Too cute...

I made her these bloomers to match the dress :) I love this dress, it's reversible. We flipped it to the red side after lunch.

Horseback riding and other summer news

Yesterday Kevin had a blast at his best buddy's birthday party. Luke's party was held at the Jester Park Equestrian Center. All the kids were treated to pony rides. Kevin, of course, was not shy or scared at all. He climbed right on and rode his horse named Snowball. He commented that the horse wouldn't go fast enough because I did not buy him cowboy boots with spurs. Oh, Toy Story, you teach so many lessons!

In other summer news...

Kevin is finishing up a week of swim lessons. He can swim so much better than last year. He learned how to back float and is really proud that the teacher let him jump off the diving board! I was nervous for that, but he did great. His last lesson is tonight (it better not rain)!

Two weeks ago we all went to Vacation Bible Camp. Well, Kevin was the only camper. I helped teach music, Nate lead the fourth graders and Katie played in the nursery. I know Kevin enjoyed the week because he has not let me stop playing the CD of songs in the car! Nate found his experience with the 4th graders to be surprisingly rewarding. We will make it a tradition for the four of us to participate each year.

Katie is recouping from a few days of a fever, now she has a cold. I think it's from the pool, but who knows? She has a few new tricks of her own such as the steps and sliding at a few of our neighborhood parks, and nearly running everywhere. She is so eager to explore everything, she exhausts me!

Our summer is in full swing!

Photos from the Riggan's farm

Tanya's mom captured some really cute pictures of the kids. Kevin absolutely loved their machine shed!

Justin & Katie:






This one is my favorite!

May update

Since my blog entries for the Month of May have somehow vanished, here is a recap:

Last Day of preschool and picture with his teachers:







Memorial Day visit from Grandparents:


Katie loved watermelon and Kev is set for lots of pool time:






We turned the play set into a waterslide!

May blog entries...

Where did you go?

Road trip

I took the kids on a road trip to visit Tanya on her parents farm in Muscatine. Kevin had so much fun! It did not matter to him one bit that the tractors stayed in the machine shed; he was allowed to climb on them!




Tanya's mom took some great photos of the kids, I will post those soon if you have not already seen them on fb.

Easter visit

We were so excited to have My cousin Lori, her baby Ethan, Aunt Susie and my Mom here for Easter.

Dying eggs on Saturday night:




The kids got their baskets:


Ethan loved that bunny:






Here we are all dressed up on Easter morning:








It finally stopped raining on Sunday afternoon. We enjoyed a nice dinner while Ethan and Katie took a nap, then we were finally able to play outside.


Despite the lousy, cold weather we had a fun weekend together. I am so glad they made the trip to Iowa :)