All she wants to do is DANCE!

Tonight was Kaitlyn’s Dance recital. She loves to dance and is good at it! :)

First Lost Tooth

Puppy Love

Hannah is in love with all of the animals! She loves to gaze out the (very dirty) back windows and watch everything that is happening!

F is for Field Trip

and Fire Station and Feet! Today was the Kindergarten Field Trip to the Plain City Fire Station. We walked from the school to the station. It was so much fun just being with Kaitlyn, and she LOVED being without the other kids. We had a great time. At the end it rained, so they sent a bus to pick us up and take us back to the school. There are so many kids that we know that are Kaitlyn’s age… so fun!

Friday the 13th

Ok- I am usually NOT superstitious, but this was one of those days! Driving to piano lessons, Hannah, Taylor and I got rear ended. We were all fine, but now we start the process of trying to get the van fixed! ARRGHG!@*!

My Grandpa Rocks

Taylor got a note about a field trip to the Rock and Gem Show, and her immediate response was that she wanted to invite Grandpa Rick to go with her… he is a rock expert after all. He agreed, and she was so excited! He was in charge of a little group, and they had a paper to fill out as they went. Taylor found many treasures to buy, and got her brother and sister a special bag of rocks too. After the field trip, they had some time before lunch, so Grandpa talked to the WHOLE second grade about rocks. Isn’t having an awesome Grandpa the BEST?!? Thanks so much Grandpa Rick!

Easter

We started our Easter celebration Friday night for dinner and an egg hunt at Grandma Coleen & Grandpa Rick’s house. This is usually one of the highlights of the holiday. She goes all out! The kids each have their own color of eggs to find, and this year they had 22!!

Then the Easter Bunny came on Saturday and the kids were super excited about all their treat! They also each got a new outfit.

Hannah was a little later to get up. Her favorite part was the Bottle Pop sucker. She sucked and sucked, then would giggle because it was so good!

This year I honestly felt like a terrible parent. We decided not to get our kids Easter Dresses/ Sunday Outfits. To my surprise there was only one or two families at church that had new outfits! The kids were fine without them!

Sunday afternoon Casey was feeling bad that we didn’t have anything going on, and that we weren’t with family, so him and Angela planned an impromtu BBQ. After church we went to the Ballard’s for a lovely time. Love just hanging out and being together. Our visit however was cut a bit short, because CJ was having some major breathing problems. We got home and got his medicine in him, and he was alright. Tis the season for allergies and asthma!

Week 15

Africa Animals

Today we went to the Treehouse with Jessica & Brody. We had a great time. They have an African animal playset, so CJ insisted on lining up the animals to show Grandpa Bruce.

Happy Birthday to THE MAN!

Our boy is 4 years old! He had a great birthday. I thought it would be ok to just have the combined party for all of the March birthdays, but learned that my kids are still too little for that. CJ wanted Grandma and Grandpa to come over, so we ended up having a little party with just us on Sunday night. We played TBall. He was soooo funny! He can hit, but doesn’t quite get where and when to run. It will be very interesting to see what happens when the TBall season starts in May.

CJ is predictable and consistent. he loves tractors and trucks more than anything still. He loves to be outside in the dirt and working with his Dad. He is all boy. He loves to “shake his booty” to music. He is quite a little gamer and like to play “the electronics.” We love our little man!

Here is a little video of part of our TBall game. It was chaos, and so much fun! Although I hope that he can learn to control his sports emotions!!

March Birthdays

My family is FULL of March birthdays, so Sunday night we had a Big Birthday Bash. We had Sunday dinner, and then celebrated birthdays for Hannah, Grandma Coleen, Me, Alyssa, and CJ. It was such a fun night!

(She hated the party hat!)

Week 11

Green Dinner

Every year I have looked forward to having a green dinner at St. Patrick’s Day. It is a tradition that Sharon has always done. Last year, the green dinner was skipped over, and I was pretty upset. So, this year Casey & I hosted the dinner. We had a wonderful menu of:

Corned Beef

Cabbage

Ham

Green Bread

Green Jello

Green Salad

Lime Rickey Floats

Key Lime Pie

Lindsey took some great photos… (I realized that being the hostess and the photographer doesn’t really work out too well.) I was able to snap a couple of photos that I love of the two little ones.

Hannah was eating everything, and this photo was after Angela had fed her the second dessert of the night. She was chubby and full and happy!

I could not resist this adorable little man! She is so cute, and I love this hat!

The Green Dinner was a wonderful night, and it was so fun to have everyone together. I love being together and that family is so close! ^

ONE year old!

I can’t even believe that my baby is ONE!! She is such a joy, and is definitely getting more spunky! She likes to yell at us to tell us anything. Her smile is contagious, and she is so happy. I love her little teeth, and the faces she makes. Here are some photos I tried to take of her today. Next week I will tackle the cowgirl photo to put on the wall with the other kids.

Totally, typical Hannah… she ALWAYS rips the bows and bands out of her hair! That is why most of her photos she does not have a cute girly bow.

This one is her glare she has started giving to people…