Sunday, April 26, 2009

too cute not to post

Zach had his Spring Little Lambs program last week at our church, which had a Noah's Ark theme. He was asked to be an animal, a frog, and I think thoroughly enjoyed his role on the stage. He did a great job and we were extremely proud of him.
Zach's part of hopping across the stage

Zach 'graduated' (hence the graduation cap) from Little Lambs this year, as he will be in full day Kindergarten this Fall, which will unfortunately prevent him from being able to complete another year of LL. I think Zach has enjoyed his two years in this wonderful program, as much as I have enjoyed watching him grow in his knowledge and understanding of Jesus.

Our daily daycare friend Hailey, hanging with the boys








A weekend get together, Chloe decorating Cam with stickers







Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter highlights

We had a jam packed Easter week/weekend, but most importantly we celebrated my Mom's 65th birthday on Sunday!
Its not to often that we manage to be together for birthdays, so it was wonderful that we could celebrate such an important milestone with her. She is a fantastic Mom & Nana and we appreciate everything she does for us, so it was nice that we could have a chance to show our appreciation on her special day.

Neighborhood Easter Egg hunt last Saturday






On Saturday an outing to the Brookfield Zoo with Dad, which included an opportunity to brush the goats


Don't they look thrilled to be in their Easter duds?




Cam off for a ride

Family photo op, of course














The grandkids with Nana & Grandpa and their Easter loot

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

March happenings

In the beginning of March we took a trip up to Sheboygan to visit Mark's Grandma Leys. She hasn't been in the best of health lately, so we thought we would boost her spirits with a visit from two of her 22 (I think, it might even be a 23, I can't keep track) great-grandkids.
She turned 93 yesterday, doesn't she look amazing? We can all hope to look that good at her age.

For a last minute spring break trip, the boys & I went down to Phoenix for some warm sunny weather. We had a great time, despite some sickness throughout the week. We made the best of it and did some other activities instead of spending all day in the pool, which we normally do.



Zach with the neighbors dog, Powder, who Zach played with all week. He has been asking for one, but unfortunately for him, that's not going to happen. (I love how pasty white he looks... referring to Zach not the dog)

We are big fans of the Phoenix Zoo



Since we didn't want to expose all of other spring break kids to our germs, we improvised with a paddling pool on the back patio for a few days

Our first visit to the Phoenix Rainforest Cafe with my Mom





Zach checking out the gorilla