Preschool Graduation

Our little preschool group has finished up for the year so we decided to have a little graduation to celebrate. The kids got to tell about their favorite thing they learned and then they got a certificate. We finished up by having banana splits...yummy! The kids were so cute in their graduation hats and they were good listeners for our short certificate ceremony. I love how Allison looks totally bored in the bottom right picture...just wait until high school graduation then she will be really bored!

Emma wanted to be a graduate like her big sister.

She loves books!

A Night to Remember

Last month we were invited to a special dinner date with a group of our friends. It was hosted by a wonderful couple from our church and they really went all out. They even sent us invitations including a menu that we could choose our dinner . When we arrived they had their patio set up all fancy and we decided to dress fancy so it worked out great! We had fake flower corsages and some of us even wore old prom dresses and tuxedos. Here we are The Warners, The Cooks, The Smurthwaites & The Teeples

Watch out Charlie's Angels...these moms are taking over.

Dinner was really good and the company was even better. We are blessed to have met such wonderful friends here, we will miss them when we move but I know I will always keep in touch with these special friends.

After dinner we even got our pictures taken...it was like high school prom all over again...but way more fun this time.

After dessert , telling our stories of how we met, and a heart to heart from our hosts we headed home to our kids. As we left that night I was a little more in love with Ben and so excited to spend the rest of eternity together. I hope we are as happy as the sweet couple who gave us such a wonderful evening, and I look forward to hosting an evening like this for others some day too!

Wide Open Spaces

The kids had one awesome grass fight in the huge field next to the tulips last Saturday. They ran around and giggled and I enjoyed watching and being filled with Joy. I wish everyday could be that good.

Tag your it!

Allison just adores babies and Naomi is one of her favorites.

Emma was in Heaven having so much wide open space to run.
Even though Sadie was sad after Payton stepped on her toes this picture is just too cute.

I love Emma's fish lip face.

Allison isn' t happy in this picture but Emma was giving me a big hug.

Tulip Festival

Last Saturday The girls and I took a day trip to the Tulip Festival. Our friends Jenni, Payton & Sadie rode with us and we caravanned with our other friends the Teeples. It was a beautiful day and the flowers were gorgeous and all the wonderful pictures below were taken by the very talented Jason Teeples...Thanks Jason!

The Smurthwaite Girls

The Terrific Teeples

The Wonderful Warners...(Mark is wonderful also but he was sick)

One of my new favorite tulips...I hadn't ever seen ones like them...they also come in pink!

These are the tulips I brought back.

The inside of one of mine...did I mention I Love Tulips!?!?

The Many faces of Allison eating her popcorn
Little Buddies

The kids had lots of fun running down the rows of Tulips

Allison found this flower on the ground and I told her it was as big as her head and this is how she responded.

My little Emma.

Allison's running action shot.

What a Looker

This is how is what Allison chose to wear around the house the other day...she had to try out her new leotard and boots! Oh yeah and her dad's glasses added the perfect touch.

The Bellevue Botanical Gardens

These pictures are from a couple weeks ago when a bunch of us Mom's took the kids on a walk at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens. It was a beautiful day and all the trees were starting to blossom. So the kids snacked on popcorn while sitting under a "popcorn" tree. We even sang the song popcorn popping...if you don't know it just ask Alli to sing it sometime .

The kids have been playing duck, duck, goose a bunch lately but they have their own rules. When someone is tapped as the goose they all jump up and run around chasing each other...it is pretty cute!
We even got a picture of the Moms, it is so nice having such awesome friends. We were just missing Brandi who met up with us later, we will have to get her in the next one.

Jenni took this great picture through the branches of the popcorn tree...don't you just love springtime?!?!
Emma loved the sunshine

Playing around in the Gardens...I love how dandelions are Allison's favorite flower...maybe because they are the only ones she is aloud to pick.

Joyful

New Vehicle

We bought a Honda, Odyssey today!We got a good deal and we love it. The girls liked the DVD player...they may not like it as much when I tell them they won't be watching a movie every time we are in the car. I like the automatic doors and all the space!

Ben had the day off...

so we went to the Museum of Flight! I am officailly the worst hang glider ever...I will never be going for real!

The 2 headed astronaut was pretty cool...don't you think?!?!

Allison got a little scared on the Blue Angel Simulator, but loved everything else.

We are some handsome pilots...Emma is my favorite.