Coloring Eggs

The girls have colored Easter eggs twice now... once with Grammy and then with me. They think it's really fun and even though they each managed to dump a cup full of dye, we still had a good time!

Mixing the dye tablets and water!

Please note the doggie and stethoscope next to Anna... very typical!!!

Claire takes her egg coloring so seriously!

Pretty eggs!

Easter Egg Hunt

We had fun going to an Easter egg hunt with a bunch of our friends from church! It was cold and VERY soggy, so it was moved indoors, but the kids had a great time nonetheless!

All ready to hunt eggs!

So sweet! Anna with her friend, Elliott!

Patiently waiting...

And they're off!

Claire counting her eggs!

Anna trying to pry open an egg to get to the loot!

We had almost forty kids! How fun!

Olivia's Pinkalicious Party

Our sweet friend, Olivia, just celebrated her third birthday with a fun Pinkalicious party! Her mommy is great friend of mine and I am thankful our children are friends!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Olivia! We love you!

The beautiful birthday girl!!

Anna showing off the adorable bunny craft she made!

Some of the gang!

Make a wish!

Family Visit

Ben's Aunt Mary, Uncle Fayzel and their two boys Michael & Matthew were in town from Washington state recently. We always enjoy our time with them and wish they lived closer!

Uncle Steven's Birthday

This post is a little late, but we celebrated Uncle Steven's birthday in March! We are thankful that he is part of our family! Happy Birthday, Steven!

Darkling Beetles

Last year we had a butterfly garden and the girls loved watching their metamorphosis, so this year we got Darkling Beetles (what was I thinking???). They were so excited to get them in the mail and we look at them everyday! They even hold them. Eeek! They are in a larvae state right now that looks a lot like a worm. Did I say Eeeeekkkk? Glad my girls like insects better than I do!

We got this cute beetle barn to put them in (the cutest part of the whole thing!).

Ben showing them the container with the beetles in it! You'd think it was Christmas morning at our house!

Pouring them into their new home!

And there they are in all their glory!

Can I say Eeekkk one more time?!?!

Easter Photos '11

Nikki James Photography took these sweet Easter photos of the girls! It was a bit rainy so their curls didn't hold up well, but I still think they're pretty cute!!

Grammy's Birthday

Happy Birthday, Grammy! We love you so much and truly appreciate all you do for us! We had fun celebrating YOU!

Grammy opening up a gift from Claire!

Claire spent weeks at pre-school making this "wood sculpture". We could never get her to say exactly what this is other than a "wood sculpture"! Haha! We're just saying it's abstract art!

She was so excited to give Grammy her work of art. We really did work hard on it!

Three generations!

Happy Birthday, Grammy!

Carriage Hill

We went to Carriage Hill Farm for a family outing recently. It was a bright, sunny day out and it seemed wrong to stay cooped up in the house! We had a great time exploring the beautiful farm. Ben even brought his fishing gear and he and the girls got to fish for the first time this year. It was a great day with my family!!!

My little fishergirls!

So sweet!

Grammy & Papa swinging with the girls!

This chicken sneaked up on Claire! Her face cracks me up!

Totally in love with my family!

Nothing better than skipping stones!

Happy Birthday Noah

Happy 6th Birthday to one of the sweetest little boys we know! We were able to celebrate with Noah at the Boonshoft Museum. It has been so fun sharing the crazy journey of motherhood with my friend Cynetta and watching our children grow up together. I am thankful for our sweet friendship and that of our kids as well! Looking forward to many more birthday celebrations together!

It's too bad Noah had to spend his birthday in jail!

Claire & Anna with the birthday boy!