knee surgery

The good thing about Will having his 5th knee surgery in 4 years is knowing this is his last... the bad part is is that he's out of options of this one doesn't stick. Fingers crossed.  I'm not sure how's he's endured all theses surgeries - he's much much tougher than I am.  Fortunately both of our moms were able to help us hold it all together.  When I feel like my babies are getting too old, too independent, too fast I can really appreciate still needing my mom & mother-in-law - it gives me hope they will need me for a little while longer too.
To give Will some much needed recovery time, we spent some time at the Children's Museum (no pictures of that though) playing outside and doing some art projects.

Islay

Happy 4th Birthday Islay! Thanks for a great party sweet girl.

 Lainey is getting used to wearing hair clips to keep the crazy curls out of her eyes. 

Rodeo

We went to the Rodeo!  Actually we went to the kids zone of the rodeo... the petting zoo and  'farm' is all time we could fit in before the kids were wiped out.  We rode the rail to get there - Lainey thought it was great fun while Willie Grace seemed a little skeptical.Oscar was a little slow to warm up to the animals and had this look on his face the entire time.  The girls were excited to get their hands on the goats and loved watching the kangaroos jump around.After a 10 minute nap Willie Grace was recharged!

February beach day

The weather wasn't the best, but considering Uncle Tony, Aunt Katie and Sam were visiting from Minneapolis we were determined to have a day at the beach. The kids had fun regardless and Sam had a chance to play in sand instead of snow!