Preschool Graduation

She did it! Hailey is now officially done with preschool...........YAY!! She is so excited to go to the "big school" with Braxton. Because of the age difference, this will be the only year that they ever go to the same school. I'm just excited to not have to pay tuition anymore............well for a few years. Hailey and some of her class mates singing at their graduation program. Which was about 1 hr 45min long. Mike LOVED it! She was able to do the "graduation walk" and receive her graduation certificate.

Growing up too fast!

Grandma's visit

Grandma Cheryl came down for a week, to visit and see the kids in their various activities. They were so excited to have her here. They always enjoy it when grandparents come and visit.

Dance recital and gymnastics jubilee

End of the school year means dance recitals and the gymnastics jubilee. First came the dance recital, this year's theme was "Alice in Wonderland". Hailey was so excited to "dance on the big stage", it was all she could talk about for weeks. Grandma Hanson was able to see her practice her numbers, before the show and Grandma Cheryl was able to come down to the performance. She had a ballet number and a tap number this year and she actually looked like she knew what she was doing. The cast....Hailey is all the way to the right.

Braxton giving her "good job" flowers.

Grandma Cheryl and Hailey

On the drive home, all tuckered out.

And now to the gymnastics jubilee. This is Hailey's 3rd year in gymnastics and this year it seems like she's starting to be able to do things on her own, so it was fun to watch her show us what she's learned.

Hailey and Gabby

Go Mini-team!

Baseball

This spring Braxton was part of the Marlin's baseball team. In the past, Braxton's always been a little rusty at the beginning of the season, but by the middle he really get's his groove. This year it really didn't take that long before he got the hang of things. The coach put him on third and he rocked! Braxton became a pro at getting the kids out at third. Very rarely did a ball get past him. And he has such a good arm, and can throw far and hard. It was really fun to watch him play. He was awarded the "game" ball three times this season. Baseball ready
Braxton is always one of the bigger kids on the team, and he has such upper body strength, that when he connects with the ball, look out.......he got a double with this hit.

Spring Break 2010

Spring Break was once again spent down in West Palm, Florida. We always love going down there. It's warm, sunny and the beaches are beautiful. Grandma Cheryl and Grandpa Dave were unable to go down this year, so we met up with our friends the Maddox's. We had a great time relaxing and playing on the beach. I still had my "morning sickness" which kind of put a damper on things, but it was still very enjoyable.

Braxton starting to build a sandcastle

Hailey enjoying her candy

Braxton and Mike

Mike worked on his sand castle for about an hour. Which became a hill of sand with a moat around it. There were jelly fish all over the beach, so he thought it would be funny to put one on top of the sandcastle to "guard" it. Well, hailey ended up touching the jelly fish and was stung, Dads......

Two of the days, we took a ferry out to "peanut Island". When the tide goes out you can walk out a ways to a large sand bar and find all kinds of sea creatures. Braxton would collect them and then make a little aquarium, to he could observe them.

Hailey and I on the ferry on our way back to the main land.

Braxton in the ferry
Mike Braxton and Hailey on the sand bar.....Mike is lounging on a beach chair and the kids are exploring.

We did a little bit of snorkeling while we were there....there isn't really much to see, but Mike did find this tiny octopus. It was about half the size of my hand and as you can see the color of sand, so how he found it, beats me.

Easter 2010

This year we did things a little different.....we had the Easter bunny visit the day before Easter. That way we could fully focus on what Easter is really about on Sunday. The kids woke up to Easter baskets and eggs hidden around the house. They were very excited to what the bunny had brought and had a good time looking for the eggs. Brax and Hailey with the goods

Hailey's preschool class had an Easter party and an easter egg hunt, before the holiday break.

Hailey and Gabby find several uses for their baskets.....

Orlando, 2010

This year for Mike's CES meeting we went to Orlando. It rained pretty much the entire time we were there, but we still managed to have a good time. The first day it poured, so we went to the "believe it or not" museum and to a movie. (I wouldn't recommend the museum) The second day we decided to brave the rain and go to Magic Kingdom. We put on our rain ponchos and headed to the park. Because of the rain there weren't very many people there, so the longest line we waited in was about 5 minutes. It was perfect!

Braxton and Hailey having fun dispite being soaked!

The third day we went to Universal Studio's. It was pretty sunny so the park was crowded! We had to wait in long lines (no fast pass here). I couldn't ride a lot of the rides because of the pregnancy, and this park is mostly big rollercoasters, so Hailey and I went on every kiddie ride we could find. It's not Magic Kingdom, but we had a great time.

On the Dr Sues merry-go-round

Dr Sues Town

Thing 1, Thing 2 and the Cat in the Hat

Hailey and I waiting for the boys to ride the Hulk roller coaster

Keeping herself entertained