It's Special Olympic's time.... Go Chad!

Its that time of year again, Special Olympic's! Chad has been going to practice and training for the big event for weeks!

The Round Valley group!

Chad raced against Allen in the 100 meter dash! He is pretty fast, Chad just couldn't catch him!

Jared and Chad-pretty good buddies!

Chad's first medal-a 2nd place Silver medal!

Tami and boys came to show their support!

Luann even brought her parents to watch Chad!

This was a mixed team relay, they got 1st place!

Chad's second event, the Long Jump.   Ready, set....

JUMP!

Chad's last event was the tennis ball throw! It was after we all enjoyed a nice lunch of hamburgers and hotdogs provided for all the families of the participants!

Another 1st place medal for the soft ball throw!

It was a pretty fun day for all of us. You can see all Chad's medals! 3 Golds and 1 Silver! Great job Chad!

Maybe Spring hasn't Sprung...

We thought Spring was here, but Wednesday morning we woke up to SNOW!

My poor little tulips!

Good thing these Forsythia's are tough!

Dad's apricot trees, not so tough! We won't be getting apricots this year--so SAD!

This was actually the second snow we got. Tuesday morning on our way to Snowflake at 4am, there was lots of snow and not a snowplow in sight!

It didn't stick to the roads and was all gone by noon!

It was great to get the moisture for the lawn and trees, even if it was in the form of snow!

Today is blue skies, no sign of winter weather. Just those 2 days of cold wiped out our 5 apricot trees-  bummer!

"Spring" is here!

Spring means many things. It can mean wind, cleaning, new growth, warmer weather, and doing more outdoors. Dad and I went to Roosevelt to watch General Conference and to enjoy the nice warm weather of SPRING!

We did a lot of Spring cleaning. We trimmed the dead out of trees and bushes, and pulled weeds.

Dad likes to take pictures of me working!

We enjoyed watching conference, it was quiet and peaceful, but a little lonely without anyone else there with us.

We got up early Monday and went fishing!  It was
a little cool, but so beautiful and calm out on the lake,
well--for a while!

After a few hours, Dad finally caught a little bass!

I didn't have a fishing license, so I took a little nap. Well, as the day progressed, the wind came up and we had to hurry and get off the lake. It started howling and the wind was so strong it looked like a dust bowl everywhere.

Here's the 'catch of the day'! At least we caught something!

I had to take a few pictures of the 'colors of Spring'! Pretty yellows...

corals...

lavenders...

reds....  The rose bush will be in full bloom in a few weeks.

fuchsia...

bright oranges.. (the wind was blowing, thus, the blur!)

pinks...

even blues!!

We had WIND all the way home, its a sure sign, SPRING is here!

Easter in Eagar

We had a fun Easter this year. Tami planned a lot of fun things at her house. The kids colored more eggs, they made a cute little craft, had a great Easter egg hunt, and we ate good food. The Peter's came, so there were lots of kids!

Tami asked me to bring spinach dip to the Easter party at her house, so I made this bunny. I scooped out the belly, added some whiskers, (fruit leather), eyes (craisins), teeth, (sliced almonds), then surrounded it with crackers and veggies. Sorry, I forgot to take a finished picture.

The guys stood around and visited.

It was extra fun because Luann got to come and spend the weekend, also Lisa and Barry came and brought their friends, the Herbert's, plus Bret and Becki. 

Barry and Megan Herbert came with their little guy, Cam, and
we really enjoyed their company. They brought an Easter basket FULL of candy and also made us all a huge bowl of YUMMY salsa that we all loved! They are welcome anytime!

Luann and Lisa

The kids loved hunting high and low for all the hidden eggs!

Dallin helped Blake find lots of eggs.

The kids made little ducks and rabbits!

The Peters girls, Gma Peters, Sis. Smith, Tami & Luann.

Little Dempsey wondering where her basket is?

We had a pretty nice day, it had been warmer the day before, but at least it wasn't snowing and blowing! After the party, Tami also made us all a great dinner. Then on Sunday we blessed baby Colter Ryne Peters at church. It was a great Easter weekend!

Lisa got a picture of the finished rabbit (top-left) and some other cute pics, so I've added those!