Graduation, Anniversary, Memorial Day weekend

This was another busy weekend for us. It started off with our princess graduating from preschool. She has learned a ton this year. She started the year off just being able to recognize letters and know which ones were which and now she is reading books almost at a first grade level. She also knows her numbers very well and is already at a first grade level with numbers. She also gained many friends in the process-which really isn't hard for her to do. We loved her teacher Ms. Kerry, she was awesome and does very well with the kids. We are so proud of Ashlyn and can't wait to see her succeed even more.

Our Little Graduate




Ash and Ms. Kerry


Ashlyn, Maddie, Katie



The proud parents



As soon as the graduation was over we headed back down to Tucson. It was Peter and I's 8th anniversary on the 26th(which was memorial day this year). Happy Anniversary honey, I love you! We dropped the kids off and Grams and Grandpas and headed off to spend a night at a hotel(Desert Diamond Hotel and Casino). It was the first time we have ever left both of the kids for a night. We had a great time and only lost $30 trying to make a quick buck!


Saturday morning we woke up, headed to breakfast and then off to get the kids. We went with Grams, Grandpa, Tia, Zack, Carter and Mya on a tram ride up Sabino Canyon and then made the hike back down. Here are some pics. of the hike.






The kids were fascinated by this cardinal, the frog, many lizards, and they loved trying to kill all the ants.







To top the weekend off Monday we were able to get another babysitter for the kids and we golfed 18 holes at Arizona National golf course.

Perfect day for the Phoenix Zoo

Today was the perfect day for the zoo, it is the first day this week that it has been under 100 degrees. It was only in the 70's today, overcast and just a perfect day. We went to the zoo with some friends from the ward there were 4 moms and 8 kids-but we managed and no one got lost! The highlight of the day was when we watched a little animal show and they asked Ashlyn to be the helper. She got to go up on stage and afterwards she got to feed a porcupine.

Ash on stage

A baby orangutan with it's mom

Eating Lunch

The whole crew

Fun weekend in Tucson

This past weekend was a fun one. It all started on Thursday with a fun day at Markessa's house playing in the sandbox. Then Friday we left for Tucson, for our belated Mother's Day weekend. We had a great time, Friday night we got a babysitter to watch all the kids so we could go see Maid of Honor (it was only okay)but we still had a great time. Then Saturday Peter and Grandpa watched all 5 kids all day. The kids had a blast with the two guys, they got to play in the little swim pool, play with bubble guns-and of course a two hour lunch trip to McDonald's. The kids were exhausted when we got home. While the guys watched the kids the girls got to go get pedicures and a massage. It was greatly needed and boy did I enjoy every second of it. Thanks Peter and grandpa for watching the kids so we could have a fun day and thanks Peggy for the great weekend.

All the grandkids in matching Easter outfits

First boat trip of the year

On Saturday we went out on the boat for the first time this year. We had a blast, the kids love the boat and little Ashlyn even thinks that she is ready to water ski! She loves to stand up on the wake surf board behind the boat, Peter has to sturdy the board while she stands there but she gets up by herself and this time she even tried holding the rope. Ryker loves it too-he just prefers to lie on his belly while he does it. We took our good friends Lisa, Rich, and Jayni with us. We all had a really good time with many many laughs!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy mother's day to all you mom's. I had a great morning, and I am sure I will have a great day. Whats better than having your husband wake up at 7:00 to make you breakfast in bed (yes, Peter was up at 7:00 on a weekend, that meant a lot in and of itself!) So he made me french toast and eggs-it was yummy. The best part is he secretly woke up the kids and had them bring me the breakfast in bed, and as they walked in they told me Happy Mother's Day. As you can tell it doesn't take much to please me. Ash also planted me some flowers at school and brought them home for me, and Pete got me a card and let me go to Victoria's Secret. Thank you Pete for giving me such a great day. I love you.

Here are some pictures of the kids bringing me breakfast.