Watering the flowers.

The kids helped me plant flowers this year. They have been so proud of them. Isabelle always checks how they are growing and tells me everyday"mom our flowers are thirsty again. They love to help me water them.

Gidder's new glasses.

We went to walmart and Gidder got to pick something out for his reward for getting potty trained. He picked out car sun glasses...now Isabelle can have her princess glasses back.

Preschool end of the year open house.

Isabelle had a end of the year program for parents.

They sang us songs they learned this year. Isabelle was a little nervous.

They sang us their dinosaur song. It was adorable.

Isabelle's teacher is amazing. She is so creative and has so much patent's. Isabelle has blossomed so much since she started school.

We also got to do a craft with the kids and watch a movie Mrs. Ruud made of the last year. She measured the kids at the begining of the year and the end. Isabelle was one that grew the most...the funny thing is Isabelle had the same shirt on both times.

It was so fun watching her sing and seeing her on this movie....tears just rolled down my face...when she got sick at 18 months old the doctor's thought she wouldn't be able to start school until she was 5 or 6 and we would have to be careful. She has been healthy for almost three years now and going to daycare and school. God is good!! I just can't believe how fast these years are going by.

Mother's day.

On mother's day we went out adventuring. We had a picnic and this historical park in Minot.

The kids were dancing together by the fountain.We all had a Nice time. This park is just beautiful and we even learned about some history. On past mother's day I usually get some time to myself but this was Jason's last weekend that he would be home for awhile. So we spent the day together. My favorite part of the day was Gidder fell asleep on me while we were watching a movie...very blessed. It was a nice day.

Circus 2011.

I went to the circus with Isabelle and her class. Her teacher bought them all a candy bar and Isabelle picked out strawberry shortcake doll.

Isabelle's favorite act was the tigers.

Here is the whole class that went. It was so nice to be able to go with her. My favorite part was riding the school bus with her, she even let me sit by her....brought back alot of memories and made me realize how old I am getting.

Our Easter 2011

This Easter was a huge blessing. We thought we would invite our friends in town that don't have family here...then our friends from dickinson called and said they were coming to town to visit their family so we invited them too, Then at the last minute a Joann's brother came by so we pulled out another chair. We ended up with three tables in the houses with guests.
All the kids gathered up and did a egg hunt.





It was so much fun to watch.





Isabelle got a whole bucket full. She especially liked the Dora eggs.

Brendon helping little Gidder up to the tree. It was an amazing Easter. I wasn't so excited about Easter this year because we didn't have any plans but at the last minute God revealed his plans. I am starting to learn that I need to adjust to change. I have always celebrated Easter the same way for 30 yrs. Tears still run down my face of how God opened his house to share Easter with friends that didn't have family to celebrate our eternal life with him.

Easter day 2011

It was a beautiful Easter morning...we went to the park in town to take some pictures.


Not quite sure what the kids were talking about but Gidder looked pretty interested what Belle was talking about.

Running down the bridge.

Silly Gidder giving kisses.

We can't quite get Gidder to do anything but goofy faces.