Nature Preschool Graduation

He did it! And he loved the experience. 

Mrs. I was a fabulous teacher and Elias likes her a lot. She’s a very creative, thoughtful teacher. 

The best friend. 

Elias at Nature Preschool

This may be my new favorite picture of Elias. 

His teacher reports that this is a grave they were beautifully decorating. 

And this art came home after the art show. It’s so good! He titled it “A Drink”. Aunt Pat bought it immediately. 

Nature preschool has been a great experience for Elias. He loved every minute of it!

Relaxing at Home

After a fun graduation weekend, we did some relaxing. 

My friend found this hot wheels gem at a garage sale and it’s been played with constantly the past week by all four boys. 

They made up some sort of vending machine game with it too. 

We beat the heat with some water balloons, and now the past few days have been absolutely perfect. Sunny with a cool breeze all day long. Elias broke out his new chalk. 

Lewis used it as a fence to keep his bugs wrangled. 



I made an outline but then Elias filled it in making a beautiful mandala!

Graduation of the Nephew

He did it!!!! Congrats Samuel!

Beth considered wearing the good ol’ pizza costume to graduation. I was for it. 

We had a good time at Sam’s graduation party the next day. It was a BIG party! A lot of people and fun. I contributed a platter of appetizers…and they’re my new go-to.

We grabbed Runza for dinner after the party and stopped in Ceresco at their amazing park. It’s been on our park list for years and we finally stopped to play. It did not disappoint. 

Time Together

Levi and I are coming to a close of our year at home together while the big boys are in school. Summer is around the corner. We’ve been living it up going to parks, being with friends, running errands, and checking off appointments. 

The hot days begged for some water play. Levi thought to make a turtle habitat all on his own! Don’t mind the trucks.



Levi got quite a few quarters due to his art show earnings, and his favorite thing to do with them is play trucks. He basically treats them as loose parts. 

Bubble ice cream shop 

He has watched his big brothers scatter about a million dandelion seeds, so he’s been trying to join in the fun. This one wasn’t cooperating very well. 



In a few days school will be out and he will have more playmates than he probably wants. 

Art Show 2022

The fourth annual Burda art show was a lovely way to celebrate Mother’s Day. It makes the day special and we have fun as a family. 






















The boys enjoyed sharing their creations, seeing friends, and making new ones. 











Ava provided beautiful music on her violin.







Logan got a picture of his best bosses over the years ❤️