Spring Break week 2017

I love Spring Break. I think it's a beautiful time in Texas and I love having a week with the kids. Thankfully the weather was gorgeous so we could play outside all week!! The weekend before Channing went to her best friend Avery's roller skating party. She is constantly talking about Avery from school and really loves her!

Channing did an amazing job trying to roller skate as she has never been before! I was so proud of her!

I started off the actual week on Monday taking the kids to Jumpalooza to play and thankfully there was hardly anyone there so they had a great time!
That night Ragnar's client from work gave us tickets to see Sam Hunt, so we went down to the rodeo to see him perform.

I love the livestock part of the rodeo before the performance when the bull riders and barrel racing happens. It was fun to watch!

The concert was fun, but I didn't know a ton of his songs. 

We got a funnel cake and enjoyed our time away.

Tuesday morning I took the kids back down to the rodeo so they could participate in the fun!

We went in to see all the animals first. They loved the chicks.

 The pig races are a must! We love piggies in our family!

 We also enjoy the "fun on the farm" exhibit where they get to pretend they are farmers.

Deacon loves the water station!

It was a fun time at the rodeo. They played carnival games. They were trying to win a big pokemon character but ended up winning a stuffed animal for each kid instead. Really Cavin won them all and was kind enough to share each of them with his siblings. I was proud of him!

We came home and cooled off with smoothies and eggs for dinner ;) 

After dinner I got to have a fun sleepover with Ella! She earned enough points from her Garmin and wanted to use part of them for a sleepover. We played games, worked on a puzzle, had icecream, and talked and laughed. I really enjoy being with her. She is a great kid and I sure love her!

The next morning we went to the park with our friends the Smith's. We built fairy houses. Ella loves to read about and study fairies and she and Jaemi wanted to create houses. The other kids joined in and spent several hours creating!

Deacon was accomplishing other things, such as reaching the highest point on the playground.

We had a picnic because the weather was so beautiful.

They finally completed their houses and I loved how creative they were!

That evening I took the kids to meet their dad who had to work the Rockets game. We love going as a family and the boys especially love it. Sadly a man spilled half his beer on Channing right before it started, so that was a little bit annoying!! She handled it well and we still enjoyed ourselves! Plus the Rockets beat the Lakers by 39 points, so they did great!! 

Thursday was my 34th birthday. This picture of the cute poster the kids made together was the only picture I got of that day. It wasn't a great day. Birthday's tend to be hard for me. They were so wonderful when I was younger. The older I get, the harder they are. I think you just seem to look back on the year and realize you are older and still haven't accomplished some of the things you thought you would. Also, I feel like you always feel like a loser when no one remembers. It was a rough day, and thankfully it is over.

For my birthday, the next day the movie Beauty and the Beast came out. Ragnar was excited and bought us tickets a month ago. We went to Texas Roadhouse and ate dinner and then headed to the movie.

It was a great movie and we loved it.

Friday the boys wore there shades and we played with water under the trampoline. Aren't the boys cute! HAHA!

Saturday we went to a wedding for Ragnar's co worker, Sarah. It was an all day event!! It was at a Catholic church and it was very different than anything I have been to before. They basically held a mass with their wedding and he priest was very animated and sang most of the words. It was unique. They seemed happy though and that was great.

Many of Ragnar's co workers were there so we enjoyed watching them and talking to them. Thankfully I wasn't completely bored as we had Andre and Christen to hang out with us at our table.

Finally I finished the puzzle that we had been working on all week. It was 1000 pieces and I did most of it on my own. The kids and Ragnar helped here and there, but I had forgotten how much I love puzzles. We had a nice week. Ragnar and I had 3 dates this week which is more than we've had since before we had children! It was fun to go out with him, but man we forked out a lot of money on babysitters! It was a good Spring Break with the kids.