Happy Tuesday

Fun day at the splash pad with my little love. 

Busy Saturday

Saturday started with soccer for Noah. He scored 1 goal in the first half and logged a shut out as goalie in the second. 

Next to Caleb's baseball game where he went 2 for 3 and played some great defense at the pitcher's position. (No pic)

Then to Caleb's soccer game where he scored a goal and had 2 assists.

Then to Noah's basketball game where he played a great game in a tough loss. 3 points and 10 rebounds!

Finally, to a karate birthday party for Caleb's friend....

Whew! Busy day. Not to mention the house full of people Caleb and I came home to! Ready for a relaxing Sunday.

Video Update

Just a few (several) videos that you may enjoy….ranging all the way back to December.

These silly boys both able to make the climb up…but finding it much more fun to hang and slide!


How about these angels and their last stop on their caroling tour.


This boy was disappointed when I told him we can not go to the beach on this day because we were not in Hawaii anymore.  His fake angry grunt turn to laugh is the best.


As mentioned in a previous post…Caleb is now in baseball.


We were all in awe of the Bellagio fountains.


And this fat suit provided many laughs for us.


Jonah was amazed by the talented bird accepting donations!


And Jonah also has enjoyed some time swimming in Bushia's pool where he likes to jump extremely close to the edge!

Extended Family

Our nephew Andrew was nominated with 5 other kids for the K9 Top Dog award at his school. The award was for all around good kid that sets the tone for the school...and he won! Congrats Andrew!!!

March 29th marked the 60th wedding anniversary for Grandpa and Grandma Dierker! Amazing! Here is the newspaper announcement.

And finally, this last weekend our niece, Kristen, completed her first 1/2 marathon....and my sister Sara rocked out her 1st FULL marathon! So awesome!

Life Lately

According to our iPhone pics (for the last 3.5 months)…

Starting way back in January with an ultrasound shot of baby #4.  Still waiting to be surprised on the gender reveal! Team blue or team pink?? Does it really matter? :)

 A visit from Andi with a hike at Pinnacle Peak.  Jonah kept asking where is the ocean?!?

Noah has begun his orthodontic treatments….currently rocking an appliance that widens the upper palate. 

Lunch date on a half day of school! 

 Super bowl festivities...

Phoenix open with dad and his buddies. 

 A sunday at Top Golf with the fam.

 Valentine's Day….Caleb was the only one to make cards this year.

 And Jonah and I joined him for an ice cream party at school that day!

Some shave ice at the AZ Aloha Festival. 

Brothers just being brothers.  The best! 

 Birthdays for friends!

 Cousin visit back in March...

….including a cousin birthday party for Miss Megan.  10 years old!

 Play dates with friends should always include a fat suit!

 A fun weekend with friends in Flagstaff.

Lots of library visits for Jonah and mom to pass the time each day…this day we had the entire kids area to ourselves for almost an hour! 

 Both Nah and Caleb were honored at the awards ceremony at school….not too shabby considering they have only been there for 3 months!  Caleb received the All-Around All Star award for his 2nd grade class….

….and Noah received the outstanding reader award for his 6th grade class! 

 On this day at the library, one mom asked Jonah what the cool thing he built was….and like a true child of Honolulu he said, "It's a traffic jam!" Hahahaha!

 And mom got to have a fun girls day full of laughs, poolside, last Saturday at the Fairmont Princess.

In addition to all this we have lots of sports happening too.  Soccer times 2, baseball for Caleb, and basketball for Noah.  Jonah will start swimming soon…and then we will be really busy!  Mom passed the NCLEX and is now an officially licensed RN in the state of AZ and today marks 30 weeks in our current pregnancy.  Dad has been traveling some for work and is otherwise busy catching up with old friends and trying to keep our family somewhat sane (read mom is in her 3rd trimester).  Just trying to keep it real here.  :)

Easter

Easter morning we hunted eggs, headed to church, then spent time with family at Uncle Dave and Aunt Nikki's house.

Family Weekend in Vegas

A few weekends ago, Eric and I drove with the boys and Bushia to Las Vegas. Our nephew, Wil, and his soccer team were playing there in their final weekend of national league play.  Beyond his team going 2-0-1 for the weekend we had a fun time exploring a totally different side of Vegas…with kids.  Yikes!

Caleb was so excited for a road trip, he was counting down the days for 2 weeks!  I guess he had a little island fever. ;)

We left Friday after school and with a car full of people and snacks we set out for Henderson, NV, because I couldn't bring myself to stay on the strip with my kiddos.  Plus we were closer to the soccer.

After a driving up Friday night and just hanging in the hotel…Saturday morning we headed to check out some views of Lake Mead before heading to Wil's game.

 It was so fun watching Wil play….I'm not sure I have ever seen one of his games.  Yikes.  He is the rock-star goalie…in the yellow.

Afterwards, we headed to the strip. 

 Took the boys to M&M world...

 …and gave them a bit of gambling lessons. 

 That night we headed to the Tournament of Kings at the Excalibur.  The boys loved the show and Jonah LOVED eating without utensils! He was out of control shoving food in his mouth and chanting "fight, fight, fight!" any chance he could get.

 Sunday mooring was an early morning game and a winner for Wil and his team!

We even managed to sneak in some time to check out the fountains at the Bellagio.

And on our drive home…we maxed out in a 4 hour traffic jam during which we only traveled about 7 miles.