Springtime?!

We thought that spring might actually come this year..Boy were we fooled because the following weekend was cold and there were numerous predictions of snow! I think I can safely assume that everyone reading my blog longs for spring and summer time now..We are ready!!

My sister is SO beautiful! She is quite the fun aunt for Shanna. "lise" As she is known by Shanna is expected to follow Shanna around everywhere she goes...Whether Elise agrees with her...;)

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Happy Easter!

Eric, Shanna and I traveled to the Tri-Cities for Easter to spend some time with Eric's mom and dad and sisters, Karla and Kim. We had so much fun playing games and shopping! Too bad it all came to an end so quickly! Shanna (above) is wearing her Easter dress from my Aunt Kathleen. Isn't it gorgeous? Thanks Aunt Kathleen!

A Birthday Dinner with Grandpa Merrill!

Everyone enjoyed trying on Grandpa's birthday hat...

Hugs all around!

The beginning...

...And the product!

And time to go bye-bye!!

Watch and copy!

Shanna was really enjoying sitting with Grandpa and listening to what he was listening to...

In fact she was really getting into it!



She was even helping Grandma with homework :)

Shanna LOVES her baby dolls and it has become her favorite thing to do, to feed and wrap her baby dolls up and put them to bed...Of course we have to go through the feeding and wrapping up several times before it is good enough!

North Carolina!

Shanna and I took a trip to North Carolina during the middle of February (yes, despite our move at the end of February...more to come on that later) and we had SO much fun! Kayleen and I had some much needed girl talk as well as a few shopping trips and the girls (Emmalee and Eva) made Shanna feel right at home allowing her to play with all of their toys. Shanna absolutely adored her new 3 month old baby cousin, Benjamin. We also were able to visit Ryan and Rachel and their kids as well.. Their home is beautiful! We rode the ATVs behind their property and it was a blast! Savannah was an angel watching the kids a lot of the time so that we could play just us adults. Thanks so much Savannah, you are the best!! When it was time to go we were sad to leave and when we arrived back home Shanna wandered around saying "baby, baby...Know?" (meaning I don't know where the baby is) It was great to have Shanna entertained so much and I sure miss it! Thanks again Kayleen for an awesome time!

Left to right. Savannah, Benjamin, Shanna, Emmalee, Eva, and Libby

Eva (left) and Emmalee (middle, right) were so sweet to Shanna.

All About Shanna!!

Shanna has never been one to snuggle, but she will give kisses and hugs!

Shanna has quite the personality and I happened to catch a piece of it on camera. I thought everyone would enjoy that!

Shanna loves her daddy! (of course this lasted all of 2 seconds)

Shanna has become really interested in shoes (she definitely got that from her mom!!)

Shanna always has a great time with her Grandpa Merrill! He humors her, and much to Shanna's delight, Grandpa will go where Shanna goes, even into the really small spaces :)

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Shanna and Luke are one week apart and they play so well together. One night, while visiting our friends Kent and Marilee, we were all sitting around playing Ticket to Ride and decided it had been really quiet for far too long. (All who have kids know that when a child is too quiet, something mischievous has to be going on!) We found the two playing so nicely in Luke's room at the other end of the apartment. It was so cute!