Happy Easter

We hope all of you had a great Easter holiday. Although we weren't able to spend the holiday with family, we were blessed enough to spend it with close friends that are just like family. We made the 7 hr. drive to Des Moines, IA and spend a few days with Mike, Misty, Emma Jean, & Alex. It was so great and entertaining to see the kids all together. Sometimes their conversations just crack me up. Cooper, of course, showed off his climbing skills and went up their stairway several times, and fell down them only a couple. (Might I add only once while I was there and Stephen still hasn't fessed up to how many times while I wasn't there) Luckily there was a landing halfway. The girls did great in church and Morgan took communion for the first time. Emma walked her through it and right after they took it, Emma leaned over at the alter and said, "That's good, huh?" It was hilarious.
Then we made a trip to Lincoln to visit my Grandmother & cousin TJ and his kids. It was one fun filled day of Chilren's museum, lunch and topped off with Grammy's homemade chicken noodle soup and brownies. That is worth the 3 more hours of a drive to get there from Iowa. Then we had a 10 hr. drive home. There Cooper exercised his lungs the entire trip, except when he was sleeping to rest up for another round of screaching. But we made it safe & sound with lots of hugs & memories from the trip.

The sun will come out....

Finally!!!! Dreaded February has left and March has rolled in. The snow has finally melted and the temperature even got to a wopping 55 degrees. So we were outside last week. This is one of the first times Cooper has really been able to get out & play. He has been climbing in Morgan's jeep every chance he has gotten, so Morgan decided to take him for a spin. He was sooooo excited to go for a ride, without mom or dad tagging along. Their friendship is already starting to show, and it is such a blessing to see. I am sure there will be many, many times that they drive each other crazy, but it is so nice to see the times that they enjoy together.

Wii Tournament

Well, after a lot of searching and "store hopping" we found a Wii. It took us going to Indianapolis to get it, but we did. We have been making up Wii tournaments until the snow clears. Our first tournament was a tennis one. Morgan won and let me tell you, Wimbledon will be calling that girl. I made her this Tennis Trophy out of aluminum foil and paper. It's the little things in life that make kids happy. She can beat us at tennis, baseball and bowling. And the fact that she has learned to "heckle" us while we are playing is hilarious! She says things like, "I'm going to give you the heat."

Dad's Retirement

I am a bit behind in posting this, but that makes it no less important. My mom retired from teaching last June, and now my dad has retired from the firestation. It has been wonderful knowing that anytime I want to talk, they are just a phone call away. I know they are having so much fun together, as Tracie says, they need supervision. But I wanted to post some pictures from my dad's retirement party. Sorry, no pics of my family, I went alone. One of the bad things about having one kid in school, and one that isn't fit to ride on an airplane.

There are few pics of the two of them sitting still without Morgan wrestling Cooper to not get up. I am so lucky to have such wonderful kids who have such different personalities. They let me experience both the sweet shy one and the outgoing energetic one. But despite the differences in personality, they get along wonderfully ( at least for now.)