Mother's Day

Every Mother's Day Eva's school has a mother child breakfast and the children are so proud to share their little tables with their mom's for breakfast.  Eva is so sweet and so fun to be with.  Here she is with her friend Sofia.
 

Eva sang two songs for the mother's with her super cute smile and leg pulsing to the beat. 

Eva made a beautiful pink frame with flowers pressed inside on homemade paper.  Luke made a beautiful card at school as well.
This was the first mother's day where I got to choose what I wanted to do with the kids so we went mountain biking at Kettle Moraine John Muir trails.  Luke and I biked the shortest loop together and he did great going over the hills and rocks.  It reminded me of when I was mountain biking with him in Colorado while he was still inside me.  I loved biking by myself through the beautiful prairie and looking at all the flowering trees and gliding through the pines.  It was fun riding the rocky and twisty single track with the birds chirping and spring in the air. 

 

We traveled simply with all five of us in the sedan with two bikes in the trunk and two bikes on the bike rack.  The kids had fun in the back seat together.

Run 3 miles - Bike 18 miles - Run 3 miles
The Sunday after Mother's Day I had wanted to do the Delafield Duathalon.  It was so much fun and it was just beautiful weather.  We ran along the bark river and over the golf course and then biked to Stone Bank and back.  It was exhilarating riding in the beautiful country side.  Next year I will train and it should be even more fun when I am not so tired by the end. 

 

We also got to see all the new babies in Dave's family... Julie and Drew, Hudson and I, Jackie and Judah, Katie and Camryn.

 

 

 

212 Miles Per Hour

Luke told Dave that he wanted to make a fast car for the Awana Grand Prix.  He was so excited to make it with Daddy.  Luke even asked if the Grand Prix would be aired on television.  Dave used the best of his engineering skills and created a green car with lightning just like Luke asked for.  With one hour of racing and all 50 cars doing at least 4 heats, Luke's car set the track record of 212 miles per hour.  Luke and his friend Casey made it to the finals and the cars had to run 8 more heats.  After some very specific calculations Luke's car was the fastest!  Whatever Dave sets his mind to he does the best.  Thanks Dave for building a great car.

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Lake Geneva

Our kids love traditions.  We have gone to Lake Geneva twice before and they really wanted to go back.  We loved the beach, the trolley, the water park, and the little pool.
 

 

 

 

Luke and Eva were really excited to sleep in the "couch-bed" and Hudson had his private sleeping closet. 

 The lazy river was a family favorite.

 

 

 

 

Luke was the youngest golfer at Grand Geneva.  We used the putting green, chipping green, and driving range. 

 

Eva slept in the stroller as we took one last trip to the pool with the boys. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Seventh Birthday

     Luke's birthday was exactly on Easter this year.  We woke up and had pancakes and opened presents in jammies before going to church.  Luke may be one of the sweetest seven year old boys around.  I love that he still skips when he gets excited and still loves playing with his little sister.  Luke is always good about picking out a video that Eva will like so they watch Dora, Frankilin, or Caillou.  Just the other day as we were watching the Final Four he said, "Mom, I like watching sports more than Dora videos."  How sweet that he has almost forgotten about the normal boy things to do because he likes being with his sister so much.  Luke and Eva love to play with the piano, throw lamby and lewis in the 2 story foyer, make pillow piles, and make obstacle courses. 

     Luke still loves thinking and planning.  He currently wants to go to college to study more about outerspace or possibly volcanoes.  He knows how to take the Badger bus to Madison, where he is going to live, who his roommate is going to be, and when he is going to come home for his first break.  As he was discussing he was even practicing calling Eva saying, "Hi Eva, I am at college I am on my way home from class.  How are you?"  Luke still loves all our family traditions and is eager to plan the next family activity. 

     Luke is still one of the smallest ones to get off at the bus stop and I am so proud of all that he accomplishes at school.  He can read very well and can write 10 sentances all on his own.  He still loves doing his Kumon books and is most proud of his fourth grade geometry book.  He also was able to complete his Sparks book this year which was difficult for him first semester and then easier his second semester.  He loves having books read to him by mom/dad, Nana/Papa, Grandma/Grandpa.  He has deepened his friendships with boys at school and church.  Winter is still his favorite season and sledding is his favorite activity.  He likes green, blue, and red.  We got an I-pad for Luke and he enjoys playing angry birds, golf, and racing.

 

Luke loves anything that flies really high.  Here he got a bow and arrow set that can fly 150 feet.  We tested it in the church gym and it can fly the entire length and then bounce off the wall and fly another 20 feet.  He also got his third stomp rocket that we had to test inside our house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are Luke and Eva in their Easter outfits.

 

 

 

 

 

We love you Luke.  Thank you for being so sweet, lovable, and fun.