Grandma Came to Visit

Trent's mom came to visit us this past week. The girls were so excited to have someone come to visit us. We had a fun time and some crazy experiences. Wanda came in Monday afternoon. Trent came home early from work that day because he wasn't feeling well. He hadn't felt well the previous day either. By Monday night he was having pain in his lower right abdomen. He decided he better go to the hospital. So he drove himself to the emergency room (his choice, I asked him if he wanted anyone to come with him) About midnight I get a call from Trent that they are going to do surgery to take his appendix out. Things went smoothly he was able to come home Wednesday. He is healing well, just a little sore still.
So with Trent in the hospital I had to use my extra helpers to plant our garden. Wanda helped us get it ready. The girls had fun planting the seeds. We started with beans and sugar peas. We will plant our tomatoes and peppers, etc. in a few weeks.
Here's my garden helper. She was eating a ginger snap and dirt.

One of our excursions took us up to Wisconsin to visit a Cheese Castle. On the internet it pictured this great castle. I thought it would be a great place to check out. The Cheese Castle turned out to be a hole in the wall place right off the freeway. We had fun anyway.
Saturday, we left Trent at home to recover some more and took the train into Chicago. We had a picnic in Millenium Park and had fun seeing the sights and walking the street. (Okay, so I heard a lot of complaining about being tired and my feet hurt and I'm hungry. I can remember doing the same when I was younger. But when we asked them what their favorite part of the week was, it was going to Chicago.)

While Wanda was here she broke one of her ribs when she put Shea into her crib. So here are my invalids. Thanks for coming to visit Grandma, who knows if she will ever want to come again!

Some April Actvities

We have been working in our yard. Trent found this rototiller at a garage sale last year, we are trying to clear out some of the weeds at the back of our property to make more room for our garden and some more grass. I think Trent had fun with this project.
Brynn has been back to playing babies with Leah and her friends. She loaded up her stroller with everything she might need for her baby. In case you can't tell she has her scooter, soccer ball, Webkinz, etc in her stroller.
Leah told me she was going to take a nap. I don't think she did any sleeping!

The Duck

Last week I went out our front door to walk the kids up to the bus stop. As I went outside a duck flies right in front of my face and startles me because it was so close. I look over and see a nest with some eggs in our flower bed. I was concerned the rest of the day because the duck didn't come back. The next morning it was back sitting on it's eggs. Now the kids check everyday to see if the duck is there. We can't wait to see the ducklings.

Shea's First Ice Cream Cone

I think the pictures tell the story. We started out by giving her a taste of Trent's ice cream cone. Needless to say she ended up taking over the ice cream and eating it all by herself. I think she enjoyed it, don't you?

Spring!

Abby's excited to play outside and wear her capris.

Spring has arrived! Here's a shot of the girls having their first picnic of the season. They invited some friends from the neighborhood to join them.
Brynn enjoying an ice cream cone.
Leah's serious about riding around on her wheels.

Shea loved the swing.