The many faces of Eleanor

This little girl makes her dad and mom smile everyday. She adores her brother and doesn't even mind being carted around to his activities. She loves running around and being a little mischievous :). She loves going to school and playing with all her friends. A little social butterfly. Eleanor Faith you keep us on our toes and bring so much fun to our everyday life. Love you!!

Father's Day Celebration

This year for Father's Day, Hudsen and Eleanor wanted to celebrate with Dad by getting him some of his favorite things. Hudsen drew pictures of Dad fishing, driving and watering the plants.

Eleanor made a print for him and got him his favorite snack of peanut butter, graham crackers and chocolate chips.

We also put together a mini golf course for Dad and the kids to play when he got home from fishing.

At around 4 pm Dad came home from a 5 day fishing trip and the kids (and I) were beyond excited to see him. The kids instantly ran to him and gave him huge hugs. Charley was pretty excited to see him too. The family just doesn't feel right when we are not all together. After the hugs subsided, we had a nice afternoon of golfing, telling stories and sharing some of Daddy's snack.

Flag football

Flag football has come to an end for the season and Hudsen had a great time! He was so excited every Sunday afternoon to go and play. (He was also pretty excited that his Dad was his coach this time). Hudsen was animated on the field giving thumbs ups and telling us to take his picture when he would pull the flags. He also did a little "trash talking" to the other team that we quickly put to an end. (His trash talking consisted of saying "I'm blocking you" and making faces at the person he was blocking). After he scored a touchdown, he kept his celebration to a minimum and he was always there to high five his teammate when they would score.

Hudsen and Coach Dad

A little celebration after scoring

Eleanor and Lucy watching their brothers play. Most of the time E wanted to pull the flowers or get out on the field but every now and then she would cheer for Hudsen.

At one game Hudsen had Grandma Pat and Grandpa Gary,Aunt Morgan, Uncle Kasey and Isabella and Uncle Jeff and Aunt Lina. At the game he scored 2 touchdowns and loved having everyone there to see him.

Hudsen with Jeff and Lina

Grandma Kim and Grandpa Dave came to watch Hudsen play. He wanted to score a touchdown so bad that day but got some good runs and then his teammate finished the run with a touchdown.

Mom and Dad with our little football player

Mother's Day

My Mother's Day started off with muffins with mom at the kid's school on Friday. It was so much fun to sit and have breakfast with them and talk about what they were going to do for the day. What made it extra great was how excited the kids were to have muffins with me. I hope that never changes!

I also received flowers from my AWESOME husband on Friday. It was great to get back from a run and have flowers there for me.

This year I was able to spend Mother's day with my mom. Grandma Pat and Grandpa Gary had come for the weekend to watch Hudsen's flag football game but it was a great bonus that we were able to spend Mother's Day together too.

We even were able to go out for a Mother's Day run together. I love going for a run with my mom and the talks that we have.

I had an amazing Mother's Day! Hudsen made me a card durning Sunday School and Eleanor made me a hand print picture at school. They also got me a card that made me smile and laugh. My kids are the best! It doesn't matter if they call me Mommy, Mom or "Hey Ma" I will ALWAYS be proud to be their Mother!

Eleanor's 2nd birthday

On April 21st Eleanor turned 2! It is hard to believe that just 2 years ago this little girl entered our lives. At 3:02 pm the doctor said "It's a girl" and instantly I saw a protective look in Dad's eyes. He has continued to have that look everytime he is around his little girl.

We celebrated Eleanor's birthday on Saturday. Below are pictures from the day.

Easter weekend

For Easter this year we made it back to Grandpa and Grandma Swansons. There are always so many adventures to do on the farm and it makes for some fun days. Grandpa had put together a treasure hunt for Hudsen to go on. It ended at the creek with a treasure chest. Then we went and saw the trees that the beaver and chewed down. This was while Eleanor was napping. When E woke up we did the Easter Egg hunt. The kids loved it and even managed to find a few snakes too....YUCK! The Easter bunny had brought the kids a bunch of fun stuff in their baskets that included clothes, candy, and a Jake and NeverLand Pirates DVD.

The next morning we woke up for sunrise service. Hudsen had a few questions (as he always does) about the service so we just try to answer them the best we know how. The kids may not truely understand the meaning of Easter right now but we will continue to help them to know the meaning of God's love. After the service we had breakfast and then went to South Walnut Church for a few pictures in our Easter outfits. We then went into my uncle and aunt's house Mike and LeAnn for lunch and then headed on our way home. It was a very fun weekend!