Summer Fun....IN MARCH!

We have been having some beautiful weather lately, and the last day in March was so hot that the kids were outside playing with the neighbor boys with water guns, and water from the spicket.  Evan and I were staining our deck while listening and watching the fun, but I had to stop to take some pictures, as I'm quite sure we won't have many repeats of this day in future March's to come.  The following day the kids actually went swimming with both our neighbors next to us and across the street, but I was at work so I didn't get to capture any of those moments.

All 4 kiddos playing in the water.

Makenna, Landon, and Denver

Denver and Landon especially had a lot of fun.

Circus!

I realized with all of our craziness I forgot to post our pictures from the circus!  I have a wonderful childhood memory of going to the circus with my Grandpa Melvin and Grandma Betty.  Last year Evan and I took Denver (along with our good friends) and I said to Evan that it would be fun to bring along my Grandpa to give the kids some of the same childhood memories.  This year Evan didn't care to go to the cirecus and there was no way I was braving it by myself with the 2 kids, but my mom and grandpa said they'd go with us and thanks to my cousin Tom we got free tickets too!  The kids had a blast. 

Makenna was exhausted by intermission time and so I took her out in the lobby and some how worked my magic (that has basically disappeared) and got her to go to sleep for about 30 minutes.  Denver made it the whole way through.  His favorite part was the tigers!  We went pretty early to ensure good seats and plenty of time to get situated and the whole time Denver kept asking where the tigers were.  After the tigers were done he continued to ask where they went and wanted to see them some more.  He did get quite intrigued with the elephants and some other acts as well. 

It was fun to watch Denver's face in awe of things and trying to understand how they just did what they did (during the "magic tricks").  There were also times we saw these faces on Makenna.  I'm so glad we went and hope that Grandma Verni and Great Grandpa Melvin will be up for the circus again next year!

Makenna kept insisting upon having some of my mom's pop so she finally gave in and let her try it....it came right back out!  She didn't care for it!  About the only thing she doesn't like! :)

Happy Belated Easter!

I can't believe I even titled this Happy Belated Easter...how pathetic.  I'm trying, but now that the weather is nice we're outside playing therefore I have little free time in the house anymore.  I had to post pictures from Easter as having a little girl to dress up for Easter this year was so much fun, along with my handsome little man!  Also, I really do hope to do a post about Keith, but once again I just want to touch on how meaningful Easter was for us as a family this year.  We spent Easter with the Kindt's this year.  It was so nice to be together as a family, even though we were missing Evan's dad, Keith.  Easter really helped ease some of the pain I've felt through the loss of Keith.  It re-reminded me of the amazing God we have and because of Him sending His one and only Son to die on the cross for our sins some day we will see Keith again, healed!  What more could we ask for during this difficult time!  Once again I want to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers as we deal with the loss of Evan's dad and Grandpa Keith.  My heart still breaks that my little ones will probably never remember their Grandpa Keith, but is reassured that some day they will get to meet him and not say goodbye!  Enjoy our Easter pics!

Easter Baskets

Makenna's pretty necklace made with love by cousin Susan!

Denver's fshing pole; his words when he saw it..."I did it!".

We told Denver when he was using the potty chair and wearing underwear he'd get a fishing pole and he remembered!

My Beautiful Babies!

A (QUICK) Family Photo

The lil girls in their pretty dresses.

Easter Egg Hunt

Fishing at the end of the driveway.

(He came up with this on his own)

First time out fishing with his new rod...Easter evening.

Family Photo Shoot

I finally talked Evan into a family photo shoot.  I had been wanting a good family picture of the 4 of us for our wall of photos and now I have it!  Here are some pictures from our photo shoot at Schoolmeester Photography.

Makenna had enough by this point!