Growing Pains

Daniel has been having a lot of unexplained aches and pains lately. I decided to measure him today, turns out he has grown TWO INCHES in the past 3 weeks! He is slowly but surely closing in on Alexis. I mentioned that again to Alexis who asked how tall they would be when they're grown up. I found a couple of height predictors online and ran them both through. Alexis is predicted as being around 5'2", Daniel is predicted as being 5'10"-11". I showed Alexis how big 8 inches is and saw the realization on her face that her little brother will be her much bigger brother someday...

Today...

I did things just because I wanted to.
I bought Alexis 9 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts and 4 pairs of tights. I bought cereal just because I wanted what was inside. I watched Sex and the City at 11:30am, and then I went for a pedicure lol

Edit: ok, so later I did something I DIDN'T want to do, I had to buy a new tire. Thanks Michigan potholes! My STEEL rim had actually bent. grrr oh well, win some, lose some!

Daniel's Birthday, part three

On Daniel's birthday, April 30th, we went to his favorite place: Chuck E. Cheese

He opened some really fun presents!

Had a chocolate Diego cake,

Played games!

Did some climbing and sliding

and some dancing for Grandma when it was over!

Daniel's Birthday, part two

Since all the kids couldn't be there today, Miss Char and Mr Scott decided to have a birthday party for Daniel on Tuesday!

Daniels Birthday, part one

This year for Daniels birthday, Grandma and Papa Chin got him a great swingset! Papa and Uncle Andy even set it up (a present for ME).

Daniel was so excited to be able to get on the swings by himself!

Kurt and Suzann's Wedding

My stepsister, Suzann, married her perfect match on Sunday, April 26.

It was a gorgeous day! The seven bridesmaids were just lovely.

And the seven groomsmen were handsome in their tux's

The weather was perfect

the ceremony was beautiful, with laughter

and a few tears of joy

Mr and Mrs Winkelman

There is always one white guy who has to sing "Ice Ice Baby"

Lots of dancing....

It was a wonderful day!

A Photographic Journey Through March

In the beginning of March, Alexis and I went and got expensive haircuts lol

I took her picture, then she posed me and took mine!

For St. Patricks Day, I made corned beef and cabbage with carrots and potatoes. I tossed in some green food coloring and the kids thought it was awesome!

This was the first day of spring

Easter Sunday was filled with lots of suprises, eggs and chocolate bunnies!

Daniel is wearing his new SHARK towel

I managed to clean the chocolate and get the kids to pose for a few pictures

The next day, Alexis' second front tooth fell out!

After two attempts to get her to open her eyes through the flash....

yikes! lol