New Clothes for Easter

As always Easter is a good excuse to get the kids some new clothes for spring. Anna and Lily decided they no longer wanted to match. That is okay, I knew it was coming. I promise I tried to get a good shot of the kids together. Here is their photo shoot in the order they were taken.

As you can see, we need a new photographer.

Here are their not much better individuals.

Nick:

Anna:

Lily:

Jack:

and another picture of Jack because he is so cute!

Taylor Swift

Anna and I went to see the Taylor Swift at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday night. We had so much fun. Taylor Swift is so stinking cute and she put on a really fun show. Anna felt like a big girl going to her first concert. I was so happy to be with her. She is such a fun girl and is growing up so fast. Here are some pictures from that night.

On the train:

Waiting for the show to start:

The show begins:Mom and daughter having fun:

Anna wearing her new Taylor Swift t-shirt:

Happy Easter!

The kids had fun dying eggs. Here are some pictures of that:





Finished eggs:
Easter morning basket stash:

Jack found a Reeses peanut butter egg on the ground. He really enjoyed it.

Look at Me, I Can Stand!

Jack spends his whole day pulling up. He loves to stand. I thought I would share some of his activities with you. See how happy he is?

This is a picture of Jack doing his second favorite activity. He loves to pull on cords. He is trying to reach the vacuum cord in this picture.

This little guy is so much fun. He is keeping us very busy.

Happy 2010

Here we are, a new year again. It is kind of nice to have a new beginning. 2009 gave us our very special little Jack. We are so glad that he came into our lives. Hopefully 2010 finds us happy and healthy. I hope the new year finds you all well.

We took a short, last minute New Year's trip to South Dakota with some of Ben's family. We had a great time and I think some memories were made. We stayed at a hotel that had an indoor water park. The kids, especially the older ones, had a great time. They had a fun party on New Year's Eve with food, swimming, very loud music, and a midnight balloon drop. Jack, Lily, and I only made it to about 9:30, but everyone else stayed up to welcome 2010. The kids loved being with their cousins and card games were played. Here is Ben with his sister Kathy and her husband Matt playing Books and Runs.

This is the only picture I got of the kids at the water park. Gracie in the back of the tube, Lily in front, Nate in the next tube, and the back of Tyler's head.

On New Year's Day we all went to Mount Rushmore. I highly recommend going if you have never been. Very cool. It was literally very cool when we were there. I think it was around 10 degrees or so. We got our pictures and then hurried into the visitors center.

Mount Rushmore from the road.

Our family

Jack enjoying the visitor's center

Cousins