Let us start with a day at Blue Harbor!
Jane and Kate convinced me that I needed to take a morning and Quinn and go to Blue Harbor resort and water park with them. I wasn't sure if I should go, but in the end they won the battle so off we went for a morning of swimming and fun. We did not tell the kids where we were going, only that it had to do with water. Quinn and Liam were ecstatic with the day and we all had a fantastic time, as you can see from the photos! My camera held up very well, and everyone had a turn using it to take photos.
Quinn especially liked shooting the lifeguard at the kiddy pool, as you can see in the last photo. The guy stood and posed for her but the picture was blurry, which was a total bummer because she was totally scooping on him! I wonder if I need to worry....
I guess next comes my birthday. The big 35! Not so much a special day anymore, but just another number to add to my years on this earth...thanks to all who called and sang. I baked my own cake and decorated the house for myself, but James did buy me my new grill which I couldn't be happier about! It is wonderful, and has every little thing a griller could want. We know it does burgers and ribs really well but the true test will be if it can brew beer...we will let you know!
Three days later our Gavin turned 8! He had a great day which began with opening gifts and finding out that he got the video recorder/camera that he really, really, really, really wanted! Many thanks to all who called and gave him presents! He had a special root beer cake and cookie dough ice cream to finish off the day!
This wouldn't be a good post from me unless I put a few pictures of our baby on it as well. Pip got a haircut(from me), which didn't turn out too bad...now I know why groomers charge what they do! I was able to shave his back 2/3 but his front legs and head were left alone as he was done with me after 2 hours of wiggling and yelling. We were calling him our "little lion" as that is exactly what he looked like. A few days after that our he became an it! The poor guy had to wear a cone around his head as he tends to be a ball licker. Nice...however,the cone didn't work out so well with stairs, crate time, or eating so we got him a onesie which worked out much better, as long as he didn't pee on it. What a cutie!
And last but not least Jesus died for our sins and rose again! Easter came and went and brought us all a lot of smiles. We met up with the Seilers for the annual church easter egg hunt. Fortunately this year it was nice enough out that the kids were able to hunt for eggs outside! All of the kids got to find 41 eggs which was way higher than Quinn could count! The eggs were schrewn all over behind the church and everyone went wild scooping them up. 41 pieces of candy later for each child and we were all on candy sugar highs!
The easter bunny also made an apperance and we Maurers got some new DVD's to watch. The hunt was on when we arrived at Grandma and Grandpa's after church easter sunday. Quinn found her basket first, followed by Owen and then Gavin who had a little harder time locating his well hidden basket. Grandma Bonnie would have been proud of the feast we had that afternoon, and the picture of the food was taken in her honor!
Sorry it took so long to update you all with this last months events. Fortunately we can document things again with the new camera and hopefully it will not be so long between posts anymore!
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