Charlotte

Ryan's cousin Angie got married last weekend so we all headed out to Charlotte, NC.  Fun to have everyone in one place again!

Watching the plane we missed by about 5 minutes pull away without us! :P

We got to meet little Annabella for the first time.
What a sweetie!

A couple of classy Helmkamps

Dancin' with his Mom

Brotherly...love??

Two TIRED thumb-suckers after a long weekend

Swinging

We loaned our baby swing to a friend, who returned it today.  I thought we were done w/ the swing, but apparently not!

This reminds me of Alisa asking Marcie if she wanted
an under dog while Marcie was swinging as an infant.

Why not?!

One of our Favorites

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Our Latest Gem

Ryan wanted this to be labeled "the Brinkman in them"...yeah right!

Jack rips Lane's toy out of his hand...Lane hits Jack...Jack hits Lane back...see result below...

...(Mom grabs the camera while she and dad start laughing.  Oh wait, Ginger Plowman says NEVER laugh at sin.  Oops.)

They both just sat there crying...it was quite the chorus
...and for some reason pretty hilarious.  Maybe b/c no one won.

LOVE these two!

Growing up!

Jack's Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Brownie recipe and the finished product

Alisa's on spring break so we got to spend this morning with her at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum and Monday playing at our house.  Here are she and Jack doing an "experiment" and some chores.

St Patty's Day green :)

Taking leaves to the compost

Brothers

I'm so thankful these two guys have a brother!

It was REALLY windy out the other day and Lane wanted to
go out on the deck.  Jack was clearly rather concerned about him
blowing away b/c he kept a tight grip on the back of his pants!

"I will po-tect him!"

Watching daddy jump mommy's car

Painting w/ Jana's paint

Connect Four

Sharing a snack

*Note: the reality is that there is plenty of fighting too, of course.  (See photo below.)  But why focus on the negative?

Jack about to be surprised by a whack on the head.