May Birthdays

Jacob turned 3 on May 2nd - He had his "Airplane" party at a splash pad.

Colin turned 2 on May 12th - He had a "Pooh" party.

Easter - April 2012

Dave and I went up to Ames on Saturday, April 7th to celebrate Easter with the Willis family.  I made up two spring baskets containing kites, rain gear, books, and pj's.  Dave also hid plastic eggs filled with candy and coins.  The day started out cloudy and misty - perfect to try out their rain gear.  After naps the sun came out warming up the day to hunt eggs and fly kites.  A fun day was had by all!

Helping Out

When Allison and Jared brought Kyla home from the hospital, I went up to help out for the next 2 and half weeks.  What a fun time I had!!!!  Loved all the cuddle time with Kyla and lots of fun times with Makenna and Colin.  I took Miss M and Sir to the small park for a picnic, we went to story time at the library, made grass jar people, and dyed eggs.  Of course Makenna pretended to be Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty, we read books, put beads together, and rode bikes every day.  Dave came a couple of times, which let me do some errands for Allison and Makenna and Colin got Papa to themselves.  Hated to see my time helping come to an end, but know I can go visit most any time I want.

Kyla Grace - Grandchild # 5

Kyla arrived one week earlier than planned on March 19th. 

 She weighed 6 lbs. 1 oz. and was 18.5 inches long.  

What a blessing  - love her to pieces...

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Entertainment Center for the Ferreras

Texas - Februay 2012

We traveled to Texas at the end of February carrying the rest of Erin's entertainment center.  Always look forward to seeing the Ferrera clan.  We weren't able to take Connie and Mom this year due to Mom being diagnosed with Esophagus cancer. A bittersweet trip...