Yea! Spring is here, and I'm loving it. What a fantastic time of year. My plants are growing, although they seem to be slow bloomers, they are beautiful. I love to watch things grow. Plants as well as kids. We were going to go on a vacation this week, but a cold front put a damper on our plans. Who wants to drive 8-12 hours, and not be able to enjoy the outdoors. It's not a vacation for me unless it includes allot of hiking, and water sports. After giving up my sorrow about not going away, Chris and I decided to make staying home fun. On the First day, I used the spa gift certificate that Chris gave me for christmas to get a salt scrub. It was awesome! No, I'm not a spa snob, but I wish I could be. After that I decided to go on a walk with Adam, and Aaron. I wanted to make at least 5 miles, but Kayla kept calling me saying, "Are you done yet? I need a ride to my friends." I cut the walk short just to get her off my back. It was still a 3 mile walk, and good enough for me. The next day, we went to the Mall to eat lunch and get some See's candies before heading to the Zoo. (Can you believe I have lived in New Mexico for three years, and have never been to the Zoo.) We all had a wonderful time, excluding Zach who felt the ride was to bumpy. He needs shock absorbers on his wheelchair. I don't have any pictures of the Zoo because Kayla was taking all of the pictures with a film camera for her photo class. The assignment was texture. She found loads of it at the zoo. We walked over 6 miles that day, and we were bushed. Good luck to the kids that are going on trek this summer and have to walk 12-16 miles in one day. On the third day, we took the kids, as well as Ryan (Kayla's boyfriend), and his brother Kevin(who is Aaron's age) to ITZ. ITZ is a place with games, rides , and an all you can eat buffet. they also have rooms to eat your food with movies playing in them. This kids had a blast. On the fourth day, I woke up with the need to do some work around the house. The up stairs needed to be painted badly. Chris and I were at odds about the color. I wanted a blue/grey, or a red/brown. Chris wanted a light tan, or a light pink/brown. We finally decided on a color that was darker like I wanted, but more of Chris's color choice. I think that It was called burnt apricot. It is beautiful at night, when the lights are on, but a Little to peach-ish in the day light. Oh well, I am the worst at picking colors, but I think I like it anyway. On the last day, I thought it would be fun to make different kids of pizza. I made a deep dish pizza with a buttery, garlic crust and a round thinner crusty pizza. I also made the sauce from scratch, which was a new thing for me. It took allot longer then I thought, and we ended up with an early dinner, instead of the late lunch I was planning. Today Chris went back to work, and things are back to normal. We might have one last family fun day on Friday, or Saturday. We'll see. Oh yes, and the kids are helping with spring cleaning. These pictures are proof that they do clean. Christian helps too, but I can never seem to get him in a picture.
Aaron is shirtless an usuall, and doing a wonderful job of dusting. Kayla is working on the kitchen. She always ends up with the kitchen!