Water Angels

When my parents were here the weather was starting to get hot enough to set up our pool. I'll admit that I miss my inground pool from our old house dearly but last summer I came across this one at Target in July for an out of season sale....hmmm out of season in July in Arizona, could have fooled me :)

Anyway, the kids really wanted to set up the pool with Nana and Papa so one afternoon while the big kids were at school my parents, Tori and I set up the pool. It's about the size of a trampoline, 15 feet across and it gets about four feet deep. Not deep enough for diving but deep enough to mess around in and to cool off in this 'wonderful heat' we have here in Arizona...NOT!

My dad being the ever goofy dad that he is jumped in the pool with Tori as it was filling and they did 'water angels'. Never knew there was such a thing but the two of them had a real hoot with it. Tori and Papa, doing their angels.

Papa style!!
My kids call anyone who walks around without their shirt on Papa Style. (since Papa is the only one they see like this often, haha)
Growing up it was a common occurrence for me to see my dad without his shirt on but Jason isn't Mr. Outdoors and tends to keep his shirt on.
The kids think my dad is hilarious and its funny because when my dad took his shirt off in this photo Tori started yelling, "Oh no, he's going Papa Style!" My dad looked at her and said, "What?!" So I had to explain and my parents just chuckled.

Easter Dinner with the Family!!

We hosted Easter dinner this year and Jason's parents, my parents and Tyler and Katie came as well. It was fun filling the tables with 12 people. It gave me an excuse to buy some new table cloths and some new centerpieces, haha.

As always Tori is just 'thrilled' to haver her photo taken and was not going to smile for the photos so we said, "Oh well, look like a dip, that's fine with us!!"

The kids and their grandparents!!!

The 'big kids table' :)

Gram, Grandpa, Nana, Papa, Emily and Hudson.

The 'kids' table', with Deb, Jason, Katie, Tyler, Tori and Max.

The Easter Bunny Came To Our House :)

The Easter Bunny came to the Thomas house.

He brought all kinds of candy from Canada and the US..hmmm as well as some cool new toys for the kiddos.

Emmy got a cool pink, black and white basketball, Hudson and silver and black soccer ball, Tori a pink t-ball set and Max a cool car.

Coloring easter eggs!!!

The finished product :)

The kids had a blast coloring eggs this year. Papa bought a foil kit to add some pizzaz to the eggs and Deb bought an egg spinner to add some 'tie die' look to the colors of the eggs.

We all had fun and made some nice looking eggs.

Hangin' Out with Nana and Papa!!

Deb's parents came down for a visit and as usual they love to spend time out doors! My back yard always looks wonderful after their visit :)

The kids love it when my parents and I fill the green yard waste bin so they get to climb in and stomp down the branches etc so we can fit more in!!

Hudson gets first shot.

Then Emm.

Last and least (weight that is :)) Tori.

The kids with Nana.

Papa and the boys.

Gotta make sure Max takes a drink from the right 'beverage!'

Sisters Can Be So Mean!

Last night the kids were watching movies and Jason went in to check on them and he came back and told me that Tori was sleeping in Hudson's bed and Hudson was in Tori's bed and they were both asleep.

We decided to just leave them there and not risk them waking up.

Apparently they both slept through the night and in the morning Emily comes rushing into our room asking for my camera. I told her where it was and she came back a bit later to show us these photos.

She decided to put her life size Barbie in bed with Hudson who was at that time still sleeping in Tori's pink Littlest Pet Shop sheets :)

Ahh sibling love, gotta love it...

Preschool kiddos :)

I have the coolest opportunity in the world. I get to teach Tori and her preschool friends once every five weeks for a week.

A group of my friends and I along with their kids teach preschool. There are six kids, four girls and two boys. They are all really great kids and they all get along which makes it nice! The day these photos were taken one of our gals, Brooke wasn't able to be there.

After our lesson and craft we came outside to play in the wonderul weather. The imagination of kids astounds me. They create the weirdest and most imaginative games but in the end they all seem to be having fun.

Max gets a real kick out of being included with the 'big kids'. He thinks he is pretty special.

In this photo strting from top left: Crew, Trenton, Halle, Hannah, Tori

Halle, Max and Trenton

Hannah, Crew, Halle and Tori (from the stairs clockwise)