March

We got home just in time to enjoy the end of spirit week at school, Friday was crazy hair day. Let's just say I will count my blessings that I don't have to do hair every day of the week, I think I might scream. Kudos to all you who do your daughters' hair- if we had girls they might be sporting the bobbed look their whole life. (Come to think of it, Jenny, do you think that's why we got the ubber-cool looking sugarbowl haircuts our whole young life ?:-)

 We also picked my mom up from the airport Friday as well.  My cousin, Andrew got married Saturday here in Mesa. I have a total of four cousins. Four. Two on each side. This wedding was a big deal. Friday evening we enjoyed having the Endsley, my mom's side of the family over for dinner.  It almost seemed surreal having everyone around my kitchen table, we were always at the ranch around Bill and Kath's kitchen table growing up. It was one of those times you think you are 20+ years younger, you revert back to being young again, not believing time has brought you where you are today. I was filled with very sweet thoughts/memories of growing up being with this side of the family. Each summer, when we were young, mom would load us up in the yellow chevy station wagon and drive us to Colorado to visit her side of the family. Sometimes my dad would come, sometimes he wouldn't. Some years we stayed for weeks, but as we got older the time shortened. Each of us would take a row in the station wagon- since there were three of us, each of us got a row. Joe generally got the back, his cocoon, and off we'd head across CA, NV, and UT. We'd get water from springs, build fence, watch branding, round-up cows....so I've digressed some here. Anyway, Andy, was getting married here of all places- fun for us!




Mom, Brandon, & Zach- the other boys went to opening day for their baseball teams

 


Andy and Andrea ( sorry family I didn't get a close up of them)

 


Virginia and Uncle Jack ( my mom's uncle)

 

Mom, Aunt Virginia, Aunt Kathy- my mom's two sisters

Uncle Bill and Aunt Kathy

Each year the school holds field day, where the kids play games for half the day. 5th and 6th grade are held later in the spring, so we just saw Matthew and Andrew. I had never been down to see field day, so we went down to check out the activities this year. They always have a few water games thrown in which helps make it even more fun.

Andrew turned 7 on the 23rd. Seven. He's been gleening ideas over the last few years from the other's birthdays. We played the best of the best games, in his opinion, with a myriad of clues thrown in to guess the next game. He chose: searching for pennies, guessing the hidden food in the bowls by touch ( the mashed bananas really grossed them out), throwing spears at balloons to pop them, sorting m&m's by color and then having to eat a certain number of them, among a few others. Andrew is a tough willed, determined child and can get quite intense. His mind thinks and works and spins way beyond a seven year old. He is loveable and loves to come snuggle during movies. He could be read to for hours and hours. We have been reading the Harry Potter books at night lately and just dies ( remember that intensity I already spoke about) when the book is shut. He builds the longest most elaborate lego ships, but has yet to master the need for structural stabilization, so a great majority break when you breath too hard.

He wanted an icecream cake with oreos.

His own Y hat, and a You Got Jimmered shirt rounded out his stash. He was so excited for the shirt, since we were in the throws of Jimmermania at the time!