7 years

Happy Anniversary to us!
Here's a look back at pictures from each year.

End of May

 Enjoying the day at the beach last week...maybe one of our last on Lake Maxinkuckee

 Ahhh...nothing like a warm empty beach!

 Hard at work making a castle.

 Maria's final soccer game for the season....and she scored a goal!

 her team...about 30 preschoolers!

 Coach Ryan giving her a medal.

friends Madi and Elisabeth

Haircuts

Maria decided that she wanted a real haircut, and that's what she got.  Although sadly the girl did a poor job.  I had a free haircut certificate from the reading program at the library last summer and decided that I better use it before we move.  It was not from the hairdresser that I have used while we lived here, who does a fantastic job.  So, I had to do a bit of fixing when we got home...guess there's no such thing as a free haircut in this case.  Anna had to get a "haircut" too.

Happy Mother's Day

So very blessed!

Ages 3 and 5

I took some yearly portraits of the girls, to see them all go here.

Cousins and friends

 Celebrating spring birthdays last week with the cousins.

a friendly visit

 Lydia...shortly before she slipped in the tube and busted her lip!

 Zane and Anna

Maria and Zane swing
We had fun with our friends visiting...we always do!  Thanks Mindy for making the trek!

Rain, Rain...

don't go away, 

we're having so much fun as we play.

5 years of sunshine

 She picked a rainbow "theme".  SO I pulled out my Ecuadorian tablecloth, and put up a row of rainbow balloons.

 I think she liked it.  And very appropriate that our "sunshine" would choose a rainbow theme, since it takes sunshine with the rain to make a rainbow.

 new bike helmet

 We went to the indoor bouncy house along with two friends for her "party"  We stopped to get McD's ice cream afterwards.

 Anna had fun too!

 She loves these two girls...how she'll miss them when we move.

 Make

 A

 Wish

 The skittles helped me make a rainbow cake.

And the layers turned out nicely.  I used mainly fruit to color it, not as vibrant, but not so much food dye.

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.

Winter Fun

Since it has been such a mild winter we have been able to get out lots.  The girls and I went to the park last week to enjoy the warm weather, it reached over 60 degrees!

We have plenty to praise God for; this mild winter weather.