The Stern Wheeler

Grandma, Grandpa and Auntie Linda took the girls on the big paddle boat up the Columbia River Gorge today. They loved it - it was so much fun. Take a look at the beautiful pictures below from their big adventure today. Thanks so much gramma, grampa & Auntie Linda.

Kenna's Birthay Party

This year Kenna had her birthday party at Safari Sams. It is a huge indoor jungle gym. She has been saying that this is where she wanted to have her birthday for over a year. All the kids had such a good time. Here are some pictures from her party.
Look at all of Kenna's friends who were able to come celebrate & play!

Happy birthday Kenna - 7 years old - WOW such a big girl!

Up they go ....

My monkey girl - Kenna!

Monkey Ashlyn

Thanks so much to everyone who was able to make it to my birthday party. I had such a good time celebrating my special day with all of you!!

Kenna's Birthday Tea Party

Gramma & Auntie Linda put together a tea party for Kenna for her birthday. Gramma made her little tea sandwiches, cookies, cream puffs, eclairs, fruit dipped in chocolate and more. Ashlyn & grampa also joined them. They had a wonderful time. Ashlyn is already planning her tea party with gramma.

Happy Birthday Uncle Steve

Happy Birthday Uncle Steve!! We hope you have a WONDERFUL birthday and a FABULOUS year!! Happy Birthday - hugs & kisses.

Another Ashlyn-ism

This is how it went:
Ashlyn - I want the armadillo song
Brad & Erin - what song is that?
Ashlyn - you know - the armadillo song
Brad & Erin - how does it go? Sing a little bit for us so we can find it for you?
Ashlyn - It has "when we go back to school" - "that's all I know" - find it!
Brad & Erin - you need to give us more than that - we don't know that song

Two days later I am driving the girls home from swimming lessons and I put on the Plain White Tees and guess what??

Ashlyn - HEY thats the armadillo song!!!

Erin - This song?

Ashlyn - YES - this is it!!!

Erin - this is Hey There Delilah

Poor Kenna!!

Kenna had a bad day today. We were leaving for day care and Kenna realized that she forgot her coloring book that she wanted to take with her upstairs in her bedroom. So up the stairs she went to get it and she slipped and did a faceplant into the stairs. It took us about an hour to get her calmed down, her lip to stop bleeding and for her to put Elmo on it (our ice pack). She kept saying that her mouth & teeth hurt so I decided to take her to see Dr. Muckerheidi - her dentist. Turns out that Kenna pulled the ligaments in her front upper teeth (who knew that we had ligaments around our teeth - I didn't). On the brighter side, she did not have to have stitches in her lip - yet! Life is so tough sometimes!!

The girls visit to Spokane

This past weekend the girls went with gramma and grampa to Spokane to visit my cousin Mike, his wife Kris and their kids - Jimmy, Anna & Brooke. The girls had so much fun. From what I understand - they swam in the pool, ate - swam and swam some more - then they went to bed and first thing in the morning they were up and ready to swim some more.

Kenna with her floaties & flippers (before gramma made them have
lessons)

Ashlyn & Brooke

Ashlyn with floaties (this is also before gramma got to her!)

Kenna swimming with the dolphins!

Ashlyn swimming with the dolphins!

Ashlyn waiting to get back into the pool to swim with the girls. Rule is - wait an hour to get back in after you have had something to eat.

Kenna & Ash waiting to be able to get back in the pool - sooo hard to have to wait! Seems like forever!!

Isn't this so beautiful? Kris did this - I think it is amazing. I wish they lived closer so I could have her come to the girls birthday parties ... she really does a GREAT job. Check out some more below. THANKS KRIS!!!!

Kenna the puppy dog

Brooke & Kenna - ROAR!!!

Two beautiful butterflies - Ashlyn & Anna!

Thanks again to the Lauerman family for having my parent's and the girls up for a visit on such short notice. Hopefully I can come along next time.