New Toy

We got a new "toy" today...

Perhaps you are wondering if this was a toy for the girls or a toy for Matt...

Although it was great fun for the girls to take a spin with Dad, it's actually a new toy for him.

Anyway, we are pretty excited about it. Since we sit on almost an acre of land, we decided it would be pretty handy to have something to pull stuff around in from place to place, and it dumps too. Matt's already gotten to work on a yard project today moving dirt around and such... Thanks for all your hard work, Dad! Hopefully he is enjoying spring break as much as we are...

Happy Easter

We hope everyone had a great Easter! The girls sported new Easter duds at church today (thanks to grandma T) and were quite excited about the goodies left by the Easter Bunny.





Lauren and Allison both enjoyed dying eggs but were rather disappointed when we ran out...



Gimme the candy!

Nesting?

So, they say some women go through something called "nesting" when they are pregnant. Basically, it is the urge to clean and organize everything in order to get ready for the new baby. It is supposedly a primal instinct posessed by all females in the animal kingdom, and just as birds gather sticks and stuff to build their nests in preparation for their babies, we clean our houses, wash and fold the baby clothes, etc., etc. Well I don't know about any primal insticts, but I think I have caught the nesting bug. For me, it's more like, "I better get this done now because in another month I'm not going to have the energy to do it." Which ever way you want to look at it, I've been feeling pretty good about myself the last little while... I've scrubbed the tub, cleaned the oven, mopped floors, cleaned out closets, under the couch, the laundry room, vacuumed the ceiling fans, started freezing meals... With spring break coming up next week, just think of all the possibilities! Maybe I am crazy, but at least the house is getting clean :)

(In case you were wondering about the picture, I took that last spring when a Robin decided to build its nest in the big bush right outside our living room window. It was kind of fun to watch the progress as the baby birds hatched and grew!)

Primary Easter

We had an easter activity for the primary on Saturday....thought I would share some pics from that. We have a pretty small primary and never know who to expect to be at activities. This one we had four kids, but one had to leave early. I think the kids had fun. We made bunny baskets from milk jugs, did an egg hunt, and had an easter lesson. Overall a success, just wish we could get more kids there. Any suggestions??

Spring Fever

Thursday and Friday this week were so nice we couldn't miss the opportunity to go play at the park. The girls love to play at the park (what kid doesn't). With temps nearing 60, it was great. We just hope it stays this way!!

Play with the Girls

The girls like to play games on our bed. They include, "Pancake" where they are flipped over, "Pizza" where they are spun like a pizza, "Uh-Oh" where they fall down, and "This is My Bed" like King of the Hill on a bed. They have fun and squeal lots!

First haircut

Today we took Lauren to get her very first haircut. She didn't want to sit on the chair by herself so I got to hold her on my lap (and wear a cape too). They just trimmed a little off the back to even things out. If you look real hard, it is almost noticeable :) She did pretty good for her first time.

Matt and Allison also got a trim. The place was empty this morning, so they did everyone at the same time and we were out in record time!

Geek in training

Allison loves the computer. She could seriously spend hours at a time playing games if we let her. I'm not sure if this is normal for a 3-year-old...maybe it is just in her genes? Lucky for us, our library has games you can check out, and we have definitely taken advantage of this. In this picture here she is playing a Thomas the Train game. Also, she plays a lot of the PBS games online. Although she hasn't quite surpassed us yet, we are often surprised with what she knows and can do on the computer. It's a little scary.

Happy Birthday Matt!

It's birthday time again at our house! Matt turned 51 today (if you ask Allison). Since we have had our fill of cake after Lauren's birthday, I decided to try a new recipe for a pie. For any Nutella fans out there, you might want to try it too...it turned out pretty good.

Allison and Lauren helped pick out some presents at the (shhh...don't tell Matt) dollar store this morning. They had fun with this one tonight...

The denim dress

"Uh oh...it's down hill from here." This was Matt's comment when he saw me pull my denim dress out of the closet this morning. You see, I save this dress for when I really start to get big, and it is more comfortable than anything else to wear to church. So I guess it's official, we are approaching the final stages of pregnancy. Don't get me wrong...we still have a couple of months left, but we are definitely getting closer!

This is me today (29 wks)



This is me pregnant with Allison. I don't know how many weeks along but we were getting close to the end here...As you can see, we still have some room to grow.