Back into the Spring of Things

As the weather gets warmer, it is great to be able to get back into doing some of the fun things we spent time doing last Spring and Summer! This morning, we went to Cosley Zoo. This is a fun place to take the kids, and it is FREE! Love it!

It was so cool to see the peacock with his feathers up!


Helpful big brother...


Caleb and Jack probably could have run up and down this hill all day!


Tree Huggers...although, it kind of looks more like they are trying to pull the tree down...


These little lambs were born TODAY!


Click here for pictures from one of our Cosley visits last summer
or
click here for photos from our very 1st visit to Cosley, on Caleb's 1st birthday!

Together Again...

I toted my kiddos up to the Milwaukee area today to spend time with the Sipes family and Millen family. While my ride up there was not fantastic (due to a lovely encounter with a lovely cop who decided to give me a lovely speeding ticket) we had a great time at Family Fun Land and then at Brandy's house.

I love these friends, and am so thankful that we have remained so close over the years. I was telling Kris the other day that there is just something about "old friends" that is so special.....these girls have seen me at my worst, and still love me. It's great to be able to spend time with people who I am truly 100% comfortable with, and who love my kids...even when one of them decides to put some toys in their toilet.....=(

Thanks Bran, for hosting all of us today!!!

Lunchtime...


While it was hard to get any good pictures of the "big kids" since they were running, jumping, climbing, etc. all over the place, I did manage to snap a cute picture of Ozzy and Meredith.


On our way back to the cars....Caleb, Jensen, and Owen.


The girls...Meredith, Sydney, and Haley...


The big kids in the top bunk.....it made for a cute picture, even though they weren't supposed to be up there!!!


Please excuse my sweet son who decided to use all of his energy to resist cooperating with photo-taking efforts....I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, since he was operating on ZERO naptime today.....

Wordless Wednesday: Silly Kiddos

Easter

What a wonderful day....we had an awesome morning of worship at church, and enjoyed spending the rest of the day with family.

We hope that you had a wonderful day celebrating the RISEN Christ!

Easter Treat

My friend Lisa passed along a recipe for Caleb and I to do together....it was a very fun (and tasty!) way to further explain the story of Easter to Caleb. We made these yesterday morning.

While I didn't have the exact ingredients we needed, I improvised, and it worked out just fine.

Helping to put together the "rolls"...


Notice the marshmallows inside of all of the rolls (before baking)...


After baking, the marshmallows were gone!


This illustrated how the tomb that Jesus was laid in after crucifixion was empty because...

CHRIST


IS


RISEN!

Easter Photos

A couple of my favorites from our photo shoot today!