Seems like

Seems like I've been absent from the blog for quite some time.  I do check in every now and then to see if those blogs I've saved have been updated and realizing that I should too.  I wish I had a great excuse, but I don't!  Just seems like life has been busier that usual this past month and I look forward to the quickly approaching summer!  There are many reasons why I went into teaching, but let's be honest - getting the summers off is a great benefit of which I will gladly partake in!  I look forward to lazy days of playing in the sun and water with the kids, and the busy days of exploring parts of Kansas City that we haven't discovered yet.  So, the countdown is on!  Three more weeks and we'll be kicking our feet up (and maybe some adult beverages here and there) and soaking up time with our little ones who seem to grow at the blink of an eye.  Cheers!

Happy 2 Years buddy!

Happy Easter!

Cont. :)

Early Easter/Early 2nd bday

Happy 2nd Kale! Happy 7th Wade!
4 wheelin'

Sitting pretty!

Kale wanted the train that daddy just took away from him :(

We enjoyed a day full of fun with the McDaniels' side of the family yesterday. Two birthdays were celebrated and an early Easter as well. We are so blessed to be surrounded by such great family yesterday and always. Kale could have cared less to open any gifts (or to egg hunt) but today when we put the gifts together (and they invaded our living room) he was happy to play with them all! Thanks everyone!

A bit of updated history

Grandma Berta's old room. Awaiting baby now:)
Bathroom

Grandpa Marvin's room....such a change.

Kitchen where we used to share so many meals and laughs.

Living room area - new carpet and paint changed the entire look!

Payton, Kale, Grandma Rhonda and I made a short trip to Iowa to visit relatives. While we were there we had the opportunity to tour Grandpa and Grandma's house, now owned by a young couple expecting their first child. Of course, I asked permission to take the pictures so here's what we saw. For those of you who had pleasure of sharing even a moment in Marvin and Roberta's home, you know it didn't matter how it was decorated - there was always such a feeling of "home". Although the updates are wonderful and fit the new family residing within, the memories I have of the home will never change.

In a zone

Can you tell we need a spring break? :)