We Love America!

Last night, we attended the third grade program titled, "We Love America."  It was fun to watch these cute kiddos up on the stage singing and dancing.

Can you spot Brody?

 This song was titled, " The Heart Of America."

 Brody did pretty good dancing and singing with a heart.

 His little solo line was, " Toothpaste!"

Some of the boys after the program.

 All Miss B. cares about right now is Sugar.  She loved playing in her purse all through the program.

Thanks to everyone who came to watch Brodys 3rd grade program.

Valentine's Day 2012

I love Valentine's Day. Mostly because I love my 4 little Valentine's.  Today was filled with parties, parties, and more parties. I adore this Valentine Ledger made for us.  On the back side it reads, 

"I love my family because they lay in bed with me."

Oh and there were a few love letters taped to bedroom doors from a mystery person.

After school we headed to the cemetery to decorate Grandpa Harvey's headstone.  Because it was the coldest, windiest day of the year, the boys stayed in the car while Miss B. and I added some decorative touches!

 Then it was off to the older side of the cemetery for the dedication of a new headstone for Francis Martin Pomeroy, one of the founders of Mesa, and his 3 wives.  Yep, you heard me right, my great, great, great, great. (oh who knows how many greats there are) grandfather had 3 wives (polygamy at it's best)  We got tho hear about each of the wives and what they went through during their lives.  These women were amazing!  I can't imagine going through what they did and living how they did. Then we were supposed to hear about Francis Martin Pomeroy, but due to rain and lightening, we had to cut the ceremony short and call it a day.  

 Love that I got to spend Valentine's Day with family.

 My kids were in awe of the headstones.  They were so old.  

Uncle Pat, Grandma and Grandpa worked hard to put the event together. 

 Presley and Nicole trying to stay warm.

 Aunt Michel, Aiden, Anna, and Uncle Chris

Grandma, Sugar and Brody.

 Cute Cave.

 The headstone. You may be wondering why Valentine's Day was chosen as the day to dedicate a headstone.  Well, 100 years ago today, Arizona was founded.  There you have it!

 Not only did Francis Martin get a headstone, each of his wives got one also.

 

After the cemetery, we headed over to Sugar's house for dinner.  The kids looooved spending Valentine's Day with their cousins, but mostly they loooooved...

 hanging out in the jacuzzi.

 And crazy Brody liked going from the hot jacuzzi to the freeeeeezing cold pool.

Hope your Valentine's Day was a memorable one!

Our LOVEly Weekend

While at the cabin for Christmas, we were already planning our next big get together which we knew was going to be Valentine's Day.  So we decided it would be fun to take our guys out for a night on the town. We rented this awesome 15 passenger van for us to all go in.  We took our guys to Tommy Bahama for dinner and then to the IPic for a movie.  We had so much fun and I think our guys were happy with their Valentine's surprise.

Of course an ordinary 15 passenger an was not gonna work, so Kim and I decorated it with window decals, Valentine banners, and huge heart red and pink pillows.  It was hilarious!

Getting ready to head out to Scottsdale for a Valentine night to remember.

Earlier that day, I took Jim to the car rental place to rent the van.  As I was half way home, he called me and said that Enterprise would not rent him the van because he driver's license had expired on his birthday.  I ended up having to rent the van and then my mom went back to the rental place and put her name on the contract so she could drive it too.  You should have seen how cool I looked driving this thing.  It was AWESOME!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  Hope you did something fun and Valentine-ish this weekend too!

Another fun filled Saturday!

These 3 boys had their last regular season football games today.  Both Ledger and Case played at 9:00.  Ledger's team won every game this season.  Case's team lost their game today in over time.  It was a good game, but these Bengals were not on top of their game.

 Case loooooves this game.

 Ledger made 2 touchdowns today and grabbed a flag or two.  He is actually starting to understand the rules and how to play the game.

 The highlight of the day was Brody's touchdown.  The quarterback was looking for an open man and there was Brody...in the end zone.  You should have seen the look on his face when he caught the ball.  You should have seen the look on all our faces when he caught that ball. I love this picture of Jackson, Brody, Carsen and Kohl.  Jackson looks so proud of Brody...priceless.

After Brody's football game we went to his Basketball game. This picture says it all....these boys are good players but the competition is fierce! Drew, Brody and Camden.

 We actually got a break today before we had to go to Case's basketball game.  Love watching this boy play sports.  He is all game!  Love these Saturday activities with my kiddos.

What do you do on Saturday's?

Today was non stop fun! Here is a glimpse of what our day looked like. 

 9:00 am Case's football game. These boys are so good.  They killed the other team.
Case made a touchdown!

This beautiful February weather brought Sugar, Jim, Kunkle, Nicole, Presley and Cave out.
So happy to have them there.

Then we walked over to another field to watch Ledger's football game at 10:00.
These boys tied 30-30 with the other team.  Tough competition today!

Miss B. was in heaven having Presley to play with during the game. After Ledger's football game we headed over to Tia Rosas in Gilbert.  We sat down, ordered food, ran out of time, left Case, Ledger and Miss B. with my Mom, Jim, Kunkle and Nicole because....

...Brody had a basketball game at Bush starting at 12:00.

These kids played hard but lost.

Then it was back to the football field for a 1:00 game against the Raiders (yep we were about 10 minutes late).  Just like the actual Raiders, these boys played mean and ugly.  It was a great game but these Bears lost by 6.  Bummer!

This is a good group of kids.  Love that Brody get's to be on their team.
GO BEARS!

Finally, it was on to Ishakawa for Case's basketball game at 3:00.  This Red Bull is a maniac on the court.  Wish you could have seen this boy today!  WOW!

We got back in the car to come home at 4:11 pm. We had been gone since 8:22 this morning. We were exhausted and ready to get home.  I have to admit, it was fun to watch these boys play their games today.  It is exciting to see them as they learn and grow in the sport.  Can't wait to see what next Saturday brings.  What did you do today?