Nieces dance recital

My niece had a dance recital that I do her hair and make up for every year. She has gotten so good. This year she had like 4 or 5 different dances they did. However, I only got two of the outfits. She did amazing.

DARE Graduation

Zach just graduated from the DARE program. Way to go Zach. Good Job.
I don't know if you can tell or not but that is Zach getting his certificate.

Blue and Gold

We had our blue and gold banquet a couple a weeks ago. Our ward always does a bake off with the dads for this. This years theme was America.



Tim finally got his award for Wolf.


Tim's cake was Uncle Sam's Hat. He used white chocolate resses.peanut.butter cups, red m&m's, blue m&m's and red string licorice.


Zach decided to do the flag using strawberries and blueberries.

Spring Break

We decided to take the kids to St. Louis for a couple of days since things have been so stressful around here for so long. We got a hotel (with a pool of course) and spent 3 days seeing the sites.



The first day was the Science Center.




This was the the kids building the arch...Daisy was less than impressed with this activity, but in the end the boys were very excited that they were able to accomplish this HUGE task!




This is Ben standing on a glass block that looks over what used to be a highway. All that is there now if gravel and sand. This part of the science center is still open but it's just not same same without the cars passing underneath you at 90 mph. The kids still thought it was fun to be able to stand and jump on this glass and not fall through.







Zach and Tim got to fly a plane. Then Ben and Tim flew..... only kidding but it looks like it, huh? This was a painting on a wall. Then they had a flight simulator that they played with too.









This exhibit the boys just loved. Your supposed to say the color not the word. Its pretty hard...especially if you do it fast.










They next day we went to the Arch. I have lived in MO all my life and never been to the arch so I wanted to be sure that I took my kids.





The walk to the arch was kinda far. I was expecting there to be parking right beside it. It was good though.

Inside the Arch was a museum that we walked around in while we waited our turn to go up in the arch. One of the tracks had to be shut down so our 1:35 lift didn't happen until almost 4:00. It made for a long wait because we got there at like 10:30 and we hadn't eaten lunch yet and the kids were starving by the time we finally got done. Even with the long wait the kids enjoyed it.












The pods that take you to the top were extremely small and shaky. Daisy was very scared and didn't want to let go because she kept thinking that we were going to fall off.















This was up top. The boys thought it was the greatest thing being up this high. You could see all the way to the stadium. However, Daisy being Daisy would only walk if someone was holding her hand. It was kinda small quarters up there and it was sloped, so she had a hard time walking.






By the time this trip was over all of us were so tired and ready to be home in our own beds. The kids had so much fun. I hope that they remember this trip for many years to come.

Daisy's Birthday

Well she's another year older. I have been kinda slow at posting things lately. Daisy's b-day was back in Feb and I am just now posting it. Oh well that is just how things go some times.

Daisy got a Hannah.Montana shirt


the kids playing duck, duck, goose



blowing a cotton ball across the floor



Doll set from us

Ice cream cake

New apprentice

So I must say that I don't know if I have started anything or not but isn't this hilarious!!!. This is my brother and his daughter who is 4 cutting his hair. I started to buzz the back and we had done some fancy cutting up top when he decided to just buzz it all.

He had the brilliant idea to let her do some of it.

What can I say, she should be my apprentice. She ha so much fun doing this. Don't you love the tutu, and the beads. Getting his hair cut by the blingest hairdresser around.

Dan the Man

Ok Dan, do you think you can handle this??? This may be the cutest baby you have ever seen. If you play your cards right maybe we can meet up after your retirement and you can play with her.
Is this the cutest face you ever saw?
Daisy was dancing around like a fairy (hench the fairy costume) and kept saying "mommy, mommy take my picture"








Look at how cute and chubby this little face is, don't you just want to chew on her checks!!!









This is how it usually is when Ben gets home from work. The girls are awake and want their Daddy but as soon as they get on his lap he passes out.





One night we were trying to get some stuff done and Lilly just kept fussing so we stuck her in Daisy moon chair to see what she would do and she loved it. We loved it too cause she couldn't roll out of it she was stuck in it. She decided that if she was gonna have to stay in there she mine as well do something productive so she started chewing on her feet.




Look at how pretty those earring are, now she got BLING!!!








This one is all Daddy, he is feeding her and ice cream cone (can you believe it). I tried to take it from her and she about went mach 10 on me so I just let her finish it.







You talkn to me?








Daisy and Lilly in their jammies








The kids in their jammies

Pinewood.Derby

It's that time of year again. It seems like it was not to long ago that we were at district finals last year. Well we have good new to report this year. Tim won 1st place in speed. So looks like we will be going to districts again.

I feel bad for Zach he wanted to do so well this year. However, this was not the case. He finished next to last. He made a really cool looking car but as far as speed not so good.


The row on the bottom, 2nd car is Zach's, 3rd car is Tim's
These are all the cars from this years race.

Tim getting his car ready to race.

Zach getting his car ready to race.

All the boys after the race