Trout, Grads, and Mickey Mouse

We went on our annual trout fishing trip and had a great time! If you don't count the mud from the one night of rain it was really good. We've had tons of rain and the river was up so the fish were harder to catch but we still managed to do okay. Mom has decided there is an adult fishing trip in order soon because she enjoys the fishing but the kiddos didn't have the patience to WAIT for the fish to bite. Jack said it best, "I like reeling them up mommy, I just don't like to have to wait for HOURS for them." His "hours" are more like 30-45 minutes but what can you do?








Hiking with our buddies Luke and Garrett. We go together on this trip every year.




















What a pair. Posing in the opening of the cave.




















My little tomboy---she is filthy but she had way more patience than Jack. He caught one and was done. She stuck around and we caught two more, though mommy did drop one back in the river while trying to get it on the stringer....she stood on the bank crying and I was totally embarrassed.

Look at this handsome guy...I found him hiking in the creek bed near our campsite.

Graduations!

Let's see....Molly got promoted from preschool to pre-k, Jack "graduated" and will be going to Kindergarten in the Fall, and Chico III graduated from eighth grade! I can't believe how time flies!














Molly singing at her promotion ceremony.




















Showing off her artwork



















Jack at his "graduation" in the traditional paper hat. Love it!















Molly congratulating her brother...little does she know how much she will miss him next year.

Cousin Chico at his graduation. I remember when he was Jack's age like it was yesterday...it's amazing how grown up he is.

Disneyworld 2009

We took a trip to Disney the first week in May and what fun! It was HOT and exhausting but everyone had a great time (if you don't count the few grumpy moments we had). The kids are still talking about it and giving full narratives to anyone who will listen. I was proud of the kids for trying just about anything they were tall enough for. We do have two strikes as parents: the Dinosaur ride terrified Jack, and they both disliked the huanted mansion. After we rode that one, whenever they started to act up we threatened to make them ride it again....okay, so maybe we have three strikes! We rode splash mountain several times and surprisingly, Jack's favorite ride was big thundermountain railroad. We also rode Star Tours more times than I care to count. In fact mom, who loves rides, opted out of the fifth time on it!




Meeting Belle at the Princess breakfast in Epcot.




















Molly did not want her picture with Captain Hook (the only one besides the Queen of Hearts she didn't like) but Jack thought he was a riot!














Every boy can dream right (yes, I have pictures of Jeff on it too)?

The highlight and the disappointment of the trip....Molly got picked to be on stage for Jedi training and Jack didn't. He was a little upset but got over it after we assured him he was so good that he didn't need Jedi training. The drawback was he thought it was REAL and wanted to learn the "force push." So cute!

Molly visited the Bibbidi Bobbidi Bootique for a princess makeover. I was not too happy she picked the pink hair. I would have preferred blonde. Jack was supposed to get a "cool dude" makeover but decided he would much rather go to the Lego store with Daddy.

Just Silly

Molly dressed up for "crazy hair and clothes day" at school. She is quite a character.















We planted a tree on Veronica's birthday. The kids were really into it and Jeff loved this picture of all of us that he captured while I was mulching and Molly was watering the tree with her watering can.





















Hanging out with the Chick Fil-A cow at Military Appreciation jump night at the YMCA. Our organization, Warrior Wives put the event on and it was a huge success!




















Jack in a neat tree at the zoo for a school field trip.

My best buddy....man is he handsome or what?