Favorite books

These Mo Willems books are the CUTEST...our girls just giggle and giggle when we read them. Ali is also very into the 1st Harry Potter book and Elizabeth likes "Charlie and Lola" books...I love spending time reading with them!

Daddy does too!!

It's spring...oh wait...it's winter

Early Saturday morning...green grass...our pear tree is blossoming... the girls made bird feeders and put them out....

Saturday afternoon...so much snow was coming down we had inches!

Sunday morning...the snow was heavy enough and the sun was out...perfect snowman building weather!

Sunday afternoon...by now the snow was melting already and just our snowman remained in the front yard! Crazy weekend weather!

Neighbor Birthday Party

One of the little girls in our neighborhood turned 4 and she invited lots of the kids around to "My Gym"...it was the cutest birthday party and our girls had fun!

Spring Break

We tagged along with Daddy when he went out of town over Spring Break! We drove about 4 hours to Branson and got to stay in the hotel with him. It was a fun little get away...we swam in the indoor pool, played on the outside playground, went out for pizza, snuggled in our comfy hotel beds, and explored a children's museum the next day while Daddy worked!

This was a little trial trip to see if we are ready to DRIVE to Colorado this summer...I still don't know...are we crazy for trying a 15-16 hour road trip??

Kites & Gardens

It was our first time flying kites with the girls...picture this: a lovely sunny day with a bit of a breeze, I hold up the kite for the wind to catch it, Ali runs down across all the neighbors yards (no fences!) with her kite trailing behind her, Elizabeth following with her kite behind her. OH it was SO cute and perfect! And then....TWO SECONDS later when they got to the end of the yards they said, "I'm so tired and SO HOT! I want to go INSIDE!" (NOOOO...not INSIDE...we've been inside for the last SIX months...I think I might go crazy if we go INSIDE!!! AHHHh!)

So, later after they have rested INSIDE, Daddy comes home and I tell them to show him how they flew their kites. Only Elizabeth took the bait and went outside again. So, Daddy and Elizabeth got the kite flying...and are laughing and smiling and...TWO SECONDS later the string breaks! Kite flying is over. Ah well...it was a beautiful few seconds!


This summer what I want to be longer than a TWO second memory is a beautiful garden!! Last year my garden was a weed patch. This year I am resolved to make a GORGEOUS one! So, this weekend we started with our pots out front. We planted basil. Oh, I LOVE fresh basil! (Oh but I just thought about this...I planted seeds that I had from last year which now the package says is expired...is that true? Do seeds really expire? Should I buy new ones??? Help me please!)

Happy Leprechaun Day!

Instead of making leprechaun catchers this year, the girls just wrote letters to him. (Elizabeth said she didn't really want to actually CATCH one!!) So, in the morning their were green footprints around and he left a note with Gummi Bears and green candy!!

We had an Irish dinner....corned beef with potatoes, cabbage, and carrots. Chris and I loved it. The girls did NOT!

Friend Dinners

We have been making an effort to have our neighbors over for dinners on weekends. It's nice to connect with people over the weekend when we can't share time with family....so far we have had dinners with 5 families and their kids. We wanted to have just 1 family over at a time instead of having large groups of people like we have in the past....and it's SO nice to have just a few kids at one time! The kids play nicely and it gives us adults some time to talk! So here is a picture of Elizabeth staying busy while we were trying to clean up and start dinner. I had put items on the steps ready to go upstairs and she took them all and was putting them in strategic places around the family room. "Hmm...a bottle of Tylenol looks very nice next to the TV and a hairbrush looks lovely on the floor!!"