Thursday, June 2, 2011

Miscellaneous April

Wrapping up the month with a few more pictorial highlights. :)

Alright Vanna and ‘Price is Right’ girls – watch out!!  Here comes Brookie!!

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My little kitchen helper.  Can’t wait until he can do the dishes! :)

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Ice cream break!!  Sometimes the kids actually pretend to like each other! :)

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Story time!!  Shhh…the babies are sleeping!

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Isn’t she so organized!!?? :)

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And just a few more…

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Yeah, April!!  On to May!! :)

Easter 2011

Slowly, but surely, we will get caught up!! :)  This year we spent Easter with Pop and Grandma Mary, doing all of the traditional Easter activities.  It started the night before with dyeing eggs.  

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   Then it was off to bed, so that the Easter Bunny could come and drop off his goodies.  (Thank you to all of the contributing Easter Bunny friends!)

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Everything was much appreciated!

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Then it was off to church in our Easter best! :)  Honestly kids, all we are asking for is one nice picture.  Is that too much to ask? :)  Geez.

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I managed to get a couple of cute shots of the kids – even though that never entails both of them actually smiling and looking at the camera together.

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We had to get them out of those church clothes before they became little disasters.  Kids in nice clothes are attracted to dirt like magnets!  After lunch it was time for a little Easter egg hunt.

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We had a lovely day!  We hope everyone else had a nice Easter, too!!  May God bless your family as much as he has blessed ours!! :) 

Monday, May 23, 2011

The Butterfly Garden at Dow Gardens

In early April, me and the kids went to visit Pop in Midland.  One or two times per year, Dow Gardens turns their botanical greenhouse into a butterfly garden.  I love butterfly gardens and we were certainly looking for anything we could do to get out of the house!  We had a blast!

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After Dow Gardens, it was back to Pop’s house to hang out for a little while.  Brooklyn helped Pop check the birdhouses and then it was time for a wrestling match.

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Thanks, Pop, for a great day!!  We all had a wonderful time! :)

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