April Addition

 On April 9th, 2013 Lincoln joined our family. Here are some images that my sister captured of the day.  Her talent and skills never cease to amaze me.  She was able to capture this precious moment and the details that can sometimes be so easily forgotten.

Catching up

 Here I am with 10 weeks left. I believe this was taken right after Valentines Day in February.

 This little green machine has worked hard for us for 11 years!!!  We have brought both of our babies home in it, and unfortunately it was time to say goodbye.  We did make some money on it though, which helped with the purchase of our new "swagger wagon".  I am a little embarrassed to say the Mini-van kinda rocks!

 So, for Spring Break we took it out for a spin to the beach.  We stopped at Camp 18 and ate Cinnamon Rolls and saw the logging artifacts throughout the property. 

 We made it out to Seaside, with a race to get to the Bumper Cars!!!  What fun those are!

Once on the beach, Trenton decided to dig a hole until he fell in upsidedown!

 I... didn't move much.  I am a little slower now...

 But, Simon is anything but slow when it came to showing his Flipper a real live seal!

We did as much a s possible during Spring Break!  I ended up getting sick, but still wanted to have fun with the kids, so we had sleep overs with cousins, went golfing, had lunch dates, did Easter crafts and prepared for our big hunt on Sunday.

 Look at these guys?  

They are the best of friends and we are lucky enough to know we will be a family forever!  

Happy Easter!

Feasting Yeast

He won a medal at the school Science Fair, and almost spontaneously combusted!

One of Trenton's greatest joys in life is Science.  He loves to see experiments unfold, so when the school science fair was an option, we couldn't miss the chance to submit a project.

We worked hard to find a project that he would understand and have fun with, and we decided to use yeast.  We tried several ideas before we finalized and perfected our project.  We started by testing how yeast grows with different amounts of water.... and honestly... we failed as parents.  The pictures look fun though.  Take a look...

Once we discovered that the yeast would overflow into the balloons, and our ratios weren't working so well with the beakers we had, we had to change our hypothesis.

Trenton understands that yeast likes to eat things and that it produces gas the more it eats.  So, he wanted to see if yeast likes to Tabasco Sauce, since he likes it too.

We had 4 bottles with 104 degree water.   One was our "control" with just yeast.  One had Tabasco Sauce, one had sugar, and one had a cookie.

After 20 minutes... this is what it was looking like

 We measured, graphed, and waited some more

After it was all done, we had to make it look pretty.

 Then... the judging.  With over 100 booths, Trenton was one of the 12 children selected.  If you zoom in to this image, you can see him levitating off the ground and near explosion.  I think I got emotional seeing him so proud of his accomplishment.  

I guess the extra time spent on his booth was worth it. 

Congratulations Trenton on your big accomplishment!  I can't wait to see what you explore next!