Ciao!

Brad and I are headed to Italy! (without our kiddos) We will be staying with my parents (serving a mission) in Milan, and from there we will most likely visit many other places. We plan on taking our time...we don't want to be in any sort of rush. Our blog won't be updated for a couple of weeks. We hope you are all well! Ciao!

Poetry Day

Today Brooke's class had a poetry reading. Each child chose a poem to read to parents. She chose Hug O War by Shel Silverstein.

They closed the reading with a poem entitled "Pluto."

Tulip Festival

Last week was spring break, so we took some field trips. We went to the Living Planet Aquarium, and the Thanksgiving Point tulip festival. The tulips were not quite ready, which was a little disappointing. However, the weather was beautiful, and the kids loved it (so did I.) We also did some kite flying. We live at the mouth of grove creek canyon, and at the mouth is a mostly empty retention basin. It is the perfect place for the wind to catch the kites and really make them fly.

Not quite sure what emotion is being displayed here, but I love this face!
The Italian Garden

(they were hoping to see Grandma and Grandpa here)
Taking a break and eating snickerdoodles the size of our faces...my favorite kind.
Photo by Brooke

Long Time, No Blog.

I love how hard Elly is working in the background.

At the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum

Hey Mom...am I going cross-eyed? I love those big brown eyes!

Elly celebrating the big 5!!!

After ballet class.