Spring Break

Hello Family!
We've had such a wonderful Spring break. The weather has cooperated beautifully and we've been able to go everywhere that we've wanted to. On Monday we went to the zoo with Grandma. On Tuesday we spent the morning at the playground, the afternoon sleeping!! then time at Monkey Joe's (a bounce house bonanza), the evening in a picnic with daddy and more playing at another playground. Wednesday we stayed home and did crafts and played around the house. We baked our first apple pie and took it with us to dinner at Aunt Kitty and Uncle Mark's house. Thursday we went to school so I could do some work and then had a play date with our friends Erin and Yuri at Monkey Joe's. Friday we took the kittens to the vet and then spent the afternoon at the Botanical Gardens. We literally walked the entire Gardens. Luckily I took the stroller so Isabelle lasted the whole time. Then we had a dinner date with Daddy and took a carriage ride by the river. Then it was home and we baked our first cherry pie.
Tomorrow we plan to stay home and do NOTHING! We're going to play at home and rest as much as possible so we can start our normal routine on Monday. Then its only a few short months until summer vacation. Of course that means that we'll have summer school...hopefully it's worth it for our trip to Germany next summer!
I have three more classes and my internship left before I graduate with my masters in Ed Admin. I could really use all prayers possible to help us get through grad school and everything else!

Update

Today Isabelle asked me to teach her how to make an apple pie. We had a blast and it looks great. We're going to have dinner with Erica and Mark tonight and we'll take the pie with us. Mmmmmmm....can't wait!

Isabelle's 4th Birthday

We celebrated Isabelle's 4th birthday this weekend...all weekend! There is so much to share but for now we'll have to make do with these pics. :)

Winter Fun

We've had lots of fun over the last few weeks. Check out these pictures of good times in the snow and a play date with Isabelle's prince, Chase.

I mean, really!

My mom gave Isabelle this sleep mask one day while she was packing a suitcase. About two weeks ago I went to check on Isabelle before heading to be myself and saw that her light was on. When I opened the door, this is what I saw. She is hilarious!

Isabelle Firsts

Thanks to Grandma Tina, Isabelle experienced another first over the Christmas break! The Mowrer girls all got manicures together. Such fun! Isabelle was adorable, holding out her hands and chatting up the manicurist. When we walked in she picked out a nail polish color immediately...it was called Princess, of course!

Another first was when we took Isabelle for her first game of bowling. She loved it! JP and I also bowled our best games ever! She kept telling JP, "Daddy, we make a good team." The bumper guards only came up during her turn so those of you discounting our tremendous scores can just rethink that! Isabelle bowled a strike too, with out the bumper guards!