Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Paul (April 11th) and Darlene (April 16th)!  We got everyone together at Jay and Natalie's yesterday and celebrated with pizza and cake.  We wish them many more happy and blessed years! 

Easter 2012 in Mitchell S.D.

 The kids

 The Family

 The Easter Egg Hunt

 The Baskets

 Grandma Lilly, Uncle Jordan, Mom and Dad

 Darlene holding her delicious homemade cream puffs

Paul getting a updated score for his beloved Cardinals on his i-phone. 

Spring Training

We had the privilege of going to Jupiter Florida with Paul, Darlene, Jay and Natalie.  The Cardinals hold their Spring Training down near the West Palm Beach area each spring.  We had an AWESOME time.  The guys enjoyed many hours of Cardinals baseball and us women shopped till we dropped.   The ocean was beautiful as was the weather.  We could not have asked for a more perfect get away with just the adults!  A big thank you to my parents for holding down the fort while we were gone. 

Wish I could share more pictures but my i phone is not cooperating with the transfer of them :(

Minneapolis weekend

We had a 3 day weekend so decided to take the kids to Minneapolis for the weekend.  Here are the girls and I at the American Girl Bistro inside the Mall of America.  We had a lovely lunch with our dolls Hannah, Amy and Jessica.  Before our lunch the dolls had their ears pierced at the American Girl Salon.  It was a big day for us and the dolls! 

The boys had some fun as well.  Here they are at the Lakers vs Timberwolves game.  Will was pretty excited when he checked the schedule and noticed his favorite team the Lakers happened to be in town that weekend. They had a great time cheering the Lakers on to victory.  We spent the rest of the time inside the Mall of America riding the rides inside the Nickelodeon Theme park and of course shopping.

Owen turns 4!

Owen at 3 weeks

A very happy baby!  I loved holding him on my lap like this and making faces at him.

Here he is waking up on the morning of his 4th birthday.  As you can see he is in Jillian's bed.  This has been the norm for quite some time.  He goes to bed in his own room but at some point in the night wakes up and gets in bed with Jillian.  I think he realizes Jillian is the only sister that would allow this to happen every night.  We figure it's a phase and he will want his own space in his own bed soon enough.  The question is how long will Jillian put up with it :)

Holding his cookie pizza that he took to share with his classmates at Preschool.

Enjoying a play date/birthday party with his good buddies Evan and Carson. Later that night our family went to Fry'n Pan for supper, a Gazelles game and then home for ice cream cake.   We will celebrate his birthday with extended family in a few weeks. 

Happy Retirement

My Dad retired from Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell after 36 years on the job.  The guy in the back right of the picture is who will be taking my Dad's place.  Hard to believe my dad was that age when he started at the hospital 36 years ago.

This is his office.  Nothing glamorous, but he never seemed to mind.

Here we are following the celebration in the hospital cafeteria.

Jillian's 8th Birthday

Here is the birthday girl earlier this week getting a haircut and her ears pierced.  She was very excited! 

No tears.

Jillian Ruth Eidsness.  Born on 1/13/04.  Easy delivery, easy baby, easy toddler, easy going.  In case you don't know Jillian, she is just plain easy to live with!  She is a perfect fit for our family and we love her!

We had a birthday celebration at our house on Saturday.  We were also celebrating my birthday on the 16th and my Dad's birthday on the 17th.  So we decided to go big and go bowling!  The adult team of Hilary, Pat, Darlene and Jay won.  However I think bragging rights go to Darlene this year for bowling a 114.  She beat her husband, Will and almost Jay.(he beat her by 1)  Having lived with all men most of her life I am sure she is not used to winning very often :)

The kids team!

3 generations celebrating birthdays!