So much to blog about

I am not the best blogger & once you get behind it is so hard to catch up. I thought I would just post a few pictures of what has been going on in our lives.

Happy Birthday to Lindsey. I CANNOT believe that my little cutie pie is 5. She had a great birthday at Chuck E Cheese's with her cute little girlfriends. Grandma Riley sends the kids pillowcases for every month & this month Lindsey received a special Happy Birthday pillowcase. We are so lucky to have such talented Grandma's. Both Grandma's are great at sewing & we have benefited a great deal from their talents.

Bathroom redo- Yep that really is pink tile on the floor!! I like pink, but I am more of a neutral girl when it comes to my bathroom floor. Now that Gray is getting older we have decided that we can enforce child labor!! Let's hear it for kids that want to help.



Cub Scout Space Derby- Gray made a flying pencil



Abby's Brownie troop had the fun opportunity of spending the night in a museum. We had a great time until it was time to go to sleep. I'm not sure who scored the most points...Derek sleeping in a cave or me sleeping in the museum. We are probably tied for parent of the year at this point.

This is a picture of all the sleepy girls the next morning.
Late night + Early morning = Hunting down a Starbucks in Milwaukee for most of the moms in the morning.

Cookies Overseas

Abby's Brownie troop sold Girl Scout Cookies in March. All the girls reached the troop goal & generous neighbors & family members bought over 200 boxes to send to the Troops in Afghanistan.

Easter Photo

Since we had General Conference on Easter Sunday our dressed up Easter pictures really suffered. This is what Easter looks like when you get to stay home & watch conference on TV.

Happy Easter

We had a great Easter. The weather was unseasonably warm & we were able to spend alot of time outside. It was even warm enough for easter egg hunts outside. Yeah!!
We had a good time dying easter eggs & as you can see Lindsey ended up with more dye on her hands than her eggs.

Weekend Project

Derek used to build in his dad's workshop quite a bit when we lived in Utah. He has built coffee tables, bookshelves, kitchen hutches,etc. He doesn't really have any of the tools here to build something, but when I said Gray needed a bookshelf he got right on it. Here are a few pictures of our weekend project.

Derek built it, Gray sanded it & I painted it!! That is team work.

Eagle Cave, WI

Derek & Gray had the fun experience of camping out in a wet, cold, cave. While I decided that the girls would skip this trip the boys (Grayson) decided this would be AWESOME




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14 blissful years

Happy Anniversary!! Derek & I have been married 14 years & what an amazing 14 years they have been. We have had ups, downs, & many surprises together. We were talking on Tues. & both of us said the same thing, there is no way that we could have imagined our life now 14 years ago. Who would of thought that we would end up with 3 red headed kids living in Northern Illinois. When Derek & I met we immediately became good friends. We were able to talk to each other about everything & most of the time no matter what the circumstance we were able to have fun & laugh. Throughout our marriage we have remained best friends & we still try to laugh through the tough times. Derek I love you. Happy Anniversary!!