Do we live in Seattle?

Today I am tired of the rain. Chris loves all the rain (he was born with webbed feet--that's what happens when you're born in Seattle), but I grew up with lots of sunshine in Idaho and I love the sun. It's been so rainy the past couple of months that Abs has only had a few soccer games and a couple of practices during the spring season. Chris seems to be in a good mood with this kind of weather, but it turns me into a grump. I'm ready for the sunshine again!

Every week I have time to kill while Kierst and Abs have dance class. When the weather's nice, I can take Analise to a park right by the dance studio. Last week it was beautiful!

Easter Eggs

One of our favorite Easter traditions is dying eggs for Easter. Then Chris makes deviled eggs for Easter dinner. Yum!

Happy Birthday, Abbie

While we were in Denver, Abbie celebrated her 6th birthday. We love Abbie's sense of humor and her willingness to befriend and help everyone around her!

Denver Trip

The last week of March we drove to Castlerock to visit Grandma and Grandpa Stapley. The kids had a blast playing with their cousins, swimming, going to the Denver Science museum (thanks, Wendy!) and of course spending time with Grandma and Grandpa. Thanks, Julie & Ron, for your wonderful hospitality!
On the booring drive across Kansas we stopped by Stapley cousins in Manhattan to say hi and then stopped at Braum's (our favorite!) for lunch. The kids didn't pay much attention to the landscape as we drove, but were fascinated by the windmills.

Abs and Lesee with the world's largest clear topaz. It was originally owned by Salvador Dali.

Kierst and cousin David by a few of the minerals. The science museum had the most amazing collection!

In front of a cave transported from Mexico. Enviromentalists, where are you?

There was a large assortment of fossils from KS. Kansas, of course, used to have a coastline. Too bad our property isn't waterfront today.

We love you Grandma & Grandpa!

Birthdays Times 3

March is our 3-birthday month. It's lots of fun (and busy) to celebrate all the girls' birthdays in one shot. Kierst and Abs are only 4 days apart, which leads to the delimma of how to celebrate. We like to give each one her own party, but we often have their parties on the same day. This year they both chose pottery-painting parties. What a great time! A snowstorm moved into KC that day, but gratefully it held off until the parties were almost over. Both of the girls are webkinzaholics and so for their birthdays Chris made each of them webkinz houses to help contain the insanity.

Kiersten's Birthday

Kiersten turned 9 last month. We're so glad she's in our family! She keeps our brains thinking with all of her questions and our toes tapping with her piano practicing and dancing.

Thanks, Jenni!

A big THANK YOU to Jenni Mc. for helping with my blog!!