Wednesday, June 8, 2016

March 2016 ~ Easter in Ohio part 1 - and more 5-yr comparison pictures!

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

It was pretty nice out as you can see!! So the girls took full advantage of it after school!



And on Thursday, 3/24 we took off for Ohio! Stopped in Maquoketa for gas and snapped these cute pics to share...


It was a very rainy day, and predicted to be the whole way!! I adore this bracelet that Ashley gave me... it speaks to me on many levels <3

I had Lauren take pics to try and show how fun it was to drive in ;)

Stopped for lunch just in time when it started to down-pour again!


But!! We made it... in great time I believe... somehow?? :)

Anyhow... the next morning on Friday, we were going to do a bit of shopping and we all brought Iowa State clothes for the NCAA games going on... and I had wanted to re-create these pictures since LeaAnn's birthday!! So we did it with Mimi's help!! I thought we did a great job!!

 Then... March 2011

to now... March 2016!!

It was really fun to do :)

This one, a little more challenging - ha! :D

Isn't that so funny!! 

It was hard to take, b/c they're so long!! ;)

Unbelievable... Lauren was 5-11mo, Lindsay 4-7mo, Lydia 16-months and LeaAnn a few weeks old!!
WHAT was I thinking?!?

Well... I think by NOT thinking, I did do something right :)
That doesn't happen all the time .... but in this case, these four are my best choices ever. <3


Super cute cousin clan!!


And one of the coolest things on this trip, aside from having a great time with Mom & Dad and it was very relaxing :) was the teepee that Elle & Pap built!

Mimi & Pap have been working very hard to clear out all the brush and trees from the creek... it's really awesome. Looks like it did when I was the girls' age!!


Isn't that the neatest thing???


They totally owned it all weekend... just as is should be :)


4H Easter bunny pancake breakfast

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Easter Bunny Pancake Breakfast at the fairgrounds!! In effort to raise money for the fairgrounds, and they asked 4H clubs to help... so of course I signed our Buffalo Bells up! But... there was also volleyball, so Lauren wasn't there. But we had a great time despite the freezing temperatures!!!

My older girls being WONDERFUL role models for our younger members... we don't have a lot of them, so very, very appreciative when they do show up!! :D

Jaci & Miranda

Chesmore's helped  - Carey & Sydney

We were freezing, can you tell? :)

More older members... Natalie & Becca!


The Easter Bunny showed up!



Our advertisers to get more customers :) all the cars were for an auction!













Group picture with all the Bells in attendance! Even made the paper with this one ;)


And we did stick around for the egg hunt ...







And it started snowing!!! Oh it was so cold... we got in the car and listened for names being drawn for prizes b/c I couldn't feel my hands :) but we had a great time, super glad we helped out!

5-year comparrisons ~ March 2016

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Our 5-yr check for this big girl!! She looks so grown up in the picture... oh and she has one of her front teeth!! That's the difference ;) Right now she is completely toothless!!

So our comparisons go like this:

Lauren -   46.2lbs        43.5"
Lindsay -  50 lbs         44.5"
Lydia -      50 lbs         43.25"
LeaAnn -  52 lbs         45.25"

My emoji hands would be a double high-five waving in the air... tall girls I will have!! :D On to Kindergarten for my 'baby girl' <3