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We had amazing weather again this week.  Lots of fun time spent outside!

We went swimming

We went to the driving range.

We played Spike Ball

We made quilts for a Young Women's Activity and Liv helped.

We played tennis

Ethan and his gallon ice cream bucket.  He calls it an after school snack!

Cole finishing projects for school

Liv and her cute friend having a play date.

Cole and his cute friend having a play date!

Ethan has cute friends also, and they have been over at the house a lot lately, but they never want their pictures taken :( 

Liv snuggling with the dog at night.  He loves all the attention!

Ethan working on a school project teaching how to make pancakes.

We had a great Memorial Day! Shawn and I got up early and went to our weekly Orange Theory class.  Then we went home and got the kids and headed to the ward Memorial Day Breakfast at church.  After that we headed to the Milwaukee Brewer baseball game and then home for a BBQ and ice cream sundaes with the neighbors!

We finished the night with a fun water balloon fight!

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Cole had BizTown this week.  BizTown is a large facility that is designed to be a mini city.  The kids are all assigned community jobs and have to work together to successfully run the town.  Cole's job assignment was the CEO of Delivery and Supplies.  Basically he ran the post office.  So he had to dress up nice and he looked so cute!

We had our first tick experience this week.  While doing Liv's hair one morning I found a tick that made it's home in Liv's head.  It was gross and fortunately Shawn was around to help dig it out.  Not Liv's favorite memory by far :)

Ethan had another track meet.

Liv and I went and supported Cole at his first band concert.  Ethan was there also, but he was sitting by a friend.  Beginning band is an interesting thing, and I believe there is a special place in Heaven for beginning bands teachers:)  Lots of loud noises and squeaks, but Cole had a blast!  

He plays the Saxophone.

Liv an her friend goofing around outside!

The neighborhood pool also opened this week.

The weather this past weekend was amazing.  We were outside most of Friday and Saturday.  Our house was filled with kids all weekend long.  Baseball, basketball, bike riding, long boarding, bonfires and just relaxing all weekend long.

Shawn and I spent lots of time at the nursery getting plants and working in the yard.  

Ollie likes to help also.

Liv had her Spring Exhibition Concert Saturday morning.

One last funny video.  Shawn gets personal "head cleanings" from Oliver pretty frequently.  It's funny and a little gross!

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This week in pictures....

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I came home one day after school to find the boys had popped open some sparking bubbly and were enjoying the sunshine, even with fancy glasses.

Having fun with wigs for the Ward Talent show.

Liv's cute group of friends and their "ugly duckling" skit.

Oliver and his new electric fence.  The white flags show where it is buried.  Oliver isn't sure whether he loves the fence or not, but he seems to enjoy some more freedom.

Ethan's birthday was Saturday.  He is officially a teenager!!  We spent the afternoon at the outlet mall, specifically the Nike outlet.  He has a shoe obsession!  We enjoyed a nice birthday dinner at Red Robin.  Liv had gymnastics, Cole had a soccer game, and Ethan had one last training for his golf caddie job.

That evening we celebrated with cheesecake (Ethan's favorite dessert) and his annual birthday tradition of a Piñata.  Ethan wanted to throw baseballs at the Piñata this year.  He got new golf clubs, some money, shoes, and clothes.

Sunday was Mother's Day.  The kids showered me with nice gifts.  It was a beautiful day filled with sunshine and even a nap.  It was a great day, except the 2am wakeup call that ended in throw-up all over my bathroom floor was my least favorite part.

We spent some time outside and went to the park for a family tennis game.

Cole was exhausted by the end of the day and feel asleep on the couch before dinner.

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We had a busy week.  Not many pictures, sorry :(

We have a cute Robin that moved into the wreath on our front door.  She sits proudly on her nest most of the day, and we even spotted a few blue eggs once while she was a away.

We've been prepping for a talent show at church.  The dog has been working on getting trained with an electric collar (we are getting an invisible fence this week).  

The weather has been pretty cold and yucky here.  Ethan's track meet was cancelled this week so he went home with a friend.  They ended up riding bikes a couple miles away to McDonalds and ate over 40 chicken nuggets, and then they went to Walmart. Living the high life.

We had lots of soccer and gymnastics practice until late every night.  Which means I spend a lot of time in the car :(

The kids all had friends over Friday after school and we made pizza and played.

The boys had soccer games this weekend!  Cole is playing on a new team.  He is doing great (his team not so much).  Ethan is playing on the same team and becoming a great little soccer player.  Both my boys are really fast and aggressive, just the way Shawn used to play!  

Ethan is going to be working this summer (1st job!!)  He will be a golf caddie at a local Country Club.  He isn't loving the khaki's and polo shirts, but I think he looks so cute.  

He had caddie training this weekend.

Liv, Cole and I spent time at the mall birthday shopping for Ethan (his birthday is next week)