It's summer!!!

          Look what first grade did to my child!

She's officially DONE with first grade! 

We celebrated with ice cream and a movie! 

Yay for summer! 

Parenting dilemma...

Should I be upset or proud???

Bret's birthday!

Today is Brets birthday; I think it's the first one he's had off in years! So what did we do?... Golfing, of course!

Maycie is out of school for the summer so the three of us spent the morning together. 

It's been cold and rainy here lately, just like everywhere in the country. The sky turned blue and it warmed up just in time for us to have some fun! 

Brets also had his heart set on a Harley for some time now. One he could ride with the fire department guys. He really wanted one for this summer but since we bought the house, I think a Harley is going to have to wait. So... I got him the next best thing!...

And parked it in the garage so he'd see it when he came home. 

Grandma and grandpa came to visit!

Grandma and grandpa came to visit us during their spring break. We were all so excited but I think I may have been overly excited! This was the first time they've been to North Dakota! A few hours before their plane landed we had a big rain storm with tons of wind...and this huge rainbow over our building. I was afraid their flight would get canceled... since that happens here. A lot. But it didn't!

The girls made their own welcome posters. Maycie needed a little help ;)

Finally after waiting all day it was time to go to the airport! We parked on the road and watched their plane land then rushed inside.

I wanted to cry I was so excited! We had so much fun while they were here. My mom spent a day Haylee at her school. They even got to ride the bus together. 

My dad spent a day at Maycies school teaching them how to make pinch pots. 

This is Maycie and her best friend Isabelle. 

After spending the week in North Dakota we loaded up in the car and headed to Utah for easter! 

Easter with the Williams

I know it's taken me forever to finish posting pictures from our Easter trip but I'm going to try really hard to get them all up today!!

Brets mom does an Easter egg hunt for the kids on Easter Sunday. The girls love it because they get to go out first! 

This is Haylee, Maycie and Kamryn.

Kaydon, Maycie and Kamryn. 

The whole clan! 

Jack jack loves bubbles

Maycie got a lawn mower that blows bubbles from the Easter Bunny. She's wanted one of these for months! 

She learned, the exciting way, that Jack Jack loves bubbles!  He would jump so high to catch them. I didn't know he could still jump that high! Playing with bubbles makes him seem like a little puppy again. 

Time capsule

My family started a really cool tradition 15 ish years ago; we made time capsules! We have two. We leave them "buried" for 10 years but because we have two we get to open one every five years. 

This year we opened one! 

We were a little slow at closing this one 10 years ago. It was supposed to be closed in 2005 but didn't actually get sealed until 2007. I had things from 2005 then added stuff right before we sealed it. It's crazy to see how much had changed between 2005 and 2007! I met Bret, got married, had Haylee. I love looking at the pictures I haven't seen in 10 years! We all filled out questionnaires which were fun to read. 

Since we emptied one capsule we have to fill it with new treasures to open in 2025! Holy smokes!!! 2025! Bret will be 49, I'll be 40, Haylee will be 17 and Maycie will be 14. That is so weird to think about!

Mike wrote a letter in Chinese and we all signed the back. (Mike is so awesome! The kids love him!)

Lar Lar put this Halloween costume in the time capsule. We were all sad when it went in because there have been many costume contests win with this costume! 

I'm excited to open our next time capsule in 2020!

If you had a chance to save something for 10 years, what would itbe??