Soccer Fan

Shane took Oliver to his first New England Revolution soccer game this past Saturday. (I went to Ikea with some girls from church and Dad came down and watched Lily and Darcy) Shane said that Oliver did great through the whole thing. I asked Oliver how he liked it. He said it was great and that there were lots of people selling popcorn and that Dada gave him his own spicy (soda). I just love the child's perspective:) hopefully a love of soccer is something we can encourage in all of our children as it is the only sport we care to follow or watch! (other that skiing, of course!)

The luckiest mom in the world

What a privilege and overwhelming responsibility to nurture these beautiful spirits!

Bath time

This is what happens when you leave a 4 and 2 year old in a tub with a full bottle of bubble bath in site... (they're lucky they're cute!)

Easter

Just some shots from Easter morning that I got a hold of. We also had an egg hunt the day before at Averie's house.

May wreath

I stumbled across the fake flower aisle at Wal Mart last week. Me likey their prices! I usually go to Ben Franklin which is ridiculously over priced and under stocked. Wal Mart even had a grape vine wreath form for $2.50! The flower bundles were $3 each, which means the total for my wreath was $8.50. Considering I saw a similar wreath already assembled but with gardenias on clearance for $15, I'm going to give myself a pat on the back for frugality! I think the pink and purple together are such a great May/Mothers Day color combo. Hope you enjoy!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, my beautiful Darcy Rose! You have brought so much joy to this family! We love your smiles, kisses, and cuddles. You're a little trouble maker, for sure, but you're son darn cute, we can't help but forgive you! Thank you for choosing our family to spend eternity with! We can't imagine life with out you!

Poppins

We were at the Hatzenbuhlers last week and we needed to distract the kids so we could eat our ice cream cake in peace. Tara suggested Mary Poppins, my kids hadn't seen it, but who doesn't love Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke!?
I go tell Lily that we will be watching a show called Mary Poppins. Her eyes widened and she asked with excitement "and Jesus Poppins!?"
It was then that I realized the kids only know the name Mary in the context of Jesus!
In conclusion, the kiddos were all riveted to the movie, Tara and I got our cake, and I found out Jesus is no longer terrifying to Lily (I think the connection to Julie Andrews helped!)! Overall, a great night;)