Kindergarten Round Up

At the end of March, Rebecca joined her big brother on the bus and rode to school for Kindergarten Round Up.  While she is doing well is preschool I can hardly believe that she is old enough for kindergarten!  However she is more than ready and was thrilled that she was able to ride the bus with Micah to school.  This fall will be really different when they are both gone to school all day.  At least Olivia will still be around for a few years to keep me company. :)

She was soooo excited to be able to carry her pink lunch box! :)

Bowling

 We decided that it was high time that we took the kids bowling and while we were at it we thought that we would take Grandpa & Grandma along as well!  So much fun!!!  I don't quite remember what the scores were, but I know that the kids did just as well as adults! LOL!

Winter Photos

Lots of photos of the kids during the winter.  I have been making an extra effort to make sure that I take lots of pictures of Olivia as a baby.  Don't want my 3rd child to think her mommy didn't care enough to take any photos!  Here are some pictures from our winter.

 Sleepytime with dad

 Micah's 1st grade class with the 2nd class at chapel.  Don't remember if they were singing or reciting their memory work....

 Not sure what to say about this.... :)

 Olivia had a bout with RSV.  She didn't have to go the hospital, but it was a long recovery and really drained mom & dad.

 The kids helping me with my Supper Swapper meal.  I think that we made something like 120+ meat balls.

Friends & Babies!

Seems like everyone we know is having babies these days!  Sooooo exciting!  I have had a chance to get together with a few of them.

 These are my friends Amy & Beth.  Amy's daughter Autumn was born the first part of January and Beth is due in June.  It has been along time since we have seen each other and our visit was short, but it was still a lot of fun!

4 of my family members were/are expecting within 6-9 months after Olivia was born.  3 of them are here and they are all girls and we know that the last one is a girl too!  We are talking 5 baby girls in 10 months!  That is a lot of pink!  This is picture of Olivia and my cousin Cali's little girl Lilly who was born right before Christmas.  Lilly was baptized a little more than a week ago and we joined her for the celebration.  It was the first time the 2nd cousin met and it was so fun to see them check each other out!

SuperBowl

This year the Super Bowl held a little extra excitement as the Green Bay Packers were playing.  We had some friends over and had a wonderful evening.  Micah was extremely excited that we let him stay up and watch the whole game and to top it off the Packers won!  Not sure that Micah grasps how rare it is for your favorite NFL team to win, but it sure was fun!

 Just a little pre-game fun!

Winter Time Fun

The last several years Nick's parent's have treated us to a winter getaway at a local hotel.  This year we spent a night at a resort in February (yes I know I am behind!).  It was a nice reprieve from the winter cold!  Here are some photos from the weekend.

The Stuff

This is quickly becoming my theme song for my life.  Not that I have lost my keys or phone or been pulled over, but it resonates with my heart because there seems to be so much "stuff" that is a normal part of life that is just driving me crazy!  Dirty dishes, piles of laundry, sick kids, lack of sleep, crazy schedules and a lack of sanity to name a few!  It is a reminder to me that despite all this "stuff" God is present and I truly am blessed.

I put two versions of the song here because I wanted you to know what the lyrics say.  The first one has the lyrics and the second is a live performance of the song.