Arizona continued...

We also enjoyed pushing Zella around in their primo stroller

No AZ trip is complete without a trip to the orange grove - Ryan loves picking them off the tree


Bruce enjoys this as much as the kids

The kids liked bobbing in the pool and dunking each other

And floating around with Zella, Amy, & Brent

Thanks for the fun Mom & Dad

We enjoyed spending time with Mom & Dad in Arizona. We got lucky the weather was wonderful and we did lots of fun things.

Like watch Dad play softball -- oh ah, palm trees & blue skies!

Gotta love a game at the Sunset Diamond :)

Hiking at the lake :)

Checking out 4 peaks from a distance.

Mom & Meg by the lake

Feeding bread to seagulls

The hike had some beautiful views

We hung out at a camp site before turning to go back

It's amazing how beautiful Arizona can be...

Thanks again Mom & Dad. Love you guys :)

Happy Birthday Zella!!

Happy 1st Birthday Zella! We had fun hanging out with you over President's Day weekend. Megan had fun holding Zella.

Ryan uses more of a baby wrestling approach.

Action shot - if she holds still that long :)

Yea - I'm one year old!!

She liked it when everyone sang to her (those are Mom's hands directing us all in the happy birthday song.)

Yea - more clapping.

Hmm...what's in here?

Concentrating on making it work...

Tardy Post of Pictures from Tyler's Surprise Birthday Event

We enjoyed surprising Tyler & celebrating his birthday with Deb & Dale's family on Jan. 23rd.

The kids with Tyler - It's cool to have older cousins!

The kids at Fritz' waiting for the train to deliver their food.

I'm not good at getting my camera out of my purse & taking lots of pictures. This is my new New Years' Resolution - take more pictures!

Belated Birthday Wishes

Happy Belated Birthday to Dale!! I guess when you get to our age it's great to have birthdays but not as important to celebrate them :) Sorry these wishes are late!
In the past 25+ years, you haven't changed a bit, okay - maybe your eyesight is going a little :) You're still the great guy who married my sister. Glad you're in the family!!

We enjoyed hanging out with you guys & struggling to read the menus together.

Happy Birthday Cooper!

Hey Super Cooper - Happy 2nd Birthday!!

Megan & Ryan wanted to send their birthday wishes too :)

You're the cutest 2 yr old we know :)

A much overdue update...

We haven't been too busy so far this year. Just dealing with all the snow - ick! Thankfully it's starting to thaw :)

Here's a picture of Megan's car (aka my Mazda) after another big snow. This is the most snow we've dealt with in the 22 winters we've been in KC. As you can imagine, Megan hates scraping snow off her car in the morning. She can usually get Bruce to help her or at least start her car to warm it up.
Since Ryan isn't playing basketball this year, we aren't going to games. We have been going to the high school games on Friday nights to watch Megan cheer.

Megan's cheer competitions have started again. Her team won 1st place & grand champion at a cheer competition by the airport this weekend. I snapped this picture with my phone. Each girl from the 1st place team gets a medal & a green hoodie.

Megan also got to bring home the trophie. She'll take it to the gym on Tuesday. The coaches gave it to her since she got hurt in warm-ups on Saturday but gutted it out for the performance. Poor thing was fighting tears the whole time. She hurt her neck & got scratched on the face when her flyer fell.

Anyway...much ice/heat later & her neck feels much better. She did a good job in the performance today - just smiles & no tears. It's been a long weekend :)