Happy Spring!

This is about it for my spring decorations. We are hoping to be moving into a new house in the nearby future, and I'm packing a lot of stuff already and putting it away in the garage, and I just didn't feel like getting all of my spring stuff out. But it is feeling very lovely and springy with less stuff in the house!

Fun lunch

Every now and again the kids and I splurge and go out to eat during the day, it's usually because they've been doing exceptionally well in school and with chores.

And I don't know what is up with this lighting (it is my phone's camera) but Katelyn looks so dang old it's ridiculous!

Beautiful young woman who refuses to listen to me when I tell her to stop growing up.

Handsome young man who is so sweet!

Preschool Field Trip

Benjamin is in a little preschool group where the moms all take turns teaching a week. One of the moms owns a Grocery Outlet and took the little ones on a field trip. They went to the back and watched boxes get loaded with a forklift, boxes get smashed in a machine, went into a walk-in freezer, and even got to help stock shelves. Then they got to load up the conveyor belt with goodies while another child rang them up, then they paid with their "money" that they earned helping out, and got to take home their goodies. It was such a cute field trip! (Alex and Katelyn got to tag along and they were very helpful with all the little ones and they also had a blast!)

Etching Glass

One of our friends got married last month, so for their wedding present I bought a Pyrex dish with a lid and used my Cricut to cut out a stencil of their name with contact paper. I stuck it on to the Pyrex, painted it heavily with etching cream, let it sit for 5 minutes and peeled it off and washed it off with water. So easy, and so cute! I can't wait to do this to our dishes!

Ben's Funny Faces

Benjamin is in to funny faces lately, they crack us all up. He has always been, and continues to be our little class clown. It is so hard to punish him because he has me laughing before I'm through with the punishment. When someone is sad he does whatever it takes to cheer them up. When I'm mad he does whatever it takes to lighten me up--and it most always works. We're going to have to look out for this little charmer!

Rainbow Cupcakes

Make a box of white cake mix. Divide evenly into separate containers (depending on how many colors you're using) Add food coloring, and stir.

Put one spoonful of each color on top of one another in cupcake liners.

Bake according to box directions. Ice.

Serve.

Enjoy!

Joel's Birthday!

Joel turned 35 years old this year!(Granted it was in January!) To celebrate we had pie and presents and surprised him with a bike! (really it was a present for me so that we can have family bike rides!) And then we went to Grandpa Mills' house for a muffin cake (Joel's not huge into cake) and dinner.

We love Joel because he works hard, is extremely patient, easy going, loving, caring, thoughtful, happy, a great husband, a fantastic father and loves to be home with his family!