MVCS Auction

On Saturday, May 1 we went to the MV Christan School Auction Dinner! It was alot of fun and they had some great auction items! I was thrilled with all the fun things we came home with, including 3 amazingly delicous carmel apples from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. They were hardly your usual carmel apple- they had lots of yummy toppings on them. For example this one was a layer of carmel, then white chocolate, Oreo cookie crums and even a couple gummy worms. Jeff and I bid on them as we knew Ryan would be so excited about them... and he was!

Him and I thoroughly enjoying 1 of the 3 apples. They were all so stinkin' good!
We got a few other neat things- Jeff and Steve bid on a spa day for Melinda and I which we got (yay!!), the guys got some golfing gift certificates and a few other things we'll all enjoy. Definitely fun and such a great cause! The auction raised over $93,000! Whew hew!

Messy boy!

I left Jacob in his high chair by himself with a frozen go-gurt for about 3 minutes... came back to check on him and he'd rubbed the go-gurt all over his face and hair. He's recently started getting food on his hands and then rubbing them in his hair... really is kind of annoying since that then requires a bath before doing anything/going anywhere. Oh well, just another stage!

Ahhh, look at that sweet, innocent face as to say "What Mommy? I could never do anything wrong!". :) Stinker.

Ryan's 1st T-ball Game!!!

Ryan's team finally got to have their first t-ball game (4/27/10) after being cancelled 3 times for different reasons. They were all sooo excited! We played the LaConner team in LaConner and they did great! Jeff, unfortunately, had to miss it as he was out of town for a couple days, but I texted him a few times to show him pictures of them playing which was fun for him to see while he was away.

Here's Uncle Steve (aka Coach Steve) looking intense behind Ryan & Jordan. :)

Ryan multi-tasking.... playing 1st base AND chatting with the runner from the other team. This t-ball stuff is awefully cute to watch for us parents! :)
The Green Machine's all lined up, ready to bat!

Ryan swinging hard!!! End their 1st game- getting ready to say their cheer!
Way to go GREEN MACHINES!

More April stuff...

My mom and I took the boys and my niece Shelby to the MV Street Fair this year. It was fun to walk around and eat some yummy treats which included, for Shelby & Ryan, white chocolate covered strawberries with sprinkles on them! Very fun, but awefully spendy if you ask me- like $5 for 5 strawberries on a stick! I told the kids that we could make those ourselves... so later that week we did! Here's our creations and boy were they GOOD!!!

Time to start farmin' again! Ryan was thrilled to get to chop grass with his dad for the first time this spring!
A few weekends ago our new swingset/playset arrived to be put together! It took Jeff, my brother and Jeff's brother all afternoon to put it together, but they got it done and it's great! They actually put it together in our shop and then used the forklift to bring it out in parts to put all the way together. That really tall guy would be my brother Greg who was having my nephews, Caleb & Cade, hammer something from the inside. They loved getting to help a little!

Greg, Jeff & bro-in-law, Cass (the engineer!) working on the final details to get it all ready to go for the kiddos to use... and boy were they anxiously awaiting!

Uncle Steve was sending the younger kiddos on 'parts runs' to the shop for them. Everyone got to help!

Thankful for all the guys' hard work who helped! Later that evening we had a bbq with Jeff's brother & his family and his sister and her family who were visiting from out of town!

A good, productive day!

Spring stuff...

Being spring time, Jacob was due for a pair of sunglasses! He was playing with his buddy, Asher's, one day when his mom and I were walking so I figured I'd get him his own pair... and he loves them!

Peak-a-boo!

CHEESE!!!

Too cool! ;)

Biker dude look. :)

Ryan was outside hanging out, washing his bike, etc. and I came out and found him with his Diego chair, sitting on the deck. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "Just relaxing enjoying the sunshine." Love it!

T-ball practice & baseball cookies!

Ryan's t-ball practices were originally Monday's at 4pm for the first two weeks and then we were able to get them changed to Wednesday at 5pm. I had missed the first 2 (but Jeff was there as he, Steve & Matt Nelson are all coaching) b/c it was raining and Jacob was still napping. Finally Jacob and I were able to go to their practice and it was even sunny out!

Here's Ryan after hitting the ball and heading to 1st base!

Jordan swinging.
Ryan on 2nd, Jordan on 1st!

Melinda and I were signed up to bring snacks to the team's 1st game! Since it was their 1st, I thought I'd do something fun for the snack part and make baseball cookies! I kind of cheated and used the roll of sugar cookie dough from the store (figured, heck, they are already in a circle!) then just frosted them white and piped the red lines. The bummer part was I had to put them in the freezer as their official 1st game got cancelled. But they were ready to go and the kids loved them when they finally got to have their 1st game!

Snack day & AWANAS ceremony

Last month (4/13/10) on Ryan's snack day we decided we'd make rice crispy treats that looked like real carrots! They were super easy to make and his classmates thought they were really cool! To balance out the sweet, we also packed along real carrots and milk to go along. :)

You can kind of see Ryan's blonde head there just below the right side of the screen behind them. They were singing their AWANAS song... soo cute!
Next we went back to their classroom to see them get their awards from Mrs. Price and Mrs. Faber- Mrs. Justice couldn't be there that night, but she was one of his teachers, too.
Fun stuff!
Him & Jordan checking out their treats in their bag!
Way to go Cubbies!!!

Silly face!

I couldn't resist putting this one of Jacob on here. He's just such a fun little boy with SO much personality that comes out more and more every day! This is a new face he's been making when he scrunches up his nose and smiles. I just love it!

More tulips continued...

Loved this field of pink tulips with one yellow one in the middle. :)

Sweet Jacob.
Sweet Ryan

Sweet boys in front of the Dutch windmill :)

Tulip Town 2010!

Last month (4/12/10) I decided it would be a nice day to go check out the tulips with the boys... on a week day, in the morning with NO crowds and few tourists! It was sort of on a whim, but we also invited my mom and Aunt Nila who was in town visiting for a couple weeks with Uncle Joe. We had such a nice time and Ryan got his way and we went on a 'Tulip Trolley' around the tulip field, pulled by a tractor, of course! It really was a nice way to see all the different colors and varieties w/out trying to walk through them all with the stroller.

Here's me and my boys! :)

LOVED this color!
My mom & Aunt Nila... it wasn't really that cold, but the wind picked up when we got on the trolley ride.

Myself, the boys & my mom.

Aunt Nila, her niece (me!) and two grand-nephews!