Our Anniversary

Dave planned our of day out to celebrate!  After 8 years I finally gave up some of the control and let him do whatever he wanted!  He arranged for the kids to stay at our wonderful friends house for the day so that we would go to the cities!  And we took our little side kick, and he was great! 

 Our first stop REI to go rock climbing!

 It was my first time, I loved the shoes they were great and made it so easy to grip!

 Dave did amazing!

 Then we went to Pei Wee and it was great, I love Chinese food!

 Then we went to an art museum which was fun and entertaining! This was my favorite, it was made of all dots!

 This is Dave's, we just laughed!

We came back and headed to Costco for a quick cheap treat!  It was a great day, and it was nice to talk and enjoy each others company!  Thanks for a wonderful 8 years!

May life

 Our sweet Gordon!

 My new cut and color, it was hard to get use to at first.  But I like it a lot now!

 Sarah just loves pink, our next door neighbor gave her this jacket and she just loves it!

 Getting Sarah going in the morning for school is a real trial at times!

 Gordon just loves to play outside, and is just not happy if he isn't outside too!

 My friend Lizz and I started a soccer league with kids around Jonathan's age.  It is great, and it is really good for Jonathan!  He really enjoys being goalie, and so Dave has been working with him!  Jonathan really enjoys this part of the Day.  Spending time with Dad!

My cute kids, Sarah's into closing her eyes in pictures she thinks it is funny!

Our little spring storm!

 Trying to get to work!

SO the first weekend in May, it was said that there was going to be a spring storm.  I thought no big deal, I have been through spring storms.  I am done with snow, I am putting away our snow gear.  Well, 13 inches later I was wrong! Sarah was thrilled she loves snow and it was around 25-30 degrees so it felt wonderful outside!

Spring has sprung!

Some of what has been going on in the last two weeks!

 Dave was in charge of Family Home evening two Mondays ago, and he gave a great lesson on putting on the whole armor of God, the kids loved it!

 Gordon and Jonathan having a sleep over!

 Gordon just cant wait till Henry can play!

 Jonathan's responsibilities a lot of the time is putting away the dishes, and this one day he took it upon his self to clean out the kid drawer!  He was so pleased with himself (as was I) he wanted me to take a picture of him.

 Enjoying Spring!

 Henry is getting stronger and stronger with sitting up! 

 Our cutie!

 Sarah loved her sunglasses that she got at the local earth day celebration, she even wore them to bed!

 This was a big moment, Sarah has been scared of Smokey the Bear.  But she finally decided that she wasn't scared, and she was so proud of herself (as was I).  Conquering her fears!

 We enjoyed a free lunch!

 And then headed over to the park to play!

 This past Saturday  the weather was so nice that we headed to the park for a picnic and playing!  This is on our way!

 Gordon just lovin' running outside, we just cant get enough!

 But on the way Sarah had a BIG fall, and hurt herself.  But she was so brave, she still wanted to go to the park!  What a trooper!

 Henry's first time on the swing, and he our course loved it!  Look at that face!

 Gordon being our helper!

 Jonathan lovin' it!

 Enjoying being outside for a snack in the morning!

Sarah came back from school with a special treat for me, she was so proud!  I loved it!

Mississippi River

Two Saturdays ago Dave had a Saturday off, which is really rare.  WE cleaned the house in the morning, then ran some errands, and then decided to go exploring.  SO we went to the Mississippi River, it was a nice warm day 45 degrees! We were in heaven to be outside.  The kids enjoyed playing in the sand, throwing rocks and sicks into the river.  We had a picnic and found this cool swing!  It was a fun adventure, we even went into WI.  Which is a first for me!