Out little Princess!

Kamryn loves to get all dressed up for church on Sundays. She is such a little princess. Here she is showing off her beautiful dress!

The kids!

Brooke has been getting in position to crawl! She is eager to get around and often gets frustrated. I can't help but think it is sooo cute!

It is hard to get all the kids in a picture together, especially since Adriauna does not like getting her picture taken and getting everyone to look at the camera at the same time is not that easy either. Here is my attempt at it!

Kamryn and Brooke in their matching outfits!

Ethan is the BEST big brother! He is always putting his arms around Brooke!

Mall of America

After a long afternoon digging up the grass and preparing the ground for a garden we decided that we deserved a family outing to Mall of America!

Here we are on Diego's Adventure Bus at Nickelodeon Universe!

We also went to Underwater Adventures at the Mall. We had a great time and will be going often since we have a Family pass for a year!

The garden!

Ethan and Kamryn helped us prepare the ground for our garden! It was a lot of work digging up the grass but they had a lot of fun with their garden rakes!

Brooke at 8 months old!

I feel like I just posted Brooke's 7 month old picture. She is getting to be so much fun! It seems like every time I turn around she is doing something even more cute than the last time. Ethan is always making Brooke laugh with his goofy faces and Kami with her crazy noises! Adriauna greets Brooke with a big hug and kiss when she comes home from school every day. Kamryn even got a little jealous and jumped in Adriauna's arms one day to snatch a hug before Brooke got one. It was pretty priceless! I am feeling really good. Brooke is such a great baby. She is pretty self entertaining although Ethan and Kamryn keep her entertained most of the time. She is a great napper and a great eater as well. I would have to say that her favorite food is bananas right now. She can't seem to get enough! She is rolling around a lot now and changing her diaper can be a challenge at times because of this. One of the newer things she has learned to do is to give kisses. Of course these are the open mouthed kind. I absolutely love when she is in one of her kissing and cuddly moods! We are so blessed to have such a sweet baby girl in our lives and she is definitely not lacking in the being loved department.

The great outdoors!

We spent some time outdoors enjoying the beautiful weather. Ethan and Kamryn got to run through the sprinkler. As you can see, they had a blast. Adriauna, Brooke and I just sat back and enjoyed the gorgeous afternoon.

Brooke outdoors!

Brooke loves to feel the grass between her toes. She also loved to try and eat the grass so we had to move her to a blanket!

Go Twins!

My Brother Kell bought all of my family members tickets to the Twins game for a Christmas present. We had a great time watching Kamryn and Ethan experience their first Twins game ever! It was fun to have my brothers and sister their. I wish that Ray and Kristal could have come but since they live out of state, they could not be with us for this event.

Adriauna was stopped by a clown who made her a flower balloon hat!

Here is a picture of the new outdoor stadium!

Kamryn and I posed with TC the Twins mascot. Ethan clung to Mike in fear and nervously watched

Adriauna and her cousin Miranda!

Even though we were in the nose bleed section seating, you can see what a great view we had of the game!

Kami was pretending to sleep for this picture! Soo cute!

Here is Ethan eating watching the game all serious like.

Me and Mom!

Mom on the way home. She looks like she is holding on for her dear life but she was actually feeling for the heat from the vent............It was a chili day for an outdoor game!!

Mothers Day flowers!

Mother's Day was wonderful for me. Mike gave me these beautiful flowers which smelled wonderful as well. The kids gave me a new pillow! I have been using a temporary pillow for a while since my other one was wrecked and we had no choice but to throw it out. Now I can really be comfortable when sleeping with no neck pain in the mornings!!

Pretty Pretty Princess

I played the cutest game with the kids called "Pretty Pretty Princess" The object of the game is to go around the board and collect different pieces of jewelry. Once you have collected all the pieces of jewelry in your chosen color and the crown, you win the game!

Even Ethan had a chance to be the pretty pretty princess!

Doesn't Kamryn make the prettiest princess!

May Day/ Swing set!

Memorial Day was a windy one but that did not stop my brother in law Troy and Mike from putting up the swing set for the kids! They worked hard all day while the kids helped them! They did a great job and the kids are enjoying the swing set!!

Hiding from Daddy!

When Ethan and Kami hear the garage door opening when Mike get's home from work every day, they run and hide from him. Well, they found a new hiding spot...........Brookes crib! Here they are playing in the crib while waiting for Daddy to find them!

Brooke at 7 months old

Brooke is getting so big! Speaking of "So Big," When you ask Brooke........"How big is Brook?" she puts her arms over her head! Then of course expecting us to say "So Big!" when she does so! It is the cutest thing EVER! Here she is at 7 months old!

The kids woke up Easter morning to find their Easter baskets sitting on the kitchen table. After eating some candy and playing with some toys from their baskets they went outside for the Easter Egg Hunt! Later that day we enjoyed some good food and quality time with extended Bean family! Good Times!