Gpaz and Gmaz come to visit!

gmaz and gpaz with iz bo at olbrich gardens

What a wonderful visit we had with Gmaz and Gpaz in May. We are so happy they came to visit and the kids were so excited to have them here. Thanks for coming mom and dad! A few pictures from our visit.

 

The kids LOVED playing games with gpaz on his ipod touch. Angry birds was a fav.

Of course Gmaz was so creative with the games and playtime. Here she and bodes are playing a spy game. =) teehee. so cute

more phone games with gpaz. each day gpaz and bodie matched shirt colors, it was too cute.

Walking around Olbrich Gardens together. Hot but still beautiful!

Iz inside the flower gardens

Showing gpaz the orchids. picture taking in action...

more picture taking of orchids...

more creative playtime with gmaz

We showed gmaz and gpaz one of the kids' favorite park. Iz showing off her skills on the climbing structure.

Blowing wish flowers for the millionth time that day, =)

Beautiful orchids on our trip to the orchid place, thanks for taking me dad! love my lil' orchids

got 2 of these little gems for home. both blooming now! =)

more spy game and coloring

Costco trip with Gpaz and bo man

Neighborhood walk

Trip to the Madison Farmers Market. Such yummy goodies!

showing them the capital building

more games before they left for st. paul....

last playtime with gmaz and her "Stuff" (which is better than toys) =)

We LOVED having you visit! Can't wait for you to come back!

xoxoxo

Izzy's last day of 4K

Izzy had her last day of 4K this week. She is officially a Kindergartner! Here are a few pics from her last day of the school year in the morning and also of her class bubble party at the park. 

Here comes Summer vacation!

Izzy with her bffs Juna and Lulu and her "boyfriend" Ryder

love the expressions

on the play structure

 class snack time

her little friend Ryder is so cute,
hegave Izzy a "good luck in Kindergarten" card he made for her on the last day 

Izzy and her teacher Ms. Jennifer

1st day of 4K

last day of 4K - so grown up!

Mother's Day 2013

We had a wonderful Mother's Day! We started out with a picnic at a local park. It was kinda cold (as you will notice the puffy jackets=)) but everyone hung in there so mom got her picnic! 

 G and I treated ourselves to mini cherry pies for dessert. =) 

After our picnic we took a walk  in the small forest paths around the park.

We saw a mother duck and 13 ducklings! so cute.

 We decided to go all out and head to Devil's Lake after the picnic. Graham was on photo duty and got some great shots of the kids playing at the playground and near the water. 

It was a relaxing day and we enjoyed being outside together.

Mother's Day gift- sitting down and doing nothing =)

Best gifts- these 2 with these smiles.

Mom gets her "makeshift sandy beach" for Mother's day.

 Kids love climbing rocks with g.

So there you have it, our photo documentation from mother's day =)

and...

Happy Mother's Day to my own wonderful mother, and for the example of true unconditional love she has shown me all these years. I love you!