Last day of 1st grade!!!

He did it!!! He survived 1st grade AND his first year of Chinese Elementary School!! Sounds dramatic, huh? It was actually a great year! Here are some of pictures from school....

Ike and his class at the flower show in Taipei
Reading a book that he wrote about his family
Ike and his best friend LiMo
Dancing at their end of the year program
With his wonderful teacher, Mrs. Zhong! We were so blessed to have her as his teacher! She was so incredibly patient with us as we struggled through all of the Chinese that we didn't know! Big bonus is that she'll be his teacher next year, too (which is why we decided to keep him in Chinese school for another year)!!

Just us!

Joey turns 4!!

Tuesday we celebrated Joey's 4th birthday! It's hard to believe that our baby is already 4! He had a fun first day as a 4 year old!

Smiling with his birthday cupcakes that he was taking to school for his friends.
Listening to his new music!
Lining up his new cars (like every good Larsen would do)!
Sharing his HUGE birthday dessert that he got free because it was his birthday!!

Birthday Boys!

The boy's birthdays are exactly a week apart so we had a little birthday party for them today. It worked out well that one wanted an ice cream cake and one wanted a "rocket ship" cake! Happy Birthday boys!

Brothers
Ike with his "Spiderman" cake (nice cheating on my part, thankfully he didn't care as long as the candle was there)
Joey and his "Buzz Lightyear" cake (cheating again....rocket ship cake with Buzz candle)

Fun with Chalk

Finding old chalk means having LOTS of quiet playtime for 3 kids! Who knew something so cheap could be so fun!

Happy 7th Birthday Ike!!

Ike turned 7 on Tuesday! Our "little boy" is turning into a big boy quickly! He had a great birthday and is looking forward to having ice cream cake this weekend with friends! Thanks everyone who called or sent cards or gifts! He felt very loved!

Birthday cupcakes to bring to school!
His choice for his birthday dinner was good old McDonald's! He wanted a McFlurry for his birthday treat!
All grown up!!

Mother's Day

Lost Another One

Here today....

Gone tomorrow....

Elle

Sweet Elle....

Tough Elle....

One Proud Little Boy

Joey got to go on his first scooter ride with Daddy! He was one happy kid! Don't worry Grandmas and Grandpas, Daddy just took him down the little road behind our house. No busy streets for Joey yet, but I don't think that he cared!!

Egg Day and Easter

We had a super fun Easter Weekend! Saturday is normally our "egg day", but this year it started on Friday night because we had a busy Saturday morning! Egg bake for dinner Friday, decorated eggs after the zoo Saturday, and then egg shaped pizzas for dinner. The best part was Sunday, though, as we remembered the whole reason for the holiday! Thank you Jesus for giving Your life for us!

Decorating eggs....
....and more eggs!
Decorating egg shaped pizzas to look like eggs...
Searching for the eggs hidden by the Easter Bunny....
Sorting through her Easter candy...
Attempting to get a good Easter picture of the kids with little success. Oh well, at least no one was crying :)

E-Zoo

Today we went with friends to this great zoo about an hour south of us! Talk about a petting zoo! The kids were handling snakes, lizards, hedgehogs, chicks, and so many other animals! They were also riding ponies, turtles, and even an OSTRICH! Fun times!!

Photo Shoot

Birthday Party

Today we had some friends over to help Ellie celebrate her birthday! Lots of fun!

Elle and Dora
E, H, and Dora! E and H have birthdays just one day (and 8 years or so) apart!