April Happenings

Our three beautiful daughters above...Alexa and Karli LOVE Rilee so much! 

Rilee is a lucky girl!  Can you believe how big Alexa is holding Rilee like that?!  We can't :)  She is SO GOOD with Rilee!  Every time Karli sees Rilee for the first time after a little while she says, "Can I see 'Wy-lee'?  Oh, she is so cute!"  :) 

It's really fun watching little Rilee sleep

...especially when she smiles...

"talking to angels" is what my grandma used to say!

she is getting so strong!

Alexa and Tyler had another soccer game!

and here is Karli watching the game...

(Alexa is running in the background!)

Alexa was goalie for half of the game...

we had to keep reminding her to pay attention to the ball because it was so easy to get sidetracked :)

Here she is sitting IN the goal!

a nice little pose for the camera...

making a save!

Here is Alexa and her best friend Merry

at the end of their gymnastics class!

Karli and I were able to enjoy the ONE nice day this week

in our backyard! 

We got a trampoline...yippeee!...but haven't put it up completely yet. 

No worries though...

the girls have enjoyed playing on it like the bars at gymnastics!

We can't wait for all these APRIL SHOWERS to turn into MAY FLOWERS! 

Hopefully we can say "ADIOS" to this cold, wet weather soon.

egg hunt and egg heads

We went to our annual neighborhood egg hunt

We were a little late,

 missed the start or the hunt,

but luckily still found some eggs!

And then we enjoyed breakfast at the park with everyone!

So much fun.

We also made our eggheads again!

click below to see our first attempt at making them

http://shelleystyle.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-easter.html

We made them just in time, but not as early as we'd like

(the grass hasn't had enough time to really grow thick...

I thought we had another week before Easter!)

This year we decided to add another step to the process

by making individual holders for each egg

...not sure if we will do it again,

but the girls sure had a blast putting them together

and painting them!

The egg heads all ready to grow

with potting soil and wheat grass seeds inside...

And here are the egg heads as of today

with hair growing and happy faces smiling :)

Had to add a "funny face" picture

of our three darling daughters!

Grandma K's Horses

Alexa and Karli had a good time

riding their Grandma's horses 

for the first time this year!

They are so lucky to have the chance to grow up around horses

They LOVE it,

and LOVE spending time with their Grandma!

and Rilee was cozy and warm in her sling...

Thank you so much Grandma!

We had a lot of fun!

No Training Wheels!

Today was the day Alexa learned to ride her bike WITHOUT training wheels!

She learned SO FAST

She was totally ready to do it this year, because she just took off...

it is SO CUTE to watch!

Way to go ALEXA!

Rilee 2 weeks old

We took Rilee to her two week doctor appointment

and she is growing just perfect!

She weighed 6 lbs 12 oz

...which they said that they are happy if the baby

is up to how much they weighed when they were born

...so she is doing great!

We are all loving having this

little bundle of joy

in our home!

She is so fun to cuddle with

and sing to

and talk baby talk to :)

look at that little one-sided dreaming smile :)

look closely at those eyelashes!

All our girls have been blessed with their daddy's eyelashes!

Alexa's FIRST Soccer Game!

Alexa is on her first soccer team this spring

and her daddy is her coach,

lucky girl!

(Most of these pictures are from her

"warm-up/practice" before her actual game)

Alexa and her awesome coach :)

Look at that proud face and stance...love her.

Alexa is actually REALLY good.

She is fast and aggressive,

...and likes to leap and twirl and do cartwheels :)

It was so much fun watching her play!

And Rilee and I got to spend our time chasing around

this cute little tease :) while trying to watch the game!