Easter (Not even a whole month later.)

We are so lucky to have Nana as the matriarch of our family. She is eighty-five this year and is house-bound a good share of her time because of ailments. Yet, she still finds ways to make the plethora of kids, grand kids, and great-grand kids happy. We all braved the cold for Nana's Annual Easter Egg Hunt, and had a great time.




Of course our camera died before we were able to take a picture of the kids with Nana.

Handsome T-Rex is 5

Boy do I pity the fool who gets to be this witty, rambunctious, genius child's kindergarten teacher!

Last night as a Four-Year-Old


Ty waited until the morning of his birthday to tell me he didn't want cake and ice cream for his party. After throwing out all of the ideas I had he settled on rootbeer floats and chocolate chip cookies.


"Mom there is ice cream in my cup, I don't want ice cream, I just want a rootbeer float."



The day after his birthday most of his sentences started with, "Remember when I was little, like, four..."

Ty is my sidekick, comedic relief, and handsome prince. He keeps my ego small and my days busy. I couldn't love him more.

LaST daY As A 7 YeaR OLd - BirTHdaY FuN & MoRE

I told Jenna we needed to document her last night as a seven -year- old (she begrudgingly let me take her picture:)


She went shopping with Grammy to pick out her baptism dress and this was her favorite after trying on close to twenty. We decided to go with something different than the traditional braid.







One lucky girl to be baptized on her very birthday day!















I love this precocious little girl so much! She is such a blessing to our family!

BeSt BUdDieS

Every day after school Jenna asks if she can play with a friend. Every day after school I ask which friend. Nine times out of ten she says Gavin. The other day I called Becky to have her send Jen home for dinner. She told me that they always climb to Gavin's top bunk and play video games together. How can I even consider moving when my kids' only cousins live across the park. So cute!