Water FIGHT

As the weather started getting hot in March, the kids had to find a way to cool down. Since the pool was still a little too cool, the next best thing is a good ol' water fight. The neighbor kids joined in on the fight.

The Wash Rack

Does Buster look all clean and shiny? Well, he should. Because much to Sierra's delight, we got a wash rack. It was at the neighbors. They let us have it. woohoo. Sierra was sooooo excited! Poor Buster - he will probably get ten times as many baths now:).

Even the tail gets all clean. He's such a good pony. Stands there and takes it all:)

Zane's love

So, I am going to need to get a picture of Zane and Mrs Tattersall. I can't believe I didn't take one. (Loser Mom award) Zane told his Uncle Sean at Easter that he didn't want to go to 4th grade. Why? Because he wants to stay in 3rd grade forever with his teacher, Mrs. Tattersall. Don't you just love a teacher that makes that kind of impression on your child. She's wonderful. I love her because my son loves her. She goes out of the way for him. She is truly one of the best. Thanks Mrs Tattersall for making Zane's 3rd grade so wonderful! Thanks for making him feel so loved ...because isn't that what life is really about.

Happy Easter! 2010

My brother, Sterling, and his wife, Debbie, have the best backyard ever! We all have backyard envy. And, so it has become a tradition that the Pitts family have their annual Easter over there. We always start off with some good ol' egg dying.

It takes intense concentration. ...the tongue helps with that:).

Of course, we need to sample our eggs. They taste even better with a coat of blue dye:).

Love the dyed finger tips, Zane.

And, then the hunt begins. Even Lance has to go find his treat. Unfortunately for him, his uncles hide it ...and they don't make it easy.

Lance doesn't have a cousin his age so has a great time with his uncles instead. I always tell the uncles to treat him like a younger brother. I think Lance needs an older brother to put him in his place sometimes:). He gets too comfortable being the oldest in our home. hee hee

On the hunt.

Do you see all that sugar just waiting to rot her teeth?:) Why did we even bother to pay for braces?

SCORE!!!

Good finds.

Yes, Wes is at the stage where he can't LOOK at the camera and smile. a little frustrating, but he's still cute:)

Zane is an awesome big brother .... always helping Weston out.

And, then the crazy fun begins. The Udalls always bring cascarones (confetti filled eggs). It's a tradition for his side of the family. And now it's beginning to be one for the Pitts'. The older kids love it. ...even tho some people might end up with a headache as everyone else goes around cracking the cascarones on others' heads. OUCH!

yea, I'd say Lance is having toooo much fun!

I couldn't help but to get in on the fun... and sneak up behind Todd. Love my man! We ended the evening with a yummy BBQ. Another wonderful Easter at Sterling and Debbie's. Love our FAMILY!

Long Lost Friend

OK, so she wasn't lost. But, it had been wayyyy too long since I last saw her. Cindy lives in Utah and, sadly, we just don't get to see each other that often. So, of course, I was elated to get to spend a day with her and her family back in March. Cindy is married to Dave, a great guy, and they have four wonderful boys. I REALLY wished we lived closer so that our two families could get together a lot more.

We spend the day out in the Arizona desert having lots of fun together.

Weston and Corbin had so much fun playing in the dirt and riding quads.

We played a few friendly games of Koob with the Beus family.

Zane and Connor played a few games too. It's a rather fun game that we highly recommend. Everywhere we take it, people end up buying or making their own set.

And, of course, you can't have a fun day out in the desert with a good BBQ. YUM. Thanks Todd for the delic. burgers:)

Wes having fun!

Lance riding around.

Lance decided to attempt the steep hill. Unfortunately, it got the better of him. But kudos to Lance for even trying. You don't see me up there:)

But, on the other hand, Todd still thinks he's a twenty year old. So, he showed Lance how to get it done. Pretty sexy, huh?!
Although the big boys had big quads and cycles to ride, they seem to have a lot of fun riding the little quads. Carson and Lance, the two 15 year-olds, went off on the little quads down the river. I guess they had a blast...even if they got themselves stuck. love it.

Being the good Sissy that she is, Sierra took Wes on a walk.

Then, it was time for war. A paintball war, that is. All I can think is "ouch." I gladly sat on the sidelines for this event.

Dads vs Boys. Two against three. The teenagers took off quickly.

The old men were slow and strategic.

hmmm. Where'd they go?

"ouch" - there they are. Lance became the victim a.k.a the loser.

The Dads were the victors!!! Way to go! The most fun part was after the dads beat the teenagers, they let us wives take a few shots at them just to see how to do it. But, it was so much fun, we couldn't stop. hee hee. Nest thing we knew, the men were running away as Cindy and I chased them down. Yea, I never thought shooting Todd with a bunch of paintballs could be so fun. Luckily, they didn't pay us back. I bruise too easily. ha ha

We ended the day with the younger boys having some target shooting. It was a wonderful day with a wonderful family. We hope they can come back soon... or we can get up to UT ( I guess it would be our turn now) ... or we can meet in the middle. But, it better be sooner vs later that we get to spend some more time with the Beus family again. Love them!!!