Memories from the past 4 months!

Happy Fathers Day Mike!

You are the Greatest Dad!

We bought a BOAT!

We drove 2 1/2 hours to get out of the rain to try out our new boat!

We had a beautiful day at the Wisconsin Dells.

I learned how to drive the boat and was even able to pull Mike on the wake board!

Happy Birthday to Me!

I have had a great life these last 37 years!

I am a Lucky Girl!

I had a perfect day!

I enjoyed sitting outside on my new patio furniture,

had donuts, pina coladas (virgin of course)

and lunch with three different friends.

That night was the Father and Sons campout, so Jill and I went to the park, jumped on the trampoline, and played games in her princess tent. I watched two chick flicks and went to dinner and Ice Skating with Mike the next day. It was Fabulous!

The kids will be attending a brand new

Elementary school next year,

so they had the children design an art block

that will go up in the school as a mural.

They each did their traditional picture...

Jill her and a friend... Jaden - ALIENS.

Jill was interviewed for the local paper while we were there.

She is so excited to attend kindergarten.

Jaden would prefer to have summer break year round.

Look at me I am finally 6 months old and can eat more food.

Although, I absolutely hate cereal!

Enjoying a beautiful Sunday stroll through the Nature Preserve.

We were eaten alive by bugs and had to run the whole way.

I had the kids pose for some pictures.

Girls night out!

Jill danced beautifully in her ballet recital,

and then we had delicious shakes and fries!

We enjoyed Jill's Spring Sing Concert and Preschool Graduation!

Congratulations Jill we are so proud of you and your love for learning!

Springtime Fun!




My little helper!

Spring Break!

We went to St. Louis to see Mike's mom.

We enjoyed going to the museums, and the zoo.

It was a beautiful day and then snowed that night.

Family Photo Shoot....

No More pictures Mom please !

I took hundreds of photos and the kids did great.

Here are some of my favorite ones.

Hop Hop Hop.... Here comes the Easter Bunny!

Easter Egg Hunt at our friends the Kings!

I am so excited my friend Karrie moved to Chicago

a year ago, so we enjoyed a nice holiday at their home.



General Conference

We built a tent for the kids to watch the Prophet and Twelve Apostles speak.

We read the story of the people in King Benjamin's time pitching their tents towards the temple to hear the words of the prophet and related it to us today. The kids also enjoyed doing their conference bingo game with M-n-Ms and Mike and I enjoyed listening too!

It's Dinner Time!

Mom this is Ice Cream?!

April Fools!

I made fish sticks out of waffer cookies, peanut butter and corn flakes; potatoes with ice cream and carmel, and peas out of airhead candy. It took me an hour to roll out the peas. We then had yummy cupcakes for dessert made out of meatloaf and mashed potatoes. It was a fun dinner.

SUGAR, SUGAR....

Tyler loves morning breakfast time....

Sugar on his ceral and Sugar on his own terms.

SING BABY SING!

Jill performed "I am a Child of God" for her preschool talent show. She did a beautiful job, and brought tears to the eyes of many. She loves to perform and be on stage. Congratulations Jill. We love you.

Jill was so excited to receive her special talent trophy from Mrs. S.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Thumb Sucker

My Little Thumb Sucker

Thumb or Fingers?

The fingers are working for me.

Just Like Dad!

Mike's mom said that he used to suck on his two fingers as a baby. The boys are following in his footsteps or should we say fingersteps. Jaden did this for two weeks and gave it up. Tate however, loves it! Since he is my last baby I'll allow it. Not like I have a choice. He hates binkis and bottles. I might be hating it in a year when we try to stop him, but it sure is cute now.

WINTER GET AWAY AT THE DELLS

As the Chicago winter continues on and on and on, we decided to have a winter vacation and surprise the kids with a trip to the Wisconsin Dells- a town full of indoor water parks. It is the Chicago thing to do in the winter.

We packed the car the night before, and told the kids the next morning we were going on a picnic. Jaden said to Jill as we got in the car, we are going to a waterpark. Mike and I looked at each other surprised and wondered how he knew. We still said we were just going on a picnic. He said.. why is the swimming stuff in the back then? Oops, I guess we did not pack good enough. He's too smart for us now. We told him OK we are going to a hotel with a simming pool. He then said, does it have a slid? Are we going to the Wisconsin Dells. Well the gig is up. We still did not give any details.

We stayed at the Chula Vista Hotel that had a Mayan themed water park. It was so much fun! I of course had as much fun as the kids or more. We enjoyed two full days at the park and all was well and happy. Tate slept, ate and played a little in the water. Tyler went under the water at least four times, but all was well. Jaden was fearless and went on all the slides that were at least 70 feet tall. Jill couldn't get enough of swimming and got a few slides in. We all had a great vacation.

My friend Karrie King and her family were at the Dells also, so we met for Pizza. It was a great break from the snow.

Enjoy the show......