May Day

I love May Day!  It has always been a tradition in Megan's family to pick flowers on the first of May, set that near the front door, knock and run!  The kids have a lot of fun doing this.  Cooper remembered, then Charlie did it, and then they showed Emma.  So much fun! 

 Trying to hide. :)

Love these sweet kiddos!

The Cal Ripken season has begun!

Coop is in his second year of Cal Ripken.  They are doing great!  They are 2-2.  They were so excited to win.  They didn't win a game last year which was hard.  But, even the coaches were jumping in the air when they won.  It was pretty fun to watch.  Cooper is pitching, playing first and short.  We are excited to watch the rest of his season.  

Charlie is signed up for pitching machine which starts here in a couple weeks and Emma is signed up for T-ball.

Coeur d' Alene EMS Conference

Megan had a wonderful opportunity to go to an EMS conference with a couple ladies from the Genesee Fire Department.  It was a great conference!  She learned about the Joplin tornadoes and all that went on with that, mass casualty shootings, got to attend a live cadaver /Anatomy session, domestic violence session, learned all about ChemPacks, Wilderness Medicine, and much more! They got to stay at the Coeur D' Alene resort and even go on a boat cruise one evening.  Thanks to the Genesee Fire Department for sending them to this conference!

 I took this picture for the kiddos.  So cool!

So fun!

And while I was gone Nate worked and worked!

 He started sprinklers.  We currently have 15 installed.  We are on zone 4 and 5.  This is hard work!

 

And a raised bed!  I had no idea!  Thank hunny!

Easter

We had a very nice Easter.  We missed being with family, but we celebrated with our church family which is just as good!  We went to brunch at church, followed by worship.  On our way to brunch, Megan found some pretty trees, so we turned around for some quick photos.

Coop took Emma's basket into her.  She was excited!  This is the year Cooper learned that mom and dad are the Easter bunny.  :(  He asked if we put the things on the table and we explained it to him.  It was very hard to not tell his siblings, but he didn't want to ruin it for them yet.  

 Dying Eggs!  Cooper did not want to partake this year.  He's getting so big!

 

 

What a beautiful day it was!  The Lord is Risen! 

Cooper is 9 years old!

Cooper turned 9 last month!  He is growing up so fast!  Since his birthday fell on a week night, we celebrated before school and after baseball practice.  He got to celebrate with some friends over the weekend!  Nine is a fun age, but also very challenging.  Cooper wants so much to be independent and gets very upset when he does not get his way and the attitude!  I thought that started in the teens.  :)  Cooper continues to do well in school and he is enjoying Cal Ripken baseball. 

Coop wanted new Cowboy boots.  We found him a shirt too!

 It is rodeo time!  It was in the 60s, but very windy.  I wish we could have gotten a picture of all these young cowboys in their outfits.  Pretty cute!

 Emma loved these boys!

 Oh Charlie! :)

Happy Birthday Cooper!!

Great denal checkups!

Three cleanings and no cavities made this momma's afternoon.  YAY!  They all did so good!  Coop cracks me up.  He has a pretty good gag reflex so he got some nitrus today.  :)  He was a little giggly!

Spring!

We are loving the warmer weather!  This weekend we got out for a walk/bike ride on the path while Coop was at baseball and then 4-H with Nate.  Flowers and trees are starting to bloom, wheat is coming up out of the fields and the colors are beautiful!

Saturday began the start to our next big project!  A Sprinkler System!  We Can't wait!  Cooper was such a big help to Nate and loved digging out the first hole.  We now wait for the plumbing company to come get something hooked up.  We have all the supplies and are ready to begin tearing up the lawn.  I will probably be supervising through most of it. ;)

One of Emma's favorite after school activities is going to see the bears.  She is so excited they are done hibernating.  We enjoyed visiting them today.  

 They were very playful today.  When she saw this she said, "He's gonna kill him!"  :)

 And when we got home after mom finished mowing, it was time for television with her baby.  Love this sweet girl!

Debbie, Steve and Grandma the flowers you gave me for my birthday are beautiful!  Thank you so much!  I love the colors!