What a fun filled April!

It's hard to know where to start, April marked the end of tax season (whohoo!), Easter celebrations, the Reese's 40th wedding anniversary, our little girl turning 10, Grandpa turning 60, and Mike celebrating 30, just to name a few of the big events. What a blast it was, sad to see it end but look forward to May with Seth's and Andrew's birthdays and maybe our first official camping trip!

Here are some shots from Brie's celebratory dinner out, she chose Space Aliens and was doubly blessed when the Schueler's were able to join us. Other than Auntie Klair spilling a whole glass of lemonade on poor Uncle Mitch, the evening was awesome! Thanks Schueler's for the fun!

The next shots are from our stay at the Bastin's, it was Noah's First Communion and I wish I had photos of that to share, but here is a couple from our play time with Keegan & Kyla! Thank you Liv & Jason for such a wonderful visit!

Lastly, just a few glimpses of the fun we had at the cabin celebrating all the April & May birthday's the weather cooperated and the trees blocked out all that gusty wind making it just a fantastic spring day. Some fish were caught (and released), marshmallows roasted, kids ran and ran, and the adults actually were able to converse, it's magical up there for sure!

Happy Anniversary Babe!

Wow, was it really 13 years ago I walked down that isle seeing you at the front of the church standing there so handsome, smiling at me? Likely you were thinking, man I hope she doesn't trip, but with my Mom on one side and Dad on the other, I made it without a problem! I'm a lucky gal to have such a fun, loving, adventurous husband, it's been such a blast living out all our dreams with you. Happy Anniversary to the man who occupies all my thoughts, I love you!

Happy 60th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Dad/Grandpa! Amazing birthday wishes to someone who quoted us this morning after being asked how it feels to be 60, "I feel like I'm 13!" Lots of birthday kisses are being blown your way today, so don't forget to catch them when you step outside, we love you and adore you!

Happy Birthday Brienna!

It's amazing to think that our adventure started a mere ten years ago. We held you in our arms for the very first time, you were so tiny. We snuggled you close, and spent hours staring at your perfection. The joy we experienced that day was unmeasurable. Man has not, and never will, created a device that can capture the magnitude of you! That was the start of our beautiful Brienna, we've made so many incredible memories since then and look to the future with insane joy at what's to come. Our only wish was that we had one of those darn digital cameras instead of 35mm film back then, oh well, here's more recent glimpses of what makes you so precious! We love you so much pumpkin!

Be sure to crank the volume, audio came through pretty quiet!

Grillin' with the Grochow's

Steak, Shrimp & Chicken Kabobs!

Silly kids

Awesome Host & Hostess

Yesterday was a beautiful day to sit back, relax, enjoy some great company, amazing food and that perfect glass of wine. The kids ran amok and the adults actually held conversations for extended periods of time, truly priceless. It's so awesome how spring, the start of the grilling season, and time spent in great company can bring about such fun. The best way to end a weekend for sure - thank you Erick, Carrie & Liv for such a great time!

Sweet as Ever!

Woke up this morning, enjoyed some doughnuts, packed a picnic lunch, and off we were to Grandma's house. What a beautiful day we were blessed with. Not having been to Gma's new apartment we were really surprised at just how fancy her new digs were. That is QUITE the place she has and had we more time that pool table would have gotten some use. As it was we took a tour of her awesome apartment and headed for the playground. We were lucky to grab the last open picnic table and set up for an afternoon of great conversations and listening to giggle after giggle from all the kids running around. It was just an amazing time spent with Gma Reese, she's so beautiful to us, inside and out, she looked great today. I even stole the kids away from the swings for some photos on the canons. Steve recalls the park well, much has changed and the only thing he wishes was still there is the lion drinking fountain, oh how awesome it would have been to watch the kids stick their faces in the lions mouth to get a drink. Sounds cool to me, too bad, I think even kids today would have loved it. Many great memories made today, we'll be back for more Gma!

Spring Fever

Oh how awesome it was to get out and enjoy the weather last evening! We're SO excited to see an end to winter, yet have to say it was a truly enjoyable one, even with all the shoveling! Steve is anxious to dust off his bike and hit the trails, I plan to join them this year with a new bike of my own and a tandem one connected to mine for Conner!

Brie is enjoying volleyball immensely and just the other day we registered for her last year of recreation soccer, this fall she'll have try outs for the competitive leagues.

Conner is LOVING school and when we arrive each morning I have to steal a hug, he's just thriving there. I will miss our commutes when he starts the summer Kid's Play program but I know it's for the best as he'll likely meet some fellow kindergartners! We're going to try T-ball this summer!

Work is work (rumors are heating up about another island trip only this time we'll likely drag Steve with). I'm excited to get the camper popped up, cleaned, stocked and hit those parks for some relaxing weekends!

Just a quick update!