A day with Ben

Ben and I at the zoo

I cannot believe that he still fits in this bubble by the fish - those legs are getting long though!

Sneaking a sip of my Diet Pepsi

Tenth Avenue North - singing us a favorite tune

I am realizing more and more every day, that Benjamin Douglas is growing up too fast for me. He said to me the other day, " You know Mom, I am really getting big and growing up. Do you know what?" I proceeded to say "What buddy?" "I know that I am getting bigger because I spotted some hair on my hands Mom and that means that I am growing up!". I of course, did not really know what to say, but agreed, and just smiled at his sweet face in the mirror. Who knows where all of this is coming from or where it is going (-: BUT....

On Friday, I had the entire day off and spent the day with Mr. Ben. It was the perfect way to end the week. We attended kindergarten round-up meetings Thursday night at Fairmeadows to start to prepare us to gather info, papers, etc.,.in regards to his Kindergarten year this coming Fall. I know that the afternoons that him and I have together to just "play all day" are dwindling, and that made this day even more special! He is SO ready for school and I know that he will do great, but I am really going to miss this little guy next year. We had a great morning here with Sis, got her off to school and chess club, and then came home to eat our breakfast. Then we watched some cartoons, played a few games of bingo (which I beat him in (: ), cleaned out his closet - which was another reminder of how much he is growing - YIKES!! His pants are all getting so short, and I do not think that it is cool for boys to wear capri's, right? Ben also played multiple drum encores for me while I was finishing a few things up around the house. Those are getting louder by the day - sorry neighbors.

A favorite Christian band of mine, Tenth Avenue North, was performing an accoustic concert at Wellspring at noon, so we headed over there, got front row seats and jammed with them for about 30 minutes - those guys are awesome! Not only do they have an amazing love for the Lord, but are great musicians ---- We both loved it and were singing their tunes the rest of the day. We had a picnic lunch at B-Bops in the beautiful afternoon sun. Delicious cheeseburgers, fries, and Ben even managed to sneak a little Diet Pepsi - his favorite part. The rest of our day was spent at the zoo and park together, until it was time to pick up Kate from school.

Thanks Ben, for being the special boy that you are, for loving me so much, for the little flowers that you always pick me, those big hugs that you always give me, and for just being YOU!!! I love you buddy!!!! Today was just one of those days that I will remember always........XOXOXOXO, Mommy

Also, thank-you goes out to the Daddy of the house.....without you working as hard as you do, I would not have had all of these amazing moments with Kate and Ben at home for the past 8 1/2 years like I have - you are the best Douga - I love you!

Easter in Nebraska

the kids with Great Grandma Breitbarth - Ben, Jon, William and Kate


Outside with Papa and Nanny Suhr - my dad is growing this amazing beard for the Q125 centennial celebration back in Pender - Kate just kept calling him "big foot" and giggling all weekend!



the kiddo's excited about their loot this morning
We spent the weekend in Pender celebrating Easter with all of the Suhr's this weekend. We had a great time and of course, it had been way to long since we had seen each other. A fun time was had by all! Thanks mom and dad for all of your hospitality! Love you

Kate's First Communion

Grandma, Kate and Papa Cairney

Kate and her Aunt Lynne

Doug, Ben, Kate and I

Joe Jensen (back row), Max Wilson, Ben, Kate and Jack Jensen

We were very blessed to celebrate Miss Kate's first communion on Thursday night at church. We had taken the classes together as a family and she was very excited to participate in the special sacrament of communion with us as a family. She picked to have spaghetti dinner with all of the fixings, coconut cake for dessert with family and friends over for dinner. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had a wonderful time celebrating with you Kate! We love you and God Bless You!!

Thursday was also a special day for Doug and I, celebrating our 10 year anniversary....thanks for putting up with all of my crazy antics honey - thank you for the beautiful flowers, I love you!!! XOXO

An afternoon with Cairney West

On Palm Sunday, the kids and I buzzed over to Omaha for the afternoon so that I could visit the Fett's at the hospital. Uncle Roger was having a great day and I really enjoyed the quality time that I got to spend with both him and Aunt Sharolyn. Kate and Ben were able to spend the afternoon with Cairney West (Uncle Brian, Aunt Suzy, Nick, Zack, and Sammy of course) while I was at the hospital. It was a beautiful day and they enjoyed themselves so much! Here is a pic of the kids in the back yard after a game of kickball.

thanks again Cairney West for helping out that afternoon - much appreciated! And praise God for the healing that he has done on my Uncle Roger. He is now at home and recovering well!!!!

Small group Egg Hunt

the kids gathering the eggs


Kate, Caleb, Ben, Trevor, Ellie, Peyton, Madie

Tammy Churchill and I - playing the "Easter Bunny"

Our small group had the extreme pleasure of hosting about 100 kids to an Easter Egg hunt working with Children and Family Urban Ministries on Palm Sunday. We filled about 1500 eggs, hid them and enjoyed the fellowship with one another so much! This was such a good experience for us all and fun for the kids to watch the other children enjoy the eggs that we provided. God is so good and we feel very blessed to have been able to spend this afternoon with these families!