The last couples months

 

March and April were just crazy busy! We have Drew's birthday (it was a toy story birthday).

We took the boys to a really great Easter egg hunt. They had soooo much fun!!! We met friends and then went to lunch afterwards. It really was perfect in every way!

Then we had Jeff's birthday--sorry, no pics to prove it. LOL

Then, we had Jack's 5th birthday!! He wanted a transformer birthday.

This was one of his friends, Cole who came to the party. It was soo much fun!! My parents flew in from Oregon and surprised Jack. He was in shock! It was so cute!!

Cute little Drew!

Jack's school went on a field trip to a dairy farm. I was so proud of Jack...he actually milked the cow!!

Then it was our 10th Anniversary! We decided to do a family trip and we took the boys to Great Wolf Lodge. If you don't know what it is, and you have young children, go check them out online. It is a huge hotel with an enormous water park and arcade. The boys were in heaven! But three days is just a little too long to be there. We were all EXHAUSTED!!!! But it was a great time!

Jack took his first swim lessons and instantly fell in love with swimming (but we already knew that!). He will start back up in a couple weeks.

One Spring day, we met some friends at the Children's garden here and have a huge stick maze house.

Jack got a new bike for his birthday and has enjoyed learning to ride it. Isn't he just so stinkin' handsome.

This was at the dairy farm. Really, who looks this cute at the farm?

Lately, Drew is obsessed with being a super hero. We just never knew that super man wore hats. He doesn't go very many places without a cape and hat.

The boys both love to be outside and driving their tractor and firetruck. They spend hours riding around the yard...to the neighbor's enjoyment.  Every time you tell him you are going to take his picture, he strikes a pose.

Jack loves to fix his firetruck or anything else he can get his hands on! We are pretty sure he is going to be an engineer :)

A Very Quick Update

Its been a whirl-wind of a the last three months. This picture was taken the day after Jack cut off Drew's faux-hawk and I had to buzz all his hair off...so I just cut Jack's too.

Before Christmas we took the boys to a really cool light display and we all loved it!

Jack's hair was getting pretty long...I thought about growing it out but just couldn't go much longer than this.

Drew celebrated his THIRD birthday a couple weeks ago. He had a very fun time and says he wants his birthday to be everyday.

Not the best pic of Jack but I couldn't see the little thumbprints very well (lol). The boys got Easter pictures taken in these adorable outfits!!

That is just a little of what we have been up to lately...At midnight tonight I officially finish all my creidts to be able to re-license to teach (don't wanna let that go). My nights will be mine again. Yay!!!

We've been busy!

I promise to upload new pictures soon :)  We have been so busy with work, school, church, FSA, and moving (not very  far).  Our internet is up but not wireless yet so as soon as I can I will put up new pictures (I already loaded  them to the laptop).  Yay!!

Merry, Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to post our Christmas cards this year. I had fun getting them ready to send to family and friends. I love how they turned out (except the scan is kind of fuzzy). This picture does not do Drew justice either. He is normally our funny, happy boy.

Last Friday night we hosted one fun Christmas party! I was so bummed that NONE of us got pictures--guess we were having too much fun :) We invited seven couples to our house. We had tons of food and fun. We played a game called Santa Bingo that my family had played at Thanksgiving. In the middle of the table are wrapped presents, one for each person. Then you roll dice hoping to get doubles and when you do, you get to pick a present and unwrap it. When everyone gets a present you set a timer for five minutes and if you roll doubles, you get to steal (trade) someone's present. Some of the presents are really good and some aren't very good. It was so funny! Some of the presents that weren't so fun to get were sardines and gas-x. One couple ended up with both "bad" gifts and they were so gracious. We stayed up late playing games and talking. It was definitely a night to remember. We were surprised that many of our friends had not had Martinelli's sparkling cider (a non-alcoholic, carbonated cider that is delicious!) . It is one of our family traditions and we enjoyed sharing it with them.

I've been thinking a lot about the Christmas letter we sent with our cards this year. Its funny how the second the letter goes in the mail, the letter seem outdated. I wonder if I will remember all the changes that seem to be happening right now, when I write my letter next year. This year our letter was fill-in-the-blank. Hopefully, I made it pretty easy to figure out with only about 10 words to fill in.

We hope and pray you have peace this holiday season.

Merry Christmas from our house to your!

Jeff, Alison, Jack & Drew

Thanksgiving

Well, my pictures uploaded in the wrong order, but that's okay. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. All of Alison's family met together in the West because Alison's brother and wife had their first baby...a little girl named Audrey. Alison's parents rented a huge house and we all stayed together. There were about 15 of us. It was so much fun! And we are all in love with little Audrey! But on Thanksgiving we played a really fun game that Alison's mom brought. It was called Turkey Bingo and we laughed the entire time. The first picture is Alison's brother wearing the reindeer antlers and the next picture is Alison's Dad.
This is little Audrey and I think it is safe to say that Uncle Jeff was a baby hog. He wanted to hold her 24-7! But he did let the rest of us have a turn.




A couple of Jeff's sisters were at college nearby so they came and stayed with us, too. We had a full house but it was lots of fun. The house we rented had a piano and the boys loved playing with their aunts! This was Aunt Lacey giving them a lesson.
Of course, Aunt Alison got to hold baby Audrey, too. She was such a sweet little thing and did so well with us passing her around so much.
The boys were just in awe of her and Jack kept asking if we could take her home. It was a wonderful trip and so much fun being together!