bottle babies

Doing chores and feeding bottle calves at Grandpa Richard's is alway a highlight.

The confidence of little feet climbing fence brings a smile to my face.  

Speaking of little calaves, our mini herefords are growing!

GARTH!!!

Seeing Garth Brooks in concert has literally been on my bucket list since I was a kid.  When he announced he was coming to Des Moines, there was no way I was going to miss it.  We got tickets with friends and had a blast singing every word to every song!

Brent and Teresa

Teresa and Megan

Brent and Teresa, Jen and Tim Berger, Mandy and Justin Vogel, Megan and James

Cardinal Classic {gymnastics}

Hannah's gymnastics showcase was at the end of April.

Hardwork is tiring. 

time for SOCCER

Wet and cold spring  Saturday mornings mean it's time for soccer! By the end of the season, the mornings can get warm and sunny, sometimes even hot.  It is a funny sports season, for sure.  

This was Hannah's first year of playing soccer.  She was excited to sign up for it, excited for the practices and pretty reserved at the first game.  After years of training a child to be kind, use manners and let others have a turn, it's a complete 180 to tell them to go after the ball, kick at it the ball in a group of your friends (and maybe kick a friend in the process) and try to beat your friends.  Ah, the dichotemy of parenting.  

Warm layers for the first game of the season.

Snowpants.  Seriously, it was cold.

Another {warmer} game day of the season.  

Ryan and Eva.

Soon enough, dude, but not today.

Fun on the sidelines.

Cheering on the team!

Post-game celebrations!