Another Milestone reached!

You guessed it. Sam is walking! He took three steps on his 11 month birthday (April 13). Since then he has taken a few steps here and there. His preferred method is still crawling but I'm sure it won't be long until that changes. Here is a video I got of him today. And...I blog in spurts so this is one of five new posts...keep reading (and don't forget to comment).

Ice Cream

This Saturday I walked to the town candy store with most of the neighborhood kids. Along the way someone asked me if all of the kids were mine. I guess they could have been. I would have an 11 year old, twin 8 year olds, twin 6 year olds, and an 11 month old. The thought of that makes me very, very tired! I'm glad I just have my two but it was fun to spend some time with the others as well.




This picture is of Abby, Minnie, and Paige.




Here are the rest of the kids. Cory and Andrew are the two boys at the end and you can see the tip of Sam's stroller behind Abby and Minnie.

New Neighbors

Our new neighbors moved in earlier this month. They are a very nice family with three children. A boy named Kai who is a year younger than Abby. They play really well together. They also have a very sweet almost three year old girl named Amara and another girl name Brielle. Brielle is three days younger than Sam. I took a couple pictures of them and even though he looks like he is about a year older than her they are only three days apart.

Spring Break

Abby had spring break a couple of weeks ago. She had a fun week. On Monday we watched one
of my friends little boy. His name is Alec and he will be two in May. I'm not sure if Janelle will let him come over anymore though becuase Abby decided to dress him up a bit.




We took Alec to the park becuase it was a beautiful day. I had to work Tuesday-Thursday but Abby had a sleep over at Grandma and Grandpa's on Tuesday night. She spent all of Wednesday with them. Then on Friday we met up with Janelle and Alec and drove to the Tulip Festival. We were about a week too early as there were not a whole lot of tulips in bloom yet. But, we still had a good time and took a few pictures.

Sam's Frist Birthday Party

Matt and I took a birthing class before Sam was born. There were nine couples in the class and we have stayed in touch with a few of them. Logan was the second baby born of the nine and his birthday was April 14. We were invited to celebrate with him along with one of the other boys born from the class. Eli was born on May 9. Here are some pictures of the boys together.

Doll Museum

We had the opportunity last Saturday to go with the other girls in Abby's class (all of the girls except for one were able to go) to the Museum of Doll Art. One of the mom's had bid and won a tour and tea party and she invited the class. We all got dressed up for the day. Everyone wore hats and each girl took their favorite doll. After having tea we went on a tour of the museum. The moms got carried away with our camera's and took a lot of pictures before the tea party.

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Anniversay Trip to Vancouver

Matt and I try to get away for a night or two each year to celebrate our anniversary. This year we didn't do it in February but were able to spend two nights in Vancouver a couple weeks ago. It was the first time we left Sam overnight. Both of the kids did great. They spent one night with Uncle Jess and Aunt Katy and the other night with Nana and Grandpa. We had a great time. On Thursday night we went to a Canucks game. Friday morning we went out to breakfast, did some shopping, and went to the Anthropology museum. The weather was not very good so we didn't do any outdoor touring. Then Friday night we went to a little Irish pub (since it was just after St. Patrick's Day) and watched some of the NCAA tournament. Here are some pictures.




I didn't take my coat off the whole time we were at the game. It's cold in an ice rink! The Canucks won 3-0.