Kalin's dance recital

Kalin took dance lessons this year with Janet Long. Miss Janet was a wonderful teacher not only because she is extremely patient, kind and loving to the girls, but also because she got Kalin to go on stage. I truely gave it a 50/50 chance as to whether she would actually make it on stage. I was so proud of her, she did a wonderful job. This picture is of her and her best friend Addi who was in Kalin's class.

It was a very special night because Grandpa Dick, Grandma Pat, Grandpma Peggy and cousin Hannah all came to watch Kalin perform.

Andrew's first fish.

We went down to my parent's place on the lake over Memorial Day, and Andrew fell in love with fishing. He is so funny, one morning as we were walking down to the dock he was holding his fishing pole chanting out loud, "I just love fishin', I just love fishing". He has his own Superman pole that we tied a rubber fish to the end of, usually he just casts his pole reels it in and gets excited about the rubber fish. Well he wanted to fish like a big boy, so we let him use Kalin's pole (she doesn't like fishing too much) and sure enough he caught a little bass!

Great Grandparents

Our kids are very lucky, because they have three Great Grandparents who love them very much. The kids love spending time with them, and entertaining them. It has taken Andrew a while but we now have all the Grandparents names down and who is who. Grandpa and Grandma Allen are always fun to visit because Grandpa keeps their apartment stocked with fun toys and there are always new ones to play with. Grandma Allen uses a cane and it is always a contest to find where she left it so the kids can give it to her! Grandma Kelly is also a very special grandparent. I am thankful because she gave Andrew a new bunny that he now sleeps with every night, it have replaced an old stinky one. All and all they have always been the best Grandparents to me and they continue to be the best Great Grandparents...we love you!

Happy Birthday Grandma Pat!

Hi Grandma Pat...the kids wanted to give you a special birthday message, since we couldn't be there in person. It says, "Happy Birthday Grandma Pat!"

I asked the kids what makes Grandma so special, here are there answers:

*she makes good food

*we like to go to her house

*she plays with us

*she reads us books, and

*she comes to visit us and watches our recitals.

All in all she is a very special Grandma who we love very much.

Spring Break - Home again.

On our last day in Florida, we took the kids swimming at our hotel pool in the morning and then we were off to the airport.

The basketball freak. For his souvenir Andrew picked out a Mickey Mouse basketball, which I got a chance to sleep with as Andrew was my bed buddy and he refused to sleep without the ball.

Spring Break - Sea World!

Our third day in Florida was spent at Sea World. The highlights were Shamu, of course. We also got to feed the sea lions. I was very impressed that she actually touched the fish. (We didn't get a picture because I was helping Kalin and Bob was videotaping.)

The other highlight was the dolphins. They had a large dolphin pool that you could stand by and as the dolphins swam by you could try and pet them. Kalin was dying to pet a dolphin until it came up to us and she freaked, so I touched it instead and then she was mad at me because she didn't get to touch it!! The dolphins were so funny because they also had a basketball which they would "throw" to the crowd and then you could throw it back to them. After about an hour wait, the dolphin finally threw us the basketball, which totally made Andrew's day (he is turning into a basketball freak.) So while Andrew threw the ball, Kalin got to pet it and all was well.

Bob and I felt like the sea lion on its' side around this time.

Spring Break - Beach!

We spent our second day in Florida at the beach. The kids loved the sand and waves. We collected sea shells, jumped waves, built sandcastles, buried legs...but Andrew's favorite was to chase the seagulls and throw sand at them!