Happy May Day! Things here have been good. Dan's family was up 2 weekends ago and Sean, Beck and Tess came for a visit last weekend. Hallie loves spending time with her cousins. We went to the Frederik Meijer Gardens (one of Hallie's favorites) and it was nice and warm. The butterfly exhibit was in it's last week, so we got to enjoy that one more time. Tess and Hallie also had fun in the Children's garden and were pretty worn out come bedtime. On Saturday we went to the Children's Museum and had another good time. There was a Bob the Builder exhibit, which was cool. I included some pics of our new appliances. The kitchen remodel is coming along. I have a new sink and faucet (didn't even think to take a picture of that, but what I was most excited about...you don't realize how important it is until you don't have it!). You can sort of set the new laminate and there's a sample of the brick by the stove which will be the new backsplash. We're painting the kitchen as well and getting some trim around the counter and cabinets....that oughta do it, I hope. The other picture was from Hallie last night...she's coloring with markers and next thing I know, her pants are off and she's got marker colored all over her legs...thank goodness for washable markers!

April !!!

Heavens, it's already mid April! Where does the time go? We celebrated Paige's 1/2 birthday over the weekend. Still waiting for the Spring temps to stick around. A week ago it was beautiful, so we enjoyed some time outside. It will be so nice to not be cooped up so much. Those pretty purple flowers have come and gone, we've got a bunch more bringing some color to the flowerbeds, which is at least a sign of spring. The snow in last weekends forecast can stop.

I'm trying to grow Hallie's bangs out so they can go behind the ear and they are currently in an awkward state. They look really cute in a barrette, but that is usually short lived until she figures out it's in her hair. Some are just her being a monkey.

Our kitchen faucet broke and the lovely homeowners before us decided to solder it to the sink, so we're now undergoing a kitchen remodel...because you know we (more like Dan) can't stop with just a new sink and faucet. So we're putting new laminate on the counter tops, replacing the backsplash with brick, painting and getting new stainless steel appliances. Always something!

Enjoy this pics and hopefully the video clip will work. It's of Paige laughing at Hallie and then Hallie does "ride the bike..." with Paige, which is what I'd always do when she needed some help getting the gas out. It's pretty cute.