Planting Sunflowers and Other Springtime Fun

Our wonderful children's librarian had the kids plant sunflower seed during story time this spring.  They diligently watered and cared for their seeds.  It was finally time to plant them.  

 We picked a sunny spot along the fence.  Bummer is...see those dandelions?  I forgot to tell Daddy where we planted them and the next time he week wacked...the flowers went with the weeds.  Good news is...one survived..hopefully it will grow and I think the kids might forgive me.  Next year, we'll pick a better spot, or at least mark it!  

We have 4 apple trees to enjoy in our yard...the spring blossoms are just beautiful!  

 My sweet kiddos

 Hannah and I planted these purple tulips right when we moved in back in the fall.  It was fun to watch them come in this spring and have a touch of us in the flowerbeds.  They grew so tall...this pic is to show just how big they got.  

 More beautiful spring blossoms..this is our dogwood tree.  

Thankful for the beauty of God's creation!

Hopscotch

Hannah is such a little girl.  She takes me right back to my childhood.  This time, with her love for hopscotch....

Park Play Dates!

My friendship with my friend Teri is a special one that has stood the test of time...and distance.  We were prayer partners when I worked at Skyview Ranch and have been friends ever since.  We haven't lived close to each other since then...but our friendship still continues to grow.  We've chatted on the phone for many house, drove long car rides to see each other and Teri even saved her money and flew to see me and meet Hannah after she was born.  Anyway...it's such a blessing to live fairly close to her.  God has brought us both back to Ohio and we are living just about 45 min from each other.  We were able to meet up for a park play date...it was so much fun to chat and watch our kids play together!  

We found such a fun park!!  

Hannah and Isaiah climbing on the tree...

Lila loved the swing and Isaac loved pushing her 

Family Game Night

We love games!  Monday nights that we are home usually end up being a game night.  We sure are enjoying the age of our kids and making memories with them!  

It takes much concentration

and a little bit of silliness too..

 Uno Stacko!  

 there goes our tower...

 puzzles for daddy and isaac

Kinderealm: Wildflowers

May's Kinderealm was all about Wildflowers.  We learned about different flowers, made a craft, and went for a nature walk to discover different wild flowers.  

The naturalist also brought a box turtle to share

 We learned that if you find a box turtle on the road to just move him to the side and let him go on his way.  If we pick him up and take him somewhere else he will spend his whole life trying to find his way back and will eventually die.  

 We went on a Monday, so Daddy got to come too!  Yeah for a nature walk with Dada!

A Weekend with Grandma & Papa

My pictures must have got a little out of order.  These pics are from a wonderful weekend we had with Grandma and Papa.  We were really glad to get to see them the weekend before Mothers Day and celebrate Grandma.  

It was a little cool...but still we had beautiful weather.  We decided to take Papa and Grandma to the park to play.  The kids had so much fun bouncing with Papa on this bridge.  

Hannah is determined to get the monkey bars

 such a happy day

 The kids made flower pots for their grandma's for Mothers Day.  Hannah picked these tulips out just for Grandma.  We spray painted the pots with chalkboard paint and they decorated away.  

 Papa and Grandma joined us for a super fun trip to the circus!  Hannah got to feed the animals before the show (Isaac watched bc they animals made him too nervous)  

I just love the expression on Hannah's face here.  

 It was almost as much fun watching the kids watch the circus as it was watching the circus itself.  They had Isaac's full attention the whole time.  He clapped and laughed...it was so cute!