Heaven

Chloe has a phrase that she uses quite frequently..."And everyone in heaven". I have no idea where she got this phrase and today I decided to ask if she knew where heaven was...her reply? Pella!!! Oh what kids say!!! Looking at these pictures you can see that Pella looks a lot like Narnia...I'm sure hoping that heaven is much warmer than this!!

We're on our 4th day of being at home & inside so

Chloe kept busy playing dress up!!

My Grandpa turns 80!!!

Last week we had a birthday party for my Grandpa who turned 80! It was a fun time as you can tell by the pictures!!! I thought they were pretty funny so I just had to share with all of you!

Caleb is officially a toddler!

Caleb has grown up considerably in the last month.
He has switched to real people food, drinks exclusively
out of a sippy cup, and feeds himself!
He also has started WALKING! He has very little fear!
Chloe was very timid and didn't want to venture out
on her own and then we have this little brave
man!!! Here is a quote that
I recently read that I think is very appropriate:)

"A toddler, according to the dictionary, is one who toddles,
which means 'to walk with short tottering steps.' Regardless
of what the experts or outsiders say, those tiny steps will
plunge you into one of the most exasperating periods of your
adult life."
-Jain Sherrard

Celebrating the New Year in North Dakota

Here are a few pics from our fun in North Dakota. It was great to get to see everyone and the kids did really well on the long drive...hooray! Here is Chloe riding the horse at Evan and Jana's house.

Caleb loved this rocking chair!

Kyle's family...

The grandkids with Grandma Judy and Grandpa

Rog! We didn't get a lot more pics because it was

so cold that our camera quit working!!!

Merry Christmas!

Here are a few pics of our Christmas. We had a good
time and Chloe's new saying is "I LOVE presents!"
and she sure does!!! Caleb had a lot of fun with the
wrapping paper:) We spent time with my family
and now we head to North Dakota to celebrate
with Kyle's family. I'm sure glad we got some new
DVD's for the van!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Caleb!

CONGRATS TASHA & JARED!!

I just have to let all of my blog readers know that
my little sister Tasha just got engaged!!!! This
is a pic of the newspaper article that he made for
her (which is pretty cool). I'm so
happy for her and Jared and so excited I can hardly
stand it!! Too bad Tasha is sick with tonsillitis...get well
soon Sis...you gotta get busy!!!!