Grandma Benjamin

This post is a little late in coming, but my dear, sweet 91 year old grandma passed away in April.  She lived a good, long life and was ready to reunite with her many loved ones on the other side.  We shared some wonderful memories of her at her funeral. 

She loved swimming in cousin Chelle's lake, even if she did need help getting up and down the hill, and in and out of the water.  Surrounded by her great-grandkids, her most prized possessions.  

 4 generation picture at Charlotte's baby blessing

 She loved celebrating her birthday, here she is at her 89th.

 All the Asay grandkids that were in town for her 89th.

 Happy 90th...a huge surprise party was planned later in the week, but I didn't take any pictures that day :-(

 On the way to her funeral, we had breakfast at her favorite hangout...Hardee's.  It may sound weird, but she spent MANY years right in that booth and had many friends from there.  She loved when we come in and she could introduce us to her friends.

 Most of my siblings, just missing Nicole, and cousin Chelle. 

 The family.

We got to meet for the first time Derek's new baby, Elise, who they adopted last summer from China.  So adorable.

We miss Grandma, but know she is in a better place. 

Field Trip Fun

 She is attempting cousin Addie's pose from last summer :-)

 Our first time to see the Superhero exhibit...she's trying to step on buildings. :-)

 Charlotte, a friend, and their teacher, Mrs. K.  She is one of the best!

 The ever popular pendulum at the State Museum.  They were mesmerized for about 10 minutes.

I had the privelege of chaperoning two field trips in the past month for both my girls. The Children's Museum with Charlotte, and the Indiana State Museum with Brooke.  Each time we only had one other student in our group because so many parents were attending.  It was pretty awesome!

Soccer Star

Charlotte is the first to decide to play soccer.  She has been so very excited about it.  She is on the Panther's, and didn't even complain about playing in the cold and mud (after it had rained for a few days). 

 Brooke was a good sport and bundled up with two blankets. 

Spring Break Staycation

Why go anywhere else when there's so much fun to be had here during Spring Break? :-)  Snapperz, Indianapolis Zoo, Conner Prairie, a movie, the park, Easter Egg Hunts, playing with friends and cousins, making donuts for General Conference,  a bike ride...just a few of the things we did to enjoy our Spring Break.  I think I need a vacation from our Staycation!

Snow Day!

We **hope** we've gotten the last of the winter weather until next winter....we ended up with a snow day in March!  All church activities were cancelled on Tuesday night and school was scheduled for a 2 hour delay on Wednesday, until that morning.  Trying to sleep in, and we got the call that school was actually going to be closed.  Charlotte was disappointed she was going to miss her field trip (they're making it up in April) and I was missing out on a subbing job.  Bummer!  But Nathan had scheduled the day off to go on the field trip so we had a fun day!  Funny though, playing in the snow was not involved that day. 
We have been wanting to take our kids to see Parental Guidance and it was at Movies 8 in Greenwood, an hour away!  I called my parents, and funny enough, they had planned to take my grandma that day also.  So we met them there.  We enjoyed the movie with them and then went back to their house to visit and eat dinner. 

Playing in the snow didn't happen until 2 days later, yesterday.  Charlotte decided to play in it after school.  It had already melted a bit by then, but she still had fun. 

Today it is in the 50's and most of the snow is already gone!  That's the way I like it!! 

Pizza!

The girls and I were invited to a fun little party with some friends, just because!  They made their own pizzas and played some games.  I just chatted with the mom's :-)  They love making their own Papa Murphy's pizza...but this was all homemade...I'm not that good. ;-)

Poor Charlotte had to leave school early that day because supposedly had a fever!  She was perfectly fine the rest of the day so we still went to the party.  It was Dr. Seuss' bday so they were supposed to dress up and walk in a parade.  She had to miss it. :-(

Insta-post

I'm trying something new.  Posting from my Samsung tablet from my instagram pics.  We've been busy, so haven't taken too many real pics.  We've had sickness, wii playing, bread making, hair cuts, pinterest crafts...and coming soon....NEW COUCHES!!!