The proud parents
Christian, Bubba Adam, and Papa Roberts
Papa Roberts cleaning up the silly string mess. 
I wanted to share an experience that we had last night. The kids and I took a walk around the block with a neighbor family. As we came up on our church Mikkele and one of the neighbor's kids were riding around in the parking lot waiting for us to catch up. A truck pulled into the parking lot. The kids saw the truck and moved out the the way so they wouldn't get run over. Then the truck stopped and the man driving talked to Mikkele for a minute. Then all of a sudden she rolled backwards on her bike and yelled "STAY BACK" louder than I have ever heard that kid yell before. The truck then drove off and she came riding over to me as fast as she could bawling. She thought the man was trying to abduct her. I asked her what he said to her and she told me that he said "do you know where Haylee is?". This made her think that he was trying to lure her into his car, so her radKIDS training kicked in and she did exactly what she was supposed to do. We actually know this man, he lives in our neighborhood and he was really looking for his daughter Haylee, but Mikkele doesn't know him very well and him stopping and asking her a question like that really scared her to death. Although it scared her quite a bit, I am glad that I was there to witness that if she was ever in a situation that she was really being abducted she would know exactly what to do to keep from being abducted. I am so proud of her. I am grateful for the radKIDS program that they offer at her school. She took it last year as an after school program and this year it was part of the curriculum for PE, so the whole 2nd graders took the class. At the graduation they show us parents what they have learned by doing a mock kidnapping and the kids show you what self defense moves they have learned, but you don't ever really think that they will ever need to use it. I would recommend that if the program is ever offered to your children that you will take to opportunity to let your kids participate, even if there is a small fee it is definitely worth it.
and his aid Miss Carrie were so good with him. He loves to go to school.
He is 2 years old, already neutered, and very playful and loving. Mikkele named him Sparky. She said it fur looked like sparklers and fireworks. That name made me think of my cousins cat Firecracker that they had when we were all little. Jeremy and I already like him more than Oreo because he likes to be around people and cuddle up with you, Oreo never wanted to do that. So there you have it, we're pet owners again.
So you know when you are in a group of people and you start exchanging your most embarrassing moments? Well I never really had a really good most embarrassing moment to share...until now. Last Sunday we were at the Grover's for Owen's birthday party. The party was in their backyard where they have a trampoline. We have a tramp so I don't know what possessed me to get on their's but I did. And then I proceed to say "let's see if I can still do a flip." I successfully flipped, I didn't land upright, but I made it all the way around. That was not the embarrassing part. That part came when as a went to do the flip I peed my pants. I guess when I went to flip my stomach muscles contracted so hard that it forced a small amount of pee out of me. And to make it worse since I was flipping it didn't really stay in one place, it ran everywhere. I have to admit I was a little shocked. I have never peed my pants before, at least as an adult. I know I have had 2 children and some people get weak bladders from having children and I guess that's what I'm gonna go ahead and blame this on, but I have never had bladder problems in the past. So I'm grateful that it was only our family and the Grover family that was in the backyard when it happened. It probably would have been that much worse if their whole extended family was still there for the party. Although I don't think that I would have gotten on the tramp in the first place if the whole family was still there. Tina and Lance already know I'm a dork so I don't get too embarrassed if I do stupid things around them. I'm also grateful that my bladder didn't empty completely. At least the pee wasn't visible to everyone. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything to begin with, then they wouldn't have known. I also definitely shouldn't have told Alisha, which is the reason that I'm even posting this in the first place, she said if I didn't post it she would. So there you have it people. I peed my pants. Laugh it up. I don't think I'll be attempting another flip anytime soon. And if I do, I'll make sure I go to the bathroom first.
This was taken right after Grandma walked in and surprised her.
Mikkele and Rietta on a life flight helicopter at Discovery Gateway.
Mikkele checking out Sydney at the pretend store.
Mikkele and Rietta climbing on the rock wall.
Bubba Adam gave Mikkele this is a towel for her Baptism that will be coming up at the end of May. It is embroidered with her name and date she will get baptized.
This is Mikkele finding out that we got her tickets to the Stadium of Fire on July 4th. The one and only Miley Cyrus will be performing. Are we the coolest parents or what???
Grandma Dorene and Grandpa Glenn got her this Hannah Montana bean bag chair.
She also got a Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert cd from the Grover's. I guess Hannah Montana was kind of the present theme for this year. Don't you just love the jaw drop in the pictures. You could say she was a little excited for her presents. Thanks to everyone that came, we had a good time and Mikkele got a lot of fun presents.
It's a little hard to tell from the pictures, but the bottom is now all black from the floor boards to the chair rail, and then pink the rest of the way up. Then I took my handy dandy cricut machine and bought some vinyl from Roberts Craft and cut me out some polka dots and did some peel-n-stick. It was so easy and I love that if I get sick of it, I can just peel them off.
