I don't understand it!

So Kaelynn has this thing about Filet-O-Fish sandwiches from McDonalds.... She LOVES them! She will eat only 2-3 bites of a cheeseburger, but she'll down her fish sandwhich in less than 5 minutes. What is up with that??? In fact I would say fish is her favorite meat. I can hardly get her to eat chicken, pork, or beef, but she will eat to her heart's content on fish-sticks or fresh Walleye or Crappie. Kind of strange for a 4 year-old girl!!!!

The element of surprise... not a chance!

The element of surprise does not exist in this house!!! It has been that way since the beginning of our marriage. I am referring to the buying of gifts whether it be for birthdays, anniversarys, Christmas, Valentine's Day, etc. Gifts are usually purchased either by the giftee or with the giftee present. Today was Andy's 31st birthday! Last weekend I was gone helping a friend with a large dinner. I came home on Saturday evening to a very happy husband. Why? Because he had already purchased his birthday gift for himself. He said it was the last one and that it was a really, really good deal. He was willing to take it back, but really would a good wife make her husband do that? I hadn't purchased his gift yet, but wasn't planning on getting him what he bought. Oh well! I guess there is always Father's Day. Maybe I should purchase it now and make him take back anything he buys for himself this time!!!!!! Happy Birthday honey! We love you!

Spring is really here

The weather has been absolutely beautiful! Spring is here and I believe it is here to stay. As I write this the kids are playing in sprinkler in the backyard. I myself will not be going in, but they are having a blast! Yesterday we went to Lindenwood park. They have a great playground area and some great walkings paths. The river is still pretty high so the walk wasn't very pretty as everything is pretty dirt covered still, but it was so good to get out! Kaelynn found this great walking stick! Yes it is about 3 times the size of her, but she had fun carrying it. I absolutely love this picture of Connor. It captures his personality to a T.

Notice the leaves on the trees!

We cut off about 2 1/2 inches of Kaelynn's hair last week. It looks so much healthier and makes her look older!

The Ten Year Itch

Yes, I have it! What exactly is it? It is the realization that we have a lot of household things that are ten years old and are very much past their prime. It is the desire to replace those things as quick as possible. Yep, Andy and I will celebrate our 10 year anniversary next month. As I look at my kitchen counters and in my drawers and closets I am often reminded of that beautiful day we said "I do" because we are still using the same towels and sheets and kitchen towels and utensils and dishes, etc. Now, the dishes and utensils don't really need to be replaced, in fact they won't be, but the towels and sheets it might be soon time for. I am very proud and slightly embarrassed to say that this past weekend we finally replaced our coffee maker at the ripe old age of ten years old. It was soooooooooo ready to be pitched. I'm not sure why we didn't do it a lot sooner. A programmable coffee-maker is the spice of life in our house right now!!! We didn't know what we were missing! Wait, yes we did! I can also say that I finally threw away the crustified pot holders and oven mitts after ten years as well. Oh, it was so freeing! Can't wait to see what's next!!!

A little difference......

This is the result of Kaelynn dressing herself somedays: And this is the result of mommy dressing her (most days):

Easter happenings

Happy Easter! We have had a wonderful weekend celebrating the risen Lord with our family. Andy and I had the awesome priviledge of leading the church in worship of God two times this weekend and they were sweet, sweet times! What an amazing gift! Most of my family was able to come up this weekend from Minneapolis. We missed Auntie Katie and Uncle Rusty and Brendan, but we know they needed to be with family :) It is so fun when the cousins can get together. The kids had a lot of fun together. We had some great times hanging out and playing outside. We went to Grand Forks to spend time with Kvernens and had two very fun Easter egg hunts! I didn't cook Easter Sunday dinner since I was at church at 6:00am this morning, so we had dinner at the Ramada hotel. It is really the way to go! Way less stress! The following pics are from the weekend. They are not necessarily in order but I hope you'll enjoy them.

Getting ready to hunt Easter eggs....

How many eggs do you have????

Ava the great hunter!

Brothers...

Playing hopscotch....

Even Auntie Karrie got in on the action.

This afternoon was absolutely beautiful and we were able to go on a long bike ride together. Connor just learned how to ride without training wheels, so we are all on two wheels. Kaelynn loves the trail-a-bike.

We hope you all had a wonderful Easter as well.

Worthy is the Lamb! Seated on the throne. Crown you now with many crowns. You reign victorious! High and lifted up, Jesus Son of God. The Darling of Heaven crucified. Worthy is the Lamb!