San Antonio in the Spring

There are lots of things to do in San Antonio in the spring and we have been busy trying to get it all done.

*Strawberry picking

*Texas bluebonnets

*Fiesta

*Spurs in action

The kids and I headed to the hill country to pick some strawberries. They were pretty small but they had fun. Maren loved the white ones :) While we were there, we tracked down some bluebonnets on the side of the road. Since the weather has been so dry, they have been pretty scarce this year but we found some. They, truly, are the start of spring.

Fiesta comes once a year and is a 2 week celebration filled with festivals, parades and partying. It celebrates the heros of the Texas revolution and has been around since the 1800's, of course, getting bigger and bigger as the years pass. We took the kids to the Fiesta Art Fair, where they love to get their face painted and do different art projects. This year we came home with some mosiac sun catchers, a superman medal, and a painted pictures by Maren. Jason and I enjoyed a night out at NIOSA (Night in old San Antonio) along with about a million other people. Besides the crowd, the food was wonderful and the atmosphere was fun to take in.

We love our Spurs! Unfortunately, we have to wait until next year to see them play again but we had fun going to a playoff game with our friends, Julie and Colby!

We love living in San Antonio and enjoying what this town holds, especially in the spring!

It's Offical...

..Tate is signed up for kindergarten. They have Kinder Roundup in the spring to sign up all the incoming kindergarteners for the fall. We headed to the elementary school with our paperwork in hand. He was so excited to see his new school. We got to go on a tour and his favorite classroom was the music room. He thought school started the next day. You got to wait a little bit, buddy! I can't believe my little guy is old enough to start school!

The soon-to-be kindergarteners...Kate, Brynn and Tate

Easter Festivities

  We started our Easter festivities with our annual Easter egg hunt at our friends, Jill and Nathan's. The kids had a wonderful time looking for eggs in their great, big backyard. It acted like it was going to rain all day but turned out to be a beautiful evening. 

   The Easter bunny hopped by to deliver Easter baskets and we enjoyed the day at home! Easter is one of my favorite holidays!

Easter Morning

Surprise!

Dad turned 60 on March 20 and, for all he knew, dinner out was the most celebration the big birthday was going to get. Little did he know, a week later big party plans had been made. One of his good friends, Kirk, who also turned 60, his wife, Bridget and mom had been planning a surprise party for the both of them. Another surprise was that we were flying in town to participate in the festivities. So thinking they were stopping by the Other Pub, on their way to Indy for dinner, to visit a client of Bridgets', they were, in fact, walking in on their own surprise party! Surprise! Dad had to do a double take when Tate ran up to him. It was priceless. What a fun night! Spending time with friends and family and dancing the night away was a wonderful way to celebrate 60 years! We are so glad to have been a part of it! Happy Birthday, Dad!! We love you!

Let the Teeball Season Begin

Tate had his very first teeball game this morning. He was so excited! He did such a good job! He hit the ball and ran the bases and went for the ball whenever it was hit. He even got grass stains all over his pants. He loved it and had to tell me he got the ball 11 times. They were so cute out on the field. 4 yr old teeball is much different then your typical baseball game but, at least, they are learning the basics. The play for 1 hour. They bat the whole line-up. No strikes, balls, outs. They just swing until they hit it and then run to first. All I can say is that it is too cute!! I can't wait for tomorrows game.

Tate's first swing

Made it home:)

I'm a Big Girl!

Maren, finally, got her new big girl bed! We had been putting it off just because she loved her crib and slept fabulous in it so why change what's not broken?? But she looked like a moose sleeping sideways in it not the precious little baby that once resided there. She is about 6 months later than Tate was changing beds so she didn't have any problems, not that he did, but he seemed so much smaller. Our friend, Jill, actually sped up the process. She had a bed that wasn't being used so that meant skipping the part of having to go shopping and picking it out plus getting it here which was nice! I'm actually enjoying it, too, because I can get in bed with her in the mornings and cuddle with her for a few seconds before our day starts, which is the only time she lets me. Our only problem is we can't find pacis. They get lost too easily. That is our next project:)

Goodbye, crib

Hello, new bed

No Training Wheels!

This week we saw a picture of Tate's friend, Grant Bottorff, riding his bike with no training wheels. Tate saw the picture and said "I can do that." That day he and his little friend next door got out the wrench and were going to take the training wheels off themselves. After convincing them that raising them up would do for now, Tate still wanted to try. This afternoon, Jason took him out and took off the training wheels. After a long talk on "it's ok if you fall..practice makes perfect..don't get frustrated..you can do it", they were off. After about 30 minutes and no falls, he was riding by himself and even ditched the elbow and knee pads. Way to go Tate!!