More Spring Break

Okay, it's officially the last day of April and I still don't have all of the Spring Break pictures posted.  And I'm still missing some pictures because I'm coincidentally missing the cord to my camera.  So, more pictures shall be posted in May when the camera cord finally (hopefully) makes an appearance.  

The trip might've been a month ago, but the memories are still fresh. 

Our second night, we had a big dinner at a local Cabo restaurant.  It was decorated with flags and banners from universities and professional sports all around the U.S.  We even found a UW flag up at the top!  

Reina drinking a soda.  She was delighted.  

Will was not necessarily delighted but definitely cool.  

Glenn and Everett and Reina's eyebrow.  

Super cool cousin.  

Will climbed up on an (empty) table and signed his name to the Broncos flag.  Will 2018.  

You can see his little signature way at the bottom.  

After dinner we walked around and window shopped.  Okay, yes, this hat now lives in Cheyenne.  It'll be good for gardening?  

Sea lion alert!  More on these guys later.  

The next night, we wandered around after dinner and I bought all of the cousins (except one) an ice cream cone.  Baby Cousin was sitting in the stroller and I actually forgot that he was an ice cream eater until I heard a loud and insistent "I WANT SOME!" coming from the stroller area. His mom came to the rescue with his own cone.  Worst aunt ever.  

We took a boat ride to the see the famous Cabo arches.  Our tour guide referred to these pelicans as Mexican chickens.  

One of Baby Cousin's favorite things is a truck, followed by #2, BOATS!  Here he is taking his boat ride very seriously.  

Frizzy-haired mom and Reina on the boat ride.  

Yeeeeehaw!  I'm on a boat!  

The Cabo Arch.  

After our boat ride, we ended up at a great swimming beach.  Here are three of the four Pauleys splashing in the surf.  

Another Reina/beach/sunset shot.  

I can't believe this is my only picture from it but Vicky and I spent part of a day at a really fun cooking class.  We learned how to make some new dishes and had a really fun day.  We've both made some of meals since we came back and they've been big hits.  

Will and Pop-Pop playing catch.  

More pictures of my favorite model!  

Reina taking pictures of her favorite model?  :) 

Reina's Spring Program

Before the month completely gets away from me, I have to post some pictures from Reina's Spring program a few weeks ago.  The theme of the third-grade extravaganza was along the lines of "skip Spring in Wyoming and just head straight into summer because Spring doesn't happen here."  We had a few inches of snow on the ground yesterday morning so the program is certainly prophetic.  

Reina had a speaking part for this program.  She tried out several months ago and was picked along with three other students.  She was pretty excited to bring home the news and she faithfully practiced her lines and sang us snippets of the songs for weeks.  

A few days before the program, Reina decided she needed a new dress.  The music teacher had suggested that the students wear something spring-y, western or beachy.  We took a quick trip to the mall and I let Reina pick the store.  We found ourselves in The Store Where All The Pre-Tween Girls Congregate and while I was wishing we were in Target, Reina picked out the perfect combination of denim, flowers and spring-y.  She looked adorable.  

Singing her heart out in the front row.  

Singing and flag waving to "Grand Ol' Flag" 

I can't remember what song this was but the hand motions were smashing.

More dancing and singing 

We took so many pictures but most were blurry because of all of the action and out seats towards the back. I couldn't get a shot of our superstar talking but this was close.  

 Reina's music teacher does a terrific job teaching songs and dance moves and you could tell the kids had a great time. I told the teacher afterwards that I thought the class was chock full of future music theater students.  I know at least one sure enjoyed her time on the stage. 

Last Sunday

I still have half a camera of vacation pictures to download and then a bunch of pictures from Reina's Spring program AND I have to talk about how Glenn and I played in an all day volleyball tournament and we have a half empty bottle of ibuprofen to prove it.  But first, last Sunday was Will's first time as an acolyte at church.  He went through the training a few months ago and took his first communion and then it was his turn to acolyte.  I waited to tell him until a few days before so that he would stress out about it.  Our resident introvert (or the second-generation introvert) really doesn't like being in front of people but he didn't complain too much and when Sunday rolled around, he was ready to go.  

Why why why does the computer flip my pictures? I don't know.  But I kept the bulletin just so I could take this picture.  

He looked so grown up walking down the aisle and lighting candles and sitting by the pastor during the service.  It made me a little teary-eyed but what else is new?  After Sunday School, he proudly told me that several people had told him that he had done a good job.  Another milestone in the books. 

Spring Break 2018 part 1

Last Saturday, the alarm went off at 3:45 a.m. and we all popped out of bed, kissed the pets, hopped in the car and headed to the Denver airport.  We caught a plane to Cabo, Mexico and our Spring Break adventure began.   We met my parents, sister, brother-in-law, niece, nephew and b-i-l's parents and aunt and uncle down there.  It was a big crew and the first time I've vacationed with my parents and Vicky's family besides the occasional camping trip.  And spoiler alert, it was a great trip.  There were so many adventures that this will be post #1 of ... many.  

Our first morning there was Easter Sunday.  The Easter bunny did not bring baskets to the kiddos but Pop-pop brought out his tradition of hiding jelly beans in plain sight and it was a hit with all ages.  Baby Boy Cousin got super interested when he realized that jelly beans were not only edible but FULL OF SUGAR.  

 Our first day was spent at the pool while some us made a grocery run and checked out the lay of the land.  We stayed at a resort right on the end of the peninsula with the Pacific ocean on one side and the Sea of Cortez just down the hill on the other side.  I broke my record for number of steps on my Fitbit but the daily ice cream and awesome food kept the trip from being a weight loss adventure. 

Here are a bunch of pictures of a handsome American fishing in the Pacific.  Warnings are posted up and down this beach about not swimming because of the dangerous current and ocean drops off to a deep shelf just a few yards from shore.  So no swimming but lots and lots of fishing from the shore. 

Glenn fishing as the sun was starting to set.  The big hill behind him is supposedly a hot spot for famous rich people to build houses.  I'd take one.  

Hubba hubba 

I like this picture.  There were some crazy waves that would come crashing in.  It looks pretty mild there but it's slightly deceiving. 

The hotel had a little garden and Will wanted me to take this picture.  We would check ESPN every night to see how the Rockies were doing.  ESPN Deportes would pop up and the website would automatically translate the Spanish into English.  The abbreviation for the Rockies is COL on the scoreboard which ESPN would translate to CABBAGE.  It always made us giggle.  

Oh look, it's the Bronco Baby Mom!  I'm not sure who took this picture.  Either the small blonde or brunette. 

Love this picture of our girl. I think her brother took it.  

A kid captured photo of greenery.  

A kid captured photo of deck chairs and the Pacific.

Reina and I watched the waves.  

Stay tuned for part #2!