Donnie's 8th Birthday/Last Day of School

How lucky to have your birthday on the last day of school!!  Don started the donut thing many birthdays ago and the kids love to see their donut number.  We celebrated at Peter Piper again.

I'm scared

Astros Game

We made a trip to Houston for our first Astros game.  We broke every Campbell rule:  We got there when the gates opened and stayed until they kicked us out:)

Oklahoma City Marathon

Packet pick-up at the Expo

I ran my first and possibly last marathon in Oklahoma City, and Don was nice enough to run it with me.  We had been wanting to get back to visit our first home and this was a great way to get there.  My mom met us there so she could watch the kids while we ran.  The house we rented was right along the race course at mile 23.  We stopped for hugs and my mom took a video of us "running".   It wasn't pretty!  The weather was cold (about 40), and the 3 mile run along Lake Hefner was windy with a nice blast of spitting rain to go along with it...good times.

Mile 23...ouch

Drove through OU campus

We loved the purple house

Lake Hefner

Bricktown Ball Park

A huge storm came through...yikes!!

Post race meal at this fun place.

Happy 10th Cadynce!

Birthday lunch at school

We have reached double digits!!  Ten is tough...but lets focus on the good:)  Cadynce has an intense love for animals...she always has.  She loves dogs and we often find her looking through her book of dog breeds learning about them.  She loves to read and she loves school.  She has a new love...basketball!!  She has played in two seasons now and wants to keep going.  Now that's what I'm talking about!!

Peter Piper celebration

They all picked out a gift for Cadynce

Colbie and Damon Baseball

Colbie and Damon played in their first baseball season.  They sure loved having us there to watch them play.  They are always traveling around watching their big sister and brother play sports.  Cadynce and Donnie did a great job cheering for Colbie and Damon.

Spring Baseball

Baseball season is here again.  Don is coaching Donnie's team again, and they are the Astros this time.  He's off to a great start.  He's hitting the ball every time and making solid contact.  He is playing pitcher and 1st base right now.

Spring Break - Copper Mountain

Our day with Bigs

We spent our spring break skiing at Copper Mountain.  This was our 3rd year going to Copper Mountain...we love it.  We drove to Colorado Springs where we stayed the night.  Each year has been a little different.  Here's a little glimpse of our week...

Day 1:  Handle all ski rentals and get organized
Day 2:  Littles in "ski camp" which is day care,  Bigs with private ski instructor, Don & I on our own all day.
Day 3:  Bigs ski with us all day, Littles at "ski camp"
             Tubing in the evening as a family
Day 4:  Family ski day, Don teaching Damon how to ski, Colbie trying to keep up with Bigs
Day 5:  Family ski day...amazing day!
Day 6:  Drive home...can't wait till next year!!

Tubing night

All Done skiing

Can't believe we all skied together.

Mountain West Conference Tournament - Las Vegas

Lovin' it

Our hotel

I booked a last minute flight to Las Vegas to go watch CSU play in their conference tournament...and I took Cadynce with me.  We left late Monday night and came back early Thursday morning.  We stayed at New York New York casino.  CSU played Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday night.  The PAC 12 conference tourney was also going on at the T Mobile arena (right behind our hotel) so we went to one game while we waited to our late night flight.  It was a fun, quick little trip.  Cadynce is really into basketball right now.

She was documenting our trip.  Lots of walking!

Went to Mystere

Mind blowing M&M store

First pair of Jordans...couldn't resist 

TMobile arena...PAC 12 Tourney

Mother/Son Dance

Donnie and I went to the school dance for one reason only....the junk food!!  Donnie had his heart set on eating all the brownies...the highlight of the dance for him.  He got to play with his friends a little, but was mostly interested in food.

Super Bowl Weekend

Angie's team had a game.

The Super Bowl was in Houston where one of my close college friends lives.  Don was going to the game with work, so I decided to drive down for the game and stay with Angie.  I'm usually at home watching the game by myself so I was pretty excited to watch the game with friends, and our kids got to hang out together.  Don got us tickets to "Fan Fest" and that was a lot of fun.

Angie is a coach at Rice in Houston

Taking the train to fan fest

So funny.