Forgiveness

There are a lot of posts and pictures to follow this message. Mom would like to say she is going to get better about posting more frequently, but come on folks we all know that isn't going to happen. Sorry for the gaps between posts but we sure know how to make up for it! Right?! Hopefully you will still be our friend.

Collecting

We seem to be collecting family members around here. Meet the newest member of the family...Eve to complete the Wall-E duo (for those of you that don't know, Wall-E is our fish and now we have a worm named Eve. Eve is Wall-E's love in the movie. How appropriate. :) A fish, a worm, circle of life--get it? Bad joke?).

The benefit of a tomato plant...an abundance of worms. Who is willing to bet a few more worms will join our household before this summer is over?

Nana and Papa Bear

Nana and Papa Bear came out over the weekend to celebrate Easter and Nana Bear's birthday. What a fun time. We had lots of snuggles, a few coughs and colds, gymnastics, a tee-ball game, yummy snacks, fun presents, visits to the local museums, a birthday party and an Easter Bunny visit. Whew! Aren't you tired just reading about it? Here are a few shots of Nana's birthday. Chocolate cake...yummo. Thanks for the fun time Nana and Papa!

The "Happy Birthday" song!

Team effort

Clean up time

Desert Museum

While Nana and Papa Bear were here we visited the Desert Museum. We were able to see the reptile show and pet lizards, snakes and turtles. Awesome! The lizard was the crowd favorite, with the hummingbirds a close second.

Explorin'

These cactus only bloom one day a year...lucky for us we were there on the day they debuted their gorgeous blooms.

In the hummingbird house with Papa Bear

Beautiful hummingbird

The Kansas City crew in the desert

Farmer Bill

I have been asking mom if we could have a tomato for awhile now. Well a month ago my wish came true! We brought home my very own tomato plant from Home Depot. We have 10 tomatoes already--still green but getting bigger everyday. Next year...a whole garden!

Young Love

I wuv oooo

Art in the Park

A couple of weeks ago we had an art class in the park. We painted with brushes and sponges, used glue and finished off with markers. What a morning! Watch out Picasso.

Ta-Da! (Coleman did his completely on his own, Campbell was assisted with the glue :) )

The Game

Our first game was a success! I had a couple hits, caught a few grounders, ran the bases and smiles were still on everyone's faces at the end of the game. Way to go Superheroes (our team name)!

Pre-game strategizing

Warming up...sister felt she needed to assist

Going for the first hit

Caught my first ball of the game

Throwing it home

Bonding

First hit

Sister on her way to assist (again)

Game over!