Trip to Arizona

I made my very first trip ever to Arizona last week and I cannot wait to go back. It was my first plane ride in 20 years and Rhea's first plane ride ever. Rhea did better than me :) The weather was nice at 95 degrees and no humidity. We got to do some fun stuff and visit some family. I was a great visit! Here are some pictures of the fun.

Rhea and I at the Cedar Rapids airport

Here comes our plane

Dora on the plane

Parks with canopy's is such a great idea!

Playing at the park

Rhea and Daddy picking grapefruit (this was Rhea's favorite thing)

The two loves of my life!!!

Cool toy at the Mesa airport

Leaving on a jet plane...

We are taking a long weekend trip to Phoenix, Arizona to see some family and rest a bit. This will be the first time that Rhea has been on an airplane and she seems pretty excited about it. This morning she told us that she wants to drive the plane so I told her that we'll get her on a path to send her to the Air Force Academy when the time comes. I am hoping that she has a blast flying because I love it especially on a clear day like today.

We'll return to Iowa on Tuesday afternoon, hopefully with some cool pictures of the desert.

Easter Egg fun

The family boiled eggs and had some fun last Saturday. Here are some pics...

Rhea told us after each egg "I do it careful. K?"

Another one!

Very proud of her colorful eggs!

Hair Cut

We had a very big day on Saturday March 28th. Rhea got her very first hair cut at Mane Street Hair Co in Waverly. Thank you Stacy for doing it!

Rhea did better than both Carl and I thought she would do. She sat in the chair all by herself like a big girl and sat very still. She was very excited to tell everyone she had her hair cut!

Before

Its not easy getting beautiful

Rhea checking out the new hair cut

Rhea's Park

I had an ad in the Swap Sheet last fall to try to get Rhea a swing set for the back yard. She loves to slide and swing. She can do it for hours. Well I did not get a single call so I tried again this spring and I received two phone calls. This worked out great. There was a couple moving into a house in Cedar Falls and they did not want the swing set that was in the back yard. So after taking a look at it we knew we wanted it.

Rhea now wakes up everyday and from naps and has to look out her window at "Her Park". She calls it "My Park" so much that Carl and I even refer to it as Rhea's park. Probably one of the best purchases I have made yet!!!

The Swing Set

Rhea showing us that she can climb!

Random Rhea Post

I have not gotten to post pictures of my favorite subject lately. So here are some fun random pictures of Rhea.

First time with Play-doh

First time with paint

She is an artist

Crazy Hair!!!!!

I'm a movie star

Mom and Rhea got new hats

Wow time flies when you are way busy!

OK I know it has been too long since my last post. I hope I have not lost any readers. The Kitchen floor like I said in the last post turned out wonderful. Carl really did a great job! We were having an appraisal done on the house so we did some very quick updates to see if we could help it along. That is done now so we can move on to the other projects we want to get done.

Carl Doing his thing

Finished floor!!!!

After that we have had a couple things going on like a fun game night with some friends, a small Superbowl party and we bought some new furniture. I was not sure if I really liked this new furniture because it is a sectional and it is very big. It is growing on me and it is really comfortable. It is a keeper.

Big New Couch