friendships

We have been so blessed by our friendships in Change pointe (our Sunday school class). We have literally grown with them spiritually, as parents, as husbands, wives, and servants. Not only are they our best friends...there kids are Casey and Caleb's best friends. Here are some snapshots of some of the boys with some of their best buds from recent parties and play dates.

Here are the "3 musketeers" Casey, Eli and Connor digging through their goodie bags

Here is Casey showing Lilly his new bunk beds....don't worry, we kept the door open.

Some boys playing trains at our recent play date.

Calvin and Caleb playing cars. I took about 10 pictures of the two of them.
Cal smiled in every single one, Caleb ignored me.

Can you see why Casey loves Eli...just look at that face...so determined to get that candy.

Who wouldn't be in love with a girl who eats worms?
Did I mention how sweet she is? What a doll!

Thanks for all the fun memories friends!

outdoor fun in the sun

The past several days have been warmer than average for this time of year in Wisconsin. High 80's and a bit muggy. Needless to say we have had a lot of fun splashing and digging in our backyard. Here are just a few of the many snapshots I have taken recently.

It is so fun to sit back and watch the boys. They are so very different. Caleb prefers to slide in gently to the pool and land on his feet while Casey slides in upside down making sure that his whole body is submerged. While Casey swings on the glider, Caleb is hitting balls off the baseball tee. They do play similarly in the sandbox though...dig, scoop, and "accidentally" spill sand outside of the sandbox. This summer is going to be so much fun!

Weekend projects

Matt's parents were in town for a long weekend so we decided to get as much done as we could while we had extra hands and babysitters! Matt, his dad and Uncle Pat worked on our fence on Friday. Saturday morning they were able to finish it up. It is so nice to have a safe place for the boys to play.


Besides putting in the lattice fence they also put a chain link fence by the garage.




Matt also was able to put together the boy's new swing set. My favorite part is the attached trampoline. Caleb loves to jump.



Right now Matt is working on his garden!



Busy weekend!

Firewood anyone?

Today we decided to remove a tree from our backyard...well technically we decided last night. It was big, ugly, half dead, and smack in the middle of the yard. Our brother Nick and friend Jodi came over to help. Our new neighbor Kevin came over to observe (probably to make sure we didn't hit his house).

The saws were out and the men were in their element. I don't know what we would have done
without Jodi's guidebook and Nick's saw. Thanks guys for your help! More importantly, thanks for saving my house and my husband!

Boy's new room

The boys spent their first night in their freshly painted room on Thursday night. Casey is so excited to have bunk beds. If it were up to him he would sleep on the top bunk. As of now we keep the top bunk for quiet time in the afternoon. This works well because he is excited to have a quiet time!

Caleb really seems to enjoy hiding in the closet. It has a sliding door but you can walk into it. I guess you call it an "old school walkin closet". Other than that, he is still in his crib and Casey is still right across the room so not much has changed for him.

Moving madness

On Monday night my dad brought his trailer over and we started loading up some of the stuff we had in the garage. Casey would carry anything he could lift while Caleb ran around in the alley. I was feeling very glad that we had Nana and Buppa lined up to watch them the next couple of days!

On Tuesday Matt picked up the UHAUL and the fun began. We had a few guys helping us bring all the boxes out to the lawn. My dad was incharge of the packing (so he got to tell us all what to do, fun!) Our friend Matt was awesome at assisting Matt with the heavy items. After removing the fridge and the couches I think he was ready to quit!

As we continued to load we realized that there was no way all of our stuff was going to fit in that UHAUL. So a couple of pick up truck, van and trailers full took care of that problem. Thanks to the Weis' for taking our stuff over night.

Wednesday was when the fun began. Our closing went great and we celebrated by having a big juicy burger at Five Guys. Shortly after we arrived at our new place my dad pulled up with his truck and trailer and we started to unload. We had so many guys from our life group help us out that night. I was so impressed with how well they followed directions (I got to tell people what to
do that day!)

After unloading we got to enjoy a yummy dinner cooked by my dad. It was a great way to pay the guys for all their help. A big thanks to everyone who helped us over those few days. A big hug to my dad for being their everyday!

Since the big day we have kept busy unpacking and starting little projects around the house. Here are a couple of snapshots.
Here's Matt working on the contact paper in the kitchen cupboards (1st project).


Here are the boys helping daddy put together our new desk.



Here's Casey helping me paint his new room. It is going to be red and blue.

Pre-Move

After I returned from my girl's weekend we had one day to finish the packing and cleaning. It was GO TIME!

We kept the boys contained in our garden/dirt box while we were bringing stuff out to the garage.

While I was gone Matt had brought all of the boxes up from the basement and filled our living room. Casey enjoyed climbing amongst the boxes (we had to choose our battles this week).

Caleb wanted to make sure we would bring him too so he would climb into the boxes.

Last night at home...memories...sniffle.

Girls' Weekend

How do you know you have the best husband in the world? When he encourages you to go on your ladies weekend you had planned the weekend before moving!

A couple of weekends ago I was blessed to go on a mini getaway to Door County with some of my girlfriends from Spring Creek. We had so much fun hanging out together. My favorite part of the weekend was the fellowship I had with my sistas. We had fun hanging out, hot tubbin', playing games, painting nails, shopping and of course...eating. I hope that they had as much fun as I did!

Caleb in big boy underwear!

Tonight after bath I showed Casey the new underwear that I had bought for him at my store. Some of the undies had cars and others had balls. Casey picked out a pair with cars and Caleb picked out a pair with soccer balls. The youngest always has to keep up with his big brother!

Happy Easter!

Jesus is alive!

We hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating the resurrection of our savior!

We started off our day at our home church, Spring Creek Church. Then we went over to my sister's house for a late lunch and some Easter fun. Casey wanted to have an egg hunt. So I filled eggs with stickers, jelly beans, and money. The kids had fun searching around for eggs. They were more excited about the jelly beans then the money... I wonder when that will change?