Spring Break 2025 - Goodbye Atlantic!

 

We headed to The Breakers at Myrtle Beach to say goodbye to the sea before we head to the desert

Our resort was endless fun with slides, a lazy river, hot tubs, pools, and a pirate ship splash pad

Beachside swings

Captain Hook putt putt

Indoor water slides

The water was so much prettier in the evenins during high tide

We met up with friends from school and work for some fancy ice cream

Trouble Makers

The weather was warm enough to enjoy the ocean (brrr!) and the hot tubs

Niko's first cheesecake. He is a fan.

The car ride home went by so fast somehow

We put in some flowers for curb appeal

We waited until we had our final soccer practices to head to the beach. It was a great season with Daniel helping coach Alexander's team (seen here representing blue for scrimmage in the smallest penny ever) and me leading Niko's team.

Niko loved beating Jan in Pokemo 

More hole digging!

We ended spring break with our final soccer games, the Dogwood festival,  and swimming with friends. We are really going to miss this place!

Learning dog CPR at the Dogwood festival 

Field Day & Easter Fun 2025

This has been a power week for the Martin Crew!

Adding Field Day to holy week meant this has definitely been the biggest week in my year, and despite the work that goes into it, I truly loved every minute!

I've never hosted a field day without the help of my amazing mom. She did every school pick up last week so I could stay late preparing. She did school drop off so I could go in early. She took care of dinners and ran my first aid tent for the third year in a row. And here she is, still smiling, as she got to catch up with Niko for his resurrection egg hunt.

As my finale event at Village, this was the biggest and best field day ever!

I love getting to see the smiles on the field

Niko's egg hunt was conveniently planned for between my two field day sessions

It will be so great when he is in kinder next year!

Praying we can all be in the same school together.

The night before field day, these troopers went with me for the inflatable set up. They got a preview bounce, and were so patient as I was there until nearly 9:30pm!

We spent Good Friday rock climbing, hanging out with friends, digging holes, and hunting eggs.

Alexander managed to use every letter for a 50 point bonus on Scrabble with the word canopies. Gammie and I never caught up after a third round 74 point word!

Pool date with the Garcias on Holy Saturday

These three

Decorating Eggs before going to see King of Kings on Holy Saturday

We woke up on Easter to hearing Zoey getting into things. She ate a ton of chocolate and some caramel. Luckily she has an iron gut so I was more mad than worried.

The boys had baskets full despite their troublesome sister.

Bubbles and a 2n1 Minecraft sword and pick axe

Easter Legos, of course

They got a snow cone machine!

After church, Jan and I got to work fixing Sunday lunch

which included Alexander's classic turkey leg

From our family to yours