time to. . .play BALL!

i can't even believe it is baseball season again! i guess because the boys played fall ball, it feels like we just finished the season. even though many people think it is a slow moving game. . .i LOVE watching the boys excel!
cole had his first game last night. he appears to have a very natural batting stance and 3 out of his 4 times at bat he hit it to outfield. i think we found our kindergarten power hitter!
part of the fun for him is playing with 4 other buddies from the neighborhood that are on the same time. these kids are going to have a great season!

i love my husband, even if he is wearing spandex!

terry participated in his first sprint triathalon this past weekend. the kids and i enjoyed watching him and our good friend gerald ( i would post picture of gerald, but since he is also my boss. . . i think i might use them for negotiating purposes in the future!) swim, bike and then run. we are all so proud of him. due to a poor {but hilarious!!} bike experience it might be awhile until he does another one!

Easter & Spring Break 2010

we had the most beautiful easter and early spring break. . .warm weather and a fabulous 4 day get-away with the kids. on saturday we had easter with terry's family in mackinaw, il. a highlight?? the easter egg hunt, of course {even though the kids are getting a bit big!!}

mr. money bags went around picking up eggs and if the were too "heavy" (in other words filled with candy) he would put them down!! the goal?? to find the ones with money in them!! thanks, rich, for that!! luke was thrilled with his $5!
we headed to chicago on saturday night to stay with one my "greatest of all time ever" friends: noel and her family! it has been years since we have been able to spend more than a few hours together--so a day and a half was out of this world!

it was a great easter day, visiting our old chuch and seeing old friends--kind of seems like nothing has changed, but we all just now have kids running everywhere.
the kids got along SOOOO well! it was absolutely unbelievable! amazing how kayla (blonde) looks JUST like noel and grace (brunette) looks just like andy (noel's husband) and zel--he is quite the mix, isn't he?? tehee! really he was welcomed home in december from ethiopia and has the cutest face ever!!! so, there were guinea pigs in the house and of course the boys are trying to convince me that we need one. no way. no rodents in my house.

we spent monday morning with my grandma! at 96 she still lives by herself! don't you love the couch?? it's the only one i remember in her house, we think it is about 45 years old. yikes!!
monday afternoon the boys and terry went to the lego discovery place and i got a kid-free afternoon at ikea!! perfect for everyone. a favorite for the boys is staying in a hotel and swimming and jumping on the beds! we topped it off by watching Butler play NCAA championship game.
on our last day we headed to the museum of science and industry. we saw lots of great stuff including the mayes and heiking families from school!

Easter's coming!

Everyone is getting exited for EASTER around here. Our super warm weather has definitely helped and is a great start to Spring Break. We had a chance to see the Easter Bunny last weekend coupled with lots of little boy giggles!