Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! It was such a beautiful day! The kids had a great time looking for their eggs and baskets in the morning. And we had a chance to get some great Easter pictures outside in the morning sunshine! We had a wonderful Easter service at church celebrating Jesus’ resurrection! Hope everyone had a blessed Easter weekend!

Big Day Today!

Not only was it crazy hair day today as part of school spirit week, but Dylan tested for his first belt in Karate!! We have been really impressed with how quickly he has picked up karate and super proud for how well he did today during his testing. Dylan was equally if not more proud of himself and couldn’t wipe the smile off his face after his instructor tied his belt on him!

One tooth down…

Dylan lost his first tooth!! It has been super exciting the past couple of weeks waiting for it to come out! Dylan was one of the last of his friends to lose a tooth, so he has been REALLY anxious. He came home Friday from school and his tooth was hanging on by a thread, so I told him either he was pulling it out or I was! I got the honor and here are the resulting pictures! We went to the science fair at school that night and then came home to safely tuck the tooth away in his tooth pillow! The tooth fairy brought him $5!! I guess you get extra for the first tooth!

Mustache here, mustache there

 
These pictures have been cracking me up! Dylan got some mustaches at school for participating in a fundraiser.  Each time we tried on a mustache the kids turned into an alter ego!  Dylan already thinks his peach fuzz is a real mustache, so this just added fuel.  It definitely made him look older!  Hope you enjoy these as much as I did!  Haha!!

Fall Pictures

We made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch!  It is so fun to see how much the kids have grown each year!  Taylor had a Halloween party at school last week and was dressed up as Sofia the First…a character on Disney Junior.  I think she really felt like a princess!!  I will post more from trick-or-treat once I do a redo of the kids dressed up, since I didn’t get to take any that night!

Dylan’s Birthday Weekend

We celebrated Dylan’s 6th birthday in Tioga this year!  Friends of ours have a hunting cabin there and the kids were loving spending time with Uncle Josh!  Taylor tried on a fur coat and Dylan played dead next to the fox!  We went to the Little League World Series and went out to dinner where Dylan enjoyed a birthday dinner of octopus.  As you can see he ate every last piece and asked if I could make octopus for him sometime at home!  It was a great weekend!

Taylor is Back to School!

Our sweet little girl started her first day of preschool today! She was super excited! She got a little nervous once we got to school, but spotted a friend from last year and quickly settled in! Hard to believe she is one year away from riding the bus with Dylan. She will be sure to have her big brother and protector with her every step of the way next year!

Dylan’s First Day of Kindergarten!

Dylan has his first day of kindergarten under his belt! He was so excited and has been for days! Last night he prayed for a fun day at school and this morning he woke up and told us that he slept with a smile on his face all night! He said he made a new friend and that school was really fun!  He rides the bus to school and we pick him up and I tried to capture all parts of his school day, starting with his first day of school breakfast…eggs!  So hard to believe we almost have a 6 year old but we share in his excitement as he begins a new phase in his young life!

Niagara Falls

We took a road trip a few weekends ago to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls with our neighbors.  The falls were amazing…the pictures don’t even do it justice.  We walked behind the falls, went on the Maid of the Mist, rode a huge ferris wheel with falls views and lots more.  We had a great view of the falls from our hotel room and had lots of fun just watching the falls from our room too!  It was a great weekend!!

Beach Part 2

More fun in the sun!!