Katelyn's 1st Grade Zoo Field Trip

The 1st Grade got to go to the Zoo and I volunteered to be a parent chaperone. This was so much fun! AZ has a really great zoo. Somehow we haven't been that many times in the almost 3 years we've been here. The trick is to find the right temperature to enjoy the zoo and have animals out. This zoo day was just about perfect.

Katelyn in front of these amazingly red-orange birds. I don't remember their name, but I was so impressed by their color.

Since my job was watching a group of 1st graders, I didn't take that many pictures. I did love this flock of flamingos by the water. Not sure how they can stand on one little skinny leg with that big body to support. Guess I'll need the kids to do a report on flamingos one day so I can learn how that works.

This was the group of kids I was with for the day. Hope they had a fun time!

General Conference Time

The kids are finally getting to the age where we (as parents) can actually listen again! We have games and activities for the kids to do while they listen. They are also told that the family room is the reverent room. They can work on their projects and listen or they have to leave. And even better, is that they don't want to leave because they like the projects!

Chris somewhere over the years started the tradition of donuts for breakfast to start off the Saturday morning session. The kids certainly don't mind.

Megan and Adam. Somehow the Minnie Mouse hat got out.  

Katelyn and Megan came up with a play to show us using the animal lacing cards. It was very creative and so fun to see their show.

Ta-da! Aren't we cute?!

Each General Conference, we put the pictures of the First Presidency and the Quorum of The Twelve Apostles on the back wall of the family room. As each one speaks, the girls take turns moving the picture from the back wall to this wall by the TV. The girls love it (unless they are fighting over who's turn it is), and we love it because they are starting to recognize names and faces.

Katelyn and Megan showing off their finished project.

Slip-N-Slide time

It's that time of year again when it's just warm enough to pull out the slip-n-slide. Feels like summer is on the way!

Megan's parent program - Rain forest Unit

This month's parent program was an open house. Our family had so much fun seeing all that Megan is doing and learning in Discovery Club. Adam especially loved all the places to go play. He was first up in the tree house loft playing with the puppet animals. Then he went to the small playroom off the main room. This unit it is set up like a scientist's tent.

Adam in the small playroom.

Megan is showing us her number work she does at Club.

Megan and Katelyn in the rain forest tent. They duplicated the environment of the rain forest with thick plastic and a humidifier. The girls said it was hot in there.

We love Discovery Club! I just can't rave enough about all that Megan is learning and how much she is growing.

Spring Break

We had so much fun for Spring Break this year! It started off with a wedding and ended with a birthday, with a lot of playing with cousins in between. My cousin Crystal got married in St. George and it was so great to go be a part of that. Chris and I drove our family early the morning of the wedding to Vegas. Then we had a couple hour break from being in the car and then caravaned with my family the rest of the way to St. George. The wedding was beautiful and it was so good to see everyone.

The reception ended with some great dancing by the kids! And yes, that's Adam licking a glass.

The rest of Spring Break was spent in Vegas, minus Chris who flew home Sunday to go back to work. One of my favorite things we did was go to this AMAZING park. It was huge and the girls had so much fun! Adam sadly missed out because of nap time, but I'm sure it's not the last time we go there. Thanks to Kristin for pointing it out to us.

Other memorable moments: St. Patrick's day party with all the Chesnik's, impromptu music shows by the kids, eating at Red Lobster (Mmmmmm, thanks Mom and Dad), and Megan's birthday party...twice. Megan will get her own birthday post, but here are some other pictures of the week!

Megan, the big 5 year old!

Megan has grown up so much in the last year, yet I still can't believe she is already 5. Megan is such a sweet, beautiful little girl. She loves being with people, doesn't like being by herself, loves cuddles and hugs and kisses, and is loving learning to read and being in preschool. Megan's birthday this year was spent in Vegas with my family. Chris couldn't be there to celebrate, so we used good old Skype to make sure he didn't miss out on Megan's present opening. Too bad Skpe couldn't send him any wonderful Texas sheet cake...mmmmm. Happy birthday to my Megan!

Birthday celebration number 1 with all the Chesnik's. And yes, that's an ice cream machine in the back. What's a Chesnik birthday celebration without homemade ice cream?!

Birthday celebration number 2 (on her birthday) started with traditional breakfast donuts.

Barbie movies are Megan's favorite right now.

Megan has been asking for the game Pop the Pig for a long time. Hope she likes it once she has it!

"Look at me, don't I make a good Rapunzel?"

Rapunzel doll and Megan will become best friends.

Go Diamondbacks!

This year we were lucky to get tickets to the AZ Diamondbacks spring training game against the Texas Rangers. All the Partridges were able to come. It was so much fun! Our seats were amazing. They were just a few rows up by 3rd base.

Adam is happy to be any place where there is a ball.

Katelyn with one of her favorite cousin's, Bryson. 

Me and Megan sporting our sunglasses.

Kaley, Chase, Scott, and Cheryl were on the first row. They were able to say hi to the players when they went to their lockers.

Note: When Adam comes down to sit with you, don't let him throw his ball onto the field, 
even if Grandpa is telling Adam to do it. It might make the security people mad. :)

Adam trying to pretend he's not tired and needs his nap.

When I took that picture of Adam laying on the ground, I obviously was paying attention to him and not the game. Seconds later, a foul ball came flying towards us and hit the seats in front of us. No one was hurt, but I'd have to say it was a little scary. By the sound of the ball hitting, I could tell it came at us fast.

All in all, good game. We even won thanks to the cheering of all the kiddos!