working at the book fair

Em, Jo and I were asked to work at the book fair at "Georgia's" school. What fun. Both of my older girls aspire to be "check out girls" one day so this gave Jo a little taste. She, of course, loved all of the buttons (thus the reason behind her aspiration) that were required to check people out. It was also pretty neat to give back change. Georgia even stopped in to say hello.

Ready...Set...Read!

I thought I would add this picture of the ducks chasing the kids. It is a funny sight to see them waddle so fast. They certainly are followers- anytime someone walks or runs by them they follow.

We went to a reading event! The kids had so much fun. I think one of the most exciting points of the day was meeting Stacy, Ava, Brendan and Ava's friend there. We were to bring in a canned food item in exchange for a free book. There were tables from different community organizations where the kids could make crafts, see animals, experiment with braille, buy books, see science "stuff" etc.

Em got mail!

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa H for Emeline's birthday wishes and gift. She was thrilled to have something in the mail! We love you.

My Emmy is one!

Look- my little weed has sprouted into a rose!

Emmy your one!

More baby pictures to come!

A mystery on our hands!

Not one person could explain how these green dots appeared on Emeline's face. Any ideas?

Em came up to me all grins and all I said was "Somebody is in trouble!" She squealed and took off running!

Our little softball player.

Well here she is. Our little softball player. I should have taken a picture of her in her white baseball pants, red socks and red shirt that her dad the big PE teacher hooked her up with. I should add the new bat, glove and bag!! He went overboard- way overboard.

Right now she acts like that ball has fangs but she is getting better. I think she is pretty good of course but boy the little girl behind her in line thinks otherwise. By the looks of her she is not impressed with Georgia's ground ball skills. Her games begin in June. It will be nice to see her play but I must admit I'm not overly excited about the walk after walk, error after error etc. All in fun and part of the learning process I know but heaven help me keep my patience! It is hard enough to do that at practice!!

in the grass

Em was a little leery of the grass at first. She warmed up to it though. It was nice to have that warm weather a week ago. What a change to this past week.

By the way-just to spread my cheer. I finished my Bachelor's today!!! I am in the process of applying for graduate studies to become certified to teach Elementary ed. I AM SOOOOOO RELIEVED AND EXCITED TO BE THIS CLOSE!!!

gang at the playground

The whole gang joined up at the playground recently. I think the little ones enjoyed the gravel over the swings in the long run but here is a great action shot. It's nice hanging out with you Stacy and Jessie (and Ava, and Brendan and Elsie)!

My poor Josie!

My poor Josie was watched recently by her loving Grandmother G.(mother of 8 I must add) and look what I found when I picked her up! She fell right down the stairs. Luckily she wasn't too smart to begin with or we may have been in real trouble. Mom I think it is a wonder that 6 kids have made it through your care. You have 2 at home-please WATCH THEM MORE CLOSELY!!

Bullhead Fishing...yuck!

We had the opportunity to see Mom, Rick, and Russell go bullhead fishing over break. Yuck! They were really busy landing their 40 something fish. Josie got a turn pulling one out and everyone kept Rick busy unhooking the buggers. I should have gotten a shot of that!

Playground fun!

Over spring break we took a trip to the playground then had a picnic lunch by the river. All in all it was a gorgeous day. I think we had nicer weather here at home than those that headed to Myrtle Beach!

At Dad's practice

Dad's coaching baseball again. He had practice a couple of times this week and we took advantage of being able to go.

We were waiting in the van for Dad to finish up and I gave Em his cell phone to play with. She usually just chews on it but she put it right to her ear and mumbled something that sounded somewhat like "hi".

More about the ducks.

I think Brad even likes his ducks!

just a couple pics

Cute little Em.

Georgia is signed up to play softball this Spring. Last week we went out to practice.

New Family Members!

I couldn't resist. We added three ducklings to our family this year. Right now their names are Dandelion, Daffodil and Daisy. They make us laugh you should see them- and hear us!

Here they are outside of their box for the first time. They especially love to swim in our tub. Pictures of that coming soon!!

A Blessed Day!

Baby Brendan was baptized Saturday. I thought I would share a few pictures. This is a mobile that the girls and I made for him.

This banner that Georgia made is worth sharing with everyone!

The girls looking on.

Brendan made sure he paid close attention.

Here is a wet head!

His Godmother Jessie held his garment of white.

His Godfather Matt, held his candle.

Stacy even fed the little guy a taste of his cake!

I made Brendan a little boys rosary. He will be the coolest kid praying with his rosary that turned out to look like camouflage.

Em's taking steps!

Emeline has been practicing!