Clogging Performance

Maggie had a clogging performance yesterday. She did great. She had stayed home from school sick, but thought she would be OK for the show. She was quite a trooper. The show was outside...the temp was at least 105 when we got there. She clogged her heart out, but was definitely ready to go home when the show was over! There are more pictures on the Orr 5 photo web page.

Diamondbacks Game

On the last night Grandpa and Grandma Isco were here, we went to a Diamondbacks game. Even though the Diamondbacks are a poor excuse for a baseball team this year, it was a fun night!

We went to Cooperstown for dinner/late lunch before the game. Cooperstown is called that not for the city, but for Alice Cooper. Christine and Andrew posed with "Alice".

In our seats before the game.

The dome stadium closed.

Andrew on the jumbo tron! He's the blond one in the bottom left corner. He was playing in the "Sandlot".

How Maggie felt after she found out she was too tall to go in the Sandlot with Andrew.

The dome open...how baseball should be played. You can see airplanes go over every couple minutes.

Maggie's First Communion and Confirmation

Sixth Grade Greek Olympics

The sixth graders get to do a lot of neat things at the end of the school year. They had a day of Science Camp at the school the week before the Greek Olympics. The Greek Olympics was a day of all types of competitions capped off by the "Chariot Race." The school came out to watch them compete. Christine's team had wanted to use our bike trailer, but one of the rules was that your chariot had to have at least 3 wheels...that ruled out the bike trailer. They settled for the pimped out wagon.

Christine's team heading out to race...Christine's in the blue.

The start.

The winners! (Not Christine's team.) I love the view of the mountains from the school.

Christine's team heading to the finish.

Christine's team plus Andrew.

Last Soccer Game for the Season

Maggie's team won their last soccer game!

Andrew having fun on and off the field.

We're Back!

Sorry about my absence from blogging. Things have been busy here...Easter, Art Masterpiece, 6th grade science camp, soccer, basketball, clogging practice, 6th grade Greek Olympics, more basketball, clogging practice, Dad and Mom Isco visiting, Art Walk, Maggie's First Communion and Confirmation, Girl Scouts, more basketball, and a Band Concert. Phew! We can't wait until school is out!!! Or at least I can't...then I'll just have to worry about getting the kids to the pool for swim team practice...and they can ride their bikes there. I'll try to sum things up with some pictures to make things interesting.



Easter is not Easter without coloring hard-boiled eggs. Hung out outside on Good Friday and colored eggs.



The kids Easter morning hunting for their baskets.



Easter Egg Hunt at the club. TJ, Bradley, Andrew, Trent, Taylor, Maggie and Alex. Everyone gathered for the early egg hunt. We had our day of Easter meals and some swimming at the club. Then we gathered in the evening for deserts and let the kids ride bikes and play...it would have been so nice if we would have had Monday off. But it was back to school for the kiddos on the day after Easter.





Some pictures of eggs in our yards for our backyard hunt. We found a bird's nest in the lemon tree Easter morning.

Isco's

The kids were excited for our next round of visitors...Angelina and Isabelle! And, of course, Uncle Bill. They got here Friday night and were excited to play with the kids.


Saturday, they got a taste of our usual routine...basketball game, soccer game, soccer game...we did get lucky that they were here on the only weekend that Maggie and Andrew were playing at the same time-less time at the fields for us.

The kids swam for a while and then hung out with some of our friends. Of course, Maggie had them at the end of the street climbing in the trees. Angelina said she couldn't climb the tree, but Bill got a picture to prove that she was off the ground. The kids played, ate, and swam until they all conked out.

Sunday night we went to a neat outdoor place to eat...complete with a singing "cowboy". Once it gets dark they have these fire pits everywhere for warmth and roasting marshmallows! The kids were all tired and hungry when we got there, but all was good once we got our food.



Monday, all the Orr kids had school, but we headed to the club pool once the girls got home from school. Tuesday, we headed up to the zoo without Christine and Maggie. It was a hot day, but the kids cooled off in the new water splash zone. Isabelle was a little leery about getting wet early in the day, but after she got hot enough she was willing to get her clothes wet. I asked Angelina and Isabelle what their favorite animals were, but now I forget...I think one of them liked the spider monkeys. I know Andrew's favorite is always the iguanas. He starts asking to see the "lizards" as soon as we walk into the zoo.

Their last night here we hung out at home...the kids got in the hot tub and the pool. They had fun hanging out with their cousins. We were sad to see them go, but we'll get to visit in July!

I couldn't post all of my pictures...so there are a ton more on the photo website.

Air Tran

I just checked to make sure I hadn't already written about this...and I haven't. I don't think we've ever flown Air Tran, but it was our least expensive option to get back to Ohio this summer. It is Air Tran policy that if you want to pick your seat you have to pay extra. I'm not talking about aisle and window seats. I'm talking about if I want to sit next to my children I have to pay extra for each ticket.

Now at first, I figured we'd just go with the luck of the draw. I wasn't going to pay extra to sit next to Andrew. Can you imagine? I would drop him off next to some nice businessman thinking he was going to get to work on his laptop the whole trip. After 10 minutes of Andrew talking to him, he would be paying ME to switch seats with him. I could make some money by not having us sit together.

But then I thought of the girls having to sit next to some weirdo. Maggie is not thrilled about flying anyway. So, I got back on the computer and paid to have us all close to each other on the flight to Ohio and the flight back. Separate fees for each direction-what a rip off. I will be next to Andrew...so no reading or sleeping for me on the plane.