Eight Years and Counting!

Happy Anniversary to the most wonderful husband and father!

An Egg-cellent Easter

My pictures are slightly out of order but you can get the gist of our Easter fun. We dyed eggs on Easter day for a fun activity and they had a blast. Next year we will do it before Easter so the Bunny can hide them, but since the Patnodes' have different wake up times, we did our hunt later in the day with MINIMAL candy.

Take # 3 with Everyone looking at the Camera.

Take #2 ....

Take # 1 with LOTS of enthusiasm

Coloring Eggs! NO spills and beautiful eggs!!

Goofy twins!

Filling her basket!

And, they are off!

Silly Bunny put the eggs in the playhouse.

Good Morning! Happy Easter!!

Loving his "green" themed basket!

Under The Sea

Today we went to Crown Center with our good friends "Auntie Nadine," Connor and Emily. We went to the Under the Sea Exhibit. It is a walk through, interactive adventure for the kids..and free (yeah). You can't go to Crown Center and NOT go to Fritz's, so we added that on to our adventure! We had a TON of fun! Thank you Devlins for the FUN DAY!!!

Pirate Jonathan Mermaid Caroline

Scuba diver Joe! Watch out the Shark is gonna eat ya!

Dolphin wrangler Joe

Dolphin wrangler Jonathan

Scuba man Jonathan

Mermaid girls, Emily and Caroline

Scuba man Joe

Caroline, Connor,Jonathan, Joe (behind Jonathan), and Emily

Two decent pictures of 5 active kids! Priceless!

Joe, Caroline, Jonathan, Connor, Emily

You Know it is ALMOST Summer When....

You are eating ICE CREAM CONES!!!!

This little piggy stayed clean! This little piggy was covered from head to toe!

And this little piggy wanted more!

What we love to do!

"Can we go to the creek?" is asked about a dozen times a day at our house. Down the street, is a very dry creek, however; a ground hog, frogs and snakes live there and the Patnode kids LOVE to go there. The picture isn't the best because it is from my phone, but it gives you an idea of what we "do" frequently!

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

Let's start with the UGLY! All I can say is, I'm glad my Dad is not alive to see this mess!

The BAD: Popcorn is for eating...not for crumbling on the floor!

The GOOD: Making beaded bracelets!

Dino-theater

You are more than welcome to come over to our house for a fabulous dinosaur "puppet" show. Just call ahead for show times, as we enjoy early bedtimes at our house:-)