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sTrikE!!

I went with some friends to the bowling alley and we let our kids bowl for the afternoon.  It was so much fun!  They loved it!  Sadie got 87 and Parker got 82.  Not bad for a first time!

hAppY bIrtHdaY ashLynN

It was Ashlynn's birthday last week and the kids had a great time playing at the park and eating cake and ice cream .  Ashlynn is Sadie's good friend that lives by us.

check out that cake!  

Ashlynn, Sadie & Luke

-things that made me happy today-

-sadie changing parker's diaper, getting him dressed, brushing his hair & getting his shoes on

-sadie grabbing parker and kissing him

-parker grabbing my face and giving me a big smooch

-talking to ems about possibly moving out here

-ella eating her favorite...apples & chicken and 

having it all over her face

-a big dr pepper and vanilla ice cream from mcdonalds

-listening to sadie & parker sing 'all the single ladies'

-going to a park with my family & as i am sitting there watching tyler play with the kids- i am thinking that i couldn't be happier right now

hansel & gretel

The libraries here are so awesome!  They do fun things everyday.  Storytime, music time, magicians, puppet shows, crafts and other stuff.  Yesterday we went with some of our friends to Hansel & Gretel.  It was a puppet show and it was really cute.  I have never been to a puppet show...I was pretty entertained.  Tyler even admitted that he was too. :)  The kids LOVED it!  We wanted to get a picture of Sadie and Parker by the puppets, but as you can see we only got one of Sadie.  Why?  Because Parker FREAKED out if it got close to him.  He thought that it was alive.  It is sad that he was scared of it, but funny at the same time.  Imagine being a kid and seeing one of these (creepy) things.  I think that if I were a kid I would be freaked out too.  

sadie & sienna

This was one of the cutest things...

  As soon as they hear the garbage truck coming, they go running outside with datins (blankies) in hand.              

And they sit and watch it pick up all the garbage cans....I wish that I was that easily entertained.

i can't believe that i am almost out of my 20's

It was my birthday a couple days ago and we partied like it's 1999!  Well ok, actually we didn't.  We don't know people well enough here to invite them over for a birthday party and we don't know any babysitters so we didn't go out to dinner.  We did go to Costco though and almost bought a 7 lb chocolate cake that was $17, but when we got to the check out stand I was feeling kind of guilty that we would be the only ones to enjoy this 7 lb chocolate goodness. (and the cheap side of me just couldn't fathom spending that much on a cake).  So we put it back and Tyler made me a smaller version of it.  It was delicious! 

Peek a Boo!

snuggling on the couch

swimmin' in style

It has been really hot here so we upgraded our little kiddie pool to a slightly bigger one that would accomodate the slide.  My favorite part about this first picture is they are both wearing their goggles and I don't think that they ever fully went under water!  Ha-kids are so funny!

Zoo

We got pretty lucky because we live so close to our zoo.  It is kind of a smaller zoo, but there is a playground there that is stellar.  The kids love it.  Now I am going to have to find a way to take three kids there by myself 

and be able to keep track of them.  It has been nice to haveTyler around....we have done some really fun things with the kids. 

Hangin with grandma Rass

feeding the birds nectar

playing around

the petting zoo (i am not particularly fond of these 

because I think that they are kind of grose and the animals stink.)

a HUGE update

We finally got our new computer and now I can download all of our pictures- so there is going to be a lot to cover.  This is our life the last couple of months.  

taking the moving truck back

we stayed at a hotel while we found a place to live

it worked out great and it was wonderful to have my mom there to help

Jansten, Sadie and Kael

best buds

i love the boys faces...

Our little happy Ella

Jean came to pick up the kids for 2 weeks.  

This was a REALLY sad day for me because 1. My kids were leaving for 2 weeks and although that might seem really nice, exciting, wonderful (all the thoughts I had before I realized how long it was actually going to be), it was a long time.  2. It really hit me that we were leaving VG and Sadie wouldn't play with her friends here anymore and wouldn't ride her bike around here anymore.

I balled my eyes out the whole night!  I just kept thinking about everyone and everything that I was going to miss about being here.  The only thing that kept me from crying a river is not having to go through another Omaha winter.  They are horrible!  

I had so many different emotions the last week that we were there.  I was excited to move on, but not quite ready for "real life" at the same time.  I was sad to leave VG, but at the same time was ready for my own space.  I was sad that Sadie wouldn't have her friends to play with and be able to walk outside and have 5 friends out there ready to play... yet......well it doesn't get any better than VG for that.  You get the idea.  Pretty much I was a wreck!  It got better the busier we became and then I was just excited to finally move and go find a place in Nashville.  (see some sad stories have a good ending).   

This was our last get together for our RDEP group.  It was a fun night of BBQing and playing volleyball.  We had some good times out here in Omaha.  Thanks for all the great friendships!!

Umm...can you say wierdos?!

VG Yard Sale

Sadie found some awesome deals!  She really went around with a little bag full of change and bought stuff.  She bought a Tetris game that Tyler and I played a couple times...then it broke.  

Garage saleing is hard work...time for a rest and a cold yogurt drink.

Sadie's Dance Recital

This was Sadie's first dance recital.  She did so good.  All the kids did so good and looked so dang cute up there dancing.  Thanks to Miss Hannah for all the hard work teaching these kids. 

 Good job Sadie!!  

i didn't get the e-mail about wearing a black leotard.  Oops...that is ok...Sadie didn't even notice.  It is cute how kids just don't care about the small stuff.

Ella had fun watching

Alex, Parker, Grace, Owen and Danny 

Just a day in the life of a kid at VG...so many friends to play with...so little time 

Parker and his buddies ridin' in the wagon

Slipin' n slidin'  

 

What a little stud muffin!

taking a little break from playing

These guys played ALL day...they were exhausted!  They fell asleep while reading books.  

Sadie and her good friend Alex

Parker & Ella playing

SENIOR BANQUET

April 19, 2009

Dave, Mindy and us

Mindy, me, Ashley & Keri

The RDEP group minus one (plus a husband)

The wives (minus one)

Sadie came up with this idea.  She wanted to pull Parker in his buggy with her bike.  I told her that it probably wouldn't work because the string would break, but I tied it on anyway...well it worked and she pulled Parker around for awhile.  It was actually quite nice because then I didn't have to.

She ended up pulling the neighborhood kids around too!  This is cute little Scarlett.

EasTer 2009

We had fun decorating eggs and then we left them out for the easter bunny to hide for them.  

I got the kids ready and then finished getting myself ready and when I came downstairs to leave I noticed that Sadie did her own make up.  Pretty funny!