Amy's Baby Shower

Monica planned a super cute baby shower for Amy to welcome Baby Jessie. Amy loves owls and Monica found the clip art to make yummy bundt cake favors.

Auntie Amy with her cute girls...Allison, Danielle and Emma!  One more sweet baby girl on the way!

Silly girls waiting for presents to be opened!  They were so excited to see all of Baby Jessie's gifts!

Easter Smiles

Happy Easter! The girls enjoyed our little photo shoot in the backyard. I love the way they turned out. Lots of bright smiles and bright colors!

Easter at Grandma and Papa's

Dying eggs at Grandma Sue's house!  Fun!

Brynn shows great concentration while dying her egg.

Allison loved squishing the dye around in the bag.  Had to make sure she didn't squish too hard!

Emma was so proud of their finished masterpieces! Now it is time to hide them all!

Time to hunt for eggs in the back yard.  Kiley found her first one as Allison searches for hers.

Ooooo...she sees something up there!

Eating fresh carrots I just picked up from our Fresh Edibles veggie delivery Emma was in charge of putting the coconut on the bunny.

Allison was in charge of the gumdrops on the bunny cake.

Brynn was in charge of the licorice whisters.

The finish Easter bunny is perfect!  Time to open Easter baskets next!

Girls are all ready for bed!  Sweet dreams!

Ms. Grabert's Wedding Shower

One of Emma's teachers, Ms. Grabert, was engaged to be married during the school year. Lora had the idea to have the class throw her a wedding shower that mimicked an actual wedding. It was so much fun and filled with so many wedding details! Sarah, Sydney, Angelina, Allyson and Emma.  All the daughters of the moms that helped put everything together.  Love how they are all dressed in yellow, gray or white...the actual wedding colors!

Ms. Grabert puts Emma's veil on.  All the girls wore a small veil (pinned on by Ms. Grabert) and the boys wore bow ties pinned on by Mr. Estes himself.The "guests" eagerly wait for the ceremony to begin.  Allison even got in on the action!
The classroom decorated and ready to go!

Allison loves her Sydney!Mrs. Berolo, Mrs. Lins and Mrs. Hawkins were the maids of honor for Ms. Grabert.
Lora served as the officiant.
Exchanging of the vows.
Cake cutting!
The guests blew bubbles as the new Mr. and Mrs. Estes were announced.

Emma stands proud with Mr. and Mrs. Estes. What a fun afternoon for all the kids to experience!

Where Do Plants Grow Best?

I am so proud of Emma! She did such a great job on her science project! She typed her entire lab write-up all by herself. It took close to 5 hours to type, but she did it all without any complaining! I only helped with some formatting! All that hard work paid off because she earned an award among all the 2/3 students in her school for one of the best experiments from both classes!  Maybe she's my budding scientist and will follow in my footsteps...

Dance Days at Great America

We had another dance show to attend for Emma's Performance Company. This time we headed to Great America to watch her dance. I hadn't been there is so many years. The place has changed a lot!

Snoopy and is that Schroder?? greeted us as we entered Great America.

Angelina, Sydney, Emma and Allison...all ready to head to the stage!

Wait!  We need a picture with Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty before we start walking!

"Return to Sender" in action!

We are on the roller coaster ride...2nd from the back.

Another roller coaster...looks like Papa is having so much fun!!!!

Allison and Colby (one of the dancers on Emma's team) ride the next one together.Emma and Jaime, Colby's sister, are all smiles for their ride together.

Heading up in the pumpkin with Papa, Allison, Emma and me.

One last carousel ride before we head home.