Field trip to Hangar 15

So this is my last post today, the last one of four, the first one for you reading it...

The last field trip with our Friday coop was to Hangar 15. Is was an awesome place!!! I am totally ready to go there without kids and do all the fun stuff myself. Lol!!

"Friendsitting"

We have had friends over a lot the past week. So much fun for the boys! Nice for their parents to get some kid free time :-)

A late Christmas gift. Awesome!!

Gabriel and Violet. They are just too cute together!!

Practicing parent of six. Lol! Took a late walk to the beach.

Off exploring with friends

Found a hole with a big tortoise

The nature in this park is so beautiful!!

Watching an antlion dig a hole

Marlee

Madison

Last weekend we had a great time in Madison. The boys ran around like little ants and I got started with the trailer cleaning. We got a lot of mice in there lately and it is pretty disgusting. We pretty much brought everything we needed for the weekend since I did not want to use anything in the trailer, and have now started to clean EVERYTHING that is in the trailer, starting with the kitchen. It feels good to go through it all even if it takes a lot of time.

So cute!!

A bench Alex found in a trash pile :-)

Collecting fire wood with the jeep

A good start on our outdoor kitchen

This toy that we borrowed from some friends was outstanding in Madison since Rafael could not crawl on the ground

Aunt Jackie got them each a toy bucket to keep in Madison :-)

Fishing with Aunt Jackie

Exploring with Aunt Cindy

This guy can do the silliest faces :-)

So ready for farm life

Farmor and farfar in Miami and Ormond

Lately I have tried to update the blog several times but has fallen asleep on the couch while doing it. So the result - no blog post and the pile of pictures keep building up :-) Well, now I decided to divide it up to a few smaller ones and this is the first, probably the last for you :-)

So right by Easter we had to go to Miami for my VISA. We just stayed for a couple of days since farmor and farfar had planned to come visit us for Easter and was going to stay for a week. We had a great time in Miami, doing Easter egg hunts and swimming in the pool. Some friends from Ormond were down there, too, visiting family so we had them over for the egg hunt.

Before the Easter Egg hunt...

Farmor and Rafael

Aunt Cory with cousin Andy and Eli

Farmor got a good shot of Gabriel

Farmor took the boys to a big Easter egg hunt and they came home with lots of little eggs :-)

Back in Ormond and we went to the sunrise service at seven am at the beach :-)

Easter dinner was grilled bear steak!!!

The last week of out CC coop the kids were supposed to learn a song listing all the US presents. Marlee learned it in about two days!!! I am really impressed. And he inspires Noah, too, so he has almost learned it, too!! By the end of each week Marlee has done a little test with his CC school work. This is the one for the last week.

Back in Ormond we also took care of some friends' dog. Very sweet and easy. Gabriel really liked her but was not very nice to her except when feeding her.

Farmor took the boys to do all kinds of things while farmor and farfar were here but I did go to the beach with them all one time. I think it was the first time I went to the beach with all of them all by myself for the first time. It all worked out very good. Rafael slept a lot.

Yummy yogurt all over his face

Silly boys!!

We took the chance to go on a date while farmor and farfar took the boys :-)

Wonderful Thai food!

Where did April go!!

We are already half way through April, and Easter is a around the corner!! We just arrived to Miami because of an appointment with homeland security that I have for my visa. I got a good nap in the car down so now I am up in the middle of the night listening to the rain outside and updating the blog :-) I hope the boys will sleep in tomorrow! :-]

We have had a few gorgeous beach days lately but the water has been kind of rough for the kids. Gabriel is not like last summer at all, he use to have NO respect for the water what so ever and now he does not want to even go in it unless you hold his hand, preferably carry him. I must admit that is makes it a little easier to be on the beach when we do not have to chase him running into the water but it is also a little sad. I hope that that the more beach days we have the braver he will get. Marlee and Noah have both been surfing with Alex and they have both caught a few good waves. But, of course I have not been there at the right time to film it... :-(

Surf lesson with pappa (Noah)

Nuggets on the beach is the best!

I just had to post this picture of the babies sleeping on the beach!!!

Ups, more nuggets and burgers...

One of our homeschool coops ended last week, cc, for the summer. The last science project was an egg protector.

Building the egg protector

Now lets drop it!!! The egg survived!!! Good job Marlee and friend!

Old fashioned Tug and War (dragkamp) at a birthday party! Lots of fun!!!

Future wife?

So, a long time ago farfar sent us this link to a fun home experiment to make your own bouncy ball :-) It was about time to do it now!

Getting ready!

Testing them out!

Can anyone see where they went!?

Still building on the marble maze!

Back in Uncle Mik's pool again!! It is all fixed from the hurricane. Thank you!!!

Just loved all the colors in this, and that the binkey fish matches the pillow fish :-D

Hopefully the next load of pics will be from a sunny Miami... But first the latest update on Rafael, who is not moving around like a little ... hrm... inchworm maybe :-)