another funny out of Abbi's mouth!

Today was a fun filled day!  I worked at a Book Fair Abbi's school is putting on to help raise money for new furniture, then went to pick up the girls to get to Abbi's gymnastics class.  We then dropped off some books to return to the library only to notice a very LOW tire.  I called Brent to see if it would jsut be okay to drive to a gas station to fill up and then go home for the day.  Well, Brent's work wasn't far away and he wanted to see it (I guess) and fill it up at teh shop where he works.  So off we go back to that end of town to get the tire pumped up.  Brent noticed a nail in the tire, filled it up with air, and told me to go straight home that it was leaking pretty fast, and he'd fix it when he got home.  SO, the WHOLE way home (about 15 mins) Abbi was very nervous about this tire, saying "I don't want a leak in the van" (like she even knew what that meant!).  So we pulled into the garage and Abbi REFUSED to walk past the tire because she was "scared of the leak".  I had to carry her and show her the nail and show her that it was okay and it wasn't going to hurt anyone or anything and that Daddy would fix it and it would be like new again!!  I never imagined that a low (almost flat) tire would cause such distress!!

Spring Break Pictures, FINALLY

So, I know you thought I must have forgotten to post the pictures from Spring Break, but actually, I just got them yesterday in the mail, so this time "It's not my fault"

Anna slept for the first part of the hike (and boy was she heavy to carry!).  After she woke up Abbi wanted to walk with her and Daddy, holding hands.  That worked for awhile, but the path just wasn't wide enough in most places!

Well, this would've been better, but Abbi was afraid I'd drop her off the railing, so she wasn't very happy with me! (Like I'd do that!!)

My mom got a FANTASTIC shot of Brent almost falling into the river while trying to "help" Abbi get across the rocks!  Maybe Abbi will try it by herself next time!!

Happy Easter

While waiting to get everyone to smile at the same time, we decided it just wouldn't happen, so this is the best we got for a family picture for Easter 2009!

Papa and Abbi smiling for a picture while waiting for the rest of us to join!

Brent, Abbi and Papa smiling for a picture!

Anna and Grammie walking through the flower garden.

We really had a great time at Brent's parents in St. Louis this year.  We had a full house with Christi (Brent's sister) and her husband and 2 kids (24 months & 4 months) and our family of 4 and Brent's brother Bryan and wife as well as Brent's parents!!  We tried really hard to get some great pictures, and we got a few good ones, and a few funny ones!!  The kids did Easter egg hunts, and Abbi enjoyed finding the easy ones (that were intended for the little kids) and Anna found the ones up high that were intended for Abbi!!  We even got to go on a boat ride (the first for the year!!)

I have new countertops!!!!

I just wanted to show the improvements we have recently made to our kitchen.  They are finally finished and usable (after 3 days of not being able to use my kitchen)!!  So I am still new to this Blog thing and don't know how to put text where I want it, so the blue countertops are the before, and the tan countertops with the black sink are the new ones (in case you wondered)

Funny things kids say

Abbi told me today that her "IV" didn't hurt that much like she thought it would when having her tonsil surgery.  I said good and thought that was the end of it.  Then she said, "you know mom like the ivy outside that hurts daddy"!  I thought that was s funny thing, she must have thought she was going to get poison ivy!!