Gwen's Birthday

This morning we met a bunch of friends at the zoo to celebrate Gwen's birthday. We couldn't have asked for a better day.Mackenzie, Jackson, Caleb, Gwen, Gabby and Maddie

We had a picnic lunch followed by a little "Happy Birthday" and homemade sugar cookies.

After visiting all the exhibits we headed to the train for a special birthday train ride...hoping the kids don't think we'll do that every time now! Happy Birthday Gwen, we love you!

May Day

We celebrated 'May Day' last year with Gwen and Linnea (we had never heard of it before then) and are now making a tradition of it. This year Jackson was more involved and Sonja was her normal smiling self.

It took Jackson a while to realize he should give his flowers away, but he eventually got the idea!

Then we headed outside and found a worm...

Lincoln Park Zoo

Jackson loves being by Sonja.

Dinner at R.J. Grunts.

Gwen is so silly.

Our four beautiful children.

Monster Park

Here are the boys making a "monster park" for their monster trucks.

Easter Day

Egg Hunt at Gramma's church...

Easter Eggs!

This evening we went over to my parents house to dye Easter eggs with a bunch of friends.

Here is most of the crew hard at work.

Jackson's finished eggs. I wasn't really sure how much he would enjoy this, but he was one of the last ones working!

Caleb's finished eggs.

Pile on Dave!

After dinner and some cleaning the kids went outside for an Easter Egg hunt. Thanks Kendell and Nellie for hiding all those eggs.