Love Notes

I got a note from my favorite son...I think you will understand why he is my favorite son after reading this.

How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways....

1.  I love when you blow on my neck because it feels cool.
2.  I love the way YOU cheer me on in baseball.
3.  I love how you pick out my clothes because I can't.
4.  I love when you make me breakfast because it is delicious.
5.  I love how you play with me when I am bored because your fun.
6.  I love the way you make dinner every night because I like your cooking
7.  I love when you say you love me because it sounds nice.
8.  I like how you bug me at night because I love you.
9.  I love when you are so nice to me because you love me.
10.  I love when you tuch me in because I feel cozy.

But does it really matter because there are a bazillion more things to say so why don't I just say "Happy Mother's Day"!!!
Love,
Trevor
(Now you can understand why he is my favorite son!)

I got some pretty wonderful one's from my three daughters also, but I need their permission before posting! 

Easter 2011

Easter was late in the month this year (April 24th) so the kids were not off of school to get all the traditional easter egg dying done.  So the day before Easter we dyed our Easter eggs.  It is always fun to decorate eggs for eachother!  It was a beautiful, sunny day!

The final product:

When we woke Easter morning the sky was dark and grey.  Looks like it might rain!  Not good since I had tables, chairs and decorations all set up outside.  Plus we had over 500 eggs to hide in the yard.  We were hoping that the rain would hold off...no such luck...30 minutes before everyone showed up the rain began!  Ryan and I had to run outside and move all the tables/decorations under the cover.  Then we moved a table indoors.  Luckily the house was big enough for everyone to still be able to sit at the tables and enjoy their food and the company.  It made me realize that the decorations and fluff are not what make an "Easter Celebration".  It is just being together with the family.  This year we were able to have both my side and Ryan's side of the family over so it was a great group of family!!  We are so blessed that the majority of our family lives within 45 minutes of eachother!

So back to Sunday morning...

The kiddos came down in the morning and got to see what the Easter bunny had left them:

Mackenzie got new volleyball knee pads and a bag.

Madalyn got lace tights and a movie "The Outsiders"

Meredith got silly putty, dance tights and a bathing suit.

Trevor was the most excited (can you tell???)!!!  He got the Pokemon White DS game that he has been asking for months for!

Then we had our inside morning egg hunt

 (thanks Grandma and Grandpa for all the $$ filled eggs)!

Here they are in their Easter outfits:

Easter Continued...

Once the family all got to our house we had our traditional Easter egg hunt!  Over 500 hidden eggs for 10 kids!

I do not have many photo's because I did not want to be out in the rain so I chose to stay inside and watch from a distance :)!

Meredith had so much fun playing with and carrying around Karli the majority of the time!  She loves to be the "mother"!

Ryan and Dallin had a little friendly competition of arm wrestling.  Let's just say that MY HUSBAND still has the muscles!  Keep working on it Dallin!

Meredith thought this jelly bean shaped egg was funny!

Huntington Beach to Coronado Bay= Ragnar 2011

What do you get with:

-twelve of your "runner" friends

-200 miles

-27 hours

-a relay

-Extremely little sleep

-97 to 45 degree weather

-call yourself the LR Racers

The SoCal RAGNAR RACE!!!!

Run, drive, sleep??? Repeat...

Ryan joined up with some friends to run this year since it was being held in the OC.  He had a blast!

Here they are before they took off for the start line:

Ryan during his first leg (8 miles)...in all he ran about 20 miles. 

This is in Corona:

There are no pictures of his second leg because it was at 3:00 a.m..  He ran for 5.9 miles.

  Here he is on his third and final leg (6.1 miles).  This is on Imperial Beach with Tijuana in the backround:

 Just before he passed the finish line the rest of his team joined him for the victory run!

Group shot of the LR Racers!

What would a race be without a medal! 

 Here is Ryan's number, medal and slap bracelet that was passed to all the runners:

Spring Break 2011

Capo's Spring Break was very early this year...well actually Easter is really late this year!  We had a fun filled week with activities everyday!  Here is the low down: 

On Monday we went with my parents to the San Diego Zoo.  The weather was perfect and we got to see the animals in a very active state...not just lying around!

A "take my picture" moment!

Giraffe's...there was one that was only six days old!

Rhinosaurus..we were able to see them running laps around their enclosure chasing eachother!

Meerkat...when I see them I hear the voice in my head from "Meerkat Manor"!

The Panda was out and active while we were there:

Here are some more "take my picture" moments!

Tuesday...I took the three younger kids (and a friend of Madalyn's) to Calafia Beach.  (Mackenzie went to Disneyland with some friends)  It was the PERFECT beach weather!  We had a blast...however the water was a bit cold for me.  Trevor and Meredith had a great time in the water!   

Wednesday...Trevor needed to visit a firestation for his cub scout stuff so we went with some friends to a firestation.  Ladera has one of the nicest firestations I have ever seen...the firemen even all get their own "room"!  The kids got to sit in the truck,

learn about the hoses and gadgets on the truck,

and the best part was spraying water out of the hose!

The fireman even convinced me to take a shot at it.  I could not believe the power!

After the firestation tour we played at the park, but that got "boring" so we picked up a few friends and went to SkyHigh in Irvine.  This is a place full of trampolines!  The kids all had a great time jumping into the foam pit, playing dodge ball and just jumping around!

Thursday....I had to work, but when I got home we went shopping at the mall for Madalyn's 8th grade dance dress.  We only made it to a few stores when we realized we had been there over two hours and it was after 7:00 p.m. so we decided to head on into Ruby's for dinner.

On Friday Ryan took the day off (since he was so jealous of all the fun we were having) and we took the family to see Soul Surfer.  It is a movie about a competive surfer and her arm got bitten off by a shark.  It was truly an inspirational movie and I loved how she focused on her faith in Heavenly Father to keep her positive attitude and get back in the water to surf again.

Saturday was a volleyball tournament and lunch with family.  All in all we had a fun week!

April Fools Cake

I am the best mom in the world! I served my kids cake for dinner!

APRIL FOOLS!!!

It was actually a turkey, ham and roast beef sandwich with tinted cream cheese frosting.