Random Pics and more!

We have had a lot going on in the past few months and so I have been going crazy trying to keep up. I am very sorry about my lack of updating on here, so let me see if I can sort of catch you up:

This is the picture of our yummy dinner on St. Patrick's day:
Any guesses on what that food is? It is a meal of green hot dogs, green mac and cheese, and peas. We also served green Kool-aid and made green cupcakes for dessert. It was a lot of fun and Ryan had friends over that night so it was even funnier watching their expressions as we served the food up. ;)

Fiona has continued to settle in here at our house. She has found places that she loves to sleep and has even warmed up to Dave quite a bit. Here she is sleeping in the sunlight in Bree's room on the floor:

And can you spot her in this picture? I was folding some laundry and she decided she didn't want to move when I started sorting for folding.


The boys have been doing great in school. Conner is excelling in his class and continues to be placed in the advanced sections. He is getting along great with the other kids in his class and has taken a real interest in basketball at the moment. Ryan is also doing great at his school. He participated in a chess club tournament one weekend and got 4th place! Pretty good for his first year and being one of the youngest kids there! There were 4th - 8th graders there competing. I think he has a taste for it now and will participate again next year. We also found a nice free program on our computer that allows him to practice against the computer or people at different ability levels. Sean has his kindergarten roundup for the parents this Thursday night and in May, gets to visit on his own for the whole afternoon. He is VERY excited!

Bree has been working with a speech therapist provided to us for free through the state of Nebraska because she was delayed in her speech skills. Here is a pic of her with Miss Amy, her speech therapist who comes to our house every other week, working on some programs on an Ipad. She really loved the program that played videos with common nursery rhyme songs. Her faves were "If You're Happy and You Know It" and "The Wheels on the Bus".

So here is the glimpse into part of our life for the last few months... and there is so much more! But that is for another post.