Saturday, March 24, 2018

Happy Birthday, Drew!!

Drew turned 11 in January.  I say this every year and I'll say it again, it seems like just yesterday I was holding my little baby Drew in my arms!  The days can be long, but the years are so short!



Drew continues to make us proud in everything he does.  He is smart like his mom (hey, its my blog so I get to say what I want), has developed a sense of humor like his dad and uncles (this is good and bad), is very patient with his siblings (definitely did not get patience from me) and most important, he is kind.  He is just a nice kid and I couldn't be more proud of anything about him than that.  And I almost forgot - the kid loves sports!  I love watching him play - baseball, football and basketball are the sports he plays competitively, but after snowboarding in our backyard this winter, we may have a Red Gerard or Shaun White on our hands!





Sunday, March 11, 2018

Christmas 2017

We hosted my parents and Matt and Janelle for Christmas this year.  Our house was full with 6 adults, 3 kids, and 4 dogs!  Other than my parents getting the flu, we had a great time!

Annual movie day with Uncle Matt to
see a Star Wars movie

Our little elf, Ryan

Ready to get started

Future engineer

Nintendo Switch controller

Nintendo Switch

Slime time

Ryan wants to be a bus driver when he
grows up so this was his favorite present! 
Echo dot from Grandma and Grandpa

Kayley and Sox

Cars

Sox and the puppies


After everyone left our house, we loaded up the van and headed to Omaha to see Andy's side of the family.  Omaha was fun as always and we enjoyed bringing Sanders to his new home with Mitch and Kate.  I have always considered myself to not really be a dog person (or into any animals really), but I grew pretty attached to Sanders when he was here so it was kind of hard to leave him.  The kids had fun playing with their cousins and especially enjoyed karaoke night!

Omaha bound with 3 kids and 2 dogs

Ryan testing out Sanders's kennel

Fitz was just the right size for Ryan

Kayley singing

Jackson's turn

Mitch and Andy warming up

Ryan was a little shy

The big boys are enjoying themselves

Sing it!

Drew and Kate did a duet

Just missing Grandpa in this picture


Fitz

Meet the newest member of our family, Fitz!  




Fitz is an F1B Goldendoodle, which means one of his parents is a Goldendoodle and one is a Poodle so he is 75% poodle.  Fitz's brother, Sanders, went to Andy's brother Mitch so we got to have both puppies for 10 days before Christmas.  The kids were in heaven.  Sox was not as impressed, but she tolerated the puppies well!


Sanders

Kayley and Fitz

Ryan and Fitz

Puppies playing

Tired puppy!

Poor Sox

Who doesn't sleep this way?

Kayley and Sanders, Ryan and Fitz, Andy and Sox