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.......

Science Fair-off to Regionals!

Caitlin was chosen to go on to Regionals with her Science Fair project "Shaking for Suds". She was pretty excited and could barely contain her excitement. The big day is April 30th in Mankato. :)

Daddy's girls

Brian and his Dad escorted Caitlin and Rachel to this years Daddy/Daughter dance. The girls and I picked out dresses and matching ties for Dad and Gpa which was alot of fun but a little more difficult since we were pressed for time and I had two to help. Caitlin had no idea that Gpa was going to be her date. She knew someone was coming but she wanted it to be a surprise and it was! Gma Gladys came along for the ride and hung out with Em, Natalie and I. The girls had a great time and Gpa felt pretty honored to be apart of this special evening. I guess one of the highlights was Gpa teaching Caitlin to 2-step (to a Lady Gaga song!)

Luck of the Irish & Baby Crowley

Our school that the girls attend had its annual Luck of the Irish Fundraiser this past weekend. This is a huge fundraiser for the school and all the parents are involved in someway. My mom watched the girls, which was nice. Unfortunately, Rachel came down with a virus and had a fever all day Saturday and it lasted until Tuesday morning. Luckily that's all it was and it seems as though she's on the mend. Natalie is taking her turn now, but looks much better today. At the Luck of the Irish, we have a dinner, silent auction, raffle games and live auction. All are equally fun, but my favorite is probably the live auction especially when there's bidding wars. Brian was a lucky winner and won $100 on the raffle. In the past 5 years we've never won anything at this fundraiser! I picked up a cute Pampered Chef basket and a basket of books that will be read and recorded by all the teachers, personalized for the girls. It was a fun time and hopefully a big success.

Another exciting thing that happened this past weekend, was our friends, thc Crowley's welcomed little Makayla Kathryn into the world. Sharon, the mom, is quite the trooper. 30 hours of labor!!! She did a great job. We are so excited for them and they will be great parents. Makayla is adorable and I was able to spend a little time with Sharon and Makayla at the hospital. So precious!

Concert Pictures

Back stage with Chris!!

Fr. Phil, Grace, Grandma Joan, Jared and JoAnna

Gina, Caitlin, Me, Emily and Sydney

Here are a few pictures from the Chris Tomlin concert with our friends. Such an awesome concert! JoAnna and the kids got back stage passes to meet Chris which was a pretty amazing experience. She was able to speak to Chris about how much her family enjoyed his music and that they had "I will Rise" as a song at her husband Adam's funeral. Very special....

Pretty Ponies

Natalie is finally getting enough hair to put in a couple ponies so I had to take this cute picture of her. She was so excited to have "pretty" hair. I was amazed she actually sat still for me!

She's also starting to babble a lot more. Apparantly if you take the nuk out of her mouth she'll start talking! :) She's very animated when she speaks and it's hard not to laugh when she's trying so hard.