AZ weekend get-away

My amazing Arizona mom...oh how I miss YOU!

I love you, and love our late-night giggles that turn into tears... with laughing punchy midnight hysteria. I miss your smile and hugs. It makes me sad to think of all the every day things that you miss out on. Or that Sam can't ride his bike over to your house, or drop by your school to see you on a random Thursday. Aunt Susan, Grma/Grpa, Uncle Matthew, Aunt Stephanie, and Jackson Dean are all but pictures and a short lived memory from months ago.  You are loved and appreciated...thank you so much for cherishing every moment that you have with them while you are here; and all of the effort you put into your long-distance grandparenting!

 dbp + alf

 Schau Haus oasis...a perfect place to drink the morning coffee!

 ladies night!

 Diana, Matthew & I

 Gaslight was SUCH fun Diana, thank you!

 Jackson Dean Cutie Pants Lewis

 Jackson & Matthew :)

 Stephanie (and Karter Grace in the making) mixing up the best coffee in the world!

 I'm baaaaaack!

$2,100 WOWZA!

The MS walk is on Saturday....my team is AMAZING! We have raised a little over $2,100 so far!

WOWZA!!!

Saturday or bust!

Sunday adventure here we come!

Anniversary weekend! What a great way to spend our weekend! Picnic, exploring (or trespassing haunted abandoned barns by the Iowa border, depending on who you talk to), soccer, friends over, phew! It was fantastic and FULL!

Madeline & Rob

And we are off!

Amy & Rob April 11, 1998

Sam-8, Madeline-5, Noah Baker-4

My favorite part of this picture is Noah's standard one pant leg up above his boot.  He wears these boots EVERY DAY!

Picnic by the creek...

My dare-devil girl...

Go PINK! Number 15 after her first game!

Madeline AKA Super Soccer Star!

warming up....

Noah painting with the porch with sidewalk chalk/paint. Rob was super excited we decided to paint the porch instead of the sidewalk....hey, it's washable Bob-I mean Rob :) :) :) :) :) :)

Sam & his buddy Tyler recreating Diary of a Wimpy Kid...it was AWESOME!

Easter

Easter weekend! Sam took a break from showing off his mad-bike-riding skills to plot with his little sister...hmmmm.

SPRING we welcome you!

 

Flower girls...

Noah Baker Easter egg seeking

Noah Baker

Rocking out the show Easter weekend....

Sam & Jacob

Noah giving Rob a few pointers

La ala la la la

Noah's eyes light up...is it really...a chocolate bunny?! Of my very own????

YES!

Amongst all the excitement..the bunny took a tumble.  Chocolate bunnies, it seems; break very easiliy.

Happy Easter? 

Happy Easter my ASS!

curly madeline sue

Madeline the morning after her squishy curlers!

curly girl enjoying our afternoon!!!

tuning Rob's guitar....

squishy rollers

Rob's new weekend hobby...yum!!!

If he keeps baking bread & playing me a diddy or two...I'll bake cookies whenever I need to!!!

In the mornings Madeline wants to put my hot rollers in her hair..too hot I say! So finally the other day I said I would get her some soft squishy-not-hot ones.  Tonight after bath we put the squishy rollers in...she was SO excited to go to bed with rollers in her hair...her very own.  We are excited to see how it turns out in the morning!!! :)