Spring Break

Right before spring break Newell had their annual fun fest.  We decided to take the kids and have a little fun!  

Digging for goodies!  

I have never hung around long enough to bid on a basket so I decided to give it a try this year and I actually WON!  Landon was so excited for all his new games.  

Over spring break we had a baby shower for my cousin's wife who is due April 19th.  Of course it was absolutely adorable.  

I caught Avery trying to put a diaper on her Mickey Mouse one day which was adorable.

The weather during spring break was beautiful.  We spent lots of time outside and Landon loved driving his sister around.

One day after eating breakfast at my Aunt's cafe we decided to head to Kearney to the Big Appel and Yanney park.  

Avery has loved helping mommy with her makeup.  She's practicing on Wally!  

We were even able to get some yard work done.  It was so fun to watch Landon's willingness to help. Eventually, it will be a chore and he won't love it anymore. 

Another fun and successful spring break!  

Photo Dump

Landon and I made dinosaur Valentine's for preschool and his daycare friends.  "Rawr" means I like you in dinosaur!  

Then I created some for my own kids at school "Soda you wanna be my Valentine?"  

My kids love their spaghetti!

Landon got this dinosaur game for Christmas and is scared of the dinosaur that bites at your hand; however, Avery loves it!  It's fun to see her fine motor skills in action as she tries to grab the little eggs from the nest.  

My friend Heidi from Colorado was home for a week.  She was having a Thrive party at some random lady's home here in Grand Island so I went to see her, but also to check out what Thrive was all about.  It was so great to see her even if it was only for a couple hours.  

Landon's birthday hat from preschool.  

Monroe and Avery matched one day at daycare.  

At the horse races celebrating Zach's 30th birthday.  I just LOVE these ladies!  

For Read Across America we got to dress up as our favorite book character.  I chose Fern from Charlotte's Web. I even had Wilbur and Charlotte as my sidekick.  My friend Hayley dressed up as Charlotte!   

We were fortunate that my brother's districts were here in Grand Island.  Landon and I made it to the first game against Lexington just in time for the second half.  The next day we were all able to attend as they played Adams' Central; however, that one they didn't win. :(   

Landon's 1st (3rd) trip the dentist!  He was such a big boy this time around.  

Landon loved looking at his teeth on the TV.  

Landon's 4th Birthday!

For Landon's 4th birthday we wanted to do something special as a family of four.  After Christmas we felt like Landon didn't need any new toys so we thought providing him with a trip would be extra special.  We looked into Omaha and Lincoln, but there really wasn't any type of concert or show that he would enjoy. So…we decided to surprise him with a trip to Kearney for the Storm Hockey game.  The morning of his birthday he opened up his only present, a Storm Hockey shirt and the tickets!  

Mikki helped Landon celebrate his birthday on the actual day at daycare.  They had blue cupcakes!  

Aunt Erica sent him pizza and breadsticks for supper that evening! 

Landon has one of the sweetest friends.  Monroe picked out two puzzles for him, a football one and a dinosaur one.  He has loved putting them together.  

Happy Birthday to our sweet and loving 4 year old!  

Landon was pretty excited for the hockey game.  When we first got there a man in our section bought a whole bag of cowbells for the kids.  We'll just say we were a noisy bunch!  

The kids LOVED staying in a hotel.  This obviously was the next day before they went swimming.  

We decided to stay in Kearney that night at the Holiday Inn.  They have such an awesome, kid friendly facility so Kurtis and Landon got to swim a couple hours prior to check out.  I forgot Avery and my swimsuit so we just got to watch. It was so nice that Landon could go on the slides and play in the pool by himself.  

Kurtis was able to take Landon on one of the bigger slides.  He even went down it a couple times by himself!  

After swimming we headed to Skeeter Barnes for lunch; however, Landon was EXHAUSTED!  He ended up sleeping in the booth as the rest of us ate lunch.  My parents had planned on taking him to the Big Apple to play games to celebrate.  We were a little worried about taking him as he was so tired but he was a trooper and snapped out of it pretty quickly.  

Overall, I think Landon had a memorable birthday! It was fun to spend it as a family!