Saturday Morning

 What is this?

 Puffy Snacks!

My little man

Somebody's Crawling!

Lilli Jo started crawling on Sunday!!!

I think she knew it was her Daddy's birthday and that this little milestone would be the perfect present!

Easter

We headed South to Yankton this year for Easter. We had a great weekend with the Beringer clan and it was fun to see how big our nephew, Cyrus, is getting. He turned 1 a few weeks ago and is just starting to walk! We were able to talk to Bryan Saturday night as well. It was great to hear from him ... he'll be home in just a few short months!

 My first Easter!

 So pretty!

 Lilli Jo and Cyrus

 The Beringer grandkids

 Preston wasn't being the most cooperative during pictures (shocking, I know). Lilli Jo and Cyrus both looked over at him when I snapped this and I swear they were thinking "Dude, cooperate!"

 Our family

 Jessica and Cyrus

The Easter Bunny was able to find all the grandkids at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Preston got some Transformers, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime (Uncle Prime in Preston's words). Lilli got a new teething toy and a mirror for the car!

We got home early enough on Sunday that the kids and I were able to go to my parent's house to see my aunt and uncles - Mike and Louise were home from England on Spring Break and Don and Shelly came up from Kansas City.



I'm 8 Months Old Today!

Lilli Jo is almost ready to crawl!! She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks like there's no tomorrow. She goes backwards and can turn herself around while on her tummy.

Shortly after her 7 month "birthday" she started sitting up all by herself.

She loves to clap her hands and has started shaking her head "no". She thinks she's pretty funny when she does this and I have to admit, it is pretty funny. Mostly because she always seems to do it at the right moment in our conversations.

Easter Carnival

 Practicing his golf swing. We need to work on this.

 Ring Toss

 Bowling

 Hanging out with Jack. Preston sure likes him!

 Lilli Jo wanted to hang out with Jack too!

 Duck Pond

I think Preston made almost every shot!

All the games were inside the wellness center and then the egg hunt was outside. The egg hunt was insane, as most are with all those kids running around. Preston ended up with three eggs (each kid was supposed to get 10) and none of them had a prize inside, just candy. Preston was heartbroken.  :)

Happy Spring!

Or is it summer? So hard to believe that it's the first of April! 

This weather we've been having is beautiful, so we spent some time outside enjoying it after church today.

Dustin got the lawn mowed while the kids played before nap time.

The neighbor girl, Amy, took Preston to the park for a bit and then he played in their yard some. Amy's mom does daycare, so she has all kinds of fun toys to play with!

Preston decided he needed to jump in the pack 'n play with Lilli Jo for a bit.

Now Preston is napping and Lilli Jo is content in her little chair, playing with her toys. We'll be heading to my parents house later this afternoon for an early Easter dinner. Not sure what is all on the menu, but mom is making some fudge brownies for dessert and we'll be bringing some homemade vanilla ice cream (made with Jamaican vanilla). Yum!

Polar Plunge 2012

 The team.

Mom and Dad jumped with some of Mom's co-workers again this year, celebrating Oreo's 100th birthday!

Miss Allie

 My boys!

 Mom and Dad getting ready to jump ...

 I believe the plan was for them to jump at the same time.

Mom started to, then tried to stop as Dad was not jumping. So Dad just pushed her in!

 Post-plunge

 Can't have Oreo's without milk!

Baby girl

The weather was gorgeous last night for the start of the Polar Plunge and continues to be gorgeous today. But it has to be cold for a POLAR plunge, right? They had buckets of ice at the ready and made sure to dump in a few before Mom and Dad's team jumped!!

Little Loves

A couple of random pictures ...

 Big girl in her high chair

Bath time!

Go Big! Go Blue! Go Jacks!

The SDSU Men's and Women's basketball teams both made it to the big dance this year and our family was ready to cheer on the Jacks! Preston's not much for letting me get pictures of him anymore, but Lilli Jo is always ready to ham it up for the camera!

Here, we're ready to cheer on the Men as they played Baylor Thursday night. It was a GREAT game even though the Jacks weren't able to pull off a win.

The Women played Purdue yesterday. I missed the game, as I was working at the carnival, but Dustin texted me updates. From what I hear, they played a great game too but alas, they weren't able to come out with a win either.

Either way, it's always a great day to be a Jackrabbit!

Go Big! Go Blue! Go Jacks!

Carnival!

The Tehlula Lee Foundation had their 2nd Annual Under The Big Top Carnival yesterday.

 There was a great turnout, although not as big as last year, and I think everyone had a great time. There were fun prizes for the kids and a raffle with some awesome items. Nichole won, I did not. But she was nice enough to share with me ... she kept the SDSU water bottle and gave me the SDSU t-shirt!

Rough estimate of money raised yesterday ... $2,500!

Thank you to the Tehlula Lee Foundation for hosting such a wonderful event and thank you to everyone that went and made it such a success!

 Bean Bag Toss

 Fishing Pond

 Elephant Stomp

 Shooting Hoops

 Lion Tamer

I think Preston, and Allie and Turner, had the most fun on these last two. With unlimited access (for two dollars), they spent the most time here. At one point, Preston came up to me while I was selling tickets dripping in sweat.