Happy Mother's Day!

The words to this song were changed a little bit to be for grandmas, but I have just always loved this song from our children's song book and sing it to Claire and Miles, substituting their own names for "mother."


Thank you to all the women who have taught me something along the way, especially my own mom. Happy Mother's Day!

Fashion Sense

Claire picked out her outfit today - it literally hurts me to see her so mismatched. She found my pile of clothes that are too small for her, but not yet put away in storage. Striped shirt, plaid way-too-tight stretch pants, and silver church shoes. At least she let me do her hair, which she had specific instructions about.

Fun day at the park though with Halle and Zach, as seen here:

More Family Pics

Dean's List Smarty Pants

Matt was recognized in an award ceremony today for the UNLV College of Urban Affairs (communications) for getting a 4.0 last semester and being on the Dean's List. His parents came as well - I am really proud of him, he's working really hard on his studies, and is on track to graduate in December - yeah :) Then, it's on to...we're not quite sure yet.

Sneak Peek - Family Pics

We had family pictures taken with the Hillers over Easter - I can't wait to see all of them, but here are the few we have so far. The photos were a gift for Betty's birthday, so I was really happy that we got a lot of photos with the grandkids and Betty and Phil.

The Park

This is "THE Park" for us right now - Claire calls it the park behind our house, which isn't exactly true, but it is very close by. It's designed with an old west theme, complete with windmill and covered wagon picnic tables. I just love Miles' face in these pictures - he has what I can best describe as an impish smile. His eyes look full of mischief even when he has a big smile on his face.



We were lucky enough to time our last visit with the sprinklers - Miles cried the second he got a drop on him, while Claire cried when the sprinklers turned off. Sorry Claire, it's not the water park - I have no control over the sprinklers.

Birthday Season - Cousin Noah's Turn

We are in full birthday season with the Hillers - April and May being two very popular birth months around here. Plus Matt gets to celebrate our anniversary, my birthday and Mother's Day all in May - lucky me :)


Noah just celebrated his ninth birthday and I think my favorite part of the day was the light saber battles outside. Miles was initiated into the club and he loved it.





Other activities included soccer and baseball and any other ball they could play with in the backyard. The kids were worn out by the end of the day - every parent's goal for bedtime, right? Noah - Thanks for letting us come over and play, and for having a birthday.