Grandma & Her Two Sisters

We were blessed to have Grandma Jan & her two sisters, Lisa and Diane, stop by for a visit.

Abigail enjoyed the extra attention and Lydia got picked up from school by the whole parade of us.

Then they got spoiled with gifts that turned them into picture-painting and necklace-making machines!

Thanks for paying us a visit. We look forward to seeing you again soon!

She wishes she had a little red box...

Melt My Heart!

Spring has Arrived

This warm weather gave the girls washing power.  They washed Daddy's car, then my car, and then they still weren't through!

 They got out their vehicles and suds them up with fervor.

 Me: "Abigail, look here." Abigail: "I can't, I'm busy!"

 We found a new playground, Kayla's Playground in Franklin.

Our favorite neighbors came over to play and get marshmallow sticky,
closing out the weekend with our first little bonfire of the season.

Spring also means finding our favorite riding toy

 and having races in the cul-de-sac.

And a Spring Baptism Birthday. God's blessing to you, sweet girl!

How We Spent our Spring Break!

We nurtured our inner artists.

We climbed a hill off the Drexel Town Square path and saw what we could see.

We did bubbles at story time with college friend-now South Milwaukee Children's Librarian Stephanie.

We met up with Audrey, Jack and Amy for a game of bowling.

We drank root beer and counted trolls at Grumpy Troll in Mt. Horeb. 

We toured the National Landmark, Cave of the Mounds.

 We saw the biggest stalagmite in Wisconsin.

 We thought the cave was awesome!

 We played scientists at Franklin Library and were amazed with our lava lamp.

 We played at Chasing Tales.

We held 'Baby Quincy' in our lap.

We piled into the car for a sleepover.

 We played with cousins and spent an entire day in PJs.

We enjoyed a little mother-daughter outing of sharing a bagel, shopping and smelling all the Yankee candles in the store.

Baptism Birthday

Happy Baptism Birthday, Lydia Marie!

God's Blessings to You!

Happy Easter

They found their baskets Easter morning.

with some puzzle piece clues.

The girls are well trained to shout, "Jesus is Alive," when they find an empty egg.

Lydia brought her school friend, Elizabeth to the church egg hunt.

 Pictures with this Easter cross was consolation to an Easter alter family picture.

 Cousins quickly search for their colored eggs.

 Sisters!

 Cute cousins on a couch.

Bunny ears elicit extra giggles on Easter Sunday.

He is Risen! Alleluia!

Happy St Patrick's Day

 Abigail came out of preschool with this frog mask on St Patrick's Day. She loved it.

Lydia set a leprechaun trap at school the day before. I printed off an Irish/green scavenger hunt and Dad came up with a 5-clue treasure hunt at home that included our talking toy bird. And for eating festive, this year it was putting green spinach in the manicotti.

 "What's next? A shamrock."

 Abigail had her first cleaning. It's really always a pleasant experience going to Market Place Dental :)! Since she did such a good job keeping her mouth wide open we went for a treat afterwards. 

 Pink frosting and sprinkles. We had to test the protection of the flouride treatment ;)!

The line for face painting at Oak Creek Library's fundraiser, The Big Thaw was long but worth the wait! Princess masks.

 This is what happens when they use my phone as a mirror.