Trip to the Zoo

Just some pictures from the zoo.
Funny, there are no pictures of animals (other than ours and a friend).

Party Time

We got to celebrate Caleb's & Karis' birthdays together with another cookie cake! They are so yummy. Aunt Patty & Uncle Dan were here for the weekend so we added her name since her birthday is in April too.

Caleb loved all the smoke from the candles. Karis wasn't too sure about it though.

They got some fun presents, but I was unable to take pictures since my camera memory card was filled =( Uncle Scott took some so I'll have to get them from him one of these days.

Egg Hunt

Our annual egg hunt at Nannie & Mr. Joe's. Lots of pictures!

Joanna ready to go.


Karis was assigned the orange eggs.

Look mom - It's orange!

Eliana looking everywhere.

Oooh! OONJ. (That's orange in Karis talk)

Joanna & Eliana

Karis

Caleb and his bucket half-filled with green eggs.

Eliana & Karis

All 4 together!!

All with Nannie

Joanna & Karis

Nannie got out the candles for the birthday kids! Karis is not too sure about the fire.

Is he 8 already??

Most of the kids on the swing with Mr. Joe just chillin'

Oh, Karis needs to squeeze in.

She loves their swing in the backyard.

Eliana after enjoying a blue ring pop!

Easter Poem by Joanna

On the Cross
by Joanna Mugglin

One night, on the cross
He bore our burdens and our shame
While we were stumbling, weak and lame
Without his help,
We would still be that way

One morning, you see
He arose
From the dead and the grave

If He had not arisen
I shall not say
What a terrible, terrible
World this would be

1st garden started!

We have our first garden started and ready to go. No green thumbs here so we'll see what happens.


Caleb is ready to till.

Joel & Caleb getting started.

Caleb tilling.

We then moved all the dirt from the driveway out front to the backyard. Sorry no pictures it was spitting rain that day.

This weekend we planted some of the seeds and we'll plant some more in a couple weeks. Now the hard part - keeping those little seeds moist and waiting.

I found this website which was pretty neat in helping plan the garden space we've got. It lets you specify the size and then map out the vegetables you'd like and tells you how many to plant there. Pretty helpful.

Karis is TWO!

Karis is 2! Can you believe it?


She is a lot of fun to be around.

She loves to laugh and get you to laugh. Right now she's got a mischievous laugh that is just too cute.

Trying to get a picture of all the kids after church today. Almost.

It's my birthday...

Caleb's 8!

Happy Birthday Caleb! Wow, he's 8!!


We're going to celebrate Caleb's & Karis' birthday next week when Aunt Patty & Uncle Dan are here. He said he's okay waiting until then for his presents.

Yummy cookie cake!

Playing charades in the back yard.
(Eliana, Samantha, Karis, Caleb, Chloe & Joanna)
We had the cousins over while Scott & Rebekah signed some paper work for selling their house. They got a contract in 3 days. Now to find another house!

The little girls after bath time!
(Chloe & Karis)

Gettin out of the city week

This week we had a lot of fun visiting a couple of families who live outside the city and have some land. Wednesday we went north and the kids romped and played on 20 acres. They especially loved crossing the creek, the big stick fort, and playing with friends. Oh yeah, the huge brownies were a big hit too.

Saturday a friend helped us get a whole lot of dirt for our gardens we're going to try planting this year. We ended up going south to their property and roaming around while the dads unloaded some dirt for their garden, too. The kids enjoyed an old pool slide that was hooked onto a trailer bed as well as creating a fort out of old stuff left by the previous owner. We came home and moved our own big pile of dirt to our back yard. It took between 25 and 30 wheelbarrow loads - we're a bit stiff today!! All the kids did their share of "helping." Karis even put a few little shovels worth in too.

Tonight we were invited to dinner at some friends. We were treated to some yummy food, seeing some baby goats (one that was born today), patting some horses, romping around in the backyard, riding down a zipline, watching an airplane flying some aerobatics above the very nearby airstrip, and eating some flaming bananas with ice cream.

It was definitely a fun week. Caleb has announced that he doesn't like city life and wants some land. (I don't think he even knows what real city living is like.) For now, we're tired and we'll see if we all sleep through the alarms tomorrow morning!

Some morning pics

Too bad this isn't the first time Karis has gotten into the cereal.

Hi, mom! Look at this. It's so fun to make messes!

Oh, I guess I shouldn't have dumped it all on the floor.

I'm sorry, but aren't I cute?

Caleb & Joanna finishing up some school on the front porch. After being out in the sun, their eyes had to adjust when they came inside.

Eliana practicing "Hot Cross Buns"