4th of July

We managed to break away from painting the house to see the fireworks.  While we were waiting for the fireworks to begin, we threw balls back and forth to eachother.  They would light up everytime  we threw them.  The kids loved it.  They also loved watching the fireworks especially because they sat on the hood of my car. 

....it got a little noisy!

Aidans 1st Dance Recital!

Where Aidan goes to preschool they incorporate music and dance into their curriculum. On Tuesday mornings Aidan goes to dance class. He just performed yesterday. We are so proud of him. We weren't sure if he would even get up on stage. And we thought that if he did get on stage, he would just stand there. He surprised us both. He did get shy and didn't do all the movements. But we are so glad he gave it a try. We are soooo proud of our graduating preschooler!

Snapped a picture of him back stage, before we had to go out front and take our seats.  I just love his little coyness.  The other boys that take this particular dance class weren't able to make it.  Only Aidan and one other boy performed. 

Proud Daddy getting Aidan from off stage after the who recital was over.

You may want to "fullscreen" the video.  Aidan is on the right!  (the taller one)

We love playing outside!

Easter!

Easter morning was kind of crazy.  We have Church at 9, so between Easter baskets, breakfast, and getting ready for Church our morning was kind of crazy.  We talked to the kids about Christ and his atoning sacrifice on the way to Church.  Aidan was so cute..."He's ALIVE?!?!?!, Let's go see him!" 

This year the Easter bunny knew Aidan and Cameron needed new lunch boxes, so instead of the usual baskets, he filled the lunch boxes with Easter goodies!  the kids thought it was cool.  He also brought them the movie "how to train a dragon.'  The love that movie.

After Church we headed over to Grandma and Pappy's house.  The kids got more Easter candy, toys, and coloring books.  And of course don't forget the Easter egg hunt! 

Happy Easter!!

Nice weather

The Weather is getting warmer, and we are loving it. I just love playing outside with the kids, and watching them play with each other. They have the best imaginative play.

This is under the slide.  They love pretending they are at a restaurant.  They take orders and prepare the food.  "May I take your order?" "Sorry we ran out, would you like something else?"

They both have their power wheel jeeps, but i am so glad they still like to get out on pedel bikes to play as well.

Filling up his bike with gas.  I just love these guys!

I don't remember when this was.  Cameron was so tired that he fell asleep during family prayer one night.  I just love this picture!!

First Dentist appointment!

Cameron had his first teeth cleaning.  He loved sitting in the big chair....but he didn't want to let go of the banana.

He was such a trooper.  The dental hygienist couldn't believe how great he did....sitting still in the chair, opening his mouth wide, and doing anything else she needed him to do!  Good job buddy!!!

Family Visit!

My Dad, Mom, and brothers Jason and Ryan came to visit for a week!  We had a lot of fun spending time together.  These are the only pictures I took.  Oops.  It was so nice having them back, and the kids were so excited to have them here.  It was just like old times.  1 week was definitely not enough time.

But it wasn't all fun.  They also came out to remodel the main bathroom...can you tell why????  haha 

Food Fight!

I gave the kids a snack, and went to finish putting laundry away....this is what I came back to.....

At least they had fun!!

To cute!

We had some extra Church manuals so we gave them to the kids.  One day they sat down and were "reading" them to each other.  Or at least babbling about something.  The movie is long....I didn't do any editing.  So feel free to just watch some, all, or not even watch it at all.  :)  I mostly posted it because I knew a lot of my family would like watching it. 

St. Patty's Day

We had fun this St. Patrick's day. It's the first year we really even celebrated it as a family. Aidan learned all about it in school. The leprechauns even came to their school over night and left them surprises!

I don't remember what I made for the main part of the meal, but we had green sour cream to go on our baked potatoes, asparagus, green jello, and green shakes for desert.

haha I love this picture....Cameron fell asleep during story time and Aidan is picking his nose.

Preschool.

Aidan had a little preschool party. Aidan is the second one in from the left. The boys showed us what they have been learning in the boys "movement class" such as somersaults, rolling, jumping, and other fun things. The girls did a little ballet dance. It was so cute.

They were also learning a song to sing for us for valentines day. I just love his little hand movements.

Sledding

We sure had fun this winter sledding in the back yard. The boys loved racing down to see who could get to the bottom first. Aidan loved going down the side with all the "bumpy parts"