Happy Birthday Taegan!!!

I can't believe Taegan is 6 already! Where has the time gone!?! She had such a fun special day yesterday...it was the last day of school and they had a picnic/carnival...how cool that it happened to fall on her exact birthday! She has had a great year of K5...she LOVES school and I think will really miss it this summer! Here's some highlights from the carnival:

At the dress up booth:

Taegan and Mrs. Sherrick:

And I just couldn't resist this one...Kaesyn just LOVES Trey and they were so cute playing ball with each other!

Taegan with Grace Hilsher and Ella HixonTaegan with AverieUsing her tickets at the ticket booth:I am so happy you had such a fun day Taegan! We can't wait to see what great things happen for you this year! We love you sooo much! Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Memorial Day!

To celebrate Memorial Day, we drove up to Knoebels Amusement Park for the day. If you don't know about Knoebels, you should definitely check it out...especially if you have kids! No admission fee...no paying to park...you just pay for what you do AND you can bring a picnic lunch into the park if you wish. It is definitely one of our most favorite places to take the girls! It was fun just spending time as a family doing whatever the girls wanted to do, especially since we have been so focused on getting ready for the baby and whatnot. I couldn't ride very much so I was the "photographer/dog holder"...but it was still tons of fun! Here are some of our highlights:I think they must have waxed the slide for the season b/c everyone that came down, pretty much wiped out!One of the girls all time favorite rides...the frog hopper!

The girls had a BLAST...and Kaesyn really surprised us by riding just about everything Taegan and Jaelyn did. The only rides she didn't go on were the ones she wasn't big enough for! We can't wait to go again!

Circus Fun...

On Saturday, the 24th, we went to the Circus in Hershey with the Jerchau Family. What a fun night we had! I was a little concerned about keeping Kaesyn occupied, especially since the circus only started at 7:30 and that's pretty close to bedtime...but she did great! She was totally mesmerized by everything and especially loved the animals! The highlights for the girls were: the tigers, the trapeze artists, and the horses. I have to admit...I was on the edge of my seat as they did many of the stunts without nets! One wrong move and , well, you know! But, all in all, we enjoyed the circus this year much more than the one last year and can't wait to see what next year will bring!

Towards the end of the circus, Ian and Zach both wanted to sit with Kaesyn...Zach especially was "taken" with her and held her hand for a long time! So cute!

New Bedding

As per Jena's request...here's a picture of our new bedding! I can't wait until all of our remodeling is done so we can put it all together. I'm so excited to have a "new" room!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Mother's Day was such a fun day! When I first woke up (after sleeping all night...yay!), the girls gave me their cards and then made me chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast.

After breakfast, we headed for church. Jaelyn planted a "miracle" for me...it took me awhile to catch on to what she was saying...but I quickly figured out she was talking about the marigold she planted. She keeps calling it her miracle, how cute.

After church, we met my parents and sister/her Jared at Hoss's for lunch. I was so hungry for real food, I couldn't wait! Unfortunately, I forgot my camera so I didn't get any pictures with my Mom and sis.

After getting home, the girls really wanted to put together their present to me...can you figure out what it is?

I have been subtly hinting to Jared that I would really, really like one of these for when the baby comes...I have visions of me just sitting, swinging away with the baby while the girls play:) We'll see how realistic that turns out to be, but needless to say, I was VERY excited about my swing!

But my day did not end here...after coming inside, the girls instructed me to sit down in the chair...and I was "treated" to a manicure and pedicure. The girls had a blast and I had fun just watching them...but as you will see, my fingers and toes turned out, um, interesting:)

While my feet were soaking, the girls painted my finger nails. Kaesyn painted not only my nail, but alot of my finger as well! After my hands were done, they dried my feet off and put lotion on them...talk about pampering!

Now time for the fun part...and I chose bright pink for my toes:)

Thank you girls for pampering me and treating me so such special treatment! I love all of you sooo much!

*note: I did tell Jared that he had to fix my toes after they went to bed, which he did willingly:)

CoCo the Pony

On Friday night we had plans to get together with the Morrissey's. We always enjoy hanging out with their family...and Friday night was extra special b/c we went to see their pony CoCo. The girls LOVE ponies/horses so I knew this was going to be a HUGE hit! Notice the cowgirl hats made a comeback:) When they heard we were going to see a pony, they immediately had to get their hats...too cute!

First, the girls got to brush CoCo, and as you can see from Kaesyn's face, she LOVED this!

Kaesyn loved riding the pony even more than I thought she would, she cried and screamed when it was time to get off! She wanted to keep riding!After riding for a little bit, the girls got to go in the bunny hutch and hold some bunnies.

Thanks for such a fun time Jim and Amy! I am so sorry we had to cut it short!!!

I should make note for everyone else, and my future reference, that Friday turned out to be an eventful day...which is why our visit was cut short. I had not been feeling well all day but didn't want to ruin the night for the girls. I thought I could make it through the night without everyone knowing how I felt. But, as the night went on, I started feeling worse and I was having contractions pretty regularly. So we did end up leaving early. We stopped at my sister's house so I could lay down for awhile until they stopped...but at 1 am I woke up from having contractions consistently...prob around 6 an hour. So, by 6am we were on the way to the hospital. I was so worried they were going to put me on bed rest or something...this is prob my biggest fear as we have sooo much to do. But, they said I was having contractions due to being dehydrated...so a bag of fluids later and I was good to go, with the instructions to take it easy the rest of the weekend. By Sunday, I was feeling much better...but my water bottle is now my new best friend! Never a dull moment!

AWANA

Okay, I have some MAJOR catching up to do on here...so get ready:)





AWANA ended for the year last week. Our girls only started this club in January and it was so exciting to see them excited about this every week. We can't wait until next year when I think we will have a little better grasp on everything. To end the year, there was an awards ceremony followed by Rita's Italian Ice...yummy!!

Each group got to go up front and sing their song...

Jaelyn received a cubbie bear to put on her vest! We are so proud of you Jaelyn and all you accomplished in a short amount of time!

Next it was time for Taegan's group, the Sparks:

Taegan LOVED going to AWANA every Wednesday night, and we loved how excited she was about it! She got a certificate but I totally missed my photo opportunity and didn't get the picture quick enough:) We're so proud of you Taegan!