Mother's Day and More

First and foremost Happy Mother's Day to all the special Mom's in our lives!

For Mother's Day this year I was treated to a breakfast of egg burritos and coffee made by my handsome husband and my two blond lovies. Needless to say, breakfast was egg-cellent.
The rest of Mother's Day Justin spent slaving away in our backyard....building me a garden bed. Yes, I have a garden! A salsa garden to be exact. I love it and I look forward to seeing if I can actually grow something.



CARLY JoELLEN

A few of her funny lines:
*"I'm crazy like that."
*"Nolan, get out of my girl!" (it's suppose to be "grill" but she doesn't quite get that)
*"Hey Mom, I always got your back. You got mine?"


Carly and I are doing a Mommy and Me gymnastics class at TAGS Gymnastics in Apple Valley. She does great but really needs to take a class without me. I think I only hinder her concentration and progression. However, Carly does not want to do gymnastics on her own. I'll keep you posted and let you know how she does.

NOLAN EMERSON

is almost two years old. I can hardly believe it.

*Nolan has suddenly become independent. He wants to do everything himself. Putting on shoes, clothes, buttering is waffles, etc...

*Nolan has inherited his father's "puffy" hair and I LOVE IT! Normally we keep his hair rather short. It's a little long, and puffy, right now so I thought I should take a picture.

*My morning coffee is always made so much sweeter when I have a little helper. Most mornings, I have a little helper. Nolan loves to sit next to me and help. When the coffee is done he stirs the coffee and tries to cool it down for me by blowing on it. That's what my little gentleman is doing in this picture:





Here are a few pictures of Nolan showing off his huge muscles.





Thanks everyone for reading our blog.

Quick Catch Up!

It's obviously been a long time (I feel like I start every post out this way) since I've written an update. I don't have time to post pictures and go into the last month review right now but here are a few highlights:

My sister, Leah, is PREGNANT! She's due November 7th.

We celebrated Easter with the Douglas family and my side of the family. We had a fantastic time at both Easter Celebrations. The kids, and myself for that matter, at too much candy but who cares - it was Easter after all.

Justin and I celebrated our 7th Wedding Anniversary on April 20th. I'm a lucky girl.

We finally tiled the back splash in our kitchen and are very happy with the results.

Our good friends, Todd and Carla, had a get together on May 2nd. We had a great time seeing our good friends the Boelters, Yarolimek's, Bale's and all the others.

Our niece, Anna, had her first communion. Congratulations Anna!

Our nephew, Nathan, had stitches in his head. Poor little guy. That very same day his sister and our niece, Ellen, broke her arm. Ellen is going in for surgery on her arm tomorrow afternoon. We're thinking of you Ellen!

I think that covers the majority of it. I have pictures of Easter, Carly's gymnastics and just everyday fun that I really want to get posted. I will, I promise, one of these days.

I hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for reading our blog. Many blessing to all of you!