Easter picture blast.

Spring break

We took over Nana and Papa's house in Marco for the week.  It was fun to be on our own schedule doing what we (and mommy and daddy) wanted to do.  We didn't go out to eat very much because we were exhausted from hours at the beach.  But daddy made some pretty amazing fish tacos two nights.  We saw a concert in the park.  We rented a boat which was my most favorite day.  I love going to the secret islands and we even visited the food boats for ice cream.  A week in the sun with a beach is always a good time.  I can't complain.
Here are too many pictures to show our fun trip.

Hadley turns 6!

It is hard to believe that six years have come and gone.  Six years of us having a little girl in our lives.  This year has been exciting!
This year you started kindergarten.  You looked like a pro.  No tears, no anxiety, just ready to go from day 1.  It helped that you had one of your best friends from preschool in your class and that your big brother was always down the hall.  You made some new friends and you learned to read.  I loved watching you grow. 
This year was also your first year competing at gymnastics meets.  You are fun to watch because you become so serious.  Not a side of you we see very much.  You work hard and you want to do well.  I am very proud of you.  You have learned so many new skills and you love going to the gym.  I love watching you playing with your teammates and listening to your coaches. 
This year you also played soccer.  It was tough for you.  You were one of the smallest ones and played with a lot of rough boys.  But you listened to your coach and by the end of the season you were scoring goals every game.  You want to play again which is all we can ask for.
You continue to be a great sister to Rice and Oliver.  You get dragged along to a lot of Rice's sporting events and love when there are other little sisters there to play with.  You like to mother Oliver which is sometimes well received.  Your intentions are clear though, you want to make sure he is well taken care of.  You love hard and you love your brothers more than anything.
You got over your fear of playful puppies and have really enjoyed Riley.  You are the one that cuddles with her the most.  I think you wish you could dress her up but I am positive she wouldn't put up with it for long.
You are sweet.  Crazy.  Funny.  Loving. And pretty much the perfect girl to balance out your two brothers.  Happy six sweet girl!  I know you have just begun to show us how amazing you can be.

Spring sports

The spring has been full of soccer for both me and Hadley.  Hadley is still doing gymnastics twice a week and she loves it as much as ever.  Saturday mornings she turns into a soccer player and plays with the boys.  Sometimes she scores a few goals and sometimes she looks at the airplanes in the sky.  This past weekend was a little chilly but it was still a great soccer day.  I love soccer as much as ever.  This year daddy is coaching.  I enjoy sliding and scoring even on wet, chilly, muddy mornings.  I switched to Smithville to play baseball this year and have learned a lot.  I am a Yankee and play first base pretty much all the time.  On Saturday I got the game ball for making a double play at first.  My first double play!  I was the coldest game of baseball I ever played though.  So cold daddy only snapped a few pictures.  We will have to bring the camera back when your fingers don't freeze.