Happy Birthday Lily!

So, yesterday was Lily's 4th Birthday.  We planned a big water party in the backyard.  We were making a ladybug cake, and Mike filled over 100 water balloons.  When Lily woke up it was very apparent that she had a stomach bug.  Poor Lily.  No party.  No friends.  Still, we managed to have fun anyway, and I am planning the party for sometime next week.  Lily still had plenty of energy, so she just played with mommy and daddy, and we kept our germs to ourselves.  All Lily wanted for her birthday was a kitchen and a skateboard.  Amazingly she got both!  Yaya and Papa sent her a very cool kitchen (which has a market with it and cash register that takes credit cards!!).  Mike and I gave her the skateboard and pads.  She was a happy girl!

CA Trip 2011

It has been awhile since we've been to visit in California (18 months!), so we had to make sure to take a trip before Mike deploys this summer.  We had to get all of the "good stuff" in.  We took a 3 day trip to Disneyland with Yaya, Papa, and Isabel.  We played at Sea World with Grandma.  We even made it to the beach with Papa and Isabel.  It was cloudy, and barely 70 degrees, but Lily has never been to the beach before, so it was a must.
Lily and Isabel became good friends, but were very competitive when it came to elevator buttons!  Lily also got along great with her Beers and Phillipson cousins, especially Peyton.

Very Belated Easter

We had so much fun this last Easter, and since it was under a month ago (just barely, I know) I feel I can still post about it.  Auntie Kelly, Hollis and Everett were here with us.  We had several egg hunts, lots of candy, and tons of fun!  We got to pet bunnies and hold baby chicks, and play all the time!  We even got to help feed baby Everett, which Lily and Hollis both loved to do.  They had to take turns, which was the hardest thing sometimes.