Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers today.

Bob made lunch and dinner tonight...Ryan made me a "pinch-pot" and school

and wrote me two poems. Emma game me lots of sweet smiles, even though

she doesn't feel well. We ended the day with a walk

through the neighborhood and a lost tooth. :)

Spring time

At the zoo

Emma discovered how to make the

wirly-bird move

Trying to stay warm at our first spring soccer game

Wrestle time with Daddy

Ryan lost his first top tooth today!

Spring Break in I-D-A-H-O

Dad bought this 3-wheeler. Ryan had so much fun it!

That's one big tractor!
Giving Nana a ride.
Uncle Jon and Rowdy

Uncle Max and Aunt Amanda on Max's 30th birthday

The kids and I headed to Idaho for Spring Break. We had a great time! Dad had a new three-wheeler for Ryan to use. He put 11 miles on it just around the road and up the ditch bank! Ryan also got to go trucking with Dad, drive the John Deere tractor, spend the night with Uncle Max a couple of times, played with Uncle Jon and Rowdy, and spent lots of time with Hop and Nana. Emma had a great time playing outside. She's old enough to go out and run around with Ryan, which she thoroughly enjoyed. She also had a great time playing with Uncle Max, Aunt Amanda and Uncle Jon. Of course, lots of books ready Nana and stories told by Hop.

Portland Japanese Garden with Nana

Emma was looking for Monsters

Mom flew to Portland on March 20th. We had a semi-nice day on Friday, so we went to the Portland Japanese Garden. The last time we were there, I was pregnant with Ryan! It's been awhile. You gotta check this place out...no matter what the season, it's beautiful!

Clara came to visit!

Hop, Nana, Adam, Jamee and Clara all came to visit this weekend. Mom had a Stampin' Up party at my friend's house. Adam had business in town, so Jamee and Clara came along. We last saw Clara at Thanksgiving, so she's changed quite a bit. She's now 6 months old and as cute as can be. Emmalee had a lot of fun playing with her, once Emma learned to keep her voice below a roar and stay out of Clara's face.

While the girls were at the stamping party, Hop, Adam, Ryan, Emma and Clara tried to go to OMSI. Sadly, Clara wasn't allowed on the submarine, so they went to icecream and to a park instead. It was a fun day all around.

Ryan! Will you marry us?

Wait...where'd he go?

Since Bob was at work, Ryan had to come to the tea party with me. Luckily, he came prepared with his rain boots and grubby clothes. He spent the entire time outside with Wayne, feeding the cows, playing with the dogs and hepling Wayne work on a fence. He came back in the house every once in awhile for some food, until Emma and Elise noticed that he was the only boy in the house and it was wedding time! That chased him back outside in a hurry! I don't understand why....what boy would run from two little girls in princess dresses, riding stick horses, holding flowers and saying that it was wedding time?

The Princess at the Tea Party

Emmalee was invited to her first tea party on February 16th. It was given by out friend, Judy. She decorated her house with roses and tulle; the girls even got to use real miniature tea cups. There were about 12 little girls there, all dressed in Princess dresses. Judy provided some Disney princess dresses if the girls wanted to change. Most of the girls stayed in what they came in or changed once. But not Emma. Every time I looked over at her, she was in some state of undress. She wanted to try out all of the dresses. She finally settled on this one because it looked like a dancing dress with a tutu and because it had a pony on it. After their lunch of shoe and crown shaped jelly sandwiches, they got to play with bubbles outside. I think that was Emma's favorite part. She loved chasing them around. I think that I'll stock up on bubbles for the summer...I have a feeling that we'll be spending a lot of time chasing them.