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We have done some fun stuff these last couple of months...With a trip to the "Big" City and the Zoo (the REAL Zoo), 2 Birthday's,and Baseball and Softball we have kept busy. In April I celebrated my 36th (Whoa, almost 40) birthday in the Big City! It was so fun to see the Freeways and Escalator's again :)! We drove to Portland and somehow ended up at the Mall. The kids (including myself)have never been so excited to see an Escalator! We didn't even buy much, it was just so fun to walk around a REAL Mall (yes I know...someday I will get over the fact that Bend does not have a REAL Mall). Later that afternoon we met up with some friends to go to the Zoo. Between the two families we had 5 boys and 1 girl (Madysen is always the only girl these days). It felt like we had our own Zoo within the Zoo. After the Zoo we searched for a Chili's Restaurant (my Favorite) to eat at for my "Birthday Dinner" (Thanks Marino's for driving so far just to eat at my Favorite place)! Then we went back to the hotel and the kids went swimming. The next day we were able to see and attend the Portland LDS Temple. What a beautiful building. It seems that every new temple I visit becomes my favorite, I guess because they all are so Beautiful. This weekend was a great one, and I was able to get my "Big City" fix! Can't wait for Summer to get another Fix in California.

Tyler celebrated his 7th birthday in May! It was his year to have a huge Birthday Party with friends but he had so much fun in the hotel in Portland that he decided to skip the friend party and choose to stay in a hotel with a pool! We stayed at a local hotel that was very nice. We ate at Red Robyn and then went back to the hotel to swim, swim, swim... we invited two families to join us in swimming and the kids had a blast. They were all wrinkled by the time they were done! That was the easiest birthday party I have ever done...and it cost the same as if I were to plan one with friends! I didn't want him to miss out on the Cake, so on Sunday we invited the same 2 families over for Cake and Ice cream! Thanks to the Marino's and the Kerr's for helping make Tyler's Birthday so fun! Also, thanks to the Grandparents for such fun Gifts!

Madysen and Tyler are both playing ball! It has been a fun season (however Jess is regreting not coaching), yet busy! We have had some of the games and practices overlap. Madysen is doing so well at Softball! Although she is one of the smallest on her team, she is one of the Best. She has figured out that she enjoys batting both Left and Right handed and is Great at either. Tyler is getting the hang of Baseball. He still needs to work on his hitting, but for the most part does pretty well. He has gotten to Pitch in a couple of games and absolutely loves it. His face LIGHTS up when he is on that mound! As for Zac...Soon he too will get to play ball!