Swim Lessons 2009

Both Ben & Emma took swim lessons through the High School Natatorium this year for the first time! The classes were 2 kids to 1 instructor, and they both did fabulously! Miss Emma lucked out and had her instructor all to herself and she did great. She used the kickboard and went under like a pro. And boy was she EXCITED about jumping off the diving board!!
Ben did great, I thought for sure he wouldn't go under til the last day of class~so imagine my surprise when he went under the very first day!! He was great! He was not as excited about the diving board and we had to kinda bribe him to do it ;) By the end of the week, Ben was a little under the weather, so Mommy & Emma got to go out to dinner after the last class (by ourselves). We went to Roadhouse and had steak!! It was SO fun!! Now Mr. Ben is a super swimmer I am so proud of how well he is doing!! Here are some pics of my cute swimmers:

Emma's Last Dance class

Here's a video of Miss Emma Kate's last dance class, she had so much fun!!

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Moms Tea & RJE Carnival

What a fun day we had, Ben's school had their Kindergarten Moms Tea for Mother's Day and the Carnival that night. I got to spend some time with Ben by myself at the Moms Day Tea (BIG thanks to Daddy for coming home to stay with the girls!!) and we enjoyed lemonade & cookies together. Then we took all the kiddos to McDonald's for dinner before the school Carnival. Ben & Emma had TONS of fun. They played games, went in a couple of bounce houses, and got to pet and feed a bunch of sweet animals in the petting zoo.
Best of all, they got to have cotton candy for dessert!! ;)

T-Ball and THE GAME Ball

Well this T-Ball season has been a crazy one so far, lots of rain-outs and VERY windy games, but finally tonight was a great night! A little chilly, but wonderful and the boys played great! Ben was in top shape, and he got 2 hits off of the coach!! :) He also got a really great hit off the Tee. He really brought his A-game tonight! He also made a great play at 2nd base. And of course the most exciting thing was that he got the GAME BALL!!
He was so super excited and proud as were we!! :)

Chris's Birthday Party

We had a wonderful time celebrating Chris's 31st birthday, we had a little party over at my parents with the Fam! The evening started out a bit rough though with Emma "baptizing" our poor van by tossing her cookies on the way to my parents. So after a quick trip back home to be bathed and changed we were back on our way to the party. Boy that was fun! ;)
Other than that, we had a great time and Chris got some wonderful gifts!! We got him an iPhone (which her LOVES)!! And of course no birthday would be complete without a cake made by yours truly. ;)

9 Months old!

I can't believe Miss Ginny is 9 months today!
She is such a sweet, loving and easy-going baby!!

Easter 2009

What a fantastic Easter we had, we started off with a fun Easter Egg Hunt at church on Saturday morning. Ben & Emma founds tons of eggs!! The sweetest thing happened when a little boy came up and was crying because he didn't have any eggs and both Ben & Emma gave him some of theirs~ All on their own~ Mommy & Daddy were SO super proud!! Then Sunday morning the kiddos got to see what the Easter Bunny brought them and we hunted for eggs in the house. Then we had a nice breakfast and got ready for Mass. After church we came home and rested for a bit then headed to my parents for Easter dinner where the kiddos got even more goodies!! It was such a wonderful day!

New Cousin

On Tuesday April 7th, Chris's little sister had her first baby. My new nephew Wyatt was 7 pounds 11 ounces and 19.5" long. What a precious new addition to the family! Ben is SO excited to have another boy around!!