I read it in high school in my english class and loved the book.
The last weekend in February the girls were off for conferences. We basically just hung out along with having our usual get together with friends which was nice to do since we are usually so busy. That Sunday Matt experienced his first craft show. The state fairgrounds were having a huge craft show that they have every few months so Matt and I took the kids. We found a lot of neat stuff. You could tell Matt's wheels were still turning when we left there. Matt and the kids found travel chalkboards that roll up there. If you know Matt well enough it won't surprise you when he said "We can make that". So when we got home he was on a mission. He found a fabric store in Wisconsin that had the chalkboard part that you sew onto the fabric, a couple nights later they went and picked out fabric. Well I can say that they did start them but still have yet to finish one.
Last week we all, except Matt, had a day of being sick with the stomach flu. I think we have had our share now of being sick this year. Hopefully we're done. In between us all being sick last Saturday the kids and I walked with my team from work for Juvenile Diabetes. It has been a yearly thing to do with my cousin Nicole and friends from work. After the walk we hurried home and we were off again to softball tryouts for the girls. This year Kennedey has decided to play and Peyton moves up to a new age bracket so this year they will play together on the same team. They were picked to be on the Phillies team this year who is coached by Peyton's friend Isabel's dad. It should be fun.
Something new is Matt and I are finally going on vacation!! YAY!!! I'm so excited! We are going to be staying at a resort called The Ocean Coral resort in Puerto Morelos, Mexico with our friends the Keomala's. We are so thankful to Matt's sisters for taking the kiddos that week. It feels like June is going to take a long time to get here.
This weekend marked the beginning of spring break for the girls. Friday night Matt and I took the kids, including Tayte, to the movie Race to Witch Mountain. The girls loved the movie and Tayte even sat through it!
Last night we had an outing with our friends and their kids at the bowling alley. It's just the beginning of another fun and busy week.