Our baby turned 7!!

Our oldest baby tuned 7 in June! We love her so much. She had a fun dinner party with Grandma and Auntie Julia and us of corse! Grandma made dog buns for the hot dogs and we had pasta and mac and cheese! Then cupcakes and ice cream. Will made Elsie a treasure hunt and she found her new camel back pack for water in the dryer. It was great!

Elsie's 7th Birthday Party!

This year Elsie had another small party. It was a lot of fun though. She had three friends come over and she picked an art theme. So we learned how to mix paints to make new colors and we make clay creations and did a painting. There was a pinata and cupcakes. Before the party Elsie and I made the paint pallets to go on top of the cupcakes which was fun. It was Elsie's idea to put the streamers on the door too! It was a great party!

Catherine's one year photos

It took her a while to warm up to the photographer but I think we got some good ones! SO CUTE!

Mariposas

We raised five Painted Lady Butterflies!! Elsie loved it. She got the kit to grow them for Christmas and so she had to wait quite a while to raise them as it had to be at least 50 decrees outside for them to be released. We got them sometime in early to mid May and then we let them fly away on June 2nd! Elsie had raised butterflies at school about a month earlier and so she knew all kinds of interesting facts. She kept showing us things like the caterpillars have pro-legs and regular legs and telling us how many wings butterflies have too. It was cute and very good to see her excited about science. I have to download the pictures from my other camera where the photos releasing the butterflies are. Elsie invited several friends over to help her release them. She was very excited about having them all hold one before letting them fly away! And it worked!

Catherine's First Birthday Party

She is one I can't believe it! We had a fun party for her a few days after her birthday. I made owl cupcakes and we had kabobs and rice for lunch. It was great. Some of our close friends came as well as Aunt Julia and Grandma. Catherine got some cute toys too. It was a fun time!

Happy Birthday Catherine 2014

Catherine turned one in May. She had her first scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert complete with a candle. We waited to give her cake until her party the following Saturday! Grandma Flora came and the rest of us were there of course. It was a fun day and night. But I had to run away to go to an activity with church I was helping with. Grandma stayed a little while and they opened a present or two. Catherine is growing and changing!

Mother's Day 2014

I had a great mother's day this year! Elsie planned most of it. She wrote these clues for my treasure hunt...it was great! She made me a fan and added the chocolate pieces for my breakfast. We went to church and then Will made his mom and I am amazing dinner which I did not take photos of. It was a great day. Families are forever.

May 2014

Well I have been bad about updating this. But here are some cute photos from May. Catherine loves her books and playing with them. She started pulling up on things in May. Elsie played soccer and Catherine tried milk for the first time and sitting in a grocery cart too. She did not like the milk very much but by now she is drinking it just fine. On May 10th Catherine broke her 8th tooth and so that was fun too. Catherine turned 1 this month too! She had her well child check up and weighed in at 21 lbs and was 29 and 1/4 inches long! She is growing for sure but is still in about the 50 % for both.  Catherine also learned how to climb stairs at the end of the month. Elsie is a great big sister and an awesome daughter as you will see when I post about Mother's Day and Catherine's birthday! They grow to fast!