Easter Shots

We squeezed in a little egg hunt in the backyard before the rain. It started pouring about 3 minutes after we got inside!

Curtis' Big Boy Bed

Curtis is now in a big boy bed thanks to his parents finally getting on the ball and adapting his crib to a toddler bed. He's done great with it. It probably goes without saying that he really likes his new space. The first night I laid him down with his little blanket, he smiled and whispered, "Nice…"

Wesley helped with the adaptation. He was pretty excited for his little brother.

And I'll throw in a cute picture Wesley drew on the chalkboard. That's a happy Wesley (maybe the 4 is because he is 4 years old?)

March

Our March started out with a weekend trip to Austin to see Mimi. We took one whole picture while we were there. When we're getting in the car these days, Curtis often says, "Go to Mimi's house?"

One night Wesley thought we should get the fort kit out that my sister made for the boys. We read some books and John Mark read a Bible story, which all seemed much more adventurous since we had a sheet suspended over us. :)

It has been nice to get outside on our sunny spring-like days. We're enjoying the weather before the blistering hot summer begins.

We got to host two German friends this year from our sister church in Andernach. This year the German team that came spent some time in Mexico working with an orphanage alongside some members from our church. They also did some soccer and basketball camps here and served with various other organizations. We really enjoy it when they come, and we're really missing them now that they're gone!

Here are Toli and John Mark jamming out together one afternoon.

We didn't get any good pictures of Mathew, but here is one John Mark took with his phone while Wesley and Curtis are attacking him with tickles.

Wesley ended up with some plastic glasses frames (no lenses) that were sitting around in a restaurant the other night. He has barely taken them off since, and they totally crack me up. He's actually wearing them right now while I'm typing this.

This one is hilarious. So serious while he works.

Here he is 'taking notes.'

This past weekend, our neighbor invited the boys over for a play date with two other kids. Other than two goose eggs on the head for Curtis (with lots of tears), they had a great time.

Visiting Mavry

My cute niece was born on February 6th to my sister, Lela, and her husband, Colin. I got to go meet her in California not quite a week after she was born! I had a good time loving on her and getting to hang out with my sister for a week. It is getting to the point that the only time we get to spend that much time together is when one of us has a baby! During my stay, we watched the first season of Downton Abbey (my second time), went for some nice daily walks and mostly just hung around the apartment chilling with Mavry. Anyhow, Mavry is a precious baby and I can't wait until I get to see her again. Hopefully in the summer? She's changed a lot already since she's almost 2 months old now, but isn't she cute?

Pre-K

Wesley started Pre-K at our church two days a week in January. It's our church's Mother's Day Out program, but they have a great class geared toward 4 and 5 year-olds. We started Wesley in the middle of it, so he started off at the letter "J" with the rest of the kids. He seems to be doing well. I know he looks forward to going every week! It amazes me that he is about to start school. John Mark and I have also been enjoying our alone time with Curtis. John Mark thinks it is funny when I say it, but I feel like I'm getting to know Curtis better now!

Here is his first day of school photo

Wesley likes to work on his homework across the table from Daddy who seems to ALWAYS have homework.

One day they got to have their bodies traced and then they got to decorate them. Wesley gave himself some cool curly hair.

Christmas 2011

Finally posting about Christmas! We enjoyed getting to stay home this Christmas and still got to have a great time with our families. To kick off our Christmas activities, we attended our town's Christmas parade downtown. It wasn't as cold as last year, but it was still pretty chilly.

Wesley loved seeing all the different floats. I think this reaction was either for Santa or the old firetruck all decked out in lights.

We had our little family's Christmas on Christmas morning. I love how Curtis is checking out what Wesley is opening in this picture.

This was the first Christmas that Wesley caught on that he could actually ask for something for Christmas. (We never told him that, but he somehow finally figured it out.) He asked us for a laptop and a motorcycle. He made sure we knew he just meant toy versions. :)

He got one of the two: a toy Spiderman motorcycle.

Curtis got wooden blocks.

Then John Mark's family all gathered at our house the Monday after Christmas. I think Paul really was happy about it, despite the face he's making in this picture!

Here's Curtis waiting with Granddad while Sadie and Wesley pass out gifts.

Wesley helped Sadie open her cool new keyboard from Golly and Granddad.

Sadie got toe socks!

I got a mouse sander :)

Then Misha and Gin-Gin arrived for our last celebration over New Years weekend.

Wesley and Misha's iPad

We really had a wonderful Christmas, but I bet next year we might be expected to actually travel a bit!