Lauren's 1st Recital

I just had to post these pictures together! It seems like it was just yesterday that Lauren was sitting at the piano in our house in Indiana plunking keys one by one driving us crazy. This past September, Lauren began taking formal piano lessons from Marcia Buster at school. She did very well considering we didn't get much practice time in with a new baby in the house. She had her end of the year recital this past weekend where she and I performed a duet of "Alouette". She was so excited that she was up at 7 on Saturday morning. Bobby and I are so proud of her!

Thanks to my dad for these pictures. I had given him my camera and he had taken some pictures with it only to find out during intermission that I had forgotten to put the memory card back in!!

He loves his thumb!

Well, we've resigned ourselves to the fact that Hayden is going to be a thumb sucker! Oh how he loves that thumb! He wants it when he's tired, cranky or in the case of this picture, on the floor "watching" tv. He even tries to get it in his mouth between bites of his baby food!!! (That is quite a mess!) In this area, he is definitely like his daddy!

Cousins

Bobby's sister and brother-in-law came through for a quick visit last weekend. It was so fun to see Lauren and Hayden with their cousins. It's a shame they aren't able to get together more...they had such a fun time together. The kids really enjoyed the aquarium exhibit at Crown Center and eating lunch at Fritz's!

Easter!!

The last couple of years Lauren has enjoyed filling the eggs just as much as hunting them. This year she thought she should hide them as well. She promised us that she would forget where she put them. Much to her dismay, Mommy and Aunt Jennifer hid them in Granny's living room and dining room. It was absolutely too cold to hunt eggs outside!! She also enjoys dyeing the eggs...taking great pride in making designs with a wax crayon and then dyeing them just the right color. Gram thought Hayden should have been in on this, but Mommy vetoed that, and Hayden napped during the dyeing process. The next picture is of the kids on Easter before church. They both looked darling. Too bad we had to wear winter coats and cover Hayden with heavy blankets.

Catching Up

This has been a crazy month!!! Hayden has had two ear infections, Bobby's parents came to visit, then his sister came to visit. I don't know where March went! Anyway, here are some pictures of the events from the last month or so to catch up!!