date night

I looove date night with Heath on Wednesday nights!! Last night we went to dinner at Z Tejas in Tempe then to The Big Bang to watch the dueling grand pianos. It was so much fun.

Thanks Heath for always giving me a fun date night out!!!! I always have a blast with you!

growing up soooo fast

I seriously LOVE my camera phone!! :)

We are loving the park at Heath's apartment complex and spend almost every day after school playing on the playground after homework.

Last night Addi showed us her new trick on the bars. She is growing up sooo fast. I remember doing these things on the bars as well ... she's so tough ... check out the end of the video (it's not long, don't worry)!

your papa will be proud

Last night we took the kiddos to the PGA Tennis and Golf Superstore. Both of the kids showed an immediate interest in golfing! Logan was even sad we couldn't buy him a golf set right then and there!!

Golf has always been such a huge deal in my house growing up. My Dad and brother went every Saturday. I started golfing a few years ago when Mark and I divorced. It's one of my favorite things to do to relieve stress.

Oh kiddos - your Papa will be sooo proud!

uma invented the uma box

Dear Logan & Addi,

This post is more for journaling purposes. I never want to forget this morning's conversation on the way to school.

Logan: "Mom, don't forget to send Kaiden's Easter basket today!! He's going to be so excited when he sees what we got him."

Mom: "Thanks for reminding me, Logan. What should we call his box? We can't call it an Uma Box, because it's not coming from Uma."

Logan: "But Uma INVENTED the Uma Box, it HAS to be called that. When Kaiden calls us on Easter, we have to explain the box to him and this is what you get when your mom is our Uma and that all your presents don't have to fit into your basket, you get lots of presents just in the box!!"

I called Uma this morning to tell her about our conversation. I knew she'd want to hear how much you guys love getting Uma Boxes and how you think they are better than anything else. She cried. She loves being your Uma and is so excited to see you guys in May and meet Kaiden.

a spring update

Last weekend was a super busy one!! We had such a blast!!! Curtiss came into town and we were non-stop all weekend (my FAVE kind of weekends).

Alright, this is a little out of order...

On Sunday, we went to Scottsdale to visit our Dad's side of the family. This is (clockwise from the top):
Aunt Dale (dad's younger sister)
Grandma (dad's mom)
Uncle Mike (aunt dale's hubby)
Curtiss
Addi
Me
Logan

We went to a Chinese Buffet and the owner kept telling me and Curtiss what a beautiful family WE had ... yuuuuuck! ;)

Then Curtiss and I stopped by a car show with the kids on our way back to Gilbert. Here are the kids and their fave cars at the car show ....

On Friday night when Curtiss got into town, Heath and I were at Dave & Busters with the kids, eating dinner. The kids hadn't seen Uncle Curtiss since before Christmas. They were soooo excited. Addi couldn't get enough of her Uncle!!

The kids were like little old people at a casino! It was hilarious to watch!

Here is a video of Addi playing skeet ball. She's actually really good at it!

Here are some pictures I took of the kiddos for Spring ... just because. They weren't dressed super cute, but were in good moods ... gotta take advantage of that!! :)



Last Friday night, Heath had an Honor Guard ob to do at a Police Academy graduation in Phoenix. Me and the kiddos went. It's always fun to watch him do the Honor Guard thing .. all dressed up in his uniform. Heath was sweet enough to let me take a pic or two ...

so handsome

On Saturday, we took the kids quadding for the first time. They had a blast!! I think we finally found something Logan really enjoys AND is good at! Curtiss had him doing doughnuts by the end of the day and Addi was going up mountains. I couldn't have been more proud of my sweet babies!!

Curtiss "chasing" Addi

show off! ;)
Curtiss is a great rider

Uncle + Niece
going out for a ride

Heath & Logan
conquering the tallest mountain

Logan
thinking he's a pro rider by standing up while riding

... and riding with one hand ...
(soooo cute)

Heath & Addi
showing her some trails she can go on

Additude
pouting after she crashed

Curtiss & Addi
getting a lesson on how to ride the quad

Curtiss + Addi + Logan
exploring the trails near the trucks

my sweet girl all ready to go

I've been keeping so busy at work and during the week with the kids that I just haven't had any time to really stay on top of my blog. Work is going great, we're expanding!! We are actually hiring and I HAVE to have it done by the end of next week ... yikes!! I'm so thankful for it!

The kids are doing wonderful. They are excited for school to be over and start summer vacation.
Heath starts General Instructor's school on Monday. At the end of April he will be taking a Driving Instructor's class. He is already a Training Instructor. After these two programs, he will start to teach the new police officers how to drive their police cars in all the situations they face on duty. Pretty cool!! I am really proud of him.