Brittany's 4th Grade Choir Concert April 2011

To be in 4th Grade Choir you have to give up 2 recesses a week for choir practice.  I was surprised at how big the choir was considering!   

Brooklyn, Brittany, Alyvia, Brea 

This is Braxton, someone that Brittany is pretty sweet on.  He came to watch Brittany. 

Brittany, Alvia, Mrs. Fagan 

Easter 2011 & Brayden's Birthday Party 4.24.11

On Easter my family meets at Chris and Deanna's house.  We are very lucky that Mike and Sandi also come so we get to celebrate with both sides.  The kids, above, get pretty dressed up for Easter church services. 

my, my, my Brittany is turning into quite a pretty, young lady! 

Mr. Drew, adorable 1 year old! 

This is the closest that I got to getting Lincoln to smile, something about the camera made him not want to smile!  ha! 

Mr. Brayden turning 6!  We celebrated after Easter lunch. 

Miss Kennedy, always willing to ham it up! 

One kid hit the jackpot on the stairs during the egg hunt 

Papa helping Lincoln empty his eggs

Brittany's Soccer Tournament in Terre Haute April 16th-17th 2011

Brittany played in a soccer tournament in Terre Haute on my birthday!  Both kids took friends to hang out with between games.  We stayed with Chris and Deanna on Friday night, where they surprised me with mini-cupcakes!  THANKS GUYS!  The weather did not cooperate, it was cold, rainy, yucky!  Brittany played really well, they didn't come away with a victory but Britt made 3 goals!

Clay and Conner 

Britt and Clay goofing off in the hotel pool 

Alyvia, Brittany, Clay, Conner hanging out in the hot tub

Randy turned 62! We celebrated with DQ ice cream cake

One of my favorite guys on the planet, Randy had a birthday on 4.11.11.  The guys at work helped Randy celebrate with an ice cream cake.

Madi's Soccer Tournament April 2011

Clay and I went to Chris and Deanna's for the weekend that Madi had a soccer tournament.  Look at that form!

Chris giving Madi some last minute advice before her game started. 

Football, football, football is what the boys did while Madi played.

Madi with her trophy!  I was so happy that I got a chance to watch her play!

Clay aka Walter Payton for 2nd Grade Wax Museum 4.8.11

For the Wax Museum Clay had to pick a historical figure.  Clay picked Walter Payton, Daddy was so proud!  Clay wrote and memorized a speech, created a Power Point presentation, and researched Walter's life, Mommy was so proud!

Clay giving his speech to Ellery, look how little she looks compared to Clay! 

Clay Basketball March Madness Tournament 2011

These silly 2nd grade boys got 2nd place in the March Madness Basketball Tournament.  They had fun as you can tell by their facial expressions 

Madilyn turns 9! February 25th,2011

Miss Madi turned 9 and requested her Daddy's Lemon Cake as her birthday cake.  Aunt Kayte made an additional cake so there would be enough for all of us.  YUMMY!

Kenndy wearing Madi's headband, just like a big girl 

Deanna took advantage of the younger nieces and nephews being at her house.  She "handed down" some riding toys.  Lincoln went home with this Radio Flyer tricycle complete with a bell. 

Mr. Drew with the baby magnet, Mary

Chad & My Mexican Escape February 2011

Chad and I were given a free trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico by our employer.  The weather was horrible (as in ice storm!) in Indiana the day we were scheduled to fly out of Indy.  The trip was thru Beck's Hybrids so there were several hundred people in our group.  Beck's arranged for charter buses to take us to Louisville Airport and fly to Cancun from there.  It was quite an ordeal but it was worth it.  The above picture is the balcony view from our room.  Gorgeous! 

I had to take a picture of this bag of coffee.  Chad and I are not coffee drinkers but the brand of coffee was "Britt".  I thought our Britt would get a kick out of that! 

We are still not sure what these animals are.  There was a family that freely walked around the resort. 

A puffed-pastry made into a swan!  It looked as good as it tasted!  

Chad and I at the Brazilian restaurant on one of the last nights we were there, it was by far our favorite at the resort.  The servers brought out various kinds of meat on skewers.  Each person was given a card to flip-one side the server brought you the next meat or to stop serving.  My favorite was the turkey. 

This tub was in our room situated by the balcony, Chad's favorite thing. 

Chad chillin in the shade, you can't tell so much from this picture but he was FRIED.  I love the birdy hanging out on top of the umbrella. 

Our resort was Moon Palace Resorts but we had privileges to several other properties. 

In the Louisville Airport, I spotted 2 of my brother's friends, Danny and Jeremy.  We had fun hanging out with them during the week.  I was also surprised to find out the my Uncle Myron and Pam were also on the trip!  It was pretty crazy to walk up to a table in Mexico and see your Uncle sitting there! 

We made some really good friends on the trip that live within 10 minutes of us!  CRAZY!  Shannon, above, dancing at the disco club!  He was a great dancer! 

Chad, in his fav spot, the tub, you can all thank me later for the strategically placed bubbles! 

I wish this picture wasn't so dark.  This is Angie and Shannon, our new friends! 

Every time I saw this view, I just thought it looked fake.  It was so pretty! 

Shannon, Angie, Susie, and Chad at the farewell Beck's dinner 

We had a great trip.  The couple time was nice.  Chad and I run around so much with the kids in sports that we don't take alot of time to just be the 2 of us.  If we aren't at sports then we want to have family time.  The trip was at the beginning of February which was perfect since our 12 year anniversary was 2.13.11.  The weather was horrible back home but the kids were safe with Mike and Sandi.  I really missed the kids.  I was really ready to get back home to them.