Our weekend

We were so pleased to finally have enough room to have the workers come to stay.

The kids loved their time with Jay and Chris.

We hope to have them back in the future!

Bob loves being able to spend time with us on the weekends again!

Go, Fish!

Emma asked Chris to color with her. He picked out a page to color. When she

saw it, she told him that she'd find an easier one for him to color. :)

Their collaboration...what a work of art!

Ryan's project on Sunday afternoon.

After school this afternoon, I went up to find Emma in her room reacquanting herself

with all of her toys. This baby needed to be rocked.

Happy Anniversary!!

My parents celebrate their 38th wedding anniversary today.

Thanks, Mom and Dad, for the wonderful example you have

been for all of us.

We love you!

Crocodile tears

Tonight, after getting ready for meeting, I wanted to take a picture

of Emma. She wasn't willing to cooperate, so I put the camera away. She

immediately started to cry and told me that she wanted me to take her picture.

The only way to make her happy was to take her picture. So, here are the two photos I took...I think they are the saddest things I've ever seen. If you double-click on the first photo, you can see the crocodile tear rolling down her face. So sad...almost made me cry.

Immediately after we finished taking our pictures, she was a happy

girl again.

A Sweet Visit

a delightful friend visited Emma today

Em and Em

Our weekend

We had a fabulous weekend...Ryan's best friend from Portland

came to visit him. They haven't seen each other since we moved in August.

You can imagine how excited both of them were.

I used to watch Zack and his three brothers after school.

This was the scene most days in our house...all of the boys armed with

light sabers and Emma right in the middle of it.

We celebrated Max's birthday a little late at Amanda's parents' house.

Mom was so glad to get in a little reading time with Emma.

Happy 31!

Friday was Ryan's spring concert. He went to school in the morning, and Zack, Emmalee and I walked over for the morning performance. It was really nice...songs about rain and spring and sunshine. His teacher let us miss the afternoon performance so Ryan could come home

early to be with Zack and his brothers.

A little one-on-one.

Buddies

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I love that time has no barriers when it comes to childhood friendships.

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We also took the kids to the "Y" for swimming, but those pics are on Betty's camera.

A visit to the "spider" park.

Emma decided to sit down and pretend to be sad. She was

doing a pretty good job of it until I asked her what was wrong...then out popped the dimples.

Emma's "don't mess with me" face.

I was playing the catcher, Kaden was the pitcher, Emma was the hitter and

Betty was the "carry-runner" ... the "carry the hitter around the

bases because she's never played this before" person.

This was supposed to be a family picture, but

Em had to be a part of it. I don't think they minded, though.

After our company left for Portland, Ryan and Bob got to work

on their marble creation. They love to build new structures.

It's a good study of engineering for Ryan.

While the boys were building, Emma and I went on a skooter ride.

She wanted to check on the rocks that she planted...they seem to be growing. :)

March crafts

a few of the cards that I made in March

This is my first attempt at making bags and is a very late Christmas gift for

a dear friend in Portland.

I really liked how it turned out and plan to make myself one before

convention. Mom put her order in for one also.

It was one smaller pocket inside the main pocket and four outer pockets.

Emma's first Spring/Summer skirt.

Gotta love the Lazy Day skirt pattern!

This one is a little longer than I would normally make, but she'll

be able to wear it for a while.

I saw this idea on a blog, but I can't find it again to create the link.

This is a late birthday gift for a sweet second-grader in Portland.

She likes to create things...takes after her Mom just a bit.

This is a kit with everything needed to make the card shown in the

upper right hand corner of the photo. The container can be used afterward for storing cards or for any treasures she can fit in it.

This is for her sweet brother, whom Emma misses terribly!

He's four and also enjoys coloring. This is the same concept...just using

a set of "boy" stamps.