April...ish

Somehow my pictures got mixed up and a bunch of March pictures were in the April folder...so these are from both months...

Maren lost her first tooth!  It's the one on the bottom...she just has a big space on the top :)

An interesting place to get ready...yes, she's IN the sink...

Greg & I celebrated our 10th anniversary in Portland!  We stayed overnight at the hotel we got married at (the Benson) and did a driving tour of all the places we lived (4 in two years!).  It was a really fun time reminiscing and spending time together in the city where we started life together!

The building behind us is where we lived when Joel was born, right before we moved to Chicago!

The kids stayed with Mimi and had tons of fun - they even got to dye eggs!

 

Visiting Friends

And family.  This is my grandpa...he didn't know who any of us were, but he seemed to enjoy having us around!  He played with Maren a bit and seemed like his old self to me (mostly).  

Thanks, Aunt Ruth, for arranging this visit!

 

Beka gave us a record player (they had 2)...so now the kids can listen to the records I have had since I was a kid!

 

I turned 35!  We had a small celebration with our neighbor friends - thanks for the strawberry pie, Andi!!

Maren had a "birthday box" for me that she had been adding things to for several weeks...these are all the things that were in it! She is so thoughtful and makes birthdays feel special.  Thanks sweet girl!

Best Dad in the neighborhood!

Easter Sunday

 

We had neighbors over for Easter dinner...complete with ham, potatoes, deviled eggs and fresh fruit!

Drinking pineapple juice out of the shell...