Aunt T

Can I just say, that Mckenna is one lucky little girl. She has the best aunts and uncles that love her to death! Mckenna got her own mail the other day.  It was a letter from Aunt T.  Mckenna was so excited to have something just for her, especially because Tara had drawn a rainbow and some flowers on the envelope.  Mckenna opened it up to find her very own scratch card.  What more could a little girl want?

Mckenna scratched it off and found her own sweet message...

Oh Tara, we will come play as soon as we can.  Only about a month more!

Inside was also a Papa Murphy's tattoo, just for Mckenna. Tara knows the way to a kids heart :)

We did some spring cleaning a few weeks ago to get ready for a garage sale.  Lately Mckenna's favorite toy is the vacuum cleaner hose.  She loves to find things to suck up.  I don't mind at all :)

I went through some jewelry as part of spring cleaning.  Mckenna was in heaven!  She loves having her very own jewelry!

Keep Calm and Derby On

I went to a Roller Derby with some friends. And yes, it was just as fun as it sounds! Oh how I love these girls!

The players had their own unique outfit choice.

and so did the specatators

(thank you Jessica, for making it look like I was taking a picture of you when I was actually taking a picture of the girl behind you, all dressed up in her finest for the roller derby haha)

Oh, fun times!

Karen decided we needed front row seats to get the full experience of the roller derby

and boy, was she right!

This is a pretty intense sport! It was so fun to watch, but even more fun to be in the company of such great friends!

Easter

Easter 2012 was a typical Easter full of egg dying

egg hunting

playing with Dad

more egg hunting

and lounging around :)

I Hope You Dance

This girl loves to dance!

and boy, does she have some sweet moves

maybe she watches too many princess movies

or maybe it's because of Angelina Ballerina

Oh! How I love this little girl. Especially when she laughs like this :)

Conference

These are super late, but that's how I roll :).  Here are pictures from Conference.

Mckenna kept pretty busy coloring The Friend...

Then we got out the fingerpaints...

and made a fort...

and cuddled with daddy...

 

and that was just the first session :)

a few other random things:

Mckenna's first picture she drew of herself. All pink with a purple bow and blue hair. She was so proud. And so was I

Brielle reaching for her food. If there is food nearby, this girl will try her hardest to get it.

Poor Devin works so hard! He has been going his rotation from 8-5, then he goes straight to the school to work on his Master's paper and presentation.  Me and the girls would bring dinner to him every night so we would get to see him.  He usually wouldn't come home until somewhere between 11 and 1am.  He is surviving off of Mountain Dew and sunflower seeds. But, the second he studies on our couch, he is asleep. He is working so hard!! But, he is almost done! His graduation is this Saturday, but he isn't officially done until June 5. And even then, he isn't really done until he takes his test, the PANCE (which he is taking June 25).  He has been going to school year round since January of 2007. He is such a hard worker. I know I wouldn't be able to do what he has done.

He has been gone in Milwaukee all week long for a PANCE review course. This weekend he flew straight from Milwaukee into Baker City, Oregon for a site visit (he had an skype interview with a practice a few weeks ago and they offered us a job! Devin wanted to go there and check it out) and he gets home tonight! I can't wait! He has been gone for 8 long days.  We haven't even been able to talk much because he has been so busy. It will be so nice to have him back!

Just Keep Swimming

Mckenna had her first swimming lesson! She wasn't so sure about it at first... and even by the last lesson still wasn't so sure  :)

She did pretty well though.

and she would do anything if her little friend Addy is doing it :) So that made it worth it