Swim Lessons

Sara started swim lessons this week and is having a lot of fun! I was able to snap a few pictures for everyone to see. Hope you enjoy!

Trip to Michigan

We traveled to Michigan for the 4th of July holiday and had a great time visiting with friends and family. This was Will's first time flying and he did a great job! It was also his first time meeting Owen's extended family. I think it was love at first sight for Will and Great-Grandma Ebenhoeh...you will have to see the cute pictures we took of the two of them. So glad they were finally able to meet each other! We were also able to spend time with family (Yaklins & Ebenhoehs) and friends creating memories that will last a lifetime. Thanks to all for including us in your holiday festivities!

Happy Father's Day

We had a great time celebrating Father's day today. Sara helped me make a new recipe for breakfast this morning...it turned out delicious, yum! We spent the rest of the morning taking a few photos and the afternoon was spent by the pool in the backyard. Owen grilled up a wonderful dinner and there will be mint chip ice cream for dessert...hope the next Father's day is just as much fun! Thanks for being a fantastic role model for our kids Owen! Love you!

Vacation Bible School

Sara spent this past week attending vacation bible school. There was lots of crafts, singing, and dancing. They put on a show after Saturday evening mass. Here are a couple of videos of Sara's performances. First, here she is with the other preschoolers, singing "Gonna Serve":



Also, here is the entire VBS group singing "Go Server Our World" all together:

Memorial Day Weekend

We are having a great Memorial Day weekend here in ABQ!

Yesterday I had my final photography class. It was studio time to learn more about light and how it effects the images in the photograph. I was asked to bring a model along and Sara was thrilled that I picked her. With a little help to keep her entertained, this is my favorite picture from the shoot!



Today we had planned on putting the pool in the backyard and splashing around all afternoon, but the clouds didn't leave ABQ until 3pm, so we decided it was a better day for a hike. We packed up the kids in the car and headed for the east mountains. A short hike to the travertine falls was a perfect first hike for Will. We placed a few pictures in the May album, so be sure to take a look!

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend!

Will Crawling

As many of you have probably heard, Will is crawling all over the place now. Since not everybody has been able to see it on Skype yet, we thought it would be a good idea to upload a video for everybody else to watch.

This video doesn't show him crawling for too long, but he has no problem getting anywhere on the first floor now. Gates have been put up.

Holland

The time has come...pictures of Holland! A few weeks ago I embarked on a 10 day trip with my mom and sisters to the Netherlands. We wanted to see the country that my mom's entire family came from...and it was beautiful! Our central location was Amsterdam, but we took various day trips to see what other gems the country had in store for us. It was a trip of a life time and I hope you enjoy the photos. I did cut the number down from the 1200 that were taken. If you want to see more, let me know and we'll plan some time to go through them. I tried to tell a bit of the story within the photo comments, so hopefully that helps! Thanks to my in-laws for helping watch the kids while I was away...they had a fantastic time!

Birthday/Mother's Day Weekend

If you are here looking for pictures from Holland, you will have to wait a few more days...the discs are in the mail! Until then, here are some pictures from May. We had a birthday party for Sara yesterday with family and a few friends. She wanted a Minnie's Bow-tique themed party, so there was a lot of pink and polka dots! Today is Mother's Day and I've been enjoying it with Owen and the kids! Sara wanted to try out her new skates and we took a trip to the park to fly a kite. What a fun day! Tomorrow Sara turns 4 and I'm sure we will do something exciting to celebrate, so check back again to see if we post more pictures from that adventure! Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms reading!

April and Other Pictures

Since it's getting close to the end of the month, we thought we should put up pictures from April. Here they are.

Since there are not many in there so far, I thought I would also point out the new links in the sidebar. First off is an album of pictures that Sara has taken using the camera she got for Christmas. Those are the clear ones. You can only imagine what the rejected pictures look like. Also over there are links to view all the pictures Laura and I have published on Instagram. This way you can check them out even if you don't have the app on your phone.

Make sure to keep checking those links in the future, as we plan on adding to those albums as pictures accumulate.

March

I'm sure you are thinking that this has not been the best start to the 2013 blog. The January album didn't show up until February. February didn't show up the end of the month and March is on a similar track. I guess all I can say is that we have been having a lot of fun and here are the latest pictures to prove it! Enjoy!