Fwimmin' Water

Gavin watched an old family video recently of him swimming. After that, he woke up every single morning and from every nap asking to go "fwimmin' water". After about a week of that, we figured we'd better find a way to indulge him! A local hotel lets you swim for a fee, so we spent about 4 hours at the pool one day and Gavin didn't tire of it one bit, but his insistence to go "fwimmin'" has stopped, so it was worth it--not to mention the smile on his face the entire time we were there that also made it worth it.




Despite their facial expressions in these pictures, they really did have a great time. I guess they were just a little unsure of the slide!

Baseball Player?

Chris recently taught Gavin how to hit a baseball. Looks like he taught him well!

My Cute Boys

Mother's Day

We had a great lunch with my parents and then, after naps, went back to their house for smores. It was a great day!


He has an entire marshmallow in there.

Sudan Walk-a-thon

Our church held a walk-a-thon for literacy in Sudan, largely organized by my mom. We had a great turn out with over 150 walkers and over $8000 raised.

The boys got to ride in the wagon the whole time.

Gavin insisted on wearing my shirt. He was the cutest one there, at least in my opinion!

Minneapolis

Recently, we spent a weekend in the Twin Cities with our friends, Preston and Aimee. It was a very full, very fun weekend. We had a great time showing them around our old stomping grounds. Oh, the kids stayed home with Grandma!
Sculpture Garden


Preston...
Como Conservatory

Como Zoo

Random Pictures

The snow is all gone, so we've been enjoying the outdoors more. The boys are loving all the wagon rides and riding behind daddy's bike in this little contraption. Gavin being Gavin.
Too much food in the mouth.
Friday night pizza dinner.

Cynthia

Mt friend, Cynthia, and her foster daughter visited recently. It happened to be Cynthia's birthday, so we went out for dinner--that's the reason for the hat.

Kirsten's Birthday

We all got to celebrate Kirsten's birthday over dinner at my mom and dad's. Happy Birthday!!!

Kamden

Our friends, Jeff and Tara, had their baby boy. Kamden is adorable!

APRIL 12th!!!

I took this picture from our sun room TODAY! Talk about depressing... All of this appeared yesterday. Before that, it was almost all gone. I think we're skipping spring this year.

More Random Pics

Today, there was a family fun fest in town. Chris helped Gavin make this little wagon at one of the booths. The boys recently got new sunglasses.
Gavin put them on himself this time!

Arkansas

Reily and I flew down to Arkansas to visit my best friend, McKenya, and her family this week. Her little boy, Daxton, is only three months older than Reily. The boys had lots of fun together and so did McKenya, Aislynn (her two week old baby) and I. It was great to see old friends, especially since it was 65 and sunny a couple of the days that we were there.

This is a picture of Reily on the flight back to WI. He did great on both flights, but especially the return once since he slept.All three kids crowded in the back of McKenya's car. You can't see Aislynn, but she's back there, too.
What a beautiful baby girl.
Fun at the park on a warm, sunny day.

More pictures from the park.Auntie McKenya helped Reily climb all the way up the slide--the wrong way!

He figured out how to go down on his own. He is so adventurous. Unfortunately, he has the bruises to prove it.