Holly Hideaway

Once we arrived in Arizona we stayed one night in a beautiful villa in Scottsdale. Thanks to Justin traveling for work, we were able to stay there for free!  Then we hopped in the car and drove about 4 hours to ShowLow, AZ.  For as long as I can remember my grandparents have had property there for camping and relaxing.  Our family named it Holly Hideaway.  When my grandparents retired, they moved from Phoenix to ShowLow permanently.  We spent 2 nights there, visiting and enjoying the company of my Grandma and Grandpa Nooey.  

My grandfather's clown collection.

Kaelin created this and added it to my Grandpa's collection :).

Hailey is the weirdest sleeper!

 Grandma and Me - self portrait :)

 Grandma and Hailey. 

(Hailey ran a temp the first 3 days we were in AZ, so she was quite the snuggler).

Nooey and Kaelin

 Grandma and Kaelin

 Grandpa Nooey's golf cart.  The girls went for MANY rides!

Grandpa making popcorn for movie night.

 Movie Night

Logan fell asleep sitting up.  Three hour time changes are hard on a little guy.

Traveling to AZ

As soon as both Hailey and Kaelin were out of school for the year, we hopped on a plane and headed to Arizona.  Most of my extended family had only met Kaelin (when she was 9 months), a few had met Kaelin and Hailey (at 2.5 and 11 months), but none had met Logan.  We left Ohio on May 26 and flew to Phoenix via a stop in Houston.  Our first flight was great, Logan napped for most of it, and then played on Daddy's iPad.  Kaelin colored for the ENTIRE flight.  Hailey watched movies and played games.  

Waiting for the tram.

During the second flight however, everyone got nasty.  All bets were off.... :)  We imposed a rest time on Hailey and Kaelin and they passed out!

 Logan however, did NOT.  Thanks to a quick thinking flight attendant we were able to entertain him for about 20 minutes by letting him pour a few ice cubes back and forth between a few cups.  

In the end I broke out the play dough, which Logan has never really played with before.  I was actually surprised...he only tried to taste it once! haha

May Days....

May was full of the 'last days' of many things: school, tee ball, awanas....but also the start of our summer!

I love this picture our friend Mary took of her son Luc and Hailey.  Waiting to bat.

 Hopefully May will also mean the last of ear infections for our family!  Logan and Hailey both received tubes in their ears.  We had to be at the hospital by 6!

 1 hour after tube procedure. Getting a snack and some play time at Chick Fil A!

 Hailey had a Mommy and Me Tea for Mother's Day at her school.  It was so well done.  We LOVE The Growing Place!

Kaelin's Awanas Award Night!

Dance Practice with the Katsaras' girls (minus Sophia).

 K's Last Day of 1st Grade.

 Waiting for the Bus with Abby and Alex.

 Hailey's End of the Year Program with her wonderful teachers: Ms. Linda and Ms. Angela

Ms. Debbie, the amazing director of The Growing Place

April Showers....

April was a fun month, busy but fun!  My mom came for a visit while I went to Atlanta for a few days for a conference.   I don't have many pictures, but here are some moments from the month that I wanted to capture:

Kaelin lost her 2nd tooth!

 Hawaiian night with their friend Sadie at Awanas. 

 Father/Daughter dance at school.

Teeball picture.  SO CUTE!! They both look younger in hats for some reason!

Easter 2013

Easter Sunday was a full day for us this year!  We started with Easter baskets for all the kids and breakfast:

Next it was off to church for Kaelin and I for the early service.  She spoke on stage during the service about her Easter art project - what Easter means to her.  (Daddy, Hailey and Logan joined us at church for services 2 and 3).

Kaelin's Art.  Jesus is no longer on the cross or in the tomb because He has risen!

After church we headed to Grove City for the Magee Easter gathering at Great Grandma's house.  The kids got to have an indoor egg hunt.

 Later that afternoon we headed to Great Grandma and Grandpa Trezona's for the Trezona Easter gathering. Hailey and Logan were beat by then and spent a bit watching Mickey on my phone in the guest room. 

Kaelin spent quite a bit of time coloring and drawing (as usual :) )

"Spring Break"

The week between Palm Sunday and Easter was Hailey's Spring Break.  Kaelin only got a few days of this year.  However, we did have time to build a snowman at a friend's house and dye some Easter eggs!

Got our new gloves for Tee Ball!

 Bundled up for a snow day!

 A full, but dirty snowman was created :)!

 What am I supposed to do with this?

Oh, I got it!

Ok, maybe he is still a little confused. hehe

I finally gave up and peeled his egg for him. 

He then proceeded to smash it all over. 

Daddy and the girls, hard at work. 

Their pretty and glittery creations.