Easter 2011

We left Minnesota late on Friday night...

but drove around the corn fields in Iowa early Saturday morning

Breakfast at Papa's house

Games...

Games...

and then back to Grandma Pat's for cuddling

Lori does not like to be HUSHED



They colored eggs

and played with legos

On our way home we were behind this van...
IT HAS AN AIR CONDITIONER IN THE BACK WINDOW!
There is silver insulation inside also...
Iowa FREAKS!

While we were gone the Easter Bunny came to our house

The girls were surprised :)

Saturday Dates

Saturday Dates:
Adriana and David
Alexis and Lori

Adriana had her 1st Youth Conference

So David stayed home and worked,
while Adriana got her groove on with a boy...friend

Alexis and Lori went to Panera Bread

Alexis ordered a cinnamon roll
and Lori ordered a plain bagel with honey nut cream cheese



She is tired of the pictures and videos...
but that is what she gets for the privilege of going on a date
with the family blogger

When we left Panera Bread,
we beheld motorcyclist that REALLY want it to be Spring

We got out on the road and beheld,
a bicyclist who wanted it to be SPRING so bad...
he didn't even wear a coat.

We stopped off at Barnes and Noble
Alexis is "riding" her Heelys into the store

We didn't find the book I was looking for,
so we went to the library

Then we stopped off at Walgreens,
for a prescription and CANDY

A huge lollipop...

...which Alexis lost her tooth from biting into

Her grin is looking more Jack O' Lantern-ish

She is growing tired of the pictures and videos,
but she still smiles her toothless grin

Then we proceeded to start a kit of Amish Friendship Bread

Get it? Panera Bread...Amish Friendship Bread

a well planned date if I do say so myself :)

Spring Has Sprung?

Today is April 20th...

Snow and Peppers

We are excited about the progress of our peppers

It is clearly written all over Adriana's face

But seriously, look at these puppies

Then look outside...

It is beautiful, but unnecessary...don't you agree?

Piano Recital

The Little Girls had their first public piano recital

It was held here

Here they are with their piano teacher

They make their way down to the Recital Hall

David was glad he could go and watch them play

Alexis was #6 on the program

She played, "Quiet River"

Adriana was #14 on the program



She played, "The Caravan"

Family Home Evening

For Family Home Evening we planted seeds

They were a variety of pepper seeds

Then we added water to our "gardening" kit

It was kind of cool

We planted a seed in each compartment

The girls are excited to see if anything will grow

So now we wait...

March in Years Past

Here are the Little girls...

2008

2009

2010

New Furniture

This is our new furniture

That is right, Lori managed to "declutter"
THREE pieces of furniture down to ONE piece

Furniture

We were blessed with this furniture for 13 years...

Chair

Couch

Love Seat...

Peace

Alexis helped spread "peace" with the neighbor

Alexis was playing in the snow,
and the neighbor asked her if she wanted to help.

So they traced a "Peace Sign" in the snow

Last Practice

Adriana's last soccer practice for Dakota REV

Even though we were in the high school dome...
it was still freezing

Adriana is still not afraid of the ball,
and she enjoys soccer even at 7:30am on a Saturday.

Friendly Feet

My dear friend, Geralyn, and I needed some pampering.
She is just beside herself

First, we went to Inta Juice...
this was her first time.

Then we hit Heidi's Nails for this...

Some feet rubbing...

Some buffing and filing,
(note to technician: no need to smooth off all layers of flesh)

Then we got a little polish

While the nails dried, we discussed how we were going to
walk through the snow in our thin flip flops

I decided that there was no point in both of us freezing our pedicured tootsies.
So I went out to the truck and brought it to the front door.
We had a BLAST!

Valentine's Day

This year we celebrated Valentine's Day a couple of days early. The Friday before the 14th, David came home with flowers. A dozen roses for Lori and a bouquet of flowers for the girls including a rose for each of the girls. Then David took Lori out to dinner at Kami Japanese Steakhouse. It was delicious and very entertaining. They cooked your food on a hot table right in front of us.
The girls got David a book for Lori to read to him, "The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers" by Gary Chapman. We are on chapter 4, and it is really eye opening.

We are a Little Family of Love...

Alexis' Fort

Alexis went ahead and built herself a Little Fort

Here is the construction,
complete with all the things a fort needs.
2 couches, a blanket, an end table, and pillows.

She went right inside to do whatever you do inside a fort

Doesn't she look comfy cozy?

Gravity

Alexis did a poster on Gravity

Even though the poster has the word Gravity on it 5 times,
she missed a point because her poster wasn't titled.