Last Day of Preschool

 This was her very last day of preschool.  It makes me a little sad that she is growing up but I'm also very excited for what kindergarten will bring.  She'll miss her sweet friends, Allie, Jack, and Connor.  I know I'm going to miss all of them and their mamas.  What an emotional week full of goodbyes to people we care about.  Miss Theresa, Jessica, and our friends at Fielder Road Baptist.

Port Aransas 5/2012

With a little help from a friend, I was able to recover a few pictures from my camera's memory card that has gone bad.

Although, only one of the pictures that I was really looking forward to keeping made it.

No pictures under the pier or the girls running in the sand dunes.  But they've got these to look back on and remember.

Scarlett told us she wants to live there.  The girl loves the ocean.

Having a little too much fun with Flickr's editing program.

A picture of the waves for Uncle Serg. We saw lot's of surfers out.

Nevermind the messed up picture (funky lines on the left).  This is Maddy saying, "mama, take a picture of me" and posing. 

Mother's Day Weekend

  We drove to the beach for a long weekend.  The weather was perfect.  We'd wake up and the first thing the girls would say- "I wanna got to the beach".  Scarlett and David would jump over waves while the twins and I would dig and run around in the shallow water. We would head back for lunch and a short nap only to spend the rest of the evening at the beach.

 I took lot's of pictures with my camera.  It was Mother's Day and I took so many shots of beautiful moments with my family.  It really makes me sad because for some odd reason, I can't get the pictures off my camera (all 231 of them).  I took a few with my phone (at least I have those). 

Phone Pictures

I now have a fast and easy way of putting my phone pictures into a template.  Thanks, Angela!

Random

They are a mess. 

For the past 2 years, I've had their pictures taken in April or May.  I haven't booked anything this year so I attempted to take some myself.  It didn't work quite how I expected.

Years past.

This is what it looks like when mama takes the picture.

Caroline would not let go of the stick.  Nor would she pose with her sisters.
Which probably wouldn't matter anyway, since this was Maddie posing below.

Maybe it was just an off day but I won't be trying that again.

The girls' have summer birthdays coming up.  Can't believe Scarlett will be turning 5 and starting Kindergarten.  The twins will be 3 and they've already told me they want a fairy party.  We'll see...

Looking back at baby pics..  We can still tell them apart in the pictures which is a good thing since we never labeled them.

Caroline is on the left. 

Let's Go Fly a Kite

..and send it soaring..

Caroline's kite stayed up the longest and highest.

My brother and sister in law. 

The Weekend

It started off really well. 

A minor cough, no big deal.  We bounced like nobody's business.

We chased butterflies.

Another egg hunt with an awesome group of moms.

Some of us got candy from the bunny..

We drove down to Whitney.  The girls dyed eggs with Grandma Tricia and played outside.

And then it was Easter Sunday.  My sweet Scarlett was just so tired and sleepy.  Still no fever, same minor cold. Except now she was breathing real fast and it landed us a night at Cooks for observation and a breathing treatment.

But we still did our confetti eggs the next evening.

We even got David!

We caught ladybugs.

The best part of all of this is that my girl is doing great. She was brave and the only time she raised an eyebrow was when the nurse asked if she already had her flu shot.