Happy 30th Birthday Dana!

Last week, my sister turned 30! Happy Birthday Dana! I'm so glad you are my sister! Love you!
To help her celebrate, we went out for supper. Doni even came back for the occassion (well, really she came back for work, but who's counting!)














Here is a cake she got from a friend that makes cakes! Yummy!



















Well, I thought we "had to have cake" for her birthday, so ordered a cake from a neighbor. (surprise)



















A girl can't have too much cake on her birthday!
Luckily Dana has lots of friends to share both yummy cakes with!

Easter

Easter Sunday started out early for us. Our church has a sunrise service, so that means church starts at 7am. I also was a part of the Easter choir, so practice was at 6:30 am. Wow - good thing we went to bed early!
After church, the youth group has a fundraiser and serves breakfast. YUM!
A picture of the kids with their Easter clothes.



















While we were at church, the Easter Bunny left some goodies for the kids.
(Allyson knows that it is mom and dad - because she saw one of the gifts in my room - but she still thinks its fun!)














I love the kids facial expressions in these pictures - Caden is super excited to find the "Alvin and the Chipmunks movie with girls" and Allyson loves her new American Girl Doll (Bitty Baby) outfit (just the one she wanted!)














Next, we went to my grandpa's house for dinner. It was great being with family.
Allyson and Aimee playing Polly Pockets while waiting for dinner to be ready.














Great Grandpa helping Allyson reach some eggs during the egg hunt.



















The weather was gorgeous, so we also had part of the egg hunt outside.














Sorting out the candy from the eggs...






































Let us not forget the real reason we celebrate Easter!
He is Risen! Hallelujia!

Welcome Brayden

Just before Easter, our friends had a baby. Allyson and I and Kara and Elsie went to visit them at home and bring them some goodies. The girls wanted to play with some tractors. (shh! We won't tell that they only had red ones - both of the girls families are GREEN tractor people!)














Isn't Brayden a cutie! What a precious gift from God!

Feeding lambs

A little over a month ago, the kids had the opportunity to bottle feed lambs. They thought it was so much fun!















































Caden was a little disappointed that Allyson's lamb drank most of her bottle, but his lamb wasn't that hungry. On the way home, they were asking when we could go back and do that again!
Hopefully we will get the opportunity again.