Ahoy Captain! We are ready to sail away. 

THE GIRLIEST EGG HUNT IN THE WORLD!
Gretchen's playgroup got together before spring break for an easter party. They dyed eggs, colored pictures, ate chocolate chip muffins, and, of course, egg hunted. They were all so cute running around, squealing with delight with each egg that they found. It has been great for Gretchen to have little playmates, and I must say it has been great for me to have bigger playmates. So have fun with the pictures of Gretchen and mom's friends.

Audrey, Grace, Gretchy, Emily, Chickie, and Samantha..the cutest little egg hunters. 

Dyeing eggs, VERY VERY carefully. 

Trea & Grace 

Beth & Audrey 

Emily and mom Mary 

On the hunt, she knew exactly what to do. She is one speedy egg hunter. 

Gretchen with her loot. 

Our new rope swing, or tarzan rope as Parker calls it. 

Welcome to my home, come on in! 

The new playhouse, complete with a drive through window. I got them a set of McD's food for it. "Two happy meals please." 

Parker and Preston doing their favorite thing....PLAYDOUGH! 

Parker & Preston, they are 2 wild boys. 

Audrey, Chickie, Gretchen, and Emily in the big girl bed. They love to hide under the covers and jump on it. 

Gretchen got into my purse and put on my lipstick. When I found her she said, "Look mommy, pretty face!" When I took her picture and she saw it, she looked bummed, and said "Messy face mommy!" 

Dallin and his buddy John. 

Parker found a new hobby, eating fuzz balls off my mattress when I change the sheets. He must have done it for 20 mins. 

KIDS WILL BE KIDS!
Gretchen is in a playgroup of 6 little future princesses, Parker has a best buddy that is in his preschool class and his sunday school class that he plays with once a week at alternating houses, and Dallin has some great buddies that are in his class and scouts. They are all having fun and being silly.

Gretchen taking time to stop and smell the flowers. 

3 Little monkeys in the tree bed. 

Gretchen and Parker on safari. 

Dallin spying on the giraffes. 

One of the elephants. 

The 3 kiddies measuring up to the animals. 

Dallin and the prairie dog. They had a log with peeking domes to get that up-close look. 

Native black bears. 

LIONS, & TIGERS & BEARS.....OH,MY!
On one of the warm winter Saturdays, we decided to check out the zoo here in K-ville. It was 1/2 off through the winter, which made it an even better visit. (Got to love a discount) The zoo was fun, and the animals were pretty cool. They even had a trainer working with the elephants, so we got to see it do tricks. They actually have an overweight elephant that has to walk on a treadmill. Go figure, a girl just can not get a break with her weight, not even the elephants. The kids favorite parts were these plastic molding machines in each area. You put a dollar in the machine, it would close the metal mold, pour hot plastic into it, and squeeze it to death. A few seconds later out slides your plastic giraffe, or black bear, or gorilla. It was pretty cool, actually they came out pretty hot. We would love to take any visitors, anytime.