Hello everyone,

We just returned from a much needed mini vacation to the Twin Cities. We had a wonderful time shopping, eating, going to movies and just being "away"! It was great and a real practice run for our trip to New York in July. I have some pictures here to share and a few more for later in the week:



This restaurant was recommended to us by Nick Novak. It is called Moscow on the Hill and it was great! Note the babushkas on the lights!

More of the decor in the restaurant "Moscow".

And a little more of the Russian flavor of the restaurant! The food was excellent! It was my favorite of all of the places we went to. Very unique flavors and very well prepared. I was too busy eating to take pictures of the food.

I DID, however, manage to stop at one chocolate truffle dipped in cocoa so I had one left to take a picture of. It was outstanding!

I didn't actually eat this one. I was WAY too full! But we HAD to get a picture or you wouldn't have believed it! I would definitely visit this restaurant again, hopefully soon!

We had such a great time! A small dose of vacation is really a very good idea! It was very refreshing and now I'm ready to get back to work!

Have a great weekend!

Shalom,

Robin

Hello everyone,

Here are a few pictures taken on the Friday before Mother's Day. After getting my hair cut, I stopped at Fenori's and we took the kids to pick up Zoo's pictures and to the DQ for a Mother's Day treat! We had a very fun time and here are the pictures:



A REAL close-up of Lili!

Deuce was happy to be outside after a very long winter!

Lili and Deuce coloring with Grandma!

Fess liked her new lip gloss, can you tell?

Fess likes her hat because it MATCHES her lip gloss!

Fenori is puzzled over something while Zoo is being cute for Grandma!

All of the kids with their other Grandpa and Grandma, T's parents!

We had a lot of fun this Saturday with everyone at T and Fenori's but I forgot my camera at home! T.L., J.A. and the girls were there, though, and J.A. let us use her camera. I'll be getting those pictures from her when we go next Sunday for Bean and Bug's dance recital. I also have the pictures from Christmas from her and will try to post them as soon as we return from our mini vacation to the Twin Cities.

Have a very blessed week!

Shalom,

Robin

Hello everyone,

I really meant to post these sooner but have been extremely busy. Here are the rest of the birthday weekend pictures I promised!

Fess was having fun as she was getting ready for bed!

Zoo wanted in on the fun, too! Note the football pajamas! Can you believe his first words were "football" and "touchdown"?!

Deuce helping Zoo play with his new toys and Grandma helping Fess with her jammies while Mommy got a break!

Have you seen a sweeter face than that?

Well, maybe this one, too! The girls are all wearing their candy necklaces.

Zoo's new expression! He really liked this toy!

Bean on the top bunk wearing Cinderella!

Deuce also on the top bunk wearing princess jammies.

There must be something interesting to Bean on the ceiling!

Deuce LOVES spending time with her cousins!

Fess in her own bed and avoiding my camera.

Unless, of course, it's silly face time!

Now that's a smile!

Bean hiding behind the princess pillow!

Fess not quite ready to sleep.

Bug cuddled under the covers in the bottom bunk.

It's hard to get her to look right at the camera, but she did pretty good here!

Lili on the bottom bunk with Bug. Now SHE has her eyes closed!

There she is! She loves spending time with her cousins, too!

We had a very nice time but it is never long enough! We hope to visit T.L., J.A., Bean and Bug at their house soon. J.A. is due to have her baby in mid-June, so I guess we had better hurry up on that!

I hope you are enjoying the warm weather when we do have it! I'm a sun and warm weather lover, so I am really looking forward to summer. We have a very busy one this year. Trips and babies and weddings! Make sure you stay in God's Word and stay built up so you can enjoy YOUR summer with family and friends! It goes by so fast in these here parts!

Have a most blessed rest of your week,

Robin