The family.....

Here are some pictures from Easter.... 

Pink Bean...

 Green Bean

 This is a great picture at showing how it really is around the house with the kids.  Green Bean wanting to be left alone and Pink Bean wanting to be so tender loving and caring. 

 Hamballs!

 Family Photo (thank you table)

 Pink Bean again...

 and off they go....

Chicken....

OH... I forgot to mention...

Pink Bean is also in LOVE with Chicken Wings....

Can you tell???????

Peaches....

For most of you that follow along... might know by now that Pink Bean is in LOVE with DOGS!  Her Nana took her to get a NEW puppy and she was thrilled to say the least.  Even Green Bean had lots of giggles to offer.  Peaches had a very short visit to our house - before she went to Nana's house to live!  The kids enjoyed it and had lots of laughs.

Nana, Pink Bean & Peaches 

Pink Bean - 4 years...

 Pink Bean is growing up so fast.  Her favorite things to eat are Grapes, Apples, Yogurt, M&M's, Chocolate, Starburst.  Her favorite Restaurant is Red Lobster. (only because of the Lobsters - has nothing to do with the food - even though she enjoys the calamari)  Her favorite toys are "ALL her Doggies" and all her stuffed animals.  She loves to GO all the time.  She is a wonderful big sister and plays well with her brother and LOVES helping mommy clean and work around the house.  ** I am not looking forward to the day where cleaning and work is no fun for her... because Mommy loves her little helper.  She brings such Joy to our lives and we are excited & sad to be sending her to preschool this fall. 

Pictures - From Marty's Studio



Happenings in February...

Sadly the months are slipping away fast here at our house.  Thank you to all who still follow along our blog.  I know are our updates have been few and far between. So we will try to catch things up here over the next couple of days.  

We were so excited to surprise Grandma H. for her 80th birthday for a dinner.  Molly, Emily & Tori were our servers. 

 Singing to Grandma

 We also had Pink Bean's birthday party along with 2 other of her cousins in February. 

 Since Pink Bean is not a fan of cake on her actual birthday we put candles in her favorite kind of cookie.  It's hard to believe our little girl is already 4 years old. 

 We had a girls sleep over night & (Green Bean)... sometime in February.  We always enjoy a house full of kids

Pink Bean is in love with animals.  For her birthday we gave her a horse and it was priceless to watch how excited she was.   

 Another Birthday picture with Pink Bean, Daddy & Green Bean.

Computer & Birthday Girl..

My computer is officially broken for good!!!!  Sadly not sure when we will ever be getting a new one... so I am going to have to work harder at getting on Daddy's computer to keep the blog updated...

But that is why we have been down again!!!

Today is Pink Bean's 4th Birthday!  It is amazing how fast time has gone and to think that our little girl is 4 - just blows my mind.  I just want to keep her little forever!!!

 I loved her face in these pictures - she has been bagging for a big horse - so I am not sure why she was SOOO surprised to get one... but she just couldn't shut her mouth... she was in shock!!!



Pink Bean & Her Puppy....

We took Nana to Amish County for a little one night vacation away from home.  We eat out, spent the night in a little cottage and spent the next day taste testing cheese, chocolate & shopping around.  .... oh and I forgot the most important - Pink Bean & A Puppy!

Eating at the Farm Stead...

Now for most of you that really know me... I am NOT a dog fan - IN any way shape or form!  My lovely Pink Bean is in LOVE with dogs and begs for one every day.  We told her that when we went on vacation we would go to a puppy farm and she could hold a puppy.  We did inform her that we were NOT going to buy one - we were just going to hold them.  She was THRILLED to say the least and could have spent all week here!

She slowly looked at all the puppies... and then...

She found the "ONE" she wanted to hold...

These pictures are a little blurry... But I think you will

still be able to see the excitement from 

Pink Bean and the Dog!

The little "Girl" puppy wouldn't stop licking Pink Beans face... and even though I was ready to throw up... she was LOVING every second of it and couldn't stop giggling!!!

We left with only a few tears... but she did pretty good and really enjoyed her time with the puppy..

We finished up the afternoon with eating at another Amish Restaurant and then made our way home. 

January Birthday Party....

We love Birthday Parties in our family...  each month we enjoy watching the kids grow and celebrating each ones birthdays.  This January theme was a circus theme.  We had loaded Hot-Dogs, Uncle Dales Fresh French Fries, Chips and Cheese Yummy Cheese Dip...

 Cotton Candy, Circus Peanuts, Popcorn 

and tons of yummy candy..

 We met under the circus tent....

 and Sang happy birthday to Ryder, Harper & Cooper...

 ... a couple clowns showed up....

 well maybe lots of clowns were there...

we just didn't have costumes on... :o) 

 the Butler Girls... even got to stick around and enjoy

a fun birthday party...

It was a very creative and fun idea for a birthday 

party...  we all enjoyed the food and evening together. 

Its a......

........ BOY.......

 We will be having a baby boy in June 

and we decided to tell thru some

cupcakes filled with blue frosting.

 Pink Bean was a little sad that it wasn't filled with PINK

But she is still excited to get a new baby in the house...

Nana cutting into her cupcake...

 Gpa & Gma H. cutting into the cupcake..

The Ingolds put there guess on a paper and then they had to wait until

daddy came home from work to cut into the cupcake... 

such a great idea!!!!

We are very excited that everything is going ok with this baby that will be here in June.  It always makes our hearts skip a beat when we go to our appointment - But we are beyond thankful that everything is going well and there are no problems with the baby or pregnancy.