Sara's piano

On Wednesday Sara had her first piano recital. She did awesome. We were so proud of her for. We were a little anxious to see if she would actually do it, and she DID!! Maybe she is getting over all her stage fright. She did a great job and I LOVED every second of her performance.

She and three cousins have the same piano teacher so they all got to perform. It was great to have all (most) the family there. Thanks to everyone who came to watch.

Their teacher with her students.

From then until now....

Here's a little catch up of what we've been doing for the last two weeks....

We've been enjoying the gorgeous weather. Kamri was given a new tricycle by a friend so of course all the kids wanted to ride it. Everyone knows Kamri is a little on the small side so her legs don't quite reach the pedals enough to push them to ride it. So she and Evan figured out how to get her to ride it. He pedals her around. I thought this was adorable.

May 1 we got to go to my little brother's graduation from college. Graduations are graduations, but it was exciting to get to see him in his cap and gown. We are so proud of you Pace. I actually got a little teary-eyed as they were all walking in. The reason was two-fold. 1) I was so proud of my not-so-little little brother. And 2) I was a little bit jealous. I didn't graduate, but am planning on it someday. Way to go Pace! We love you!!!

After a little celebration of food, Ben and I headed over to the Capitol Theater for WICKED. We have been looking forward to this for months. I've been listening to the music, but still couldn't quite figure out the whole story line. Ben didn't really know anything about it. Both of us enjoyed it. We went with my sister and her husband, my brother and his wife, and a couple of friends.

Ben took the kids fishing twice last week. They had a lot of fun, but hope the next time some fish will turn up.

Let the countdown begin..

Sorry, another picture of me. This is me last Tuesday (about 5 days ago) at 36 weeks. Now I have about 3 weeks left and I am getting anxious. In the last week I feel like I have just popped out - more so than I remember with the other kids. Even maternity shirts don't seem to cover me and pants WILL NOT stay up. They slide right down. Consequently you can see me in my pajamas at any given moment (when I'm at home). I deal with it as much as I can when I leave the house.

As for the baby. He's still kickin' around. There's not a whole lot of room in there for him so he just kicks out and leaves it there. It's kind of cool to feel him move back when I press my hand against him.

Sara was 3 weeks early and the last two were both 11 days early. That makes it really hard to not get my hopes up that he will come early, too. I try not to, but let's hope you hear back from me in a week or so with news of his arrival. Hopefully we'll have figured out a name by then.

He's gaining on her

Evan is two years younger than Sara, but already he's caught up to her. He weighs more than she does and has only an inch or so to go before he is as tall/taller than her. I have been asked before if they're twins. By looking at their baby pictures you would think so. It makes me wonder what this next baby is going to look like. Probably another strawberry-blonde with blue eyes. But I must say the look is kind of cute.

Kamri wanted to join in the fun. She's got a ways to go.

Easter...

I didn't take my camera to our Easter festivities. But here are some random things we did to get ready for Easter.

My mom made these cute Bunny chair covers for the kids. They thought they were adorable.

Each year we make our Easter baskets out of paper. Yes, it's cheap but the kids love it, it gives us a project to do, and I don't have to worry about storing anything else in my already full-to-the-brim home. These are disposable Easter baskets - the best kind. Here the kids are coloring and decorating the inside (they already decorated the outside before it got turned into a basket).

See, they're so proud of their work.

So pretty

Last Thursday my aunt was in town. She is a master quilter so I spent the day at my mom's house so she could teach me how to finish the quilt I started a couple months ago for baby boy. (It turned out so cute, I will post a picture of that later). Anyway, when I came home this is what I found on my table. Some beautiful flowers and some grapefruit juice from Ben. The bouquet was BEAUTIFUL.

Juicing

Over a month ago Ben surprised me with the purchase of a juicer. For those of you who know me, you know I really DO NOT like vegetables. I will eat a few of them (carrots, corn, and green beans) but I do not enjoy doing it and don't eat them nearly as often as I should. So, Ben decided to get a juicer so we can mix them up a little bit with fruit. Well, it came in the mail about a week ago and we have been able to try a few recipes. The first one we tried was mango, kiwi, and carrots. It was delicious. Next we juiced some oranges for breakfast. That was really good, too. It was kind of thick which I liked but Sara had a hard time with. We then tried a strawberrie, apples, and carrots recipe. That was also really good. So, I liked the first three recipes. The fourth one we tried was carrots and celery. It actually wasn't that bad but still not something I liked so we mixed an apple in with it and it made it much better.

I guess even juiced I will have a hard time with vegetables unless their mixed with some type of fruit. But even then I will hopefully be able to get more vegetables in my diet.

Fresh orange juice - YUMMMMMM!!!