happy birthday, buggie girl!

the second week of spring break started with hannah's 7th birthday. we did her party on her birthday at the stroke of magic...a little painting studio in town.

she had all her special friends there, along with daddy, mommy, auntie jessie, joey and mimi. it was a fun day indeed!

the girls painted some beautiful masterpieces, watch out picasso!

isabella, bella, birthday girl, alexis, and kaylee-- school bff's

rachel and hanna: very special friends

bella and hannah: painting away

bubbies and mea

all the little masterpieces

thanks for all the presents!

the worker lady whipped up this big birthday "card" and the all the kids got to sign it

the crew!

Arizona

this year, the kids had 2 weeks off for spring break. so with that, we took a trip to scottsdale, arizona for a few days of some r&r.

the kids had a blast swimming every single day. there was just one rule, they could NOT swim from 2-6...that way the older ladies could tan without kids messing up their fresh, rolled curls. i think that's a good rule to implement at mimi and papa's pool this summer...hee, hee!

so when we weren't swimming, the kids rode their bikes, ran errands with papa, went to cracker-jax- which is basically like a scandia, went to rawhide- a western amusement town, went on a desert tour in a big hummer, ate, shopped, slept and hung out.

we had a blast!

here they come!

the beauty of the desert

one of our beautiful princess'

such a character!

what we need for the backyard

mimi, buggie, and papa

on march 18th, some great friends, including my prego sis-in-law, took off running for our 2nd 1/2 marathon.

a pair of good shoes and new custom inserts, for my flatter than flat feet, helped me beat my time from first 1/2.

i had a great run up until mile 11 when my body started cramping, but i pushed through it. i loved having my family there and was so excited when i saw our car driving past me to find parking! and then seeing their faces along the streets was the coolest! little zach ran the last mile with me and coached me to the finish line-- priceless!

we all did great!