Anais Graduates from ASU

Our niece Anais graduated from ASU on May 4, 2012.  We were very proud of her.  Of course this meant that Steve's family was here to watch her walk and celebrate!! 

 

Ready to walk!

 

After the graduation we headed to the party.  While we waited for the room to be ready we found a little park and relaxed. 

The party was at Destrito and the food was terrific.  Everyone had a great time. 

It's Pool Time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter 2012

Decorating eggs!

Joelle was very happy with all her goodies!  This year the Easter Bunny brought less candy and more trinkets.  I really like that Easter Bunny:)

Joelle just loves puzzles.  I wish you could really see the smile on her face.

All dressed up and ready for a ride on the new bike.  

Brunswick Zone Time

    

We decided to surprise the kids and take them bowling.  Well, the surprise was on us because there was a 90 minute wait for a lane!!  Thank goodness they have the fun zone.  The kids had a good time playing the arcade games. 



 

Joelle really liked playing basketball.  I think she may play this fall.  It is between basketball and soccer.  I prefer basketball because it is INDOORS!

Megan and David had many contests to see who could hit more baskets.  I think David won. 

 

 

Joelle and I played hockey!  She was actually pretty good.  It was a rainy afternoon so this was a perfect rainy day activity. 

Bass Pro Shop

When Grandpa Bob is here, we ALWAYS go to the Bass Pro Shop.  The kids usually have as much fun as my dad does. 

Nothing like a nice drive around the lake. 

Oh and the dune buggies rock!

Now that is a hat that will keep the sun out of your eyes!! 

After we did some shopping, we had lunch at the Fish Company in the Bass Pro Shop.  The food was phenomenal.  We had a great time.  The kids even tried some new foods!

The Grandparents Are Here!

Well, they aren't here right now, I am about 4 months behind in my blogging.   I am not too sure what happened.  Life got away from me!  They were here for Spring Break. 
                                 

Joelle let Grandma read to her and then she read to Grandma!

 We also saw some spring training games.  We went to the new Diamondback stadium for a night game!  What a relief to not be out in the sun.  The stadium was fantastic and we had a great time. 

 

 

 

 

Can you tell by the colors that we were at an Angles game??  The kids had a good time playing video games before the game.   

 

The Reds stadium always has fun stuff for Joelle to do when she gets a little bored:) 

 

Cabinet Makeover

The Before Cabinet

 I am not totally crazy about the color of the cabinets and I wanted to update the bathroom vanities so this was the perfect guinea pig.  The first thing I tried was to stain it, but the door panel must be a veneer and I couldn't get it to take the stain.  So, on to plan B- painting it!

 A fresh coat of paint and some new hardware and it is good as new.  I still don't know if I will paint the vanities... to much of a chance for water and product damage!  I think I may try the stain again, only this time I will sand the wood until I KNOW there is nothing left of the finish.  The door panels I will use some heavy duty remover on.