Grandma and Grandpa in town/Fishing Derby

Grandma and Grandpa just left yesterday.  It's funny how you can get so "used to" having extra hands around after a few days!  As usual, we had a wonderful time!  We kept very busy.  One of the biggest highlights (and reasons for their visit), was the annual Fishing Derby!  It turned out to be a gorgeous day for such a fun event....phew!  Both Adriana and Nathan were the most successful with catching fish.  However, the fish they seemed to catch were not very "worthy" of getting weighed!  ;0)  Maybe next year!! 

    

Memorial Day Parade

Nathaniel's Kindergarten field trip....

I had the pleasure of going on Nathaniel's field trip with him last week.  We had a great time.  It was at a local State Park.  While there, the three different classes rotated between three different areas of "fun".  One was learning about different items you'd find in the park, the different animals you might see, and then a walk to see different plants to stay away from or not worry about.  The second group was "organized play".  They learned all about worms and how they are actually useful.  Then, they had a chance to run and look for the different "worms" that were hiding in the grass (strings!).  Last, they had free play at the playground and then a snack!

We feel very fortunate to live near such a beautiful park.  There is always something to do there!

We could get used to this......

Amazingly enough....our kids decided one evening to take on the dishes after dinner!  When they first asked us, it took Aaron and me maybe 2 seconds to say, "um...SURE!!!!"   ;0)  They all wanted to be involved!  The joy of dish washing hasn't quite lasted as long as we'd hoped for! 

Field Day 2010

This year we had two kids involved in Field Day.  Thank goodness, both kids were on the same "team"....the white team!  The day started off in such a neat way.  We were invited to a "neighborhood" round up to get ready and geared up for the big day.  There was blue hair spray, face painting, nail painting, hair braiding, and breakfast!  Here are some pictures of the morning get together and the actual Field Day events....

It's Spring!!!!

Wow!  I can't believe how long it's been since I've updated our blog.....last post was Christmas!!!  Amazing!  Since the last posting, we've had a lot of things to keep us busy.  To top our list was the fact that we survived one of the snowiest winters in history!  Our kids are getting out of school June 16 because of all of the snow days!

We had two birthdays in January...Gabriel turned 4 and Samuel turned 2!  No big parties, just a fun time at Chuck E Cheese and McDonald's.  Only fine dining in our family!  Both boys got to pick where they wanted to go!

We were also very busy with Adriana and Nathaniel's participation in the UPWARD sports program.  What

an incredible program that is!  Nathaniel played basketball and Adriana was a cheerleader!  They both did a great job.  As busy as it kept us as a family with practices and games, it seemed to totally fly by.  Next thing we knew they were having the closing ceremony!   Each child was treated so special....I can't speak any more highly of the program!

 Next thing we knew it was Easter!!!  Melissa and Brian came out to visit us...a very short visit, but a great one for sure!  Melissa and Brian are expecting their first baby at the end of June, so it was so fun to see Melissa pregnant.  She looks so cute!!!  Plus, it was awesome because Aaron and I passed on most of our baby gear/clothes to them!!!   Hooray!  Thank you Melissa and Brian!  ;0)

One of the last big events this spring has been going back to Chicago for a family wedding.  We had some car trouble (hit a truck's tire on the way in and it tore apart the underneath of our car), but we were all okay.  We made it home again on Monday night...late.  The kids got right back in to the swing of things with school and events.  Aaron and I, however, took a little bit longer to recover.  It was a whirlwind of a weekend and lots of driving!

Now were are super busy winding down the school year and gearing up for summer/VBS!  So busy, yet having a ton of fun!