Keenan Hugs
This has to be one of the sweetest pictures of Emma. Even though it is blurry and hard to see (hey it is hard to take a picture of your own belly, especially with someone laying on it!), I love the look on her face. This was taken shortly after Emma felt Keenan kicking for the first time.

Emma and Caleb playing Mario Kart :)
Watching them play make me think we need to move to Germany when Emma is a teenager, where the driving age is 18. Our girl is going to need all the extra time she can get!! :) Caleb on the other hand, was quite the little driver!

Emma's New Bike
Emma has been doing super without training wheels. She needs a little help getting started but can ride and stop all on her own now! A few days after this picture was taken she decided she didn't even need Papa to run behind her anymore. :)

Easter Morning!
Emma had a blast searching for her eggs, once again she proved to be quite the climber! She loved finding all of her surprises and we loved watching her find them!! Happy Easter!!!

Fun and Yummy Easter Treats
Of course we had bunny face carrot cake and egg goop (egg goop not pictured here, but oh so good!); but we tried a few new things this year too. The bunny veggie dip was quite tasty, as was the bunny beer bread. The bunny fruit salad was yummy too and very fun for Emma to eat!

Christine and Dave's Annual Easter Egg hunt!
As always Christine and Dave managed pull off another fabulous Easter Egg hunt! Thanks for another great hunt this year!!

Hanging out with the Easter Bunny

Hanging out with good friends on Good Friday :)

Coloring Easter Eggs
Day 1 using crayon to draw all sort of cool pictures- bunnies, chicks, baskets, stars and other random designs































Day 2 dying the eggs with Grandpa Howe

Play date with Megan
Emma and Megan had a great time playing with each other. They drew with chalk, bounced the balls they made, dressed up, chased the cats and chowed down on yummy ring pops! :) Life is good (especially when you're 5)!

Emma's Paper Mache' Egg
We had a good time ripping tissue paper and making our own Easter table decoration this year. Emma was so proud of our creation, as she should be be! It turned out pretty darn cute!

Osterfeier
Emma's German school had their Easter party today. Though it was cold, we had a great time! My favorite part was watching my little monkey girl hunt for eggs. Though there were plenty of eggs on the ground, it was my little munchkin who decided to go for the ones on top of the play house! :)

Nothing like a 38 year old man getting beat by a 5 year old girl :)
Emma loves the wii bowling; and this week she loved it even more when she outscored her Papa by more than double!! :)

Riding and taking care of Bully

Swimming at the Hotel
Since we had to move out of our house for the weekend to have the floor refinished, we decided to have a mini vacation at a hotel not too far way. Emma loved having the pool (and the Disney Channel). :)

Emma and and her new favorite pony, Bully
Since Jake the wild Mustang was too slow, Emma decided to try out the pony, Bully. And she was sure glad she did! She loved him! Her favorite part, trotting of course!!

Hanging out with Aunt Lori, Ethan and Alex!
What fun it was to have Lori and her boys up from SC for a visit! We miss having them in GR!! Missed having Kevin here too, but hopefully we will be able to see him this summer!

Emma's New Adventure- Horseback Riding Lessons
Emma began her horseback riding lessons last night and they went really well (especially considering they ended less than a half hour before her bed time)! She lead the horse, Jake, in from the fields, brushed him, saddled him up, learned how to turn, stop and make her horse go, and even began practicing how to make Jake walk in diagonals across the arena. She was very excited to be in control and really loved it! She is also excited that next week she will begin working on trotting, I think this was the first thing she told her Papa about the lessons; well that and Jake walked very slow. :) Thanks Grandma MA and Grandpa B for a great Christmas present for Emma!