Daisy dressed up!

 

 

 

Daisy came back from the groomer today with bows in her hair and we thought she looked just adorable! We love our Daisy dog!

Cincinnati Trip!

Hi Everyone,

We had a good, busy time in Cincinnati. I got a little worn out, but I think the kids had a pretty good time. We flew into Indianapolis and we stayed there for a couple days. On Sunday, we slept in after getting into town late, then we went to Church. Later in the afternoon, we were able to go have dinner with Kim Yorgason Flora and her family. We had wonderful food and the kids had a blast playing with their sweet kids. It was a wonderful way to spend our Sunday.

Then on Monday we went to the Indianapolis Childrens Museum. If you're ever in that area of the country, I highly recommend visiting there. They have an amazing Chihuly glass sculpture there, and some more glass pieces in the ceiling of the basement. It's so colorful and beautiful, I love it!

 

 

The main sculpture is four stories high.

 

There were lots of fun things to see and do at the museum. Here, Grace is pretending to go on a diving expedition to explore a sunken ship.

 

We found a fun place to play with dinosaurs in the basement of the museum. Sometimes it's the simple things that are the most fun.

 

 

There was a fun pretend flower garden, perfect for toddlers. There were lots of plush flowers to "plant" in holes in pretend dirt.

Then we went to Cincinnati on Monday evening. Tuesday was full of lots of tests and a doctor visit.

 

BethAnne had to have lots of finger pokes for one test. It was not fun, but she was a trooper.

 

After our day at the hospital, we went to the zoo, which was a bit of a hike because there were lots of hills, but we got to see some fun animals. The kids especially liked the petting zoo.

 

More pretty pictures at the zoo.

 

 

We went to the aquarium on Wednesday (and I didn't get any good pictures of that), but the highlight of our trip was going to King's Island Amusement park. They have an awesome kids area, with tons of fun rides. I wish I had taken more pictures, there were so many fun things to do. It was especially fun to see Joy ride some of the rides. She was so delighted. On this trip, BethAnne was quite the daredevil and she wasn't afraid of any of the rides in the kids area (even though some of them are for older kids). She went on two roller coasters and some other scary rides and had a blast.

Overall it was a very good trip and all the tests results were good or stable. The doctors are happy with how BethAnne is doing and we got some questions answered, so that was good. We'll probably be visiting there every year or two for many years, so at least they have fun stuff to do.

I hope you are all doing well. Love you all!

Love,
Aubrey

Yellow Dresses

Taking pictures before church is like pulling teeth (as witnessed by the face Joy is making in the first picture), but I tried a couple weeks ago anyway. They actually turned out cuter than I thought (I didn't think I got any keepers), but sometimes candid, unruly moments are the best. We got back from Cincinnati late last night. It was a busy, fun, useful trip. All the tests went well and BethAnne is doing great. More posts will follow about our adventures in Cincinnati. Have a great weekend!

Love,
Aubrey

 

 

 

 

Spring Happenings

Eva's "Self Portrait" was chosen to be in an art show at the high school in April. She is so creative and loves to draw.

For Christmas Eva got a "butterfly garden," and this spring we got to watch baby caterpillars grow fatter and fatter and then make chrysallids and finally break out as beautiful butterflies. We took these pictures when we released the butterflies into the back yard. They weren't used to having a big space to fly around in, so they stayed on Eva's finger for a little while after she coaxed them out of the little netted enclosure we had kept them in.

Springtime means lots of yard projects for daddy, and the kids love to help (as long as "helping" means a ride in the wheelbarrow)

This is Aiden singing in his program that was part of his preschool graduation. I used to think that the idea of having a graduation from preschool was ridiculous, but, honestly when it's your own kid, it's pretty darn cute and fun.

A few weeks ago we took the kids to a little carnival down the road. Eva and Aiden had a lot of fun, and their favorite ride was the roller coaster (Daddy liked it too).

Eva and Aiden had a great time in soccer again this spring. Unfortunately, we always forgot to bring a camera, so we only have this picture of Aiden that my friend took. I think it's the cutest thing to see all the kids in their soccer uniforms that always seem to be way too big for them.

Cute Xander

Hi Everyone!
I'll post photos of the whole family soon, but I thought I'd start out with these cute pictures we've taken of Xander over the past couple months.


Xander likes helping daddy!


Xander is actually pretty good at swinging a baseball bat. He loves bats and sticks and anything else he can use to whack things.

Giving the doggy a check-up

Yum!