HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALISSA!

Today my Alissa turns 5 years old. She has had a pretty good 5 years I think. I full two years as the baby of the family and 3 years as a big sister. Right now Alissa is all about Arial the Little Mermaid. She loves all things mermaid. Her bedspread and sheets are the little mermaid and so is her backpack for school. She starts kindergarten this fall and she is very excited about that. She just can't wait for it to start. Every couple of days she askes me if she gets to go to kindergarten yet. She is still a very excitable kind of girl always dancing around and jumping about everything that catches her fancy. She also still walks on her toes. It's just adorable. She took a karate class at the y this summer and loved it. So far she hasn't kicked her brother. Alissa's zest for life makes every day brighter and more special. Happy Birthday my little Sunshine.

Oklahoma

We went to visit and help move Alan and Rachel this weekend. They have a beautful new home to start what I am sure will be a terrific new life. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins. Kristen and Bekah watched the Hannah Montanna 3d concert while we were down there. We checked out the Tulsa zoo and the pond behind Al's house. The kids got messy catching little baby frogs and lizards. Oh and the first day we were there Christopher tried to play spiderman and jumped out of their tree house. Luckily he was just fine but gave us a scare. We all had a good time and I am sure we will visit again.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTOPHER!!!!!!!!!

Today my baby turns 3 years old. It's hard to believe he's gotten so big. When I think about him this time last year the biggest change is the amount of talking he does. Last year he was pretty quiet but now he talks like his big sister Alissa nonstop. He pretty much give commentary on everything he does now. Which room he's going to which toy he's playing with everything. His favorite things right now are Transformers, followed by Spiderman, Batman, Thomas, Bob the Builder, Diego and of course Superman. He also loves cars of all kinds and working on the tool bench he got for Christmas. He loves having tools like Daddy. He is our little daredevil. He loves to climb and jump and when he falls he just gets up an keeps going. He is a tough little guy. We are still working on the potty training. Some days are better than others but we're getting there. Having a boy has been a wonderful, fantastic and thrilling ride. I can't wait to see what comes next.

JC Fremont Days 2008

This weekend was the JC Fremont Days festival. Saturday morning is when they had little kids activities at Midland Lutheran College. The PTA ran a booth so I had to help set up and run that for a short time. I took the kids to all the tables where they got to play games and do crafts. Alissa won a webkinz so we'll have to get her on the internet so she can play with it. She picked the German shepherd because it looked like Grandpa Phil's dog. We had lunch and dinner at Dad's so the kids were in 7th heaven. Sunday was the parade. Kristen marched with the middle school band. She looked very cute and did a great job. Christopher and Alissa came home with all kinds of candy. Heidi, Daniel, Marie, Leon, My dad and sister and her little angel Eli all joined us. Kristen loved having such a big fan club that day.

New Niece

Well this is only kind of our news but I just had to put up a picture of her because she's just so cute. This last Saturday our new niece Kaitlin Rae was born. Her parents are Eric's sister Pam and her husband Jim. She also has a big sister Emily. She is just cute as a button and we are proud to have her in our family.