Easter

6:30am wake up for egg hunt

I told the kids there was one last egg and i could see it through the camera lens

Hailey found it!  Love Shane's reaction

Shane just kind of meanders his way looking for eggs

Hailey sprints!

Getting ready for Easter Brunch.  The kids favorite meal of the year.  Shane was drawing the food he was going to eat and planning out his meal

Hailey photobombed this cute picture, still a cute photo!

They clean up nicely 

Shane with his meal plan, he completed it perfectly!

Molly's Bday

My birthday lasted all week.  Started out celebrating with some soccer friends and going out to lunch

 My awesome tennis partner Keiko surprised me with a Japanese cake and brought it to our match

Here's to 39!  Can you tell i have lots of Japanese friends!

 Jesse and I spent 2 nights in Vegas sans kids,  We went to Freemont Street for the first time

 Different group of soccer gals for dinner

A few other dinners with family and breakfast with school friends. (no pics) 

 One of my better Birthdays!

Western Championships

Hailey's team qualified for the Western Championships which was in Laughlin, NV.

The Avi Hotel was right on the river

 We left early Friday morning to enjoy the place even thought the games were just on Sunday

The girls slowly showed up throughout the day at the hotel

 All the siblings getting to know each other

Hailey and Madi (Mad dog)

The hotel had a staging area for fireworks and we went crazy experimenting.  Jesse was blasting off fireworks that could have been in a professional show.  I can't believe those are legal 

Hailey's coach is a geologist and took the team out on a hike.  We saw some pretty cool animals and petroglyphs

Crusher clan 

 

We then stopped at a gold mining town where donkeys just wandered the streets

Resting between games

Hailey played so well- #23

The team got 4th place and we made lots of unforgettable memories with the team.  It was a super fun weekend win or lose.  I asked Hailey her favorite part, she said the soccer games! 

Orange crush

Hailey played basketball for the first time. She had a really good experience and they got 2nd in league and 2nd in Champioships.  And to top it off she got the sportsmanship award!

Her and her best Bud Madi.  Talk about overkill, she got 3 trophies and was very happy about it.  She went straight home and rearranged her trophies in her room.

Section 1 Champions

These girls are the only ones in PV moving on to Western Regional Championships.  Hailey had been sick with the flu and we weren't sure how she would feel.  Coach sat her out the entire first game, and i think she was a little bummed, but she was coughing a lot.  In the Championship game he put her in for just 1 quarter, the 3rd quarter and she scored a goal and played just about the best soccer we had ever seen her play.  She sat out the rest of the game happily and said it felt like she played 2 full games.  The cutest part was when she scored, all the girls were so happy for her

Girls getting ready for 1st game

This was Hailey watching the 1st game staying away from everyone

2 of the nicest, funniest coaches ever

 Coach Mauricio knows his stuff

Hailey kicking the ball

 and she scores!

Love her reaction

 1st hug

more hugs 

 Coach was nervous putting Hailey in, her facial expression to him is priceless

These girls are off to Nevada