My my has April flown by!

Well we had a great Easter, pictures to be posted soon. We learned not to EVER go to the Knight's Action Park Easter Egg Hunt, Torie almost got ran over at the mini course. We ended up just going home and having our own Easter egg hunt in the backyard. Once Torie learned what we were doing, she didn't want to stop! When we ran out of eggs she turned to rocks, twigs, etc. So much fun!

Zach turned 5 April 14th. We spent his birthday night at Grandma and PaPa Kates house, and I made my first layered birthday cake. Complete with lots of decorations and frosting flowers (Zach's favorite). Then the following weekend we had a bowling party. Even though the staff at the alley were not helpful at all, the kids had fun and that's what really matters! Zach and Torie topped the scoring of the day, and Zach got to take home a bowling pin that everyone signed. He used it throughout the game to get his "super powers" to bowl with. It was a rainy day but fun!

I volunteered with the Prarie Center Against Sexual Assault the following weekend for their "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" event. Pretty much what it is, is men of all ages walking a mile in high heels. They are men's sizes, but that didn't make it any easier to walk! I saw teenage boys walking as well as a 3 year old with patent leather little girls shoes (he was riding in a stroller). It was really neat to see the dads that were walking with their little girls though. I took pictures as well as donated a prize. I'll be posting those soon too! Lots of fun!

Finally, last Sunday was our offical open house/BBQ. We haven't really had anyone over because we hadn't gotten the house fixed up. Even though there's a lot more we want to do, we wanted to open our home up to our friends and family. It was a perfect day with partly cloudy skies, the warmest day of the year so far, and was complete with good friends, amazing food, and ice cream! I can't wait to have another one! It was fun to see all the kids playing together in the backyard.

Oh, and we changed the wedding date again. Our reception hall got booked before we could get our deposit in so I had to juggle dates among my vendors. We're set for June 18, 2010...FINAL ANSWER!! You should be getting your save the date cards in the mail soon.

Spring Family Photos

Here are the pictures we took Saturday. Big thanks to Lauren for being my photog for the day! We had a ton of fun, even though Torie was cranky and Zach was anxious. We managed to get some pretty good pictures out of it! Here's the link: 

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2120686&id=48606832&l=3f380825e8

Let me know if you want copies of any of them and what size and I'll send them to you. Hope you enjoy them just as much as we do!

Latest Pictures

Here are the latest pictures and events from the Kates household:

Torie is learning how to play dress up! She loves necklaces and is even trying to put on mommy's high heels. This day we were going through some old clothes to give away and Auntie LaLa thought mommy's old shirts would make great dresses for Torie!

Torie has learned how to make a huge mess in the bathroom by splashing as much as she can! Zach took this picture (what a great photographer) of the soapy mohawk we gave Torie! She loves bathtime and Zach is a great help!

We went to our friend Maggie's 3rd birthday party and the theme was fairies/tinkerbell. All her friends got wings and a wand to take home! With all the cake in her system it took me a while to get her to smile for a picture! She makes a very cute fairy though!

As you can see Zach is a fantastic big brother! He loves cuddling with her and lately we can find them in any laundry basket available snuggled up to watch A Bugs Life or Robots. Her favorite activity with Zach is....surprisingly wrestling! She holds her own and will be a tough little girl when she gets older thanks to her big brother!

We are getting used to having longer hair with pony or pigtails. Most of the time this is what Torie looks like once Mommy steps away for about 30 seconds. Her hair doesn't stay cute for very long!

Happy April Fools Day! We had "cake" for dinner! It was really meatloaf inside and the frosting was really mashed potatoes. The red icing is really ketchup. Needless to say it was a big surprise when Zach took his first bite!

This was right after Zach took his first bite of "cake." When I asked him if it was good cake he said "yes" and just kept chewing! Bless his heart he didn't want to tell me my cake tasted funny! He learned what April Fools Day was all about and continued "April Foolsing" me the rest of the night!

Saturday we are taking our first family pictures so keep a look out for those! I'm going to try to be better about taking seasonal family pictures. Sunday is Auntie LaLa's birthday so we'll have some fun pictures from that hopefully! Have a great Thursday!