Michigan Trip

My grandpa had been very sick and had been in and out of the hospital for a few weeks before he went home to be with his Heavenly Father. It was a very sad few days in Michigan and my boys were kinda crazy from being told to stay still and be quiet for two days, but it was nice to be able to see everyone and celebrate his life. 

                             

                             Grandma and all but one grandchild (and four of her 21? greats..)

                                                                       Her five children

                                                    And their spouses

                                                        Dad and Sherri

                      Tracy, Dad and I, taken by my 9 year old cousin(hence the bottom-up shot!)

                                                         Grandma and her siblings

                                    Most of the girl cousins with Grandma

We stopped by to see Chris's cousin Sam and Abby and their new baby Iris. 

 Iris was fine with her Daddy Sam, but not with the baby whisperer Andrew...

Happy Birthday Chris!

Happy Birthday to Chris! We had such a busy weekend of activities and even got to celebrate with the entire Semesky gang. I failed to get many pictures, but here are a few!

At 35, Chris:
 likes to play with the boys, exercise, drink good red wine and moscow mules, watch Lacrosse, root his kiddos on in their sports, snooze on the couch, and browse home listings on the internet. We love you honey!

Final Kangaroos Observation

Ryan only has a few weeks of Kangaroos left, the preschool he goes to at a gymnastics center. I absolutely LOVE the program and the teacher, and Julian will go next year probably. They learn SOO much about body control and awareness, on top of the normal preschool letters, etc...

One thing we have learned in the last few months, is that although Ryan likes to be the center of attention, he doesn't WANT the attention all on him ALONE. He didn't want to stand up to "accept his ribbon," so t his is what we got.

Luckily he will still be here taking gymnastics, so we will get to go and play!

Happy Mother's Day 2015!

Happy Mother's Day to my favorite moms-especially Diane and Dottie. We love you both!

There are so many moms I love so dearly that I could write pages about them. I thank you all for crying with me, laughing with me, listening to me whine, cheering me on, teaching and guiding me. There are many days I am amazed while watching my boys that God trusted ME to mother them. I feel very unworthy and unprepared on a daily basis.

Mother's Day started with lots of homemade cards and coupon books and goodies. Too sweet from ALL my boys. And that dark looking tan is from a bottle...it looks really dark in these photos!

I tried to get a good shot after church, but the big boys already had food on their clothes and changed...the true life of a mom:)

Just as I said on Andrew's birthday post...the boys loves his books! My three monkeys-they definitely keep Chris and I on our toes!

Ryan's Field Trip

I finally got to go with Ryan's class on his field trip to the Baltimore Museum of Art. First up though, his class released their butterflies!

The field trip was a bit of a whirlwind, because they only had about an hour to FLY through the entire museum. It was a bit crazy. We spent a fair amount of time going through the area where the county kids have art displayed. It was super cool.

Ryan said his favorite thing was the "Thinker," which I didn't get a good picture of! I asked Ryan if we could get a picture together and he said, "no thanks." That's my Ryan. Onto to Kindergarten field trips!