Weekend Trip

This weekend we had a great get away to the Mall of America.  What a HUGE place with TONS to do!  We went to watch Gma Kelli and Gpa Scott scuba dive in the aquariums there!  First we went on some rides at the amusement park (yes, inside the mall).  

Here is our view from the top of the Ferris Wheel!

Then we went into the SeaLife exhibit.

We got to touch starfish and other sea creatures, see jelly fish, walk through a tunnel and see fish and sharks...

 We saw lots of unique fish.

And then we saw Gpa Scott!!!!!

 And theres Gma Kelli!!!

 And Lego Land

 We had a blast.  The kids are great travelers.  We went swimming two times at the hotel (which is always a hit).  We figured this was our practice run with all four kids for a road trip.  I think they are ready for CA this summer!!!

Spring Break

The big girls had spring break last week and we had a blast.  It was so nice to not have to get up and ready every morning.  We got to sleep in, snuggle in bed before breakfast, have picnics for lunch, do some light chores and play all day!  The girls got to spend a night at Gma & Gpas house and get spoiled.  Gma took them to get pedicures!!  We also went to a museum to play one day.  Here are some pictures.  It was the first time we went there but we will be going a lot now I think!

 Ellie doing some heart surgery

 Dr. Kaden treating her patient

 Putting on a play for mom

 Driving her tractor at the farm

 Cooking Little House on the Prairie style

Collecting the eggs from the chicken coop

Spring is here...

Ok, maybe not quite yet since we woke up to snow on the ground yesterday after it was in the 70s the day before!  But my big girls got their spring pictures taken at school and I want to show them off of course :)

TEAM KALE, at it again!

For anyone interested:
My sisters son, Kale attends Helen Davis school for the severely disabled in St. Joe. They are having a "walk" on Sat April 28th, 9:30am at Phil Welch Stadium. If you would like to attend you can register at www.enter2run.com
They are taking donations also. Anyone can donate but if you have a business that would like to donate their logo will be printed on the event t-shirts and a banner will be displayed at the event. (great advertising).
Send me a message if you would like more details. This is a great cause to support. All donations go directly to the school. (I try to raise money for Autism Awareness once a year and this is my event this year)
If you would like to come join TEAM KALE, we would love to have you :)

Ellie's Birthday Party

I can't believe Ellie turned 1! It doesn't seem possible that our baby is growing up so fast. 

We had an elephant themed party.  I went to the store and couldn't find any cute decorations, so I decided to make our own.  

The party was a hit.  Ellie got to eat a cupcake.  She didn't make THAT big of a mess and actually ate most of it.  This girl doesn't mess around, she LOVES her food!

Happy Birthday Ellie!  We are so glad to have you in our family.  Everyone loves you so much!

Brylie's 7th Birthday

Brylie had a great birthday.  She got to have muffins for breakfast.  Me and Ellie brought her class doughnuts for her party at school.  And then for lunch we came back and brought her a happy meal and ate lunch with her. For dinner Brylie got to pick her favorite meal.  She choose Stuffed Shells, curly fries and string green beans with lots of butter.  For her cake this year she wanted a cheesecake.  Since we were having everyone over, we made two.  We had a regular one that could have strawberry or blueberry topping or a pumpkin cheesecake.  

 All of the family came for her party.  She had a great time and got lots of awesome presents!

I can't believe she is 7 now!!!!!!

Greg's Bday

Greg turned the big 3-5 this month!  I had a great bday date planned for us!  I planned for us to go to dinner and a hockey game. It was a surprise to Greg.  Then on the night before, our home teacher came over and said, so I hear you are going to a hockey game tomorrow!  So, then the secret was just who was playing and who we were going with.  I had asked Greg if he could eat anywhere for his bday where would it be.  He said UNOs Pizza.  We had been to one in liberty before, so I googled the address to put in the GPS.

So, we headed out to eat with Nic & Chris.  We went to the address of UNOs and it is now a steakhouse!! So, his dinner choice was ruined too!  We ate at a BBQ place instead.  Then to the hockey game I made Greg wear a KU shirt.  The game was KU vs. MU.  MU beat KU by like 12 goals!  So, we were totally dressed in the wrong team apparel.  But the game was actually really fun and exciting.  There were 9 different player ejected during the game for fighting!  And tons of penalties.  The teams must hate each other big time!

So even though the evening didn't go as planned, it was still fun and great to be out on a fun date!  Happy Birthday Greg!