Where have we been?

It's been a long time since I have posted anything! Where have we been, you may be asking? Well, Emmalee started softball at the beginning of the month, and practices 2x a week. She also still has dance lessons once a week, and it is crunch time, since the big recital is at the beginning of June! This is her 5th year of lessons, and Emmalee will be getting a 5-yr trophy!

Easter was fun - we spent it at my grandparent's house at the lake with the whole Goodwin clan! All 6 great-grandchildren were there, and we tried to get a picture of them all, but didn't succeed in getting them all to look at the same camera! Oh well!

Last week was Emmalee's spring break, and we decided to go on a short vacation! Early Saturday morning we drove down to Baltimore and spent the gorgeous sunny afternoon at the Inner Harbor. We then flew to Orlando that evening, and spent 4 beautiful warm days in Florida! We went to Downtown Disney, shopped at a huge outlet mall, played miniature golf, drove to Clearwater Beach, and spent a day at Universal Studios. The kids had a great time, and so did Steve and I! We then flew back to Baltimore and drove an hour to Steve's brother Jeff's house. We spent a night and a day there before driving back home. It was a nice vacation.

And then this week, Micah started Soccer! He had a lot of fun at his first practice and game, but then told me "I don't think I'm too good at this" because he didn't score! Oh well - he's got 6 more weeks! And Emmalee has her first softball games this weekend, and every weekend until the middle of June (there go any weekend things we wanted to do...).

At the end of the month, we will do our annual trip up to NY for Memorial Day Weekend! We'll drive to Syracuse and drop off Emmalee and Lily at my sister's for "their own vacation" with the cousins, and Steve and I and Micah will then go on to Rochester to visit with our friends. We bring one of our kids with us to Rick and Courtney's house - this year is Micah's year because:
-Emmalee likes to stay at Andrea's and play (and boss around) with Rafe
-Lily is a pain in the neck and gets into everything and will be too crazy to come to our friends' house, and she is old enough now to stay without us, and will have fun with Maggie and Sam
-Micah's buddies Oliver and Charlotte (they are all born within weeks of each other) will be joining their parents at Rick and Courtney's this year too, and it will be fun to have them all together


So - that is what we have been up to - and also enjoying the early summer weather! Hope you are all doing well!

Irish

On St. Patrick's Day, Emmalee came home from school talking about being 1/2 Irish. I told her she was not 1/2 Irish, but less than 1/4. So at dinner (by the way, I made corned beef reubens and they were DELICIOUS) she kept saying "I'm a quarter Irish" over and over. Micah pondered this for a while, and then said "I'm a dime!"

March Madness

Our holidays don't really stop here until the middle of March. In December we have my birthday and Christmas, which is drawn out to accomodate celebrating with all of our family and then January is New Years and Emmalee's birthday, which lasts nearly all month due to family parties and kid parties, and then February is Micah's birthday which again we celebrate multiple times, and then Steve's and my anniversary is the beginning of March and it all winds down on March 13 with Steve's birthday. So now I am breathing a sigh of relief, knowing that I don't have to plan any more birthdays or other celebrations until July when Lily turns 2. Whew!
Thank you to all of you who sent Steve and I good wishes on our 9th anniversary! We got ourselves a babysitter and went out to dinner to celebrate! Such a nice time, eating at our own leisure and just being able to sit and talk! For Steve's birthday dinner, he chose to go to the AWESOME chinese buffet, where he eats several plates full of delicious crab legs! The kids and I gave him a new outfit and a new Wii game for his birthday, but no cake, per his wishes! We're on a health kick in this house! Steve says "Thank you" to you all who sent him cards/gifts.
Happy Spring!