Catching Up!

We're back home. Boys are still not feeling the best. Ethan has yet another ear infection and Alex and Zac still have a cough and I have had the worlds worse stiff neck and spine pain for over a week now! We had a nice time up in Illinois but not a fun as it could have been if we had all felt well and had gotten any sleep. We did get to visit with my friend Mindy and her kiddos. We went rollerskating with them and of course that was the day Alex had to start feeling bad so he didn't enjoy it much. We went to visit Mark's mom, aunts, uncles and cousins in Peoria and that was a FUN day. The boys felt great that day too. The next day we visited some friends of ours that we hadn't seen in about 8 or 9 years! Alex and Ethan were just little guys last time they saw them. Anyway Chris and Jenny (our long lost friends) are expecting there very first child in June! It's going to be a boy so we took lots of baby clothes to them and I've found lots of other items to take up next time. We spent the night with Grandpa George and Grammy Beckie before heading back home. It was a nice visit too. Grandpa George has a marble game that the boys LOVE to play with. Very LONG drive home but the boys were great so that helps a ton. Since we've been home we've had a lot of spring rain which is great except that the boy's soccer practice keeps getting canceled. They finally had their first practice last night and as usual loved it! Mark is coaching Ethan's team this year so that is new for him. He was so nervous..it was kind of cute. :-) Despite the rain we've still been playing outside quite a bit and thankful for the warm temps here. It's so beautiful with all the trees blooming everywhere. For some reason I've not taken very many pictures as of late but I'm going to get back to that since I really enjoy it. Here are the few that I do have.
Look what Alex did!! The cut!

Beautiful rainy day.
Blooming trees.
Our side yard.
Cousins!!
Very cute cousins!
The boys with Mark's mom.
Sick Alex skating.
Zac, Me and Ethan "skating".
Ethan and Brock. Those two are a hoot!
Zac....skating???
Sleepy boys at grandma's.
Zac and cousin Dylan.