1st Trip to the ER

Pre-bead removal Yesterday morning while I was giving Natalie a bath, Megan and Daniel were playing happily in the playroom. All of sudden Megan called to me and told me to look in her ear cause she had made it pretty. I looked inside and saw a beautiful shiny pink bead in her ear. I ran down stairs and grabbed some tweezers and proceeded to attempt to get the bead out. No luck, I only made it worse. Meanwhile I had Daniel watching Natalie in the tub. I soon heard Daniel hollering that Natalie had pooped in the tub. Oh great! I left Megan to clean Natalie up. This was just the start of my very eventful day. After a two calls to some local ear, nose, and throat doctors I was told that Megan needed to go to the ER. I packed some lunches, grabbed some books and toys and took the three kiddos to the ER. 5 hours later and after a few attempts by the doctor the bead was removed from Megan's ear and we were on our way home. Needless to say, I had a very unexpected eventful day! Megan is doing great and has learned her lesson about putting things in her ears!

Eleven Months

This chocolaty little girl is 11 months old today.

To celebrate we went to DQ and got blizzards. What a cutie pie!

My little Future Missionaries

A few weeks ago I taught my primary class a lesson about missionaries. I made them little future missionary name tags and it was a big hit. Of course Megan & Daniel wanted one so that they could be just like Nana and Opa. I've been meaning to take some pics of my little future missionaries and finally did it today after church!

We love our missionaries!

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Here's the gang!

Sister Natalie
Elder Daniel
Sister Megan

S'mores Please!

On Saturday afternoon we joined a few of Steen's work buddies at a local State Park who were camping. The kids rode bikes, ran around lots and played on the playground while the adults had a nice relaxing time around the campfire. Steen and I got to enjoy the sunset over the bay which was really beautiful. And of course no camping trip is complete without eating lots and lots of s'mores. We stuffed ourselves and boy was it delicious! We had a great time.

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Here's gooey Megan

Here's chocolaty Daniel
And here's sticky Natalie
Our campsite had some huge pine cones.
The kids threw them in and loved watching them pop in the fire!

Soccer Update

Our little soccer player Megan is doing great! We've only got about one more month left in the season. Megan really really wants to score a goal during a game. She's come close a few times, but hasn't done it yet! Megan loves her team mates and is definitely learning the concept of team work. And as for Coach Steen, he feels like he's herding little cats on the field. He's had fun being coach this season and loves teaching his girls how to play soccer. Go Dollphins!

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Megan with Coach in the background on Saturday

Go Megan!

Happy Birthday Far Mor!

Happy Birthday to the world's greatest Far Mor! We love you very much and wish we could be with you on your special day. Were sending lots of hugs and kisses from Florida to Washington!

Laguna Beach

Yesterday afternoon after we finished our chores we decided to drive about 15 minutes and go down to Laguna Beach. It was nice to get away from all the spring breakers and have the beach kind of to ourselves. The kids had a great time. We should have put them in there suits, but we didn't so everyone got there clothes super sandy and wet! For the first time we let Natalie play in the sand. She loved it. She tasted it once and decided she didn't like it and then spent the rest of the time playing and digging around. We are in for a fun summer for sure!

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Little Miss Natalie having her first (and hopefully last) taste of sand!

Clap clap clap, I love the sand!

All the kids having fun in the sand.

We love the beach!

Daniel the little beach bum!

What do you think Megan was doing? Collecting shells of course!

Natalie & Mommy

Silly Kids

Yesterday Steen and I were working in the yard and organizing the garage. The kids were doing various things outside and then Steen and I spotted this scene. The kids got all dressed up with helmets and knee pads and Megan was pulling Daniel in the wagon all while Daniel was blowing Steen's soccer whistle and waving the flag around. These kids are so silly. It provided quite the laugh for us and some of our neighbors as well!

Mrs. Orange Tree

I got Steen this orange tree for Christmas. It's blooming right now and let me tell ya...it's my new favorite smell in the world. The sweet citrus smell is to die for. Sometimes I walk out front just to take a smell of her.

It's Party Time!

Do you like hosting parties? I do. Do you wish you could have free food for your parties? Yes Mam! And guess what? You can. Here's how. Head over to houseparty.com and fill out an application to host a party, if you get picked the company sponsoring the party will send you a party pack filled with party ideas, gifts, and coupons for free food. Sounds pretty fun if you ask me!

Happy

Natalie loves being outside and was giving me

big happy smiles this morning.

Megan and Daniel were busy frog and lizard hunting.

Swimming Already?

We went out back to enjoy the sun today and have a snack. Of course dipping toes into the pool led to both bums getting soaked. I told Megan to get her suit on and she immediately ran up and got changed. The floaties came out and she enjoyed a dip in the pool for about an hour today. Brrr if you ask me. The water is about 71 degrees. I'm going to wait another few weeks before I take my first dip of the season!

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Megan the (brave) little fish

Egg Hunt

Yesterday the kids participated in an Easter egg hunt. All of there primary friends from church were there. Megan and Daniel collected lots of eggs and had a super fun time!

Look what I can do!

Natalie's officially a pro at climbing the stairs. For the past week she would just go up a stair or two, but today we went all the way!