First Family Adventure of the Summer

The week before school got out we decided to take a quick mid-week trip to Shoshone Falls.  After a busy school year and working with hectic schedules, it was great to get away for some fun spontaneous family time.

 Right by the Falls is an elk reserve.  It was cool to see these guys up close.

 With the high water year that we have had, the Falls were spectacular.

Dad's Birthday

Brad had his birthday at the end of May.  He was a good sport and did the same pose as the girls do with their birthday gifts.

Do you think he is loved in this house?

Preschool Graduate

Flower Field Trip

In May, my preschool went on a field trip to Edwards Greenhouse.  It is one of my favorite places to go. It is a magical place.  One of my preschool moms gave me a gift certificate and I was actually able to buy some of my flowers there this year.  So much fun.

Kerrie and her friend Kate smelling some herbs.

I love this cute group of kids.

Always sassy

Easter

The Saturday before Easter the gang dyed some eggs.  Kerrie and Su had to take their shirts off so they wouldn't get dye all over them.  

Individual shots of them were cute, but I don't think they would like seeing their shirtless selves later on.

Everyone lined up while Dad checked if the Easter Bunny came.  Hannah is way too tuned into her ipod touch to take a photo.

There we go.  That's better.

Thanks Easter Bunny!

Grandma and Grandpa Baker, Uncle Mike and Aunt Tawnie and their kids came over for dinner and an Easter egg hunt.

This is serious business.

Susanna worked hard to fill that bucket.

Counting eggs to see who found the most this year.

Cousin picture

Mom's Day

In April we celebrated Mom's Day at preschool.  It is so fun for me to have one of my own kids with me.  You will notice that Kerrie's hair is shorter.  She started pulling on her hair and just couldn't leave it alone.  We were finding her pulled out hair all over the house.  We had her wear Brad's ski cap for a while, but the weather was warming up and we knew that couldn't last so we cut her hair short.  She loves it and looks darling.

10

Paige had her 10th birthday on April 3.  Her birthday was during Spring Break and there were not a lot of friends around to invite to a big party.  Instead, Paige invited one good friend, a couple of cousins (who also count as good friends) and of course her sisters to the movies.  We saw Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules (very funny) and ate lunch at Guido's Pizza.

We decided to go against tradition and let Paige open all her gifts in the morning.  She thought her see through Vans were her main present, but Dad had a trick up his sleeve.  Earlier in the week she had gone with him when he was shopping for a mountain bike.  She fell in love with a blue cruiser bike at a local shop.  She talked about it nonstop all week.  Brad told her he went back to look at it again, but it had been sold.  She was disappointed.

Surprise!  This happy hug was after he rolled it out from our bedroom.

Happy Birthday Paige!  We sure do love this happy girl.