Happy Late Mother's Day

 Joe and the kids did a really good job with Mother's Day.  Joe took lots of pictures so I was waiting for him to do a flowery blog post...It started out with Joe making me breakfast.

 After a wonderful nap the kids and Joe made me a delicious dinner and gave me presents.

I got handles for my cupboards that I was really excited about.  I also got a lot of pictures from my children.  Thanks for making it so nice guys. I'm grateful for all the wonderful mothers out there.

Sharks on the Run

Rachel's School did a race for a fundraiser so we joined in the cause.  We split the children this way because of the personality dynamic.  Hannah likes to pester her stroller mate too much.  Joe carried an extra 80+ pounds.

Lincoln enjoyed doing pre-race warm up jogs with Joe.  Good thing he was wearing his running moon boots.

 Joe near the finish.

 Me towards the beginning

Me at the end sprint.  My friend took the race pictures and I would like to think that I was just too fast for her camera to focus but she says she got sand in her camera.  We all have our interpretations:). 

My Sanity Project

I got Rachel's comforters and wanted to do a valance.  This is the valance that goes with the bedroom set, which I wasn't in love with...plus it was really expensive.

I've found my life is happier if I have a creative outlet/project, so I decided to make my own valance.  It took a while, but I learned how to do the ribbon embroidery and it turned out really well, or at least that's what you're supposed to tell me:).  My wonderful husband was nice to hang them right after I finished, even though he had other things to do.  Good man.

Field Day

I volunteered at Rachel's Field Day.  It turns out that I probably shouldn't have volunteered and brought Lincoln and Hannah because they didn't last very long.  It was fun to be able to see Rachel and take some pictures.

On two Wheels

I forgot to post that about 3 weeks ago Rachel learned how to ride her bike without training wheels.  We tried to tell her and helped her several times and one day it just clicked and she was off.

Joe's side job

We're getting a fence! Yea!  Joe comes home from work and diligently works on the fence most nights.  He's definitely ready for the fence to be done.

Easter

Our festivities started at Grandma and Grandpa's house a week early.  The kids and I went up to IL while Joe helped with tornado relief.  The kids dyed Easter eggs and then hunted them.  My family was good to play with them.  We had fun.

Our next festivity was the neighborhood Easter egg hunt the day before Easter.  The kids got a total of five eggs which I tried to prep them for so they wouldn't be upset.  The exciting part was at the end when they gave away door prizes.  There were a ton of kids and somehow Rachel and Lincoln each won one.  Yea!

We follow my family's tradition of not doing the Easter egg hunt on Sunday to keep Easter about Jesus.  I had a marvelous idea this year of doing it on Monday instead of the Saturday before so I could get discounted candy.  I believe this all stemmed from my cheap Lunt roots:)