Tea Time

Claire's friend invited her to a Princess tea at her church. The girls dine using proper manners and etiquette while dressing in their pretty princess dresses. Claire was so excited to wear her dress since she was unable to wear it on Easter because she was slightly under the weather. My princess is growing up, so I cherish every moment I am given where she will allow me to dress her in a pretty dress, put glitter in her hair and snap photos. To Claire,my beautiful princess, your mom and dad love you more than you will ever know!!

Guilty as charged!

Ok, I admit, I love my laptop. I could spend hours surfing the net, checking my emails, reading blogs, checking my facebook page... you get the idea. I find myself doing something productive for work and get sidetracked by all of the fun things found on the world wide web. Charlie decided to catch me in the act and grabbed my camera to snap a picture of me "working". It is hard to imagine a time when technology wasn't at our disposal but part of me misses the times when no one expected you to check email 24/7 and people talked to one another instead of IM'ing them. I wonder what the next decade will bring us????

Just keep running, running, running....

This year, I challenged Brett to run the Earth day 5K with me. Needless to say, he slacked a little bit with getting ready for his first race, but he pulled through like a champ! Congrats Brett on completing your first official 5K!!
The kids enjoyed running the 1K and receiving a medal. Charlie thought that all the people had to be clapping for him because he did such a great job. He grinned from ear to ear while running his race (with mom). Claire ran with the big kids and was excited about finishing in 25th place (there were hundreds of kids running). Greta was very patient, and enjoyed drinking all of the free bottled water. I think she is still slightly water logged. It was a beautiful day to be outside enjoying God's beauty in nature!!

And the rose goes to.............

Charlie loves to buy flowers for his mom. One evening, Charlie helped Brett get groceries and was very disappointed that Brett didn't purchase any flowers for mom. To satisfy his sensitive son, Brett, Claire and Charlie created a rose for mom; one made out of ice cream. Let's just say that I got my rose and ate it too! Yum!

Happy Easter!

Easter is a time to rejoice. I am reminded of the love our Father in heaven has for us every year at Easter time. It is a time of new life, new beginnings and happiness. It reminds all of us of our many blessings.
The kids had a wonderful time decorating Easter eggs and finding their treats in the house on Easter morning. They all were very excited to wear their new Easter outfits! Charlie needed a little convincing because "boys don't wear pink"; but when he saw that his daddy was wearing pink, he was happy to wear his outfit. By the end of the day, he was remarking about how handsome he looked. Greta loved her dress because it would fly up when she did spins and twirls; she looked like a princess, hat, gloves, purse and all! Our dear Claire woke up Easter morning with a fever and had to miss some of the day's festivities. She did get the chance to find eggs with Charlie and Greta, but was very disappointed that she did not get to wear her pretty dress. I promised her that we will find a special occasion appropriate for her pretty dress!! We hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter!!

Happy Birthday Brett

I would like to take this opportunity to wish Brett Happy Birthday. You are a wonderful husband and father, we all love you very much!!!