Arizona Adventures March-May

Chelsy and some good friends threw me a Surprise Baby Shower! I have such sweet people in my life and I am so thankful for them:)

We also tried to give Bentley as much love and attention we could before the baby came, so we did take him to build-a-bear, where he promptly grabbed pikachu!

Alex at a Spring training game with his school class

While I was in the Hospital Bentley pretty much lived at FlipDunk and he was such a big helper!

We loved having Grandma here, and she gave Bentley a much needed haircut

Family Photo!

Easter 2017- We were lucky to Alex's Parents here to spend Easter with, Hadley went to church for the firs time on Easter Sunday. Bentley went to an Easter Egg hunt at the Church, and he really enjoyed dying Easter Eggs! On the Day before Easter the Easter Bunny left Baskets at our doorstep, We don't know who gave them to us, but we are so very grateful, it reminded me that we aren't forgotten. Thank you whoever left them for us! After church we were invited to Easter Dinner with some good friends, where Bentley got to go on another egg hunt:)

Church easter egg hunt

Waiting for the egg hunt to begin!

Bentley still has a couple weeks of soccer! He is doing so much better:)

Bentley wouldn't go near the bunny at soccer!

Both our parents came back the weekend of May 7 for Hedleys Blessing. Bentley loved having everyone here!

We took Grandma and grandpa back to Bentley's
Favorite Train Park!

We went to the Botanical Gardens while Alex's parents were here, Bentley found lots of Cactus! although the coolest part was the butterfly garden! We got to open up new butterflies and let them loose in the garden!

Hadleys Blessing Day! We were grateful to be surrounded by family on her special day:) Hadleys beautiful dress was made by her Grandma Richards, she did an amazing job on it!

And I'll leave you with some cute Pictures of my kids:)

Love Always

Alex, LEzlie, Bentley and Hadley

One of Bentleys favorite things to do is build a nest, with all of his stuffed
animals, blankets and pillows:)

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