easter

yeah, so our kids get so excited when it comes to a holiday that has some sort of "surprise" associated with it (have no idea where that comes from....)so needless to say, we were up at around 530 am on easter morning! a little too early, but how can you resist all those giggles....i have no will power and sleep, well that will just have to wait (which came to visit again around 1030 am, for a little late morning nap, perfect!)

in the afternoon the sun was out, and we were outside soaking it all up! ryder is onto mastering the jump rope....what a great workout!! i catch myself walking around the house singing "school, school, dont be late, gotta sign your name on the golden gate, sign your name...." (which is the fav jump rope song right now). sooooooo fun!!!!

although everyone found time to do a little jump ropin, even uncle troy and dad, quinn just enjoyed twirling in her new easter dress. sometimes it's just more fun to twirl! god, i love her!!

spring break II

we went to a playground after the ice cream tour, to get some of that sugar out. it was so yucky out, i think we lasted about five minutes. it was too funny!!!

spring break I

ryder was on spring break last week, and instead of heading somewhere warm and tropical, we decided to stay here in wisconsin, and enjoy the snow/ice storm on tuesday;) HA!!! okay, it wasn't all that bad, and we managed to find a lot of super fun things to do....quinn was so happy to have ryder home for the week!

on tuesday (yes the day of the nasty storm) we went with some friends to tour babcock creamery. it was really fun to see them make all that delicious ice cream!

ryder got cookies and cream

and quinn ordered blue moon:)

spring has sprung

it didn't take long for jesse to see potential in the backyard, for growing food, that is:)

ryder and quinn have been so eager to help, it's been their sunday "chore" with dad, and everyone seems so happy....even mom, who enjoys quite time on sunday mornings! i think this garden is exactly what we all needed!

he sings too-in hmong

in one week we had the pleasure of seeing ryder in two performances, which keeps me happy, although i'm still a bit bitter about not having a christmas play to see, ha! here we attended a family math night, with a little music number afterwards, yeah, not sure if this was all thought out or just decided to 'kill two birds with one stone' kind of thing, but math and music totally works for us!

hip hop night

ryder got to show off his super cool moves to us and his friends/teachers, and wow, was everyone impressed! the butterfly....hands down the best hip hop move ever!!!