compassion project.

our nephew jacob had a project at school about compassion, the kids leaned what compassion was and every child had a small plaque they had to decorate about what they have compassion for... jake made a "movin' for max" plaque.   he wrote a little thing about how he attended the Down syndrome awareness walk for his little cousin max and how he has compassion for him and others with Down syndrome.  how cool is that!  i know max would affect his family in a positive way, but i didn't know it would be so soon.  when jake told me he was going to do that for the project, i was so very proud of him... and max:) 



jacob and max:)



jake's beautiful piece of art:)

lilly and grey.

this place looked amazing!

lilly's first day

over the summer lilly took a pre-preschool summer class for three weeks.  i thought it would be good for her, at times around other kids she can be very shy.

she ended up doing great!  she made a few new friends and was very social.  lilly enjoyed every minute:) the class was only an hour or so long and they were able to cram in story time, art, snack, and recess... what's not to love:)

Grey's Baptism.

grey's baptism was on a beautiful day.  mass was wonderful, one other itty bitty baby girl was baptised with grey. 

during mass father took grey and walked around with him, he had the older members in the church bless him.

greyson with his God parents aunt val and aunt mel(nicks two sisters).



our family picture.



God Bless Greyson Jeffrey Pingel.

catching up

so this is going to be my month to catch up on blogging from the months i have missed.  the summer has been very busy around my house, but we still were able to enjoy the nice weather and great family time:)

in the beginning of june we attended little chutes annual cheese fest.  the kids had a great time the weather was beautiful if i can remember correctly it was the first year in a long, long time that it didn't rain:)

grandpa elrick on the helicopters with lilly and max:)



daddy and grey.

lilly and max going into the fun house.



me going in after max... he was having to much fun in the ball pit to move onto the rest.

the kids at the parade.

grey was a little sad because he wanted max's sucker:)

like i said the weather was great... but all the food was even better:)

fun on the farm.

this past friday we went to a local farm that also sells plants.   lilly, max, aiden, jack and evan really enjoyed checking out the animals.   with grey first look at the cows you could just see confusion on his face, but after a few minutes he was having fun with the rest of the kids!  next time i will have to get pictures feeding the goats and horses.   

wordless wednesday.

wordless wednesday.

mother's day.



the outside of the card lilly made for me! i'm sure you can tell but just in case you can't, that is a beautiful flower with a butterfly on it:)



the outside was great but i thought the best part of the card is her thoughtful message inside..."happy mothers day mommy i like getting you drinks. i like when you let me eat your sandwich. love, lilly, max & grey" nick asked her what she wanted to write inside... and that was her exact response... i like getting you drinks. i like when you let me eat your sandwich....ha! so cute:)




and this was my gift from the kids... the coolest birdhouse ever!



happy mother's day to all you moms out there:)

our very own.

i was in the kitchen when i heard max and lilly giggling from the living room.  lilly yelled "mom come see this...our very own mr. potato head."

wordless wednesday.

Easter:)

Easter was a fun filled day with family:)   lilly was the first one up, then max and grey.

Easter morning, the kids were so excited to look for their baskets!

the Easter bunny brought a floaty for max and lilly:)

it was impossible to get a good picture with all three kids with their baskets, but the ones that i did get were pretty funny:)

lilly was the only one who posed for  picture:)

grandpa elrick and grey.

max sitting by the window:)

 



 Easter presents at grandma and grandpa elricks!

all of the kids were wanting to take a nice group picture because we said it had to be done before the Easter egg hunt(bribery... not always the worst way to go!).

our family with grandma minten:)

baby grey and lilly with grandma pingel.

i hope everyone had a happy Easter:)

wordless wednesday.