Light at the End of the Tunnel

My goal is to always post as much as possible but it has been very hard to have time. I am not sure our lives can get any busier (oh wait, it IS going to get busier). I am looking at the last 10 days of school for the year. As always it has been a busy year, but a good one. Next year is going to be a challenge with construction, and a new schedule of me just teaching Language Arts. Ava finished Preschool and is all ready looking forward to Kindergarten. She had her last day where Sarah got to go watch. They sang songs and played games. It is amazing that she is done with Preschool and our little girl will be going to school all day next year. It is pretty scary how fast she is growing up. Ella had her 3rd birthday party and I took that day off to spend with her and Sarah. We had a great day; we went bowling, to the mall to play at the play place, Build-a-Bear, and out to lunch. Sarah is finishing up pictures and is going to take some time off for the baby. Because of this she has been having pictures almost every night with people getting in before she takes off. I think she is really looking forward to a break and relax before the little one gets here. As always we are trying to find some time to finish the baby's room and get it ready for whenever she decided to make her apperance. My mom has been coming down a few night a week to help go through everything and get it in order. Well, there you have it. I hope to post a little more frequently up to the birth and to show off the baby's room. The pictures are of Ava's last day of Preschool. Enjoy the summer like weather this week.

Ava singing with her class.

Ava sitting with one of her teachers.

Playing the Bear Hunt.

The Bear Hunt.

Little Ella is 3 Years Old

Tuesday was Ella's birthday and I took a personal day and spent the day with her and Sarah. We had a wonderful time. We started off by going to McDonald's for breakfast and then we went out to Waukee to take Ella bowling. She had a wonderful time pushing the bowl the lane and she did end up beating both Sarah and I. We then went to Jordan Creek to the play place for her to run around for a little while. It was amazing watching her play. She is one that could care less about what others are doing and loved just running around having the time of her life. Next we took her to Build-a-Bear to make her first bear. She picked out a nice bear and some clothes and named her Mya. We ended our afternoon with lunch and Champps and then home for a nap. Finally her birthday dinner was CiCi's pizza with her favorite, cinnamon rolls. It was a busy day, but extremely fun.

100th Post - Maternity

Never did I think I would be at post 100, yet here I am. Looking back it has been fun updating for family and friends. We always love hearing from everybody and we love reading the comments. Thanks for all the support on this and we will continue to update.

Here are some pictures of Sarah, the girls, and I taking maternity photos. It was challenging to say the least. I guess the only challenging part was me trying to take the picture and getting upset that they weren't turing out good. I hate to brag but Sarah took some wonderful pictures and she is a very beautiful mother. Some of the pictures we took were the artistic ones and they turned out amazing.

4-D Ultrasound

Saturday we took the girls and Sarah's parents to Prenatal Vision for a 4D Ultrasound. It is really amazing to see our little girl almost in perfect detail. We could see everything from her ears and nose to even the hair on her head. The girls loved seeing their sister and Mark thought it was pretty cool since he had never seen an ultrasound before. Seeing the pictures really got everybody excited for the new arrival. If we ever have a down weekend we hope to make a good dent in the baby's room. But those quiet weekends look a long way off. On Sunday we took the girls downstairs to the photo studio to take maternity pictures. I even had the privilege to take some of the pictures since Sarah was in them. It made me appreciate how hard Sarah works on her pictures because it took a long time to get used to taking pictures and I still am not comfortable doing it. Here are a few of the ultrasound pictures and I hope to post some of the maternity pictures in a few days.
Enjoy the lovely weather that makes Spring a wonderful season.