Psalm 23

Peter has been learning this in school and decided to recite it to us tonight.

Tulips!

Our tulips are blooming.  Yes, it is only March 25, but our weather has been so amazingly warm (even hot), that the tulips apparently think it is May already!

After church we took some pictures of our beautiful kiddos with the beautiful tulips...

GEMS Mother-Daughter Night

This week was mother-daughter night at GEMS.  The theme was "what not to wear" and Esther and I had a great time planning our crazy outfits and accessories!  It was a fun evening, and the main part of it was spent making a duct tape purse, which was a great craft.

Fun at the Park

Tuesday was absolutely beautiful, so Miriam and I went to the Kroc Center playground with Renee,  Ty and Cassie.  They had a great time playing and Miriam and I actually got a little sunburned, which doesn't happen too often on March 20!

Father-Daughter Banquet

Tonight was the annual father-daughter banquet hosted by the local Christian radio station that we listen to most of the time.  Esther and Casey went last year and had a great time, so they were excited to go again this year!  The musical guest this year was Chris August.  They went with 2 other dad/daughter pairs from church. 

It was a great time. Other than Casey having to give up the chocolate cake so his daughter could have it.....

Here they are dressed in their finest!  Casey took Esther dress shopping again, and I think they made a great choice.  She looks so beautiful in it!

Spring Has Sprung!

We are having beautiful weather, so we took advantage of it today and headed to Frog Hollow Park with Renee, Ty and Cassie this afternoon.  I just hope that spring is here to stay... I would be fine with no more snow until next December!

Butterflies!

Today the kids had off school so we went to the Meijer Gardens with our friends to see the butterflies.  There were a lot of butterflies flying around and they were very active!  We also headed out to the children's garden to do the indoor activities and spend a few minutes in the log cabin.

Miriam's eye, 9 days post-surgery.  She's looking good!

Trey, Jake, Peter, Esther, Ally, Miriam