The Botanical Gardens

Last Friday the girls and some friends of ours Amy, Ann Catherine, and Lily headed over to see the Tremendous Treehouse's exhibit at the Botanical Gardens. We had a great time. As you can see the girls did lots of posing for the camera. Ann Catherine and Annalyse are one month apart in age and Lucy and Lily are about 9 months apart. They all get along so well. We live just a few houses down from each other, take gymnastics together, and go to church together. And as you can see on this day have lots of fun with each other.

Here is a picture of one of the tree houses designed to be a big flower pot. How cute is that? It was a bit congested inside. I think Charlotte is a little claustrophobic because each time we went inside one of the tree houses she started crying, and she never cries.

Lily Baker and Lucy loved the sand box. We had to pull them out of there. They look so sweet and innocent in this picture, and they are. By the end of the two hours Lily and Lucy were done. It was hot, they were tired and they were hungry. They also walked as slow as snails.

And these two were a hundred miles an hour the whole time. Ann Catherine and Annalyse loved playing in all the houses and running around. We also went into the butterfly garden. They happened to be releasing some new butterflies and the girls got to hold them. They loved it and it was really sweet.

Afterwards we headed to lunch and then back to our house to cool down with some ice cream. Yummmy!

Easter weekend

Earlier during the week before Easter we dyed easter eggs. As always we had lots of fun. Of course, a few eggs usually get broken in the process but the girls love it. Here we are making an absolute mess.

And here is the finished product. Pretty cute!

The easter bunny made a surprise visit also! I think that's the cutest bunny I've ever seen.

On Friday before Easter Blake, Kim, and the kids came for the weekend. We had tons of fun as always. I love the fact all the kids absolutely adore each other. It is so fun to watch them play. I am also glad that poor Grayson is finally going to get him a buddy to play with. Although, I think Grayson has a good time with Blake and Nathan too. The usually play some video games and he loves that. We made pizza's one night, went to Rosie's for lunch, played outside a bunch, and mostly just had a good time enjoying each other's company. Here are a few pictures of the kids having a big time.

I have tons more pictures but my computer seems to be erasing my pictures after I download them somehow. I am very frustrated and it is making this very difficult to do. Hopefully I will get this figured out soon. :)

I don't even know where to begin, I'm so behind!

How's that for a title? I'm a little behind in posting these days. We've had a lot of fun these past few weeks. Last weekend we started by having some of our friends over and made breakfast for the kids while they watched Toy Story in their pj's.

I don't know why the above is underlined but can't seem to remove it. woops!

That same day Mom Mom and Pop Pop came in town for Charlotte's baptism on Sunday. We had tickets to go see Disney's Rockin Road Show Friday night. Hollyce and I took the two big girls while Dad and Nathan grilled steaks and took care of Charlotte. Not sure who got the good end of that deal! :) Hollyce and I really did enjoy it. How can you not enjoy watching your kids totally light up when they see their favorite Disney characters.

Annalyse and Lucy ready to go see Mickey!! I have no idea where the peace sign is coming from.

I completely stole these pictures from my friend Amy's blog. Our pictures were so far away you couldn't tell who we were watching. Not really! But these turned out great.

I think the girls love the popcorn and drinks almost as much as the show!

In case your wondering if Lucy is crying or laughing, she is having a ball!

This picture totally cracks me up of Annalyse. This is the way she looked the majority of the time.

So we had a great time seeing Mickey and the girls were worn out. The girls love going upstairs and waking up Mom Mom and Pop Pop. The first morning they went up Pop Pop was shaving so the girls had to explore the shaving cream a little themselves.

Pop Pop's little monkeys!

Sunday was Charlotte's baptism. It was such a special time. You kind of wish something that important and special could last a little longer. It feels so good to openly profess your faith and dedicate your daughter to the Lord and raising her in His Word and in His Church. It was special having our family be a part of it, but we also missed those of you who weren't able to be there with us that day.

What an awesome ending to a great weekend. I feel overwhelmed by how blessed I am to have these three special girls. What a gift they are!