Six!

Today my 'baby', first born the one who made me "mommy" is 6! WOW time has sure flown by, sometimes it feels like I just found out we were pregnant, now she's 6.....crazy to say the least. She is turning into quite the awesome little lady, if I do say so myself. She is smart, fun, pretty, athletic and VERY creative. Not a single day goes by that I don't hear "I made this for you Mommy"! She is definitely an artist, and I love it! She makes us smile a lot, thanks Norah! She is a great older sister, they rarely fight and I know Nolan thinks the world of her. She will be in first grade next year and I'm not really sure what I'm going to do with myself when she is at school ALL day. I already missed her enough this year and she was only gone for 2 1/2 hours! But, she loves school, so for that I am thankful. Big news too, as of last week she has her very 1st loose tooth! She's excited(and so am I)!

Saturday we had a backyard, butterfly themed birthday party for my little princess! I think it turned out great and was a really fun time, for the kids as well as the adults ;-)

I made her this butterfly shaped cake(super easy) and she helped me decorate it! I loved how it turned out and so did all her little friends!

One happy girl!

The spread :)

Probably my most favorite pic of the day! They really do love each other!

She had everything butterfly, thanks uncle Joe for the cute butterfly wings(even if you had help picking them out ;)) And thanks Auntie Sarah for the crown and super cute birthday butterfly skirt!

Had to get a couple of this little guy, he had just as much fun at the party as she did!

We had a water balloon fight that was a BIG hit!

She got spoiled with SO many great gifts! Here she is opening her 1st set of golf clubs from Papa!

The Happy Birthday song!

Making that one special wish

Enjoying her sweet treats

These 2 little buds were happy blowing bubbles!

We had a pinata, so fun to watch all those little ones swing away at that thing!

Norah knocked it down then proceeded to beat on it!

A little birthday love from one of her very best friends Alissa!

The kiddos ended the night with a their besties the Newgards, just chillin on the couch watching a movie! It was a great day!

Happy Birthday sweet girl, we all love you so very much!!!!!!!

Satsop River Camping = Love!

For Memorial Day weekend we braved the not so hot weather forecast and headed to one of my most favorite camping spots ever! My very favorite auntie has property on the Satsop River and we've been camping there since I was a kid and I love it, and now my kids do too! We had such a great time and look forward to many more trips just like this one!

A great camping trip must include.......

Awesome fires

Picnic lunches by the river

sports, there was football and smashball too!

Cute little boys

super muddy rain boots

BBQ'd hot dogs

Silly faces

BUGS

Cuddles with mommy

pretty poses for the camera

the hubby (and an adult beverage of your choice)

picking wild flowers

just hangin' out being cute, and....

people you love!

I am so happy that my whole family made the camping trip! It was a great time with a lot of fun memories!

Sidewalk Chalk

Dear Sidewalk Chalk,
Oh how I love you and the hours good times you have provided for my kids(especially Miss Norah)! You are the perfect outside activity on evenings when there's just a little time left to play. You also make the perfect car, truck, airplane, sword and "shoot gun" for 3 year old boys with good imaginations! You are a little messy, but dust off easily and you don't stain clothes.... a big bonus. Thanks for the goods times! We are hoping to play with you more and more as the weather gets nicer and hopefully stays that way!

Working on the beginnings of her picture!

Look mom I broke it (love the little smirk on his face)!

I love his little pudgy, chalk dusted hands!
He's setting up his "piano"

Hey sissy, wanna hear a really annoying sound!

Here's a kiss to apologize for that horrible noise ;)

It's rough being a big sister and an artist!

But, I really love him a lot!!!!

Happy Easter

Friday night we had a blast dyeing Easter eggs!
Even Nolan, who's doesn't love artsy stuff,
jumped on board and they each created about a dozen beauties!

Norah even hand painted some with a sponge,
she's my creative one!

A sampling of the colors!
Blue and green seemed to be the most popular choices of my kiddos.

I even found these cute little bunny egg tongs, great for dipping and retrieving!
No dye stained little hands for these kids ;-)

Here are the 2 eggs I created!

Eggs close up!

The Easter Bunny came and treated the kids really good!
My favorite quote of the morning came from Norah....
"Mom the Easter Bunny even knows my size shoe, my flip flops fit perfectly!"
That's one smart bunny ;)

Priceless, really!

Someone found an egg!

And, someone got the cutest little chocolate Easter bunny :)

French toast shaped into Easter eggs :)

For the kids!

Here's what the Easter Bunny brought Casey and I......
a yummy Breakfast!