first day of school

kaelyn and her 4th grade teacher mrs. kasperik

abby with 2nd grade teacher mrs. ripley

carter at his desk in kindergarten!!

my three angels outside their school, they're growing so fast!

Beeds lake camping

we went to beeds lake in hampton, ia with the family for the day. we brought along kaelyn's friend taylor and her little brother, kevin who is carter's bff! It was a fun filled day, we went to the beach, then went to see the waterfall, then we had potluck and smores!

chloe's first trip to children's museum

a couple weeks ago, the house was quiet, it was eery! Abby was at Jason's for 2 weeks, they went to wisconsin dells! she had a great time. my mom took kaelyn and carter for a 4 day weekend on a camping trip. they went to an indoor water park, went out on the boat, kaelyn even rode in a tube behind the boat! we just had chloe, so we took a trip to the children's museum. she had a good time pulling us from place to place for a couple hours!

girl scouts!

girl scout sleepover



We had a great time in girlscouts this year! The girls got to go rollerskating, bowling, to a water park, horseback riding, have a sleepover, and kaelyn and abby went to camp for 3 days. It's been a rewarding experience for me. At our sleepover the girls ate pizza, played games, dressed up, had a pillow fight, and wrapped up the night with movies and popcorn.




Horseback riding was a lot of fun for the girls. Most of the girls (2nd grade and up) were able to steer the horse on their own. Kaelyn did a great job getting her horse to weave between the cones. I led abby's horse for her, but she is excited about doing it on her own next year.

horseback riding at camp conestoga

kaelyn rode her horse all by herself!

girlscout camp!

The girls each spent 3 days and two nights at camp lkeeta. Abby had a bit of rain on her stay, so she didn't have as much fun as she hoped :( Kaelyn had great weather. She got to go swimming, horseback riding, do crafts, and cook over the campfire!

kaelyn slept in a tent

our troop...back: Heather, Hailey,Kaelyn,Abby,Hannah,Sierra,Jacey, Me. front:(Miya) Alice, Lela,Cassie,Taylor,Alanie, and Kierrah!!

totally awesome totally cute updates!

kaelyn and ben got to go to a daddy daughter dance put on by girlscouts! It was 80's theme. we had a lot of fun picking out her outfit. she and ben got ice cream after the dance, i think that may have been her favorite part!













we have a new addtion to the family! we adopted a 2 year old peekingese named Phoebe. She's been a wonderful addition!




Chloe's hair is finally long enough for pigtails! it's no simple task getting her to sit still for them, but it's worth it!






kaelyn was a pig in her school musical. she even had a speaking part!

we decided to send carter to kindergarten this fall. i had reservations because he'll be so young when he graduates highschool, but his preschool teacher seems to think that he will be bored in AK, so we're giving it a go, he's super excited!

The kids' last day of school is june 10th. they're really excited for summer to start. they'll be participating in a summer program again this year for school age kids. they will get to go swimming, and to movies and do crafts and play games and such. it's a great thing for them to have since it's hard for me to do those things with all the little ones i have during the day. Also, the girls have girlscout camp this year. 3 days and 2 nights in the wilderness! Kaelyn is super excited and Abby is a little nervous she will wake up with a snake on her bed, im sure she'll have a good time!

easter 2010

Easter was fun. Kaelyn got to sing at church, rather do the hand motions because she was too shy to sing...but she did them very well! We had easter at john's parents on saturday and my parents on sunday. This resulted in about 10 pounds of candy (i'm being slightly sarcastic) 2 ice cream buckets worth is too much for me! They enjoyed the easter egg hunt. when my mom told me she had 180 eggs i thought it would take all day, but that many eggs and far less hiding spaces made it go pretty quickly.

sledding!

the girls had a great time sledding this last weekend! Carter, not so much! he wiped out his first time down the hill and didn't want to go again. he has bad luck on the sleds! he enjoyed the hot chocolate when he got home though!

every one is doing well. Kaelyn got into a gifted program at school, so we're excited about that! Abby and Kaelyn got to go to a skating party this last weekend for girlscouts. even though they couldn't figure out how to stay on their feet, they still had a great time!

Chloe went to chucke cheese for the first time, she liked the rides, but didn't like that she couldn't get down and walk around. so we didn't stay long.

the girls had a good time filling out their valentines for school.