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 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!

Slumber Party at Aunt Bonnie's

When Uncle Bobby passed away in March of 2003, in March of 2004 we started a tradition of the cousins (me, Kim, Jen and a few years later Danielle too), 2nd cousins (Emma, Brady, Shandley, Brynn, Allison, Kiley, Robert and Mary!), aunts (mom and and Aunt Bonnie) and Grandma Rogers getting together and spending the night together near the anniversary of his passing.  It was fun to spend time together and remember what made him so special to all of us.  The past few years we weren't able to get a meetup together, but we did again this year...and we had lots of cousin kiddos to help us celebrate!

Loving my cute niece, Kiley and my Crazy Brown Girl, Allison.

Showin' off the dance moves with the Wii.

We all made our our personal pizzas for dinner!  Yum! We needed a map to remember which pizza belonged to which kid!

After dinner, we actually got them all to sit on the couch together!  Kiley, Emma, Brynn, Brady, Allison, Shandley, Mary and Robert!

Time for a movie break.

Em and Aunt Bonnie.

Aunt Susie reads stories to the kiddos before bedtime.

Cousin smiles...Kiley and Em.

Nighty night to all the cousins!

Emma the Scientist

Emma did such a great job on her science project for school! Auntie Mo heard about all of her hard work and shared her experiment with Danielle's preschool teachers. Because they were studying plants at preschool, they asked Emma to come share her experiment with all of the preschoolers!

Danielle was so proud to have big cousin Emma up there talking to her class!  Look at those proud smiles!

Emma did a really great job explaining to the kids what she did for her experiment.  They were a great audience and enjoyed asking her questions when she was done explaining her project.  Love it!

Birthday Weekend at Doran

We made our annual trip to Bodega Bay and Doran Beach to celebrate Keith and Jeff's birthdays. It was a great weekend of beach play, good food, family and even some rain. We made the best of it!

Cousins at play!  Brynn, Allison, Kiley and Emma love the beach!
The water was very chilly, but that didn't stop them from getting in.  I had to be there for some safety though.  Wish it was warmer water!  I was numb!
Family photo time.

Creek gets his toes a bit wet, but not too wet!  He's no crazy dog!

Allison made huge strides at the beach this year.  She went from staying far away from the water, to jumping and splashing in it!!

Love the carefree smiles!
Even the beach is a dance floor!
Time for some Bocce ball for the boys.
Tree climbing before singing to the birthday boys.
Happy Birthday Keith and Jeff!
Gathering all the crew together. Allison is so thrilled!
Raining on our final day made some fun outside play in their rain boots and rain coats!
Heading home with Aunt Bonnie and Sam.  We had another fantastic weekend and Doran Beach!