Kentucky

Sorry these pictures are so out of order. It's hard organizing pictures on this site. Just know that we went to Louisville, Kentucky for Tim family reunion and his Grandpa's 90Th birthday. Everyone was able to make it and we had fun with all the Fam. We went to a children's museum, the Louisville slugger museum, church, the Squire Boone caverns and the hotel pool every night. Lots of funny things happened because that's what happens when Stearmans get together. We never got used to Eastern time zone because we stayed up until 12-2 am every night. It was a good time seeing everyone.

Mother's day

Audric's class had a mother's day celebration. They had scones, strawberries and lemon curds that the kids had made. Audric made me a canvas painting with his picture on it, handmade wrapping paper, a flower and a letter about why I'm so important to him.

I got a surprise box of Shari's berries from Tim's mom for mother's day that I had to share because they were so big and so many. Yummy!

On mother's day I woke to the smell of cinnamon french toast and bacon. Tim even got me a Starbucks coffee and a big bowl of fresh fruit. They made me a card the listed all the things they love about me. Most were very sweet however most of Julie's were about herself like "I love when mom buys me dresses" and "I love if mom gives me another birthday party/ more candy". Audric's were more like "I love when she's happy" and "I love when she gives me kisses and hugs". All were cute and touched my heart.

We went to the pool and had hot dogs for lunch. Tim made steak, mashed potatoes and fresh green beans for dinner. It was so weird not cooking meals. I felt so spoiled. Lucky me!

Surprise baseball game

The Saturday before Mother's day we had a friend give us three tickets to an isotopes baseball game because one of his boys were sick and couldn't go. It was last minute and we hadn't eaten yet but nothing McDonald's couldn't fix. We got to parking and the guy looks at us and lets us go in without paying $5 for parking. Then on our way walking to the game a lady stop on the road yelling "hey you're a mom, do you need a ticket"? Why yes I did and now we didn't have to buy one more to get in. We had great seats and could afford to buy snacks because it only cost gas to get there. We had such a great time. This was the kids first time at a ball game. Audric loved hearing about the rules and Julie always clapped when the crowd did. They both did a ton of dancing to the music. At the end of the game they did fireworks. They did such a good job that we clapped three times thinking it was the end. The isotopes won by one point. It was a closes game the whole way through. Fun times!

Science fair projects

Audric was busy for a couple weeks after getting back from California. At school he had a project to teach his class something, anything. Audric decided on teaching his class how to make a paper airplane. Of course he didn't know how to make one himself. So every night he made a plane with Tim or myself and acted like he was teaching us. The science fair was coming up too and Audric wanted to do " how to make paper". If you have ever made paper it's a mess and you need to make screens and other stuff that we don't have here. Being the good mom that I am I went to the library to look for books on how to make paper. While there I found a book on different paper airplanes and thought Audric would like it. Then I found a section on science fair projects. Looking through them I found one on testing the difference between two different flying toys, freebie and something else. Then I got a great idea. Audric is already making paper airplanes why not use them for his science project. So we came up with "Paper Flight". Audric did a great job with all the test flights and learning about how airplanes fly and what can effect them. Plus if he really is going to fly and make planes when he is older, like he says he is, then this is a great start. In class he did a wonderful job teaching his classmates how to make a paper airplane. He says he had to help most of the kids fold the paper. For his class science project they did volcanoes. Not my idea of a very creative project (I know, I'm a science fair snob, what can I say, I always won 1st place) but it looked like they had a lot of fun doing it. All the kids had to go in front of the judges and talk about their projects and answer questions. Everyone that did a project got participation ribbons. Audric's was huge because he did one by himself. When I came to pick him up at school all the kids were telling me he got 1st place. I was so happy that he felt so proud of his ribbon that I was holding back tears. He worked so hard and deserved to feel good about it.

California!

I like this pic because Bison and Audric look so much alike. Eyes, nose, lips, chin. The only difference is size hair and complexion. Funny because everyone says Bison looks like his dad, but I think he looks like Becka.

St Patrick's day.

Everyone loves Uncle Joey!

Yes Audric's finger is going through his ear

Gramma's 80th birthday. The whole Wilson family surprised her for dinner.

Poppy loves giving love!

(Julie and Luke)

Cami and Jack fighting over the kangaroo rat.

I know Audric needs a dog. He had so much fun playing with and loving on My parent's dogs. Maybe once Julie is in school full time.

It's always fun to go back home. The timing wasn't the best. We had to go during spring break so Audric wouldn't miss any school. Why Albuquerque's spring break was in the middle of March I don't know. The only good thing about it was flights were fair priced. Sacramento was wet and rainy pretty much the whole time I was there. That didn't stop us from having fun. My goals while there were #1 to see and visit with family, #2 see some friends, #3 buy cloths at the second hand shops (look for an up coming blog about that). Becka and I were together most of the time. She was my shopping partner, telling me what to and not to buy. All the kids had so much fun playing together. It's so nice that there are so many cousins that are Audric and Julie's age. They are so lucky. We did get to take a day trip to Winters, CA and see my Best childhood friend Katie and her family. The kids loved seeing the baby goats. They were only a week old and a couple days old. See the goats always makes me want one. Katie always has the nicest goats. We also did a little Easter party since my plan was to come out for Easter during spring break. Becka and I made the kids Easter baskets out of Tee shirts. The kids had so much fun they hid and hid the eggs over and over again. I was glad to come home. I'm not a big fan of sharing a bed with the kids for a week and we did missed Tim. I probably won't see most of my family again until we get back from the England.