Look Who's FIVE!

Jenna decided that she needed to turn 5! YIKES!!! I'm not sure I'm ready for her to be so grown up! We went and registered Jenna for Kindergarten a couple weeks ago and now that she's had a birthday, she's ready to go. (And a little disappointed she has to wait until after summer to start school.)




Here's the birthday girl in her new outfit, on her new scooter, wearing her new horse helmet



Grandma and Grandpa Richards took Jenna to Build-a-Bear for her birthday. She came back with a Monkey named Wink, who is a boy! I say that because she was very adiment that this monkey was indeed a boy! (I think Jenna told me that about 5 times in the first 3 minutes she was back.) She thought it was so great to have Grandma and Grandpa all to herself for a couple of hours.



EIGHT is Great!

 I can't believe Adam is EIGHT! And we all know how great EIGHT can be! He got to have a friend/cousin birthday party. Adam tried to have ONLY boys, but ok'ed having a couple girls there.

Adam's traditional cake decorating: Angry Birds!

Then we get to take treats to school to share with all his classmates. He also got to take charge of a good game of "Heads up 7 up!"

Along with being eight, you get to start scouts! Adam was excited about his first den meeting!

 
To come: Adam's BAPTISM!!!

Easter 2012

I love being a mom! It was so fun to hear the kids' excitement the moment they woke up Easter morning exclaiming that it was indeed "EASTER!"
They set out to find their baskets and seemed pleased with what was inside!

And again, it was impossible to get all 3 kids acting nice for a decent picture before church. Oh well, we'll try again next year.

We love our Easter Egg dying and hunts with our cousins at Grandma and Grandpa's house!

Jenna's big week

Jenna had a big week last week! First she learned to ride her bike without training wheels. (It had been a work in progress for about a year.) Then she jumped off the diving board at swimming lessons all by herself and last but not least, she registered for kindergarten.
Can you believe they let these little ones go to school? I have tried to stop her from growing up, but time does not stand still. Jenna is SO EXCITED to start school. Every day she asks me if she is five yet and can go to school.

A birthday...

Ryan had a birthday...a month ago! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RY, I LOVE YOU!!!

Logan was quiet and I should went to find him sooner...usually Logan isn't quiet. When I saw him running through the family room with a marker in hand, I knew he had been up to no good. This is what I found: When I asked him why he wrote on the walls, he said, "It's a surprise for daddy!" I found 7 little surprises on the walls and piano. I took a picture then put him to work with a dry erase marker (LOVE THOSE!) and while he was cleaning up his surprises, he says to this picture, "good-bye guy!" We love getting pictures from the kids, but maybe next time it will be on paper!