Preschool Graduation - Kindergarden Here we Come!

Brandon has officially finished preschool. He had his graduation program this past week and he did a wonderful job. What an amazing little boy he is becoming.

The graduate!

Brandon getting his certificate!

The morning and afternnon preschool classes.

Saying the Pledge of Allegiance -Brandon is on the top in the middle!

All the kids - Emily, Brandon, Caleb and Taylor!

Brandon and his Teacher Mrs. Lang ~ She was Awesome!

Our in town adopted grandparents ~ Donna and John

Brandon and his best buddy David!
Brandon and his good friend Samuel.

Dance, Dance, Dance!

Taylor loves to dance and so does many of her friends. Unfortunately, there is no dance school or studio here in town. Using my connections with the college students, I found an amazing college senior with tons of dance experience to teach Taylor and several of her friends some new moves. At the end of the 8 weeks of lessons, we put together a little dance recital so the girls could show off the three dances they learned. The recital was held at a local coffee shop -which worked great, but I struggled to get good pictures.

The Dance Team

Taylor is the one in the middle

The whole line - Taylor is on the far right side!

Striking a pose!

Kristi the dance teacher! She was wonderful! I wish she was not graduating!

Kickin into Soccer Season

It is soccer season! This is Brandon's first year and despite being small he is a real go getter. Taylor also decided to play this year since 1-3rd grade is only girls. She is really starting to try and break out of her shell. She was even excited to go to practice this week.

Ok, I know Brandon is little, but this youth large shirt makes him look really small!

A Night a the Circus

After a long hard week of having Charlie out of town at a conference and Lori dealing with two sick kids, we headed to the Circus as a family for a little fun.

There was elephants!

Tigers!

and of course CLOWNS!

Our seats were about 7 rows up. Close enough to see all the action on all three rings!

Brandon's favorite part - the motorcycles on high cables!

Taylor's favorite part - the spinning wheels!

The boys!

Taylor with her light-up butterfly wand!

A very happy Caleb! He loved it!

Easter Egg Fun - Part 2

Great friends and great neighbors lead to a wonderful Good Friday. The kids spent their first day of Easter break enjoying the good weather and playing with all their neighbor friends. We are so blessed to have a couple wonderful families in our neighbor with children about the same age as ours. With the snow finally melted the kids enjoyed lunch outside on the deck.

Then we had our good friends the Nelson's come over for dinner and a Easter Egg Hunt! The dad's hide the eggs all over our backyard and Kyle our backyard neighbor joined the hut!

The hunt is on! Looking for eggs!

Caleb loved it! He keep running around saying "egg"!

Mary and all her eggs!

Hannah loved finding them as much as she loved eating all the candy!

The boys worked as a team and shared their loot!


The whole gang!

Easter Egg Fun

Spending special time together as a family is a priority for us, but it is not every week you get to color Easter eggs together. This week Taylor and Brandon enjoyed spending some time with daddy making some very cool eggs. Check out all the fun!

Just getting started! This wasn't the old fashion Easter egg dye -they painted the eggs with bright colors with a shinny finish!

Taylor painted her egg green and daddy painted his egg blue & red (turned out pink)!

Brandon went for the multi-color look!

In addition to painting, they also used plastic gloves and drops of dye to create a very neat swirl look!

The finished prodect! Don't they look great?

On the move and Everywhere!

Emily is getting so big! She will turn 9 months old tomorrow! She is crawling all over the house and pulling herself up on anything she can find. I don't think it will be long before she is walking! She already has 5 teeth - 3 on top and two on bottom and is beginning to eat whole peas, corn, cut up bananas, grapes and small crackers. Now that she is on the move she is a much happier baby. She is a strong willed, determined and knows what she wants.

She loves to play under our kitchen table and gets into whatever Caleb, Brandon or Taylor is doing.

Even though our house is crazy with 4 young kids, we are enjoying each new milestone with Emily knowing this will be our last time experience these amazing and challenging baby moments!