Happy Easter

My kids love Easter! Being away from home doesn't allow for the fun Easter egg hunts, but we try to do stuff that will make it fun for them. Trent had a couple of days off so we got to spend alot of quality family time together. We had plenty of sunshine and took full advantage of it going to the park and playing baseball with the kids. We made Easter egg nest treats, colored eggs, had family movie nights, and went to a traditional Catholic lunch at one of our friend's house. These are huge lunches with many courses, I love Italian food! You could have rolled me home! On Easter the kids woke up to a jelly bean trail leading to their baskets...they were not disappointed! I love seeing their faces light up when then go through their "baskets!" I couldn't find baskets here that weren't already prefilled and wrapped so we used big bowls. Thank heavens my mom sent us a package with Easter candy and the egg die!

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Tourneys

Jace is on the travel team here in Imola and they had a tourney this past weekend in Bologna. It was perfect timing because Trent had played the night before so he could go with us. They played two games the first day and won both. Jace played great with a BEATBACK on a guy twice his size that he was really excited about!

We played the second day for the championship and lost by 2. It was a heartbreaker for my little guy, but Trent turned it into a great learning experience. Its times like these when being a professional basketball player comes in handy and your son will listen to what you are saying because you know what you are talking about! It was really fun watching Jace play! He hit a jumper and started waving his hand over his face in front of his defender...gotta calm that down! "But Dad does it..." Is what I got in reply and I really didn't have a response for that one because deep down I was one proud momma!

FORTS

The weather has been so nice here this whole month of April. I take my kids to a sweet park that has huge hills, that are flat on top, with big trees on top of each hill. They have started building a fort on one of the hills and love to go there and play in it. They have a door, firepit, bed, couch, and weapons storage. Their little imaginations run wild! It is so fun to just sit at the park at watch them in their own little world!

March Madness

Jace won our annual March Madness brackets. No one had A team in the final four so he won by number of wins. We all had to give him foot massages, 10 minutes each foot as he requested. I must say this year of March Madness was one of the funnest years to watch!