accounting headaches

Buried in paperwork! I've been swamped with taxes for business and personal. The spring accounting for my music classes, and of course the regular bills. I'll be so relieved to be finished with all of this. Not my expertise at all, but I'm sure spending a lot of time with the books!

Max's birthday

Max is now officially in his double digits. We thoroughly celebrated with family dinner and presents last night. My Dad came over to have birthday cake with us, too, which was really nice. Also, Trevor's Dad and Suzanne came for Easter dinner on Sunday, and we sang to Max over cake then, too. Then today, we had his friends over for the birthday party. We took about 7 boys and one girl (sadly outnumbered--but she was a trooper) to see the dollar theatre showing of National Treasure 2. (A good film for that age group. Trevor and I enjoyed it, too.) I noticed that Max conveniently right next to this girl during the movie. Then we came back to our house for an easy dinner of hot dogs and then birthday cake. It was a little crazy, but I think Max had fun.

ginny in curls

Ginny requested to have her hair curled today, which doesn't happen very often. She wanted her picture taken afterward. We went outside, so she's a little squinty, but otherwise very cute.

Mado's cute girls

Here is a picture my friend Mado sent me of her cute girls. They've grown up a lot since I last saw them!

more christmas pics

Christmas morning photos

A few more shots of the kids on Christmas morning.

Christmas photos

Okay, I know I'm way behind on posting these photos, and it's not very exciting to look at christmas pictures, when we are waiting for spring with baited breath. Nevertheless, considering the fact that I don't really do very well with family photo albums, I think I'll post a few, just for the record. The first two pictures were taken at my Dad's house in Ogden. Grandma Ann had gingerbread house projects for the kids, and we had a nice dinner, and went to see the lights. Then there is a picture with Raquel and Tutu and Papasan during her visit. We had a nice time during her visit. Quiet time at home, which was great. The other pics are just of the kids on Christmas morning--Daddy with no beard. (By the way, he has a goatee back, so he only lasted a couple of months clean-shaven.)