Things that have been going on...

Steve and Allison playing at his recital. Willem was his accompanist and was amazing!


Steve playing at his recital. He did a wonderful job!


Well, I had a posting drought, so I better tell a little about what has been going on.



Steve had a recital that was excellent. His sister Allison played with him on one of the pieces. Nathan came along to listen and he did very well sitting and listening to his daddy play. It gives me a little more courage and hope to think that it won't be long before we can take him to hear a symphony concert.



During Spring Break we went camping up at Ray Roberts Lake. It was perfect weather, but it was too early when we went and the trees didn't have their leaves out yet, so no shade. The dogs did wonderful; for some reason they love camping and they don't bark. They are soooo good. My parents would be surprised to see them so calm and relaxed because they are yappers. For those who don't know, the dogs were my parents before we got them and my parents were a little annoyed by them. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, so no pictures of our fun time.



I have been running like a maniac trying to get into shape. I am hoping to do a 10k at the end of summer. I have talked Steve into doing a 5k with me this winter, but we'll have to see. I may have to keep reminding him that he agreed. I am now able to run 6 miles without falling over, but I want to get to the point that I don't feel like I am running in slow motion.
My sister just finished running a 1/2 marathon and she did amazing! She is truly an inspiration to me. I think it would be amazing to run one with her someday in the future, but I have a ways to go to get to the performance level she is at. I guess it takes baby steps to get to that point, so I will start slow and hopefully not get discouraged.



Not too much more has been happening, so hopefully I will do a little better at keeping the blog updated.

My Baby Turns One

Finally figuring out how to unwrap a present after Nathan showed her how to unwrap a couple.

Cake, hotdogs, peas, and carrots... what more could a one year old want?

Her scrunched up nose face. This is the face she usually gives to people she doesn't know very well when they are talking to her.


Thinking she is funny when mommy freaks out about her standing in her high chair

Yep... Lucy is now one. I can hardly believe it. She seems too little to be one already. It amazes me how much faster time has gone with her compared to Nathan and Amy.

We had a little party for her. She seemed a little confused about the cake and the presents, but she was happy.

Amy was nice enough to blow the candle out for her and Nathan was nice enough to help her open her presents. Aren't siblings the greatest?!

The Science Fair

Nathan recently had his science fair at school. He worked very hard on his project: Will Temperature Change How Well A Magnet Works?
He was so proud of his board he brought to school and he was very confident when the judges came around to ask him questions about his project. He won third place and was happy as can be... except for the part of not getting a trophy or medal like the first and second place winners got. We had to explain to him what it means to be a good sport and to be happy that he even placed because many kids didn't even do that. To celebrate Steve took him to McDonalds to get a happy meal. Nathan thought that was even better than a trophy.

Amy Turns Three

coming home from the hospital and sitting in the sun to help with jaundice

Big brother gets to meet new little sister

happy as can be

being just like her brother

on her birthday, right after waking up

I know I didn't get right to my blogging like I said I would. I have been busy with the kiddos and doing the things that a mom does everyday.

The most recent big happening in our family is that Amy turned three. She is such a fun little girl and our lives would not be complete without her.

Some of my favorite things about her are:

She is such a girly girl--she loves pink and purple, loves to dress up, play with dolls, get into my makeup, etc.

She insists on being called "Amy Princess" about 75% of the time. She will answer to nothing but that and gets angry if you just try to call her "Amy."

She loves to play with her brother and sister. She will usually not play long by herself. She is constantly trying to recruit someone to play with her.

She loves cookies. She would eat them for every meal if she could. She is our little cookie monster. She has her dad wrapped around her finger and many nights when he gets home, you will see him in the kitchen with her making a small batch of cookies just because she smiles her I-can-get-daddy-to-do-anything-I-want smile with her "can you help me make cookies, daddy, please."

She loves to cuddle. I love it when she climbs up into my lap and she wants to read a book or just snuggle with a blanket while we watch a show.

She loves to dance. She does her own moves and doesn't care what anyone thinks.

She is very loving.

She loves to be around people. She is not shy, for the most part.

So I will say, Happy Birthday Amy! I can't believe my little princess is already three.

Joining the Blogging World

I have decided to join the blogging community since it seems like so many people we know are doing it (yep...we have jumped on the bandwagon) and it is a great way to share what is going in our lives with our family and friends that are far away.
I just need to keep on top of things and hopefully keep the blog updated.

Tomorrow I will have to add some pictures and update everyone on what we have been up to.