rainy mini golf

The girls have been filling a jar to earn a reward.  The reward they chose was going miniature golfing.  It was a bit rainy when we went, but we still had fun.

 matching ball and toenails and shoes.

 Maria's handiwork.

We have plenty to praise God for; happy girls!

March pictures

 For some reason, perhaps the summer-like weather, we were outside a ton so far this month.  So, I took a lot more pictures than I normally do, and I am still figuring out my new camera.  If you would like to see all the pictures, click here March 2012 Album.
 Here are some previews.

We have plenty to praise God for; unseasonably warm weather.

the girls

 

We have plenty to praise God for; these beautiful girls He has entrusted us with raising.

Father's Day

 Actually on Friday, but the girls were having such fun playing dress up I had to get a picture.  Every couple of minutes they would show up downstairs in new outfits...some were not proper to put on the blog! 

 We surprised daddy and took him to Mexico Lindo in Knox for Saturday lunch.  He was in dire need of some Horchata!  Anna entertained us by asking to go "potty" about 5 times!  Only one of which did she actually go, but she is doing awesome on potty training.  She routinely tells us when she has to go, rarely having accidents anymore, and even waking from naps dry.  Nighttime is probably a long ways off, but I'll take whatever I can get!

 The girls both loved their enchiladas...

 and the chips of course.  Anna loves guacamole...the chip is just a delivery method!
After lunch we decided to make a drive to Valparaiso to get some dessert...I found out that a place there has Horchata ice cream...so, we just had to treat daddy!  Not often we drive almost an hour for dessert!

 On Sunday the girls enjoyed playing with their matching Aquadoodles...Maria was drawing a rainbow and gold at the end...

Anna of course said she was drawing the same thing, imitation is the best form of flattery.

 Maria's rainbow and gold...she said it wasn't in a pot!

Happy Father's Day to the best Daddy around!

Happy Anniversary

Our 6th Anniversary-Culver (Maria-4, Anna-2)

Our wedding day

One year~DeMotte

Two years~DeMotte (Maria 5 weeks old)

 Three years~on vacation in New Jersey(Maria 13 mo old)

Four years~Culver(Maria 2 years, Anna 6 days)

Five years~North Webster at our lake house (Maria 3, Anna 1)

We have plenty to praise God for; we are well on our way to 50 years!  Here's to celebrating many, many more.

An Easter Birthday

I can say that never do I remember sharing my birthday with Easter.  And doing some checking there is good reason to that.  The last time it fell on April 24 was in 1859, and looks like the next time it happens it will be 2095, hmmm...that will make me 119, don't think that's going to happen.  So, it was kind of a big deal for it to happen!

Since Anna was wearing the same dress that Maria wore, I had to take some similar pictures.  I am sure you can figure out that Anna is on the left and Maria is on the right.  Their age is about 3 weeks different, with Maria being a couple weeks closer to her second birthday.  She is a tad taller I noticed, which would account for the shoes being way too big on Anna, but they fit Maria then as far as I could remember.

 I awoke to some strawberry/Nutella crepes made by my awesome hubby.  He left for church and I got the girls up and ready.  After church we had a lovely ham/sweet potato/broccoli lunch.  While the rest of the family napped I took a quiet walk on what turned out to be a gorgeous day.  The girls played in they yard some after nap, Larry mowed the lawn, and I got some stuff ready for a garage sale.

the sun made me looks like I was angry!

just love the girls expressions in this one!

The girls being silly later in the day!

We have plenty to praise God for; lots to celebrate.