Baby Shower!!

We had a baby shower for my sister in law, Erin on March 4th. I loved getting it all together and preparing all the yummy food. I am so excited about my new niece on the way!! Not much longer now till she arrives. Her due date is April 15th. Here is my sister, Kristen, my grandmother and my aunt trying out some of the snacks.


More eating!!

The table full of snacks!

My sister ....

While we were having the shower, Randy was entertaining Momo, Ian, Lexi and Cassidy( cousins).

Time for games. The first game was the toilet paper game. Everyone had to pull off the number of squares they thought it would take to go around the baby belly!!

Then, it was time to see who was the closest!

We played a couple more games then it was time for the gift opening! She got so many great gifts. Here are just a few!

We had such a nice time and had so much fun!!!
Now, all we need is baby!!

love momo.

We or going to sarabeths house. I love you love momo.

Some school work and some family fun!!

In the midst of the fun and business, we have also been plugging along with lessons. Here is Aaron in his usual spot.....at the computer. He was working on his biology.



While Kristen worked on her math lesson beside him.

Momo has been learning about different animals and how unique and special each one is. This lesson was about how some animals (beavers) have webbed feet. She did a little activity to see how the webbing helps in swimming. First, she moved her open hand through water in the sink.

Then she put her hand in a plastic bag and moved it through the water to see how she could move the water better having "webbing" between her fingers.

Ian also did some pages in one of his workbooks.

Here is Momo reading a story in one of her readers. We are really enjoying the stories in these readers.

That Thursday night, Morgan had pulled out a package of pipe cleaners she got in her craft box at Christmas. One thing lead to another...and soon we had some crazy fun...the whole family got involved in!! Here is the start of things..... Randy and I started putting the pipe cleaners in Morgan's hair....

When Ian saw Momo, he wanted in on it too....

Then along came Kristen so we decorated her.....

Of course then, it was Mama's turn for a new "do"!

Aaron has the best hair for pipe cleaners....although....getting them out was another story....haha. It wasn't too bad though.

Papa, on the other hand....too a little more creativity!!

Papa was a helicopter head!!

I meant it when I said the whole family was in on it....Kristen decorated Maggie too!!

Time for some family portraits!!!

We had so much fun and the best part was that is wasn't planned at all....it just happened.

Kristen also finished up her Geography lapbook. Here are the finished pictures.

It was a great week!! Last week I somehow didn't take any pictures!! We were busy all week and it went by so fast. We had coop, errands, band practices, Brownie meeting, small group, church activities, prepared for a baby shower, shopping, band gigs, fun, school and just life!!

Potatoes!!

I was cleaning out the pantry one afternoon and discovered some potatoes that were starting to sprout! Aaron and Kristen thought it would be fun to try to plant them so that is what they did. Here they are cutting them up.


Once they found a spot to plant them, Momo and Ian joined in on the fun.


Raking away the pine straw....yes, they planted them in one of the flower beds.

Working hard....

Ian doing some raking.

He wanted a picture of his dirty hands!!

Planting....

They have been checking them every day, waiting patiently to see what happens. We are planning to start a garden as soon as the temps stay warm enough. That should be in the next few weeks!!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!

Sunday, February 15th was Grandpa's 92nd birthday!! Here is Ian being silly waiting for Grandpa to come to the table for his cake!




He is almost there....

We couldn't fit all 92 candles on his cake but I think it would have set the smoke alarm off if we did!

Singing Happy Birthday!

Grandpa trying to blow out all the candles....he had to get a little help from the kids!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!!! We love you!

He was reading a little card Momo had made for him.

Getting a little help opening his gift......new slippers!

I think he was happy!

Randy and his daddy!

We are so blessed to have Grandpa here with us. I am glad we all get to have this time with him and that the kids will have special memories of the time they spent with Grandpa. He loves to tell us stories about his life and it just amazes me every time I hear about all the things he remembers. We love you lots Grandpa!! We can't wait to celebrate again next year!