Easter

Saturday night we decorated our Easter eggs.  The kids love this and secretly Ryan and I do too.  The girls are so creative and take their time.  This whole process can take hours.

We loved every minute of it.

(Rylie apparently did not)

Liv got a little carried away.

Easter basket fun

We had a little photo shoot before church.

The girls were in happy moods so I went a little overboard.

Gma Martin took Dru shopping for her bday and bought her this darling dress and sweater.

(along with some other fabulous clothes)

Dru LOVED it!

Thank you so much!!!

 This last picture is actually my favorite.

I love all my little goofy kids!

Sunshine

Our good friends brought their California sunshine when they came to visit.

It was so good to spend some time with the Fairbanks family.

We love them and their darling kids.

They are the type of friends that don't require anything but brownies and good conversation.

We spent most of our time eating and spending time at the park playing and talking.

Check out their adorable 1 year old babies.

Spring Break

Spring break for us was sweet and simple.

The weather was pretty decent so we went to the park a few times.

We rode our bikes a lot.

We saw the new cool movie The Croods and loved it. 

We hung out with our awesome Aunt Kim.

We fed our neighbor's bunny while they were out of town. 

We played at Gma's house.

We did a little egg experiment.

It was actually fun to just chill out and be together.  

I was sad when the girls had to go back to school.

I was in charge to making a BUNCH of tissue flowers for a YW activity.

My mom and sisters saved the day.  We were able to get most of them done at the park.

Thank you!

Double digit Dru

 Dru turned 10!

How did that happen?  

The last 10 years have been our best yet.

Dru is the oldest

most creative

ridiculously thoughtful

super mature

tomboy/beautiful girl

(a little bit of both)

one smart cookie

loyal friend

best example

awesome babysitter

can pull off a pretty cute closed mouth smile

(not many can)

THE BEST staller when it comes to going to bed

1D fan

intense crafter

sweetest heart

I love Druby!

Breakfast out with Dad before school.

I got home and they were already off.  

They took Liv this year because somehow we missed her bday last October.

I met Dru at school for lunch. 

She wanted an Einstein bagel and requested I wear my hair up in a high messy bun!  Ha!

 Dru came home to these BEAUTIFUL flowers from her Aunt Rayne and Uncle Tom.

She loved them and felt so lucky to receive such a beautiful gift.  Thank you!

Aunt Adrienne came in town to celebrate Grandpa Jim's 70th birthday.  We thought bowling would be a fun way to celebrate Dru while Ade was here.

 Ryan had awesome technique but Ade came out the winner of both games.

Well played, Ade!

 Rylie was the most fun to watch.  She would threw her ball and then run back to sit down never caring about how many pins fell.  She was actually pretty good!  

 Everyone wanted to help Owen.  He clapped and cheered after he threw each ball.

 

It was so fun to have Ade here.  She was well loved by all the kids.   

They can never get enough of her.

The 2 birthday kids!

60 years separates these 2!

Happy birthday to 2 fabulous people!

 I don't think Liv ever left Ade's side.

Preschool

All week Rylie has been learning about space.

She came home with this astronaut hat and asked me to take a picture. 

She must have seen the pictures of the other girls when they were in preschool.

They all have gone to the same preschool and their teacher does the exact same thing 

every year. (I ADORE Mrs. Wilkinson)

It has been so fun because they all know the same cute songs and have done the same art projects. They compare and chat about "when they were little."

They are all still babies in my mind.  

It breaks my heart (most days) to see them grow up.

I love being a mom.

rylie

 olivia

 

I KNOW I have this same pic of Dru and it is killing me that I can't find it for this post.

No Talking!

 We hosted Dru's book club last month and read No Talking by Andrew Clements.

It was a fun book for a fun group.  I love these girls.

We had a great discussion and played some games.

We ate a school lunch. 

(really just a school snack....nachos and capri suns)

I am impressed by how they all get along and have such awesome insights.

These are some pretty smart girls!

I love to read and just pray all this book club business is making an impact on Dru.

 

Bobcat award

Dru and Liv earned their Butler Bobcat Award again this year!

They worked very hard to earn their awards on their first attempt.

I am not sure how I missed Dru, but here is a cute pic of Liv with Rylie

 and Boomer the bobcat.