His 4th (and hopefully last!) Prom

Busy, busy weekend. E is at middle school cheerleading competition camp all weekend. C and his girlfriend had prom last night. I can't believe he has been to 4 proms! I picked E up from camp during her lunch break and took a few pictures before taking her back.

Every year I take a picture of E wearing C's coat. I guess when she goes to the prom, I'll make him wear her flower! C and my Mom

C and H...they have been dating a year and half. He thought it was so cool that his NY hat matched his tux.

God is good...cancer is bad.

This time last year, I was at the hospital with my Mom while she faced a mastectomy. After going back into surgery a month later to have more tissue removed and then facing 8 weeks of radiation, today my Mom is fine!

25 years ago, she had a total hysterectomy to remove cervical cancer. She made a complete recovery from that too.

She is my Hero and I am so thankful and blessed that she is still with us!

Easter

I love Easter. It is one of my favorite holidays and usually I go all out decorating. This year, for some reason, I did not. I put out the flag, added a couple of bunnies around the house and called it done. On Saturday I was still helping the Easter bunny shop. We finally colored eggs at 9:00 that night. E was all into it and made sure her eggs were brightly colored!

Z multitasked...colored eggs and texted his girlfriend.Later C and his girlfriend colored a couple of eggs.

Easter morning, we made the teenagers get up early to open baskets. They all looked like death when they woke up, but by the time we were ready to leave for church, they looked like this:

This year, E hid the eggs for my cousins' younger kids.

Every year, we would take a picture of all the cousins getting ready to hunt eggs. This year, none of my kids were in that picture. It was bittersweet. I love that they are growing up and becoming more independent, but I can't help it...I miss them getting excited about finding chocolate in a plastic egg.

Vacation!

This week we finally booked our vacation. In June I will be on one of these heading to the Bahamas!

Let's Play Ball!

My little cheerleading princess is now a softball player! First some background...up until 5 weeks ago, E didn't own a glove, had never touched a softball, and didn't have any idea which end of the bat to hold. Then she decided she wanted to play softball and to our (my) great surprise, she is not half bad. She can hit, she can field, she can run. And she was throwing like a girl, but in the 3 weeks since practices started, her coaches have worked with her and now she can throw pretty well too! We had our first game last night and even though they lost, they looked good playing...see...we fix our hair while the pitcher warms up!

And the parents sit in the stands freezing while cheering them on. Did I mention it was cold? Or that we had snow flurries in April?