Happy Birthday Lauren!

Happy Happy Birthday to Lauren!

What a great girls she is. We know we are so lucky to start out our teenage years with her. She is the sweetest girl around!

Oh and in case your wondering what her request was for her birthday? Bake some brownies, then top it with ice cream, then top that with crushed mint Oreos, then top the whole thing with Magic Shell topping! Phew! It was delicious! :)

AZ

We got the word that Great Great Grandma Watkins passed away. She was 100 1/2 years old. She was born October 1910. She lived a remarkable life! We decided that we'd make it to AZ to be at her funeral.

So, we packed the car and were on our way.

Besides being able to honor Grandam and her life, we were able to be with our cousins! (I stole this picture!)

Play some games, like basketball, air hockey, ride bikes and scooters, go swimming. .
Drive the tractor!
Make crafts with Grammy
Drive the tractor some more
and spend all the time we could with cousins!
I feel like we packed 6 days worth of activities in one weekend, but it was a lot of fun! Thanks our AZ family for making it such a great trip!

Matthew

And finally Matthew!

Kaycee

And here's Kaycee!

Sydney

Here are the pictures we found of Sydney from the kids' cameras.

Lauren

Since all the kids have a camera, we find so many fun pictures of the kids! So I put them all together! Here's Lauren!!

Spring

Here's what we've been up to this spring:

Gary took Matthew to the Long Beach Grand Prix. He got to watch Danika Patrick race, among the other racers! Matthew also go to enjoy the rock wall! (Video below of the race)

Matthew & Gary have taken a few "guy" trips to the desert. They LOVE it, and so do the girls! When the boys are away. . . the girls play! :)

Kaycee did her spring chorus concert for school. She did a great job!

We had a really fun day at Moonlight Beach over spring break. We met up with cousins and lots of friends! The rocks were as fun as the water!

Sydney had "Colonial Days" at school. She learned how to sew a patchwork pillow, make a candle and make butter. She was also able to play some colonial games, and write with a feather pen.

And, Sydney and her friends tried out for the school talent show. It was TOUGH competition! Any of you that know Sydney know that just agreeing to try out is HUGE for her! We're so proud of her for giving it a shot! She didn't make it, but had a lot of fun practicing and coming up with all the dance moves, the costumes, etc!