Blake recently learned how to raise his eyebrows.  It's adorable to watch him.

Sabbath everyone but me had green on.  I don't have one green thing in my closet but the rest of the family looked great!

I love taking pictures of the kids when we go to my parents.  They generally are quite good about it.  The morning we took these we were a bit rushed because we were afraid it was going to rain and Blake had just had a big meltdown because Papa couldn't take him on the tractor.  Considering all of that I thought they turned out well...

We recently spent a week at BeBe and Papa's house.  The kids had a blast and spent much of their time outside with Papa this time.

We were fortunate to be able to go to the Minnesota Zoo with my Aunt.  It was full with 2,000 school kids but we kept good track of the kids and they enjoyed all of the animals.  Near the end of the day we saw an IMAX 3-D movie, the kids' first movie although Blake was so tired he fell asleep right after it started.

That Sabbath I invited some friends from Chattanooga to spend the day with us.  They are doing travel nursing and are "stationed" in Minneapolis.  Jamie and Samantha hit it off right away and Blake enjoyed playing too!  It was great to see the entire family and meet little Ella.

The kids have been loving playing outside, especially in the dirt.  They love to collect worms...

They got me a wonderful Mother's Day gift this year, three beautiful hydrangeas for the front of our house...

Eager Beaver's took a field trip in May to Deanna Rose Farm.  We had a great time with the EAger Beavers and their families.  The kids decided to fish while we were there and Samantha caught 5 fish.  Poor Blake didn't catch any but we assured him we'd go back another time so he could try again...