Moving Up

Ben moved from a wolf cub scout to a bear cub scout.  Here are some pictures from the ceremony. 

2nd Grade Picnic

Tomorrow is Ben's last day of school for the year.  Today all the 2nd graders had a picnic in the park.  It was a great day as the sun was out, it was warm and there was a light breeze.  Andrew, Ethan and I went to eat and play with Ben.

 Ben spent most of the time playing volleyball with his classmates.

 Andrew and Ethan made some 2nd grade friends as well.

But Ethan left a little time to sit with me in the shade.

My Models

The boys had to be my models for a while tonight.  I was trying to work on getting better at using my lights. 

9 Year Old

Ben turned 9 this past weekend.  Someone told me that I was half way done parenting him to 18.  That makes if sound even worse than saying I have a 9 year old.  Time goes so fast!

New bike from Papa.

New tent from Grandpa and Grandma.

And a new video game from the Gerlemans.  Do you think my kids liked this gift?

Twins

Ethan found his way into Drew's room and they fell asleep together.  It was cute until I heard a loud "thump" and I found Drew on the floor (still asleep).  After that I moved them into their own beds.

Jester Park

The boys and I made a trip up to Jester Park this morning.  We kept getting pushed out of our favorite areas by  2 bus loads of field trip kids from Johnston.  But that made us explore a new spot that was lots of fun.

Brent Does Good Work

This is my Mother's Day fountain.

Ben's Baseball

Tulip TIme

Our annual trip to Pella for Tulip Time and washing the streets.  Too bad my kids hate getting their pictures taken so much.

Mothers Day

We went on a tour of Central Iowa to deliver Mother's Day flowers.  These are some pictures of the boys at my mom's grave site.  We go to drop off flowers every year.  Love you and miss you Grandma Mary!!

Brenton Arboretum

We went on an adventure this morning to The Brenton Arboretum just south of Dallas Center.  It is a newer arboretum so many of the threes are small but it is still a very nice area.  Drew did not want to get out of the car when we got there and then did not want to go home.  Glad we went early because it was already getting hot.