Blog Slacker....

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Here is a catch up....

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Candles.  From a birthday.  MY birthday....there are too many huh? 
Ben never disappoints on my birthday.  The day (week) was complete with ice cream cake, filet mignon, a walk in the park, a replacement diamond for the lost one in my wedding ring, a Kindle and a REALLY sharp kitchen knife.  What else could you ask for?

Kids are super busy.  Maija and Brielle both have gymnastics twice a week and dance once a week.  Maija also takes piano.  I swore I would never have this life, living in the car carpooling kids to all kinds of activities- but once again I am eating my words.  They have so much fun and make wonderful friends.  Yesterday Brielle climbed to the top of the rope at gymnastics and got a little golden trophy for it.  She was SO happy!
Maija is almost done with First grade.  She is such a great big sister and helps me out with Levi especially.  He adores her and cannot wait for her to get home from school.  He is a normal little boy and will hit and push and grab from almost anyone, but never from Maija- he can't get enough of her.

Greta is FOUR months!!!  She is just almost rolling over.  She is the happiest little baby.  On Sunday I had to take her out of church crying, twice because she was tired and got bumped in the head- I got a million comments about it because no one has ever heard her make a peep.  She smiles and giggles all the time.....except when I pull out the camera.  She can be having the most beautiful day and as soon as I put that big black thing in front of my face she scrunches up her eyebrows and the smiles are GONE.  Still working on it-

LOVE the cheeks.  They get bigger everyday.  :)


We took a "nature adventure" to a lake nearby.  The girls had a blast.  Levi, not so much- he was grumpy.  I love the endless green here in Oregon- especially in the springtime after the LONG WET winter.