Wet & Wild

A few weeks ago we met Wes, Emily and the boys (Phil's brother & family) at a new water park in Shipshewana. We had a blast!!

I love this picture of Luke!! You can actually see all the way down his throat! :)

Maddie was "super brave", as she so delicately put it, this time around. She did a lot of the slides all by herself. After a trip down one of the slides she came up to me and said "Mom I'm so proud of me!" Soooo Cute!!
Eli had fun on some of the "big kid" things. Emily, my sister-in-law did this also, we took pictures, but I'm pretty sure she'd kill me if I posted them! Love ya Em... You're super brave just like Maddie :)
The "twins" spent a lot of time going down this slide together! I love to watch them play and interact. They really are the best of friends, and I'm so glad Emma has Luke to watch out for her.
Emma tackled a big slide herself this trip. She was a little nervous at first, but after a few times down with Mom, she wanted to do it all by herself!
Thanks Wes and Emily for the invite! We really had a great time with all of you! :)

Egg Hunt

We had a fun little "pre Easter" egg hunt with just my parents last week. I forgot to post some of my favorite pictures earlier!

11 More Days!!!

The girls and I started a countdown calandar for our Florida trip at the beginning of the Month. We were so excited today when we counted the days and realized we have less than 2 weeks!!!

We are all (the Radabaugh clan) headed to Orlando for a week. The girls are looking forward to going to Disney World, wearing short sleeves, and flip flops. I'm sure there will be plenty of pictures to follow! :)

Family Room Update

Phil had been working hard on finishing our family room. I'm blaming March Madness and our extremely comfy couch for the lack of progress this past weekend! :)

I'm really happy with the color that we picked, that always makes me nervous :)

We're almost ready to start moving in furniture and decorating. I'm sure I'll like it even more as we add color etc..

Happy Easter

We hope you all had a nice Easter. Our church had an awesome Easter service, it was a powerful time of worship and reflection! We enjoyed brunch with my family, and then the girls had their annual Easter egg hunt. The girls were really excited to wear their dresses from Nicole's wedding last fall, and I was glad they had another opportunity to wear them! :)A little tickle torture before the egg hunt!
A special Easter greeting from Maddie...

In Mourning

Of course....I finally get my Favre jersey and he has to go and retire!!!! At least we were able to see him play a few times. A special thanks to Unlce Rod for getting the boys tickets a few times over the past years. I know they will never forget seeing Favre play at Lambeau Field!!

The Kilian Family is grieving the retirement of Brett Favre. We were really hoping for one more season of Favre love around here. Please keep us in your thoughts this week, as our family mourns our lose. In lieu of flowers/cards you can send..... um...Shamrock Shakes! :) YUM!!

Paneling, Paint fumes and 1990's Christian Rock!!

Last weekend we decided to start working on the back room of our house. No disrespect to the people who lived here before.. but panelling? Was that really necessary?? :) As much as we wanted to rip it off we found that it would be easier, cheaper and less time consuming if we just paint over it. The main project this weekend was painting the fireplace. Phil and I started priming at around 9:30pm, and we finished at 2:00am. Old school DC Talk Cd's (which we still knew all the words to!) and strong paint fumes actually made this a fun night together!! The next morning Maddie and Emma each got a turn to participate in the fun!
The fireplace still needs one more coat of color, but I think it turned out really nice. Phil has plans to build a mantel, and trim out the sides in white. I can't wait to see it all come together!The paneling is ready to be painted, that will be next weekends project. We will update with more pictures as the project continues to progress!
By the way for all you DC Talk fans out there... Phil and I (@around 1:30am) decided that the group should definitely get back together and tour! Paint fumes??? or a really great idea??? :)

If you weren't into Christian rock in the 90's here's a little taste of what you missed! :)