Most of March

 Brent couldn't stand it any longer, so we went to the driving range at young's on a somewhat warm day in March.

 Both kids were excited as well.

 As Micah says, "Wicah turn." (Micah's turn)

 Micah, Elli, Brent

 I found this basketball hoop at the side of the road.  Micah was so incredibly excited he couldn't stand it! He calls it, "Gakaball!"

 By golly, he can throw that ball in there.

 We went to a heat wave party at the club.  Elli did well at limbo.

 So did Micah!

 Go, Elli!

 She also won in her "heat" at hula hoop.

 Dancing with both kids is fairly common.

 Blurry. bummer.  The whole family, all in green for Leah's birthday!

 Such cuties.

 The whole family.

 I was able to host a bridal shower for Becca here.  (Her maid of honor, Lauryn Robinson was one of my students.) Fun to celebrate with her.

 The friends at the shower.

 Pretty lady.  Soon to be my newest sis-in-law.

 It really was a fun celebration.

 Micah loves to get a bath with Elli.  She did his hair:)

 Crazy baby hair!

 On March 24th, Elli was baptized.  She was ready to tell others that Jesus has saved her from her sins.  What a blessing she is.  The children's pastor, Pastor David Boucher baptized her.

 Kiera was baptized that same morning.

 Sweet girls with Pastor "Boo"

 Elli wanted to hold baby Everett.

 "I wunnin."  He is actually getting taller and losing some of his baby chubbiness, but that belly still hangs:)  Love him so much.

 These two actually play well together much of the time.  Makes my heart happy.

Micah has discovered the candy basket in the pantry.  He asks for "cock" but means chocolate.  He can unwrap a hershey kiss in record time.  I have even found him sneaking one into the other room and secretly unwrapping it fearing I may take it from him!  And yes, we laugh every time he asks for cock.

Rayna's Birthday Celebration

 Hard to get a good picture with this many little ones, but I love this shot of them.

 Rayna turned 2 on February 21 but we were not able to get together due to illness, musical practice and performance, out of town, etc, until March!

 She seemed quite pleased with her puzzles.

 All the kids got involved in playing with them.

Fun times.  Happy birthday, sweet girl.

Last night of Sound of Music, March 1st

 I could have snapped every moment of this musical and would still have seen new faces!

 Elli had such a pretty voice.

 They look a little like angels.

 At this cuckoo part on Thursday, Elli was peeking out at Grandma and Grandma was smiling each time she poked her little head out.  It was so funny!

 The curtain call.

 She liked this part too and said they even practiced it.

 Mt friends Tiffany, Dave, Wyatt and Athena came on Saturday.

 Though tickets were sold out, they let me add Grandma Donough at the last minute.

 Becca was able to come.

 Kyle, Meg and Everett loved it.

 I needed another picture of us.

 The kids

 Christy, Ashlynn, and Ava came down to bring Grandma.

 Nana and Grandpa made it even though Grandpa was recovering still from surgery.

 Mrs. Simms was the music director and helped tremendously

 Pat, Cindy and Josh made it down.

 Lyndell Rising was the director and was a great help with Elli.

 Jenny came too.

 Elli loved Liz and has tried to talk to her as often as possible since the show.  She was so sweet with Elli, as was everyone else.

 Kelly  played Maria.  She is the daughter of Kay, the Administrative Assistant for the School of Education.

One more look at all the goodies!
What a great experience.  I let Elli go to the party afterwards on Saturday night.  She stayed until 12:00!  She was so tired, but loved the whole thing!