1st Communion

Emily and Father Phil

May 1, 2011

Emily made her 1st Communion today and she looked beautiful and was very excited. Her Godmother, Auntie Annie and her little boy, Owen, Godfather Uncle Bobby, Aunt Laura and their two girls, Mya and Ally, along with Grandpa and Grandma Salfer and Grandpa and Grandma Moore, and Aunt Charlene and Uncle Dave were all down for the day to celebrate this day with Em. It was very chilly outside, unseasonably cool, but again, we live in MN! There were around 35 2nd graders in all making their 1st Communion. It was a great end to a jam packed weekend!
Proud Parents
Godparents, Annie, Laura, Bobby and Em
Friends Ella & Emily
Cousins on the Moore side

Emily doesn't particularly like cake, so we thought it would be fun to have a "make your own sundae" instead. It was a huge hit!

May Day

May 1st- Happy Birthday Me! This year my birthday had to wait just a bit because we were celebrating a big day for Emily, her 1st Communion. We had a houseful of family and it was very fun but I have to admit a bit stressful the days leading up to it. But back to my birthday... The girls and Brian gave me a 60 minute massage and pedicure, which I'm looking forward to both!! Brian and Natalie took me to the food coop for coffee and a yummy caramel roll on Monday morning. And my friend Jen took me out to eat to Number 4 restaurant in Mankato where we had the most awesome dessert. My cousin Kris and I were able to catch up and have lunch together to celebrate both of our birthdays. I always thought it was cool that we were the same age for one day. Her b-day is on the 2nd and she's a year older than me. Brian teases me and says I don't just have a birth DAY I have a birth WEEK! :) thanks everyone for the birthday cards and gifts!!

Science Fair Regionals

April 30, 2011

Caitlin attended the Regional Science Fair held in Mankato at MSU and had a great experience. There were 1800 kids and projects! Card table after card table lined the Taylor center and Myer Field House. I have never seen anything like it! The kids had to present their topic 3 times to 3 different judges and were judged on a variety of items. Caitlin received a purple ribbon, which is the top colored ribbon and she of course was very excited and proud. There were other ribbons handed out at the end of the day in each of the categories for 1st, 2nd and 3rd, but she was disappointed she didn't receive one of them. All in all though it was a great experience for her and the fact that she held her own makes us very proud parents! There were 9 students that represented John Ireland school and 7 of them received special ribbons in their specific category and age group.

4 Eyes

Another exciting thing for Caitlin in her "best year of her life", she got glasses! I was thinking that she really didn't need them and just wanted a pair because of past comments but I was wrong! When she was doing the pre-test I knew right away that she would need them. She's well on her way to being the child that costs us the most money! She sure is cute though!

Easter 2011

Holy Week is one of my favorite times of the year. Our church does a great job with each mass making it very special. However, kids will be kids, and ours were not overly excited to go to mass all four days. But they were troopers and behaved very well for the most part. This year we all went to Easter vigil-8:30pm mass and it would be 2 hours. There were two adult baptisms and 5 confirmations. The only thing that kept the girls' attention was the lit candle they were holding and when the 2 adult men were baptized. They were in robes and flip flops. Kind of funny for someone to "wear" to mass. It wasn't a full submersion but it was still pretty cool.






On Holy Saturday, we dyed easter eggs and the girls had a lot of fun. Seemed to take longer to set it all up than it did to actually dye them! The girls each had four eggs to decorate. Natalie didn't understand that you need to be gentle when you drop the eggs in the solution. I think 2 of her eggs had "damage". She thought it was pretty cool though and they were edible. :)















Easter ended up being beautiful despite the cool temperatures. Didn't think this year we'd have to wear our winter coats being Easter was so late. But we do live in MN! The girls got up early to scout out where the Easter bunny had hid their baskets and eggs. Their excitement over powered their tiredness. After searching for nearly an hour they found all their eggs and the sugar high began. Mass was joyful and packed and the girls looked beautiful in the Easter attire. I have to admit its one of the funnest times to dress them. All in coordinating dresses and EVERYONE's hair done. :) Which mind you is quite the feat!! After mass we scurried off to Gpa and Gma Salfers for Easter dinner (lunch) and playing with all the cousins and another Easter egg hunt. In the evening we went over to visit my Grandma and my parents and my aunt were also there. Grandma was so excited to see the girls and probably more excited to see the circus leave! :) She still wants to entertain even though it's getting harder for her to do.

The day ended wonderfully with the girls falling asleep about 5 miles out of Wabasso. Nice and quiet for Brian and I to catch up and be thankful for all the Lord has blessed us with.

Last post was April 4th...Really?!??

I honestly didn't think it's been a month since my last post but apparantly it has been. I don't even know if I can think back that far to figure out what we've done and where we've been! I will do my best though...

Ok... Here's a funny little clip of our children putting on a show for us. It's about Zacheus-you know-the wee little man? Rachel had learned about him at school and this is the girls' rendition of the song. The funniest part is when Rachel gets bopped at the end. They may have been hopped up on sugar-you have been warned.. :) So proud...so proud.

April 20th:

Emily and her 2nd grade class are preparing for 1st Communion and one of the things they do is perform the Sedar Meal-Jesus breaking bread with his disciples. Emily was one of the "twelve". They did a great job.

Sometimes the TRUTH hurts

I'm letting Rachel and Natalie watch a video for rest time and Rachel say's "you're the best mom ever!" and I said "yah, but if I didn't let you watch something you wouldn't think that." And she replies in a somewhat sly voice "But sometimes I DO want to say "you are the baddest mom ever!". Nice.......