Then and Now

 Caden's First Day of Preschool

September 13, 2011

 Caden's Last Day of Preschool

May 21, 1012

Memorial Day

 Happy Memorial Day!

 

 Caden took part in his first parade around town with his t-ball team this morning.

Here he is posing in front of the VFW.

 

 

Abigail was ready to "walk" along too.

 

 As you can see...Caden wasn't too patient for the parade to start.

 Yeah...we're in a parade!

(thanks Nana and Papa for coming so we actually had someone we knew to wave to)

 I guess she didn't even notice (or care about) the glasses :)

 They are so good at sharing...yeah right...

They had a nice little ceremony after the parade, but the kids were getting tired by that point.  Soon they'll be able to understand the meaning of Memorial Day.

One morning...

One morning I went in to get Abby up (at the beginning of the month when it was cooler) and this is what I found:

She did have on one of those footed pj's which she recently discovered how to unzip and totally take off.  As you can see...she was taking very good care of Funny Bunny too.  She usually swaddles her, but this time she just covered her up.  I love seeing her take care of her animals/babies.

Quillos

My very talented Aunt April made these beautiful quillos for the kids.  I have a few crafty/talented aunts when I think about it :)

 This is the pretty pink one she made for Abigail.

"Is this for me????"

When you unfold it, one side is quilted, and the other side is flannel.

This is the one for Caden. 

This is Caden's flannel side.

This is the quilted side...beautiful! 

Thanks so much Aunt April!

Happy 70th Anniversary, Grandma and Pappy!

Happy 70th Anniversary!

May 21st is my grandparent's anniversary.  We celebrated on the 19th with a gathering of family and friends at none other than the old schoolhouse in Newky :)

The Happy Couple

 I'm not sure when this picture was taken...but I think someone forgot to say, "smile".  You can see a hint of red hair on Grandma.  Funny how it skipped a generation with me but not with my kids.  
(side note: They didn't have a wedding picture taken.  They just went and got married :)  Grandma wore a green suit and Pappy I'm guessing wore a suit.  Pappy went to work that night and Grandma went back home to her mom.)

 Abigail got really tired, especially after she skinned her knee.

(side note - she's wearing the same dress that our niece, Cori, wore at our wedding when she was 20 mo. old)

 Mom and our cousin, Kathy

 Caden had a great time with our cousin, Kenzie.  She played and played with him, which made it really nice for us.

 Brenda and her two girls, Micayla and Kenzie

 Our Family

 Cutting the Cake

They didn't have a wedding cake either...it only took 70 years to get one.  They did feed it to each other and were very nice about it.

Flower

My first non-dandelion flower from Caden.

Conversation with Caden

Caden and I were looking through a "Learn to Draw" book today that my mom had given him for his birthday.  I found a page where he scribbled a little on a flower.  He's been pretty good lately with not scribbling.  This is the conversation that took place:

Me:  Caden, what happened here?

Caden:  Oh, I think I did that when I was three.

Me:  You got the book for your 4th birthday.

Caden:  I think I turned into a 3 year old when I was doing that.

He has an explanation for everything!

Mother's Day

 The day before Mother's Day Abigail and I made a day trip to New Columbia.  My mom's church always had a Mother/Daughter Banquet for the past I don't know how many years.  Then this year they decided to cancel it.  I had already planned on making the trip with Abigail, so we decided to still go.  The five of us had a nice dinner at Country Cupboard that afternoon. 

 

 I think I was chasing after Abigail when this picture was taken, but I thought it was still a good one.

Erin, Mom, Grandma/GG, Abigail, and me

Happy 40th Anniversary!

 Happy 40th Anniversary, Jim and Carole!

We celebrated Jason's parents' anniversary on May 11th (actual date is June 3) by gathering together and going out for dinner, playing the The Newlywed Game (40 years later), and of course eating cake!

 

Carole and Jim

 Caden took it upon himself to feed Abby.  She was thrilled!

 

 The whole gang of 18 (almost everyone at least).

 Playing the Newlywed Game

 I think Jim ended up "winning", but it was tough trying to keep score.  They did answer a lot of questions similarly, which was fun.

 

 CAKE!

Jason's sister, Melissa, had this card made, and then she put these same pictures in a frame.  They don't look much different, do they?  Congrats to you both!

Relaxed

I think I've mentioned this before...but this girl knows how to relax!