Danielle's Wedding

Kayla's cousin Danielle was married on April 25. Kayla helped take photos and we had a BLAST at the reception. We danced the Chicken Dance, the Cha-Cha Slide, and more. We laughed a lot and stayed until after the music was done. Congrats to Brian and Dani McBride!

Zach's Track Meet and Birthday Party

Zach competed in his second track meet April 21, running the 1600. It was held at his school, Lewis and Clark Middle School in Bellevue. He did well!


We had a 13th birthday party for Zach on April 24 at Thunder Alley in Elkhorn. It is a huge bowling alley with indoor go-karts and laser tag. He brought some school friends and most of the Flynn's came out as well. A teenager in the house now!

Spencer's Baptism

We traveled to Oklahoma City last weekend where Jayson served as nephew Spencer's godfather. It was a wonderful visit, highlighted by Misty's wonderful cooking and baking (I need to get that recipe for those breakfast biscuits that disappeared so quickly!).

Jayson met his godson, Zach played with his youngest Lucas cousin, and Wolf didn't quite know what to think of Spencer (Wolf standing on the opposite side of the room when Jayson says, "Wolf, don't you want to meet your cousin?" Wolf waves at Spencer and says, "Hi Spencer." Then he turns and goes outside.)















We swam at the La Quinta hotel where we were staying, walked Harley, played basketball in the driveway, took shelter inside during the thunderstorm with hail, and Wolf crashed on Jayson's lap and swears he didn't fall asleep.















Spencer's baptism was held at the Tinker Air Force Base Chapel and was a very nice service with the minister referencing The Princess Bride.















Wolf warmed up to Spencer and started to play with him, Spencer enjoyed seeing the baby in the mirror, Madison did a beautiful reading at the service, and we wish we lived closer to the Lucas family in Oklahoma!!!
















We took some family pictures and the men compared bald spots!















Unfortunately the rest of this week has been plagued with sickness here. Wolf got sick on the drive back and was sent home from school on Monday. I came down with it Monday night, and Jayson started in Wednesday night. It has been an ugly week here!

We are looking forward to Zach's 13th birthday party tonight at Thunder Alley...as long as we are all well enough to make it!

First Track Meet

Zach ran his first track meet tonight. He competed in the 1600 and did well against Papillion! We are so proud! (Click on the collage to see larger images.)

Kansas City and Easter Weekend

We are back in town for a few days and then heading down to see Justin and Misty in Oklahoma City this weekend for Spencer's baptism. We can't wait to see everyone!

We had a great weekend in Kansas City with Mikey. The first day we took the boys to Paradise Park in Lee's Summit. It is funny how we thought the biggest attraction for them would be the go-karts and the rock climbing wall. They were more intrigued with the Foam Factory where you threw foam balls all around and shot them out of cannons. They weren't too sure about the go-karts as they had not driven them before, but they became a quick favorite. We spent a long time there and then went to the batting cages and driving range with Mikey and Edie in the dark. What a great range right by his house!















On Saturday we went to the 810 Zone in the Plaza for lunch and some arcade games. We then headed to the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium for the Yankees vs. the Royals. We had a great time with Johnny and CeCe Zadina, Mikey and Edie, and Jeff and Kristen Marinovic. Although is was a "little" cold during the game, the funniest part was when Edie pulled out the Japanese flag for Hideki Matsui.















We headed back to Omaha on Easter morning and went to my Mom & Dad's to see everyone. Baby Tommy, Baby Chloe, and Ellie are so cute!

National Space Sympoisum and Lisa Lane Wedding

It has been so busy I can't believe it is April! Wolf has started baseball, Jayson is assistant coach, Zach started track, I just returned from a week out of town at the National Space Symposium, my cousin Lisa was married, and Jayson's work is finally slowing down a bit.

It is great to have the boys back this week. We are heading down to see Mikey in Kansas City this week and are all going to the Yankees game on Saturday. This is the first major league game for the boys so we are excited. If the weather is as forecast, should be 50s or 60s...not too bad for an April game in KC.
















Pictures from the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. Kayla with Bill Nye the Science Guy, the first Chinese astronaut to make a space walk, Neil deGrassi Tyson (the next Carl Sagan), and Anousheh Ansari, the first Iranian astronaut and first private female in space. Also, the view of Pikes Peak from my hotel room, Garden of the Gods, and the Broadmoor Hotel where the conference was held.















Pictures from Lisa Lane's wedding April 4, 2009.

(Remember to click on the collages to see the images larger)