Thursday, April 24, 2025

Happy Easter!

 We started the Easter weekend off with coloring eggs. We always have a good time doing this and Max looks forward to it because then I use the eggs to make his favorite, deviled eggs.





The Easter bunny came and was very good to Max. He was excited to see his basket but he seemed to be the most excited to see Dubai chocolate in it. He has been talking about this chocolate for quite some time and how badly he wanted to try it. He tried it and wasn't impressed with it like he was hoping to be.

We had the annual egg hunt in the back yard. Max chose to do the egg hunt in his robe and underwear. 






Grandpa T, Grandma S and the Cottons came over to have Easter lunch/dinner with us. Grandpa T and Max did their job of popping the bottle of champaign. This has been a holiday tradition now for many years.

We hope everyone had a Happy Easter! We had a nice day with our family and friends and the beautiful AZ weather.



Monday, April 14, 2025

Birthday, Swimming and Pickleball

 We celebrated Andy's birthday like we typically do. It was during the week so it's challenging with work and school in the way, but we gave Andy his presents, had dinner out at one of our favorite restaurants and celebrated with a Blizzard.






Max had his first swim for 2025. It was too cold for me, so I just watched. I think the water was only 82 degrees at the top on this day, but it didn't stop Max from jumping in. 


We've had a pickleball set for a year now but just haven't used it. We finally set it up in the driveway and had a family pickleball game. We all had a lot of fun and it was nice to be outside enjoying the beautiful AZ weather. 








Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Volunteering, Plays, April Fool's and a Park

 At the end of March I volunteered at Max's school for Field Day. The last time I did this was when he was in Kindergarten so I was looking forward to it. My friend and I manned the water bucket race where I was in charge of getting the race going and determining the winner while she made sure the buckets had enough water in them. There were four classes that went through my station and if there was an all-girls team in the round they won by a landslide. It was super fun to watch and a great way to spend my morning. 




We also went to see Stella in the play Legally Blonde. So that Max would get the play we watched the movie the night before. This was such a fun play to watch and so cool to see Stella do what she loves.

It was April Fool's and I played a joke on Max in the morning for breakfast. I had froze his water cup the night before so I had to use one of the plastic cups so he wouldn't notice the water was frozen. When he went to take a drink with his breakfast he was shocked. I couldn't stop laughing at his face. It was a fun April Fool's joke. 



We went to Veteran's Oasis Park one day to get outside, walk around and enjoy the weather. This was a fun morning and because Max didn't complain one time so we stopped for Boba on the way home.