Webelos Graduation

A few weekends ago we went camping with Grayson's Cub Scout pack. All was good, we didn't have to drive far, no rain, only sleeping in the wilderness one night I was totally prepared…then we got out of the truck & the mosquitoes started swarming & the girls had to go to the bathroom. Oh things were going so well inside of the truck. We found the outhouse…oh gross & there was no lock & about 1000 cub scouts wandering around. (You should note that Derek is sitting in the truck rolling his eye's at me.) I asked Gray to be outhouse security & turn away any scouts in need of the restroom. After our fabulous potty break I GENEROUSLY spray all of us with OFF!!! After a great day & a yummy dinner they had a graduation ceremony. A very LOOOONG graduation ceremony. So many cub scouts so little time.


After graduation we had a bonfire & all the dens performed a skit. Good times!! The next day was pretty much eat, pack up, & go. While Derek packed up the kids & I found some friends.

We touched frogs, toads, & turtles OH MY!!

New Glasses

A few of you have noticed that Abby is wearing glasses a lot more in photos. We took Lindsey in for her Kindergarten check-up & decided we should take Abby to get her eye's checked seeing as how it had been a few years. I have never worn glasses, so I didn't know you should take your kid in every year to get a check-up if they wear glasses. Yes, now I know & I will be more on top of this. Anyway, much to Lindsey's dismay she has perfect vision & did not need glasses. Abby on the other hand has quite a severe astigmatism, which wasn't diagnosed a few years ago. Our new doctor said that she needs to be wearing her glasses 24/7. She has been awesome about taking care of her new glasses & remembering to put them on. Yeah, Abby. The day's following our visit to the eye doctor Lindsey kept telling me & anyone else who would listen that, "I really do need glasses, everything is so blurry." Then she would wave her hands in front of her face like she was blind & couldn't see what was in front of her. Listen to how clever I am. When we went to pick up Abby's new glasses we secretively had the lady punch the lenses out of her old glasses & gave those to Lindsey. We didn't fool her, she figured out right away that they didn't have lenses, but she still wears them. Problem solved.


We bought Abby two pairs so she could switch things up a little bit & if something were to happen to one pair, then she has a back up.


Look at my cutie-pies!! Love those girls.

Preschool Graduation

Last week Lindsey graduated from preschool. I can't believe it. I still remember walking her through the forest on her FIRST day of preschool, & now in a blink of an eye it's over. That was a fast two years. The graduation could not have been any cuter. Derek & I were both pushing back tears. Congratulations Lindsey, now you are a kindergartener.

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.