The best long weekend

 We began the weekend with Colton having a small Graduation at his preschool this year. He still has another year of preschool but it was fun to have a end of the 12 week class he got to be in.

Here is Colton and his buddy Josh

Then that afternoon we began first of many parties!

Thayne turned the big"8" we has a few friends come bowling and then to pizza. It was great!

Here is the gang at pizza, Grandma & Grandpa made it up from So Cal just in time for pizza ,cake , & presents.

Then Saturday May 26, 2012 we began the day with Thayne's baptism.

Emma played the prelude music, Grandma Merrill gave a talk. The day couldn't have went any better. It was perfect we so many friends join us . Thayne was smiling ear to ear all day! It was flawless.

 Grandma, Addison & Carissa

Colton kept peeking in to see the water in the font

Father and Son
First Merrill Boy  to be baptized

Grandpa & Grandma Merrill with Thayne

Mom and Dad with Thayne

A few of Thayne's friends came Tony from school and Mitchell Aaron

After the baptism we headed over to our favorite tradition Ice Cream!

San Francisco Creamery

The whole gang after we enjoyed ice cream and lunch

And Thayne got sung to again for his birthday

We had so much more this past weekend but these are the only pictures we got...We made apple pies, played lots of basketball, had Sunday dinner, had more family join us (Meagan, Mandy, Richard and Wendy oh and a boy next to Carissa at the dinner table Eric), We also spent Monday morning in Walnut Creek at the Memorial Day Celebration before Grandma & Grandpa headed home. It is always nice to end the best weekend off with a BBQ with the Hiatt family. I think I was sad Tuesday morning had to come it was a perfect weekend of Family and friends and making more great family memories.

WARNING!

Thayne has been hard at work this year he wrote about 20 stories and his teacher binds each of them. But yesterday he brought home just one more. The title "Mr.Balls"! I tried not to laugh, quickly took a picture and sent it to Bob.

One day he will laugh at this, but for now he nothing but serious about his writing and even mentioned he will begin another story about How Mr. Basketball will make it to the playoffs! 

Mother's day

Perfect day!

May came in like a tiger!

                                         Colton started our month off right he got to have his faced panited at preschool he told me he was a tiger. So cute to be 4  

 May 3, 2012   Emma went and turned 11 how does that happen so quickly. I remember when I had her driving to Walnut Creek with Rachel a 16 yr old driver. It was extremly adventurous! Just like Emma!

We celebrated with Aunt mandy at the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner! Noodles favortite.

 Then on to presents and homemade donuts:) The kids thought I didn't know how to make them. They were in heaven. This week we had fried donuts and homemade french fries. You'd think they all died and went to heaven. I am sick of frying but it sure was yummy.

And off Carissa went to another prom. Oh yes # 3 this year.

Grammy Lou helped us out with this dress that Kristine let us borrow. Thanks heaven's for wonderful friends! I really loved this dress, and the date was cute too:) Best of all she was brought home 8 mins early. Thanks heavens, she falls asleep on her dates if she 's not home on time.

  Becky and Quinn came to visit and we didn't get a dang picture I must talk to much. It was great we ate tons and gave them all our baby boy stuff.

Hope our little girl coming really is a girl!

 Only 8 more weeks of being pregant for the rest of my life, I am trying to enjoy all of it.