April (and part of May) Where did it go?

It has been a crazy couple of months (really years!) but I wanted to do a recap of the last several weeks at last.

The first full week of April was Ben's spring break from school. We tried to fill up the week with lots of fun stuff but the highlight was the Toledo Zoo.

The following week was the week before the 15th which seemed to last about 18 years. Josh and I went out on the 15th with some friends from the office. We hung out with the boys on Friday and Saturday and took them to visit the zoo. (it was freezing)

Sunday we celebrated Karen's 60th Birthday. She is a blessing to all of us and I am blessed by the way she rose her son. We had lots of fun celebrating. The boys favorite part was the cake.

The next two weeks Josh moved into Study mode.

The end of April was Dad's 60th Birthday. (it has taken me all these years to figure out that Dad and Karen are the same age). Since Dad loves a party we had to have a surprise party for him. Mom did an amazing job planning the whole thing and Dad was completely surprised. Meg and CT flew in for the event as well as Len and Linda. It was a great time and I am so thankful for my Dad. He is the best Dad in the world and I love him so much.

Jacob also decided somewhere around this time that he was in fact a big boy and potty trained himself. It may have taken him until the age of three to figure it out but once he got there it didn't take long at all. He is so proud of himself and really did an amazing job during the whole thing.

Caleb is walking all over the place and is starting to make lots of noise and lots of sounds all the time. He loves his brothers and wants to be just like them.

I am thankful for my sweet family. Sometimes they drive me crazy but they are all such a blessing to me!!

Wass Fun Run

Today was the annual Wass Elementary fun run. This being our first experience it was lots of fun. It is a fund raiser for the school sponsored by the PTO. The kids ask for people to sponsor them per lap they run or give a set donation. Anyway, the event is suppose to be run on the track outside of the school however, it poured rain all day long today. So, the run was held inside. Each child had a tag on their backs and everytime they passed the class flag they had a number crossed off their back (it was how they kept track of the laps each child ran).

Anyway, it was a mob of children running and everyone seemed to have lots of fun.

I realize it is hard to tell but that white blob is Ben running at top speed

Here is ben apparently picking his nose while running? He is also playing with his very loose top tooth

Go Ben Go

Towards the end of the run

Ben's sweet friend Jacob

Finally done and able to sit down

Look how cute they all are

Another shot of Jacob who told me he was very tired

Mr. Red Face.
The kids ran for 20 min (that is a long time for a little kid I think)
During that time Ben ran 39 laps which if it were run on the normal track would be 13 laps which equals 1.625 miles.
I think Ben did an awesome job!!!