Great Grandma Visits

This weekend we went and visited my Grandma. She is up at Mom and Dad's house for three weeks. We left Friday evening after school. It was a nice drive and we were just 20 miles (give or take) from their house when our tire blew. I mean that thing was torn up. It was crazy. Richard and I didn't realize that the tire blew for a few seconds because the van never swerved or anything. However, God blessed us where we pulled off because we were on a driveway next to a field so we had plenty of room to change a tire. So Richard and I, the kids, and the dogs all piled out. It was still light outside so that was also a blessing. Anyway we eventually got the tire changed and made it to my parent's house. Then we had a lovely time visiting. It was nice to relax up there. Mia did pretty well running around without a leash on. I think that she was learning those good habits from Jasmine and Wilson. The boys were constantly outside helping Grandpa do some work. =) All the kids had fun looking for frogs. Have a great week everyone!

Rebekah's Choir Concert

Rebekah had her first choir concert at Eisenhower Middle School. She switched middle schools at the semester and has been doing amazing here. Let me just say that their choir was AWESOME! Leann, it reminded me of when Mrs. Gilbertson was teaching us. This woman did a great job. The person that Rebekah had at Wilbur Middle School did not have the kids focused at all. It was horrible. Anyway, back to this choir concert. Rebekah refused to look at us the whole time she was up there. She said that she would have laughed. Now I ask you, would I do anything to try and make my daughter laugh? =) (this is a rhetorical question, please do not feel that you must enlighten me on my personality) =) It was a great night and I am so proud of Rebekah!!

Alyssa's 10th Birthday

Hello again everyone! These are pictures of Alyssa's 10th birthday. Her birthday was actually on Wednesday so she just opened presents with just us. Then that Friday she had two girlfriends over. They are sisters named Alyanna and Felicia. We all went to the zoo and watched movies. The girls just had a great time. Then yesterday (as part of her birthday present) we took Alyssa to Claire's to get her ears pierced. She was totally excited about it and absolutely loves them. Then of course while we were there we had to get some earrings. =) She was very brave and I was so proud that she didn't cry when she got them done. She keeps looking at herself in the mirror! =) Ha Ha! Oh she wanted a big birthday cookie instead of cake which went over very well. I also chopped her hair off because she hates it long. Have a great day everyone!

Easter

Alrighty, we will be going back in time as I have been totally slacking on putting anything on the blog. So we will start with Easter. It was a lot of fun. We went to Mom and Dad's house. Mom and Dad found a couple eggs after we left, at least they were plastic. That is the very abbreviated version of our time there so I hope that pictures do speak louder than words.

Spring Snow

If any of you have been watching the weather here in the Midwest, we have been dumped on with snow. Yesterday about noon started the freezing rain. The first picture of the "snow" that I put on here is actually all freezing rain. It was crazy. Jasmine absolutely refused to go outside, but Mia went out there if the kids were out there. School got out early for everyone, but Wichita. However, Richard and the kids made it home safely so that is good. When we got up this morning it was snowing more. It has now stopped and everything is melting. It has just been weird. One side of our garage door is frozen shut. The other side opens though. Leann and Ryan came over to visit. They brought me some presents from Italy!! Yahooo!! We also got to try some candy. It was very good. It seems like a long time since we have seen them. I got a picture of Isabelle. I am not sure how since I don't remember taking it while they were here. But I am putting it on the blog anyway. Hope you all are enjoying the day!

Mom W Visits

This last week was our spring break. It was very busy for us. Richard's mom came to visit us from Washington. We haven't seen that side of the family for almost 8 years. So we took her to the zoo here. I think that we got some great pictures of all of us. By the end of the zoo we were all exhausted. It was nice to see her again. The kids were a little shy around her at first since Aaron was only 3 months old when he saw her and Jacob has never met her. Then yesterday was the craft fair at church. Rebekah and I went and helped set up Thursday and Friday. Then yesterday we went to the church at 7:00am. We didn't leave until 6:00pm. That was a really long day, but totally worth it. We raised a lot of money for the Cap Haitien Orphanage. I was the announcer for the door prizes. I had to use a microphone and everything. It was a little scary at first, but it was fun. I will definitely do it again next year. We have only a few more weeks of school left. I can't believe it is almost done. Anyway, hope you all have been having a wonderful day. Love you all!

Aaron's 8th Birthday

Aaron had a great birthday. He got 3 video games and a goosebumps book. He loved it. We also went out to eat at our favorite Chinese restaurant. It was a lot of fun. It was weird not having any of the cousins over, but they were all in Nebraska (or Washington). So it was just us. Richard's mom is here this week so we have been busy. I will be putting up pictures on the blog after she leaves on Saturday. This is our spring break. It has been nice not having to worry about getting up early in the morning. This weekend is our craft fair at church which I am helping with. I am in charge of the door prizes. This means I have to announce the winners in a microphone! AAAAHHHGGGG!! Rebekah and Alyssa are going to be giving out the tickets. It is going to be fun. Have a wonderful week everyone! Today was Richard and my 14th anniversary. I can't believe that it has been that long. Bye!