Winter and Spring Highlights

 Peek a boo, Gracie!

 I love how sweet they can be.  Lily covering Grace up for a nap after a long, hard day playing in the snow.

 Lily started cheering with toilet paper after seeing cheerleaders on a football game Jason was watching.

 A little yoga to keep us limber.  Lily doing the crow.

 No one can make Clara laugh quite like her sisters.  It's darling.

 These girls have become so good at folding and stacking towels.

 Not sure why Grace wanted to hang out underneath an umbrella and a table cloth during a rain shower the other day.  Who knows where kids come up with their ideas but she had fun!

 This girl has no fear.  That is a june bug crawling on her face.  She named him Junior and kept him as a pet for a couple days before he died.  It is probably as close as she will come to having a real pet:)

 We went to our friend's book signing.  She is a children's illustrator for the book "Hypnosis Harry."  They gave away these glasses at the event.

 What a life...just fall asleep wherever you are playing.

 Our neighbors moved last month.  It broke my heart.  The girls adored Sammy and Brandon.  It was so fun to have them go back and forth between yards after school and on Saturdays.  Praying for good new neighbors!

 The girls love swallowtail butterflies and we spotted one at our favorite pond up the road!

 I felt like I was in a dream with pink petals scattered on our driveway.

 We made a stop at our favorite trampoline place during a particularly rainy week.

 I love the lighting on their faces and their expressions that I captured in this picture.

 Loving the swing.  Clara has been such a relaxed baby. 

 Flying kites in our backyard one windy evening.

 It's going to be another beachy summer.  I LOVE it.

 Grandma Ard always sends the most beautiful dresses.

 Lily can be so resourceful.  She decided she wanted to bring her bike and scooter to the neighbors.  I looked over and saw that she had done this all by herself...put the scooter and bike in the wagon.  It was so darling to me seeing her coming across the grass. 

 Lily and Grace are usually so motherly to Clara.  Kissing, rocking, soothing, reading, singing.

 She wasn't a huge fan of the bumbo seat.  Luckily some friend gave it to us.

 Scooter princesses.

 Lots of skirts.

 The scooter bunch.  I love it when Jason rides his with them.  They love it, too!

 Beautiful Easter dresses from sweet Grandma Ard.

 They love being big sisters.

 Grace was calling this her water car.  Hoping for many more pool days!

 Clara was the happiest hiker!

 Jason found a frog for Lily to hold on one of our hikes.

 We did the armor of God for family home evening.

 I loved that Lily wanted a picture with the WHOLE armor of God!

 And strawberry picking.  My favorite tradition with the girls.  The sun, riding the "berry ferry" (a big truck), yummy strawberries.

 And the girls helped make delicious freezer jam.

 Grace's personality cracks me up.  Lily helped her put these on and afterwards Grace said, "Super Gracie!"

We called her friar Clara since her hair grew in this funny way.  It looks better now, just taking longer than the other girls' hair.  More bows for her, though:)