Many congratulations to Kaya for completing a whole year of kindergarten gymnastics – it was very fun to watch her have so much fun in the process. She is very proud of her medal. This picture doesn’t do it justice, but anyone else teach gymnastics super pregnant? Me neither – gymnasts are strong people!

About a year ago Tommy put the whole family on a low carb diet – most of our dinners have been meat/fish and vegetables and has been great for the post-baby-#3-body effort. However, with our move and work being busy and many of life demands, our allegiance to this diet has slipped lately. And the kids are LOVING it. Lasagna tastes oh-so-good after a year of green beans and steak!

This is a picture of Yoya, Dylan, and Laney helping me “mow” our lawn without a lawn mower. Can’t get a better support system than this. Well, I unless you have a support system that has a working lawn mower.

Our little trooper Maggie had ear tubes put in and her adenoids taken out about a month ago – she did great and was mildly cranky for about a week afterwards. I *think* she snores less now, and she actually had a week or two without a cold after surgery. Here’s my brave little girl in pre-op – so cute even in a hospital gown.

When a house across the street went up for rent, Tommy and I decided to just go “have a look.” Well, it only took about 2 minutes for us to realize that our living situation of 6 people in a 1300 square foot house was just too crowded.

So, we pack up all our stuff and rolled it across the street. Many thanks to a very large team of helpers and we are slowly getting settled. It like this house SO much more – I hated the other house’s feng shui – but this house is much better.

Kaya loves it too!

Discovered a few new readers of the blog lately, so have been inspired to post more frequently. Laney can recognize her letters, and most definitely her name, and was pretty excited when she saw this sign. She would also like everyone to know that she has two babies in her belly (one of her teachers is pregnant) and she is going to name them both William.

Spring time means Bulls season – we took in the first Sunday home game of the season with 14 of our closest friends. The Bulls lost miserably but the beer was good!

We had a lovely and delicious Easter dinner at Baba’s house, complete with beautiful spring weather and a romp by the lake out back. Many thanks Baba!

We celebrated the fact that winter *might” actually be past us by a trip out to Winterpast Farm this weekend. It’s a one-(wo)man farm with lots of animals to pet and feed. The girls (and I) had a blast and I appreciated the intimacy of the place. And the bunnies are SO CUTE!

We have some sad news to share this morning – our first baby Max has left us to romp in the big blue sky. Words cannot express how much we will miss him and we are forever grateful for such a loyal and loving sidekick for so many years. So many happy memories. We love you always and forever Max!