a sleepover and some strawberries

Friday night, Lily slept over.  These girls were super excited!  They started the night out here watching a Barbie movie, but ended the night in separate rooms.  They still aren't ready for a real sleepover!

Everyone was awake and ready to play before 7:00!  Ugh!  By around 10, they had made such a mess in the house that they went outside so they would have room to walk around. (I bruised my heel from stepping on so many toys!)  They may of also been made to go outside and stay out for a little while.  Some of us need some quiet and Carter needed a nap!

After a failed attempt at Carter's morning nap, we loaded up and went to lunch.

Then we headed to the strawberry field to pick our own strawberries.

The girls started picking right away!

Carter liked smelling the strawberry blossoms!

The girls made quite the competition out of picking strawberries.  Lily got the most...Grace found the biggest...Lily found the reddest...Grace picked the cutest...

Carter found a lot of "balls"

We had a ton of fun!

And, now, we have a ton of yummy strawberries!

This fun afternoon ended with EVERYONE taking a good long nap!!!

playing

Mimi and Poppa invited the kids to the grand opening of the new park in their neighborhood.  So, we went to the "park party" and played!!!

lately...

Carter has been feeding himself with utensils.  He really thinks he is BIG stuff!

We have caterpillars!

Our kids are getting baths whether they like it or not!

We are watching playing American Idol!

Mostly, we are trucking through these last few days of school...only 21 more to go!

lots o' cousins

A couple of weeks ago, Julie and the kids were in town and we all got together for dinner.  Eight kids under seven makes for one loud and wild night!  When I got in the car to come home, I remember thinking that I did not have one complete conversation with an adult.  There were many conversations that were started...just none of them were finished!

My kids and Tripp Batman spent some time flipping over the back of the couch.

Drew and Lily played some pool.

Charlie and Carter fought over this pink "car".

Then, Jenna really got wild and sassy!

CRAZINESS and FUN!!!

our weekend

Friday night, we went to support Andrew and Team Crew at the Opening Eyes to Autism 5k.

After watching Carter on these steps, I felt like I had actually run the 5k!

The girls had fun cheering the runners on to the finish line!

Brad, Drew, and Steph crossing the finish line!

Grace joined Grandma as she crossed!

Go Team Crew!!!

Saturday, Grace went to Build-a-Bear for Isabelle's birthday.

Grace LOVED every second of it!  She took this whole thing very seriously!!!

Happy Birthday, Isabelle!  Grace had so much fun!!!

Grace's First Program!

Grace had her first school program this week. She had been practicing for weeks and she was so excited that the big day was finally here!

She did a wonderful job...smiling and singing for the entire program.  She even added her own spin to the program...dancing!  She and she alone danced.  She danced from the very first note until the very last.

During the awards ceremony, she was presented with an award for the Most Artistic.

I was so proud of my sweet and artistic little girl!

Daddy was pretty proud too!  He even had some flowers for his beautiful performer!

We love you so much, Grace!  Thanks for letting us learn how to be parents with you!!!