April Activities

Rylie participated in the Olympics at preschool. 

I LOVE seeing her be so strong, determined and athletic!

Hopscotch and coffee (pinkies up, Fancy Nancy style) with Rylie

 Early morning building before school

Derek is building his Lego set he bought with money earned from doing chores!!!

Rylie wanted to make pretend snow angels. She has such a great imagination.

 Rylie LOVES her ballet/tap/jazz class. I LOVE watching her!

Celebrated Bella's 6th birthday party! We have been friends with her since Derek and Bella were 14 months old!!!

Homemade Solar System and shopping at Trader Joes with Rylie.

  

Mommy and Rylie day together - eating Rita's Italian ice and biking around the Police Park

 Daddy took Derek and Rylie out to dinner while I was at class.

 Dinner with our neighbors, the Sullivans.
And of course we played some basketball.
(Chris, Stacy and Becca)

 Writing letters to friends!

The kids love riding on Daddy's scooter.
Please excuse Daddy's closed eyes. He can't see with the sun glaring at him.

Such a cutie!!

 Having our neighbors over for dinner and basketball

 Derek and Rylie are getting into writing letters to friends and family members. They have us write down what they want to say and then copy the text word for word.

 I LOVE this handsome baseball player!!!!
5.5 years old and full of life and energy. So blessed to be his Mama

We gave Matt a new wallet for his birthday and Derek was very excited to use Daddy's old wallet. He wanted to make his own license and credit cards and money to fill the wallet like Daddy. He spent a long time copying the details from my license and credit card and membership cards so that his would look realistic. He even made one dollar bills using green construction paper. Love the focus and creativity.

Celebrating Derek's summer birthday at school. Since it was during the alphabet countdown Mrs. Beers said he could celebrate his birthday on "Dd" day. At the end of the day, I brought in bright orange cupcakes with Star Wars gummies on top for his birthday treat. The class made a cute book for Derek each friend writing a sentence and picture on a page. Derek got to wear a crown and cape all day! He LOVED it.

Our little ballerina with a style all her own! She is adorable.

 Playdate with buddy Zane

 Mr. Mark helped us convert our pool to a salt pool. Yippee no more chlorine!! Derek was very interested in watching and Mark talked to him like he was a teenager, explaining what he was doing and how things worked. Grateful that others pour into the lives of our kiddos.

Dumping the salt into the pool

Derek and Matt went to a Dbacks game with Derek's baseball league. Derek got to walk on the baseball field. It was a neat experience. He loved it!

 Matt and I went out on an awesome date together, while Nikki and Scott watched our kids. We hiked and then went to True Foods. The date was 4 hours long!!! It was so nice to spend time together!

 Uncle Kevin, Aunt Valeri and Keegan surprised Derek and showed up to his baseball game.
It was so fun to hear them cheering him on. Derek LOVED it!

 Rylie and Mommy day.
Rylie used her birthday giftcard at Claire's to buy 3 headbands, 2 necklaces and a Rainbow Cheetah stuffed animal. She had a blast picking out what she wanted!!

 So proud of Rylie she passed the Jellyfish level at Hubbard and is now an Octopus.

 Love shopping with this lady.
She is a great helper with super fun fashion sense.

 Derek won a $20 gift card to Target for running the most laps in his Jr. Kindergarten class during the SCA Fun Run. He was so excited to go and pick out a Lego set. He chose a Ninjago Lego set.

 Cutie patootie!

 Rylie LOVES to make lists (just like her Mama).
She thinks up things to write down and asks for the spelling and then writes them down.
Amazing!!!

 Young Families Picnic at the Police Park
Love these girls!

 Daddy and his girl!!

Breakfast with the Heklers
 (Eric, Andrea and Elijah)

 LOVE these kiddos

 
Dinner with the Wagners
(Dave, Christina, Bella and Caden)

 It's Strawberry Shortcake!

 Derek had "Rugged Day" at school where he learned how to set up a tent and got to go on a hike through campus, roast marshmallows and climb a mountain. It was fun to be able to come along!

 Eating lunch in the tent

 Snuggling together.
LOVE these moments and want to cherish them.

 One afternoon Derek had a half day and we pretended that we were knights in training.
After running through a training course (light sabre pool noodles to jump over and under and hurdle etc) the kids were dubbed Sir Knight Derek Matthew Buman and Queen Lady Rylie Elsa Buman. I made a speech before the towns people as each child was dubbed. Each new knight received prizes for becoming a knight. The kids LOVED it and we played this for about 1. 5 hours.

 Building Lego fighter jets!

 Daddy got to join Derek for the Fun Run!
Derek ran 38 laps and tied Hadrian for the most laps in his Jr. Kindergarten class.

 Volunteering in Rylie's classroom is so much fun!

These little ladies...so thankful Rylie has such great friends. (Grace, Rylie and Tessa)

Singing and dancing in the rain!!!

MOPS girls night out

Playing pretend store at the park for hours after MOPS one day.

Touching worms at school

 Homemade cards for teachers for teacher appreciation week.

 

 This monkey.....

 Swinging!!

 I LOVE seeing my kids sleeping at the end of the day.

 Playdate at the park!

 Muffins with Mom at Rylie's preschool

Rylie Ballet Recital

Rylie LOVED her ballet & tap class. She did it for half a year and then got to perform in a recital.

 It was so fun to watch her dance and have fun!

Mother's Day

I was woken up to breakfast in bed by Matt, Derek and Rylie. It wasn't just a little breakfast, it was a gourmet breakfast with 2 fried eggs, GF donut, 3 pancakes, and a cappuccino. It was delicious. The kids also got me each a present. Rylie picked out 3 pairs of earrings and Derek picked out a necklace. The gifts were perfect. I have gotten MANY compliments on the jewelry and every time I get to say that Derek and Rylie picked it out for me. :) We went on a bike ride/walk along the canal before heading to church. After serving in church, we came home and Matt cooked my favorite (and requested) meal - fillet mignon with mashed potatoes and broccoli. After lunch we went swimming (the pool is a little cold) and then to Rita's Italian Ice for dessert. It was a fabulous day spending time with my favorite people in the whole world!

 

 I am so blessed to be called their Mama!