iPhone Vacation Pictures

I have a ton of pictures to go through on my camera but here are a few of the pictures I took on my phone.

May in Review

May felt like it flew by in the blink of eye. Below are pictures from a few highlights of the month including; a visit from Cousin Elizabeth, more swim lessons, Lowell tiling the downstairs and building me an amazing gift for Mother's Day, parties with little friends, picking peaches, more tiling, going to the movies, and lots of fun outside and in the pool. We have quite a few exciting activities in June. We hope that time slows down especially since a little baby girl is expected to arrive in about six weeks and we still have so much to do!

Garden Update

Here is a picture of our garden this year. We are growing strawberries, zucchinis,tomatoes and herbs.

Easter Week

 

We had a very exciting and very busy Easter week.  On Thursday Little Lowell hosted a little party for a few of his friends.

 Everyone brought treats to share and there was way to much food, but no one seemed to mind.

 We are still working on sharing, but Little Lowell did a pretty good job taking turns with his favorite toys.

 After a lot of eating and playing, we all took a short walk to the park next to our house for the hunt. Lowell and another dad spread out all of the plastic eggs filled with treats for the scramble.

 Little Lowell had a strong start in the hunt, but once he found out there were treats in the eggs he slowed down and just wanted to eat the candy.

 After the hunt all of the kids played for a bit at the park.

 On Saturday, our HOA also put together a hunt for the neighborhood children.We had to change shirts mid-hunt because LL opened his first egg and, in his attempt to eat the candy, got chocolate all over himself!

 When the Easter bunny came out LL stayed very far away and wanted nothing to do with him!

Later that afternoon, we had one more party to go to.  At this egg hunt, the plastic eggs were all empty and the idea was for the kids to turn in the eggs at the end of the hunt and collect their prize. Little Lowell did not really understand this concept and just went from egg to egg opening them and putting them back on the ground! He told me that he thought the Easter bunny took all of the candy.

 He was a little bit braver around the Easter bunny when dad was next to him, and I think he even managed to give him a high five.

 He was very happy about his prize bucket after the hunt, and the treats and prizes in there have kept him busy for days!

 (Little Lowell in the back, keeping an eye on that bunny)

 

Taking a break and enjoying a cake pop.

 

 After the party we packed up our bags and drove over to Tucson to spend Easter with my sister and her family. We woke up early to go to mass and then went to a beautiful brunch.

 The Easter bunny at the brunch walked around with a basket of candy and once Little Lowell discovered this, he and the bunny became fast friends.

 (Roy and Natalie)

 (Elizabeth and Jim)

 (Cousin Bryce)

 (Happy Family)

 (Emily, Bryce and Little Lowell digging through the candy basket)

 (Trying to get LL to stand still to take a picture!)

 When we got home we tried to do one more egg hunt for the boys. At this point I think LL reached his egg hunt breaking point and told me "Mama, No More Egg Hunts!" So Bryce was solo on this one, but he managed fine all on his own.

We had such a fun time with everyone and feel very blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.