Abigail's chipped tooth :-(

Abigail was on Elliana's bed one morning this week.  Madeline supposedly was trying to give her a piggy back ride.  That's when things went bad!!!  Abigail some how took a fall that chipped her front tooth....oh the sadness of a mother to realize that.  She cried immediately of course but there was no blood and I really didn't know exactly where she got hurt.  A couple hours later I got a glance and was shocked.  So I guess I think it was from this fall....hmmmmm.  We asked our dentist about it about it but there really isn't anything to do but make sure her tooth isn't sensitive.

Elliana News!

Elliana lost her first tooth this week!  She was so excited!

It was one of her two first teeth...my 'baby" is growing up.  We told her the toothfairy would come.  "Well, Mom who is the tooth fairy...you or Dad?"
No fooling this girl :-)

Madeline decided it was supposed to be me because fairies aren't supposed to be boys!

Kramer Family Photo Shoot

So it's a lot of work and crazy moments of trying to get this many people including kids in pictures of all types!!  But we did it...crying or not!!

When Abigail and Julia are together people think they are twins!  Well they only 12 days apart!

More pictures from Easter in Wisconsin!

Madeline painting my fingernails!

I love this picture of Abigail and my Mom

Andrea organized a quieter time of coloring Easter pictures!

Taken behind my parent's barns on a wagon Lynn built and gave to them a few years ago



Elliana took this picture of us!  I am at 8 months!



Easter In Wisconsin with the Kramers!

All 4 of us kids were able to be in Wisconsin with my parents for Easter this year.  We had a great time just being together.

Highlights:
Adult table and kids table!
Easter egg hunt outside
Seeing cousins together
Playing Settlers of Catan during naptime
New Easter dresses for all the girl granddaughters (my mom made them)
Going to church
My cousin Stephen joined us!

AWANA Cubbies!

This past school year Elliana and Madeline were in AWANA Cubbies at our church.  If you don't know what that is....it's a club whose goal is to encourage and motivate children to memorize Bible verses.  Elliana finished her second year and Madeline her first.  They both love it.  Having AWANA weekly is great accoutability for parents too...even for parents who really want to teach their children to memorize!  Have a weekly night to meet is a good goal and very fun for the kids.  The girls learned/reviewed 1-4 verses each week.  Sometimes we were able to fit in a special activity that went along with the lesson.

Mr. and Mrs. Bliven from our church were their teachers.  They did a great job.  One of the highlights was the puppet show which included Cubbie bear and game time.

Thanks to those of you who invest your precious time into the lives of little ones to teach them and train them and come alongside parents :-) 

Friends unite!

I loved college.  I had such a good experience at NWC.  One of the reasons why I did was because of playing basketball there.  I got to meet up with my former teammate and friend, Amber, who now lives in Texas.  I hadn't see her for probably 7 or 8 years!

She is such a fun and encouraging friend but a really good basketball player too.  I liked playing with her and have fond memories of it.  She was a good shooting guard.  So needless to say we enjoyed seeing each other and chatting in person.  I'm so glad it worked out for her to get together with me.  We went to Red Robin after church.  She was staying with one of my other teammates, Jessie.  It was so good to see her too.