Preschool Graduation!

Morgan's last day of school was today. They had a graduation party for the kids and Ryan and I were able to go. Morgan was all smiles and was happy to tell dad all about her time at school.


Morgan with Mrs. Susan, her teacher.


Morgan and Ryan looking at her yearbook.


The next few are of Morgan in her cap and gown.





Morgan performing "The Wheels on the Bus"

Day to Day Stuff

Jaxen enjoying sour cream with his lunch.


Morgan loves drinkable yogurts and here she is enjoying one.


The triplets spend a few minutes of everyday in timeout due to fighting, biting, climbing on the table etc. Here is a pic of all of them enjoying their time together.


They do love to do somethings together, such as having Gotschall (aka Sheri) twirl them in our computer chair.


They all love to snack on bread and ask for it all the time. Here is a picture after going to the store and them sitting down eating a snack.

Tulip Time

This year we took the kids to tuliptime to see the parades, the dancers, the carnival and to eat some greasy carny food. We went to the kids parade (with Smedleys and Sheri Gotschall) and had a great time (Christy took pictures but they downloaded so small, I did not include them, however, you can see a few on her site at michigan smedleys). We walked around downtown and ate carny food (with Gotchalls) and Morgan went on some rides at the carnival. It was nice getting out and enjoying ourselves. We also got some great looks with our Quad stroller. Morgan was also excited about the portable potties and had to use one everytime we walked by. What a joy.


At the end of the day posing next to some tulips. Which by the way is a $50 fine each tulip you pick, so we kept a close eye on the little ones.

Gracie helping to feed Rachel who missed out on the greasy onion rings and corn dogs.



Morgan on two of the rides at the Carnival.


Again posing for the camera by the tulips.

The Great Outdoors!

Now that the weather is somewhat nice, the kids want to be outside most of the time. It's nice with the fenced in back yard because they can go outside and play while I get a few things done. Don't worry, I check on them often.



Here we are having dinner on our deck on a nice warm day.



Gracie and Jaxen were having fun helping daddy pull weeds in the yard.


Joshua just loves that dirt.

Baby Rachel

Rachel is now getting where ever she needs to be by rolling and doing the army crawl. We joke around, because she can't (or won't) sit up, but she is crawling. She is a very good baby and spends most of the day playing on the floor or in her exersaucer.

Finally good weather!

We had new flooring put in our kitchen and while it was being installed we were kicked out of the house for two days. Smedley's were kind enough to let us spend the day and play at their house. Then Gotschall's fed us dinner. It was very nice to have such good friends. Here are the kids outside playing.


Joshua getting upset because we are taking pictures instead of pushin him on this bike.

Gracie giving it a try.


Jaxen going for a joy ride.


The kids on the driveway.

Spring Break Fun

We had a great time during spring break with Kennedy, Katelyn and MacKenzie Smedley at the Mall play arena. Here are some close-ups so you can see how big they are getting.


Rachel having fun.


Jaxen is all smiles.


Joshua had fun climbing up the slide and going down.


Gracie setting sail.

Here the triplets are with MacKenzie playing in the little boat.

Spring Break Fun!

Over spring break, we went and played at the mall with the Smedley girls. The kids had a blast. Christy jokes around that we should be called the MacSmedleys. Anyway, if you would like to see the pics just click on the Michigan Smedley's link at the bottom right under friends and family.

Emily and the kids.