Hip Hoppin'

 

Tonight was Maggie's Hip Hop Recital. She's been going practically all school year on Thursday nights and finally got to perform her hip hop routine to the song, "Take it to the floor." Her best friend Bella Spiritoso was also in her class and they had a fun time performing this routine for their talent show at school last week. The girls did a great job and for a treat, we all went to Graeter's afterwards for some ice cream. Way to go girls!!

Look Who's One!!

Happy Birthday Connor!! You've come a long way baby and we are so happy!!

Weekend in St. Louis

This is Natalie... hiding as we are crossing the bridge over to St. Louis.


Jake up close with a hippo at the zoo.


Maggie up close with a bird at the zoo.





Since we had a long holiday weekend, we decided it would be a good time to visit St. Louis with the kids, excluding Krysta who had to work. If it had been up to Natalie, she wouldn't have gone either... but... it wasn't up to her. We got in late Saturday afternoon and went straight to the zoo which is free. We saw what we could in about an hour and a half then headed out for some b-b-que. On Sunday we were able to visit a couple of congregations and spent the afternoon looking at 6 different houses with a realtor. We spent a lot of time just driving around and looking at neighborhoods and different places that were in the area. Jake & Maggie were both stunned to find out there are no Skyline chili places to eat in St. Louis. Guess we will have to stock up before we move.

Maggie movin' on up

Lots of fun in the creek!

Maggie receiving her junior girl scout wings

Maggie has just completed her second year as a brownie girl scout and yesterday, "bridged over" to being a junior girl scout. She had a fun year with her troop and got to go on several field trips, have parties, but mostly just enjoyed the friendships she has made through the last few years. Her troop had an all day fun day at a local park (no school yesterday) which ended with a little ceremony for the girls.

Mother's Day weekend in Texas

With life fixing to be crazy as I know it... I decided a visit to Texas was in order. So, Jake and I flew to Austin to see my family for a few days. Jake was very excited to be flying on an airplane. As we took off and were in the air he kept saying, "I am so excited!" Then as he watched out the window, as we were going through the clouds, he decided we must be in heaven. After awhile he told me he didn't want to be in heaven anymore, he was ready to be in Texas!! Jake had a blast playing with his cousins Ryan & Katie. Three 4 year olds who had their own strong wills but were hilarious (and rotten at times). I finally got to meet my nephew Connor who is an absolute sweetheart! He's almost a year old now and weighing in at 18 lbs. Don't forget... he weighed less than 2 lbs. when he was born. It wasn't necessarily a relaxing trip...kids were involved...but it was nice to get away and be with my mom and sisters over the Mother's Day weekend. More pictures in Texas Trip link.