April 2015

Ice cream for daddy's birthday!

Mark getting a little dance in the garage with Addie.

Dying Easter Eggs at Camps' house. She always has to have on a pretty dress.

Taking a break for a cookie.

Tie Die Eggs.

Their works of art.

Neighborhood hunt. Izzy, Maia, Finn, Noah, Addie, and Livie.

On the move.

Stopping to say cheese!

Looking and looking!

Partners in crime. Addie and Livie. 

Look what the Easter Bunny left!

CHOCOLATE!

MORE CHOCOLATE!

Searching the backyard.

Found some in the tunnel of the playset. 

Daddy and Cletus pretending to be the Easter Bunny. 

Izzy, finally flying the kite she got for her birthday last year. Thanks Matt, Ellie, and Livie. 

Scooting down 198th St. 

Izzy and Daddy riding with no training wheels. 

                                         

Right before Izzy's concert at Fire Ridge. 

                                          

We took in the movie Home with the Mulligans. Super cute!

Lunch at Up Stream before Izzy's Premier Performing Arts concert.

Addie couldn't figure out the sticky string.

At Hoffman's Hoops for Natalie Hoffman's birthday.

Creighton vs. Huskers. GO BIG RED!

Cotton candy!

Again I am behind. I'm not sure where the days go but, they are gone. April went by in a flash. We celebrated Mark's 42nd birthday and he doesn't act a day over 21. Except, maybe, he works his hiney off. Very busy at work but he is great at what he does. For Mark's birthday we went to Louie's Wine and Dive for dinner and just enjoyed family time. He has also been busy trying to help Izzy learn to ride her bike with no training wheels. He searched and searched for the right bike. Came home with a balance bike that was too small and a two wheel bike that was too big. So she is back to her original bike and he switched seats and adjusted so it would be just right. He was very patient and worked a couple of nights with her. First just learning to coast down the driveway with no pedals and feet up. Then he added back the pedals and away she went. He would run along side of her just in case. It really didn't take as long as I remember as a kid learning to do it. Only a couple of days and BAM she was doing it. 

For Easter this year we just stuck around the house. The day before we went to Camps' house and dyed Easter eggs and then had our own little egg hunt. The kids had a great time. We have been telling them what the holiday is all about and how you should always try to do and be your best. If you mess up you will be forgiven because Jesus died for our sins. He rose on that day to help guide you and make good decisions. It's kind of sad that a lot of the focus is on the Easter Bunny. But, it is fun to see the girls' faces light up in the morning when they see their baskets on the deck and eggs all over the yard. 

At the end of the month Izzy had her concert for her voice lessons. She sang Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. A week later she had her concert for school. It was super sweet. We had been practicing all week because she had a little speaking part in it. Since she was practicing, Addie picked right up on the words and the songs. We had nightly concerts with the girls standing on the ottoman and singing Mountain Music, We Are Family, and Lean On Me. It was great. 

Next up, to remember what happened in May. I need to start writing this stuff down again. 

A

March 2015

A little Panera after voice lessons.

All dolled up for Cinderella's birthday party. 

Ella Mulligan went with us too.

Rapunzel

Heather and Ella

Jasmine

Aurora

Tiana and her friend

Ariel

Belle

Anna

Merida

Elsa

Sophia

Cupcake time!

This is the man who loves me lots. Puts on a great party every year back home with family and friends. 

Getting some color time in at the races for Mommy's birthday. 

Love her smile. 

Gamma and PopPop

Cuddles. 

Our Great Nephew Caden.

Jamie and Izzy. The girls love playing with her. 

Grandma and Grandpa D.

Love.

My good friend Lis and her girls came to help me celebrate. 

Mom, me, and Grandma

The gum she was told to keep in her mouth seems to have come out. 

Our dear friends the Christensens. 

Me and the boys.

My aunts

As I've said before, she can be a sweet cuddle bunny. 

Crazy family!

The beginning of our St. Patrick's Day. You would think we were Irish.

Selfies!

Pizza at Dantes!

Level 3 swim lessons. 

Addie getting her first lesson. She loved it. 

All of us neighbor girls getting ready for a birthday dinner at Marks. Liz, Ellie, Val, Me, and Louise. 

I took the girls to Cinderella. Of course they had to dress up. 

The first of this month was a very special day for the girls. They got to go to Cinderella's birthday party. They got to talk to all the princesses, sing songs, dance and have cupcakes for the birthday. They loved it.

Swimming lessons also started up for the girls. This is Addie's first lesson and she loved it. I took the poor girls a week early and they were told their lessons hadn't started yet. They were sad that they didn't get to swim. They were REALLY ready to swim the following week. Both did a great job.

I turned another year older this year. Mark set up the annual Fonner Park get together with friends and family for my birthday. Mark was a big winner on the last race. After we all went out to dinner.

For St. Patrick's Day the girls got dressed up in their green and had a fun day at school. Izzy was on Spring Break so she went to Small Miracles with Addie. Her teacher, Ms. Seffy, painted her face like a leprechaun. Then we went a picked up daddy from his long day of events and had pizza at Dantes.

The week after Spring Break, I got to be the mystery reader for Izzy's class. I read the book Ribbit. It's about a pig just wanting to find good friends. Then I did a craft with the class. We attempted to make frogs, but I didn't realize, what took me 10 minutes to make, takes more than a half an hour to a kindergartner. The best part was seeing how excited Izzy was that I was there.

Spring is here and I'm ready for the sun to shine on my face.

A