road trip days twenty four and twenty five: dodgers game and crazy cousins

One of Jacob's favorite childhood memories is going to see the Dodgers play at Dodger Stadium.  This year, we made sure that our time in CA overlapped with a home game and Jake, his dad (Truck Grandpa), and bros-in-law Wes and Jeff, took all the boys to a game.

A trip to Dodger Stadium isn't complete without a Dodger Dog and fireworks!  The boys all had a great time and the Dodgers won, wrapping up a fun week with Jacob's side of the family!

Before our drive back to Arizona, we got a few group pictures of our kids with their Colorado cousins: TEN crazy kiddos!!

april happenings

This month... 

... we watched our redbud explode into beautiful purple blooms

... Lexie and Ellie had fun swinging

... and Lexie played on the monkey bars

... the kids played with their new basketball hoop

... Ellie played on the swing-- a lot!

... Ellie tried to catch bubbles as Lexie blew them

... Ellie spent lots of time driving around the house

... the kids liked posing Ellie for pictures and Ben had his 2nd grade "Dances Around the World" program

... Ben's class did a dance from India

... we went to a Charlotte Knights game with Wounded Warrior Project

... the kids loved the game- especially the catered dinner :)

... Ellie loved Christopher's chorus concert

... Ellie finally became a walker!  While she had been cruising the furniture and pushing her car or chairs for months, she rarely let go and tried to walk.

One day after she woke up from her nap she decided she was going to walk and hasn't stopped since!