Water!!!!

The kids have been counting down the days until the 

water park opened up for the summer so we surprised

them and took them on the second day they opened!  It was

ridiculously crowded but the kids had fun anyway.  

Thankfully this place is about 5 minutes from the house

so we will be visiting often!  Here are a few pics from our

trip!

Take Me Out To The Ballgame....

Cason had his first t-ball game with the Cardinals!

Of course Chris wanted to coach and they are both

doing an awesome job!  The game went well and 

most of the kids actually paid attention during the game!  

Of course the dirt was a bit distracting to all of those boys.

They had a lot of fun sliding around and getting as dirty

as possible!  Cason is really enjoying playing and

making new friends!

Family Safety Day

Unfortunately with Chris's job we do not get the

opportunity to visit him at work.  Because it is a chemical

plant no one besides employees are allowed into the 

facility.  So we were super excited when his company

announced Family Safety Day and let us come look around!

The kids were very excited to go to daddy's work and see

where he spends so much of his time!

It was completely set up for kids and had lots of little 

stations that they could visit and make things and explore.

They also did a fire demonstration outside which the kids

loved.  I think they liked getting wet from the fire fighters

hoses more than anything.

We also got to take a bus ride around the actual site to see

what processes they have there and how everything

works.  And we actually got to drive past daddy's office 

window.  Which was pretty exciting because that is as 

close to it as we can ever get! haha.

As soon as we left the kids were asking to go back. So

here's to hoping this becomes an annual thing!

Mother's Day

All I can say is that I am so extremely blessed to have my family.

I have an amazing husband whom I could use this entire blog

to brag on but will spare you from all the mush!  Our kids

are truly the best things that have happened to us 

and not a day goes by that we do not realize this.

God has blessed me beyond what I deserve and I am

truly grateful for every single day I have on Earth to spend 

with them.  I could not imagine my life without these

four wonderful people and pray that I will be blessed 

enough to live a very long and happy life with all of them!

These are just a few pics we took on Sunday.

Strawberries

We finally found a barrel to plant our strawberries in

and of course the kids wanted to help!  They actually 

did a great job and planted them with very little

help from me!  They were very proud and have been out

there every day since looking for strawberries.  

God help us if they don't actually produce any!

No More Cast!

After having her cast for a month, Ry was super excited

to finally get it off!  The Dr. said her elbow has healed

really well and that she should get full range

of motion back into that arm in no time!  She did really well

when they cut it off and was only scared initially.  Once 

she realized that thing was coming off she was willing

to sit through it!  She was sore for a couple of days

but soon was able to straighten her arm out and of course

do cartwheels!  We hope that this is the last of casts and 

doctors for a while for us!

Sissy helping give Sister a bath without a bag on her arm for
the first time in a month!

More visitors

Pawpaw and Nana came to visit for the first time and 

we had a very nice time.  The weather finally got better

and we were able to spend a lot of time outside.  We spent

the weekend showing them around where we live and 

just playing.  Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

headed to the airport.

Bubbles!

Pawpaw trying to prove he is young and has good knees!  ;)

Bike ride!

watching the train in LeClaire

she needs a little help making a basket.

playing catch

more smores!!!