It's been awhile since we've posted. Most evenings and weekends we are spending outside playing or at Tate's baseball games. We also celebrated Tate's 8th birthday! The kids had a great time at the Putt-A-Round. This cake is just one of Iggy's many recent creations!! This one happened to be a layered mango and bailey's cheesecake for Mother's Day...yummm! He certainly inherited his mother's baking genes. Boba sent over a stack of cooking/baking magazines in German; we plan to make at least one item a week from it. We-meaning Iggy because I can't read most of the German. I make a good sous chef, though:)

Now that the weather is beginning to show some promise of Spring we have been spending every available minute outside. Iggy has started our vegetable/herb garden:) We can't wait to watch it grow. Lilly has more fun than anyone out there digging in the dirt. Here are a few pictures of the little "Mr & Mrs" Tomas and Lilly....they're best buds.

Here are some more good pics of yesterday...Enjoy. Check out Iggy's sweet wheels! You're a real American now, honey:) This is Lilly's "big girl bed." Actually it was handed down from Tate. All I had to tell her was "this was Tate's bed" and she climbed right in saying "Teet bed, Teet bed." Oh and let me explain the ipod, the only way she will wind down and go to sleep is with this silly thing! She plays games and finds youTube for puppies. I don't know who uses this more: me, Iggy, or Lilly.

Happy Easter!! Yesterday we celebrated Easter with dinner and another egg hunt at Nana and Buddy's house. The kids had so much fun finding eggs filled with candy. After we got them good and sugared up we gave them over to Buddy to take them putting on the green behind their house. The boys are good little golfers.....Lilly had more fun chasing the dog everywhere! She was so worn out....good thing because that was her first night in her "big girl bed" and she slept like a rock.

On Sunday we went to Des Moines for Iggy's final step in his naturalization process....Citizenship!! He had an interview and testing appointment on Monday, which he passed with flying colors! Then there was a small ceremony where he repeated his oath and was sworn in as a U.S. citizen. Yay!! Nine years and ten thousand dollars later and all they give you is a little American flag on your way out. In all seriousness, this is a huge accomplishment and we are so proud of him. Thank you Mom and Dad, Stacey, Amanda, for the congrats gifts and food!!
Lilly had a ball playing in the pool (around the pool) with Daddy at the hotel. And here she is snug as a bug.

Okay, just a few more pics. The green tutu was a gift from Aunt Sue...She made it and matching flip-flops! (although I wouldn't recommend baking cookies in a tutu like Lilly is doing here)

This morning we went to an Easter Egg Hunt at a local church. Tate found a "Golden Egg" and got a special surprise. I love this toothy grin:)