Easter

We had an awesome Easter! The past three Easters were spent in Idaho, it was so nice to have Easter with both our families...and always a blessed season to reflect on the sacrifice Christ gave for us!

 Three beautiful girls!

 Found some goodies

 Love her sweet, sweet smiles :)

 Together they make an awesome team...

 We had so much fun!

 Almost....

 They did it!

 Whew! A lot of work.

Special "Papa" time

Lutsen Ski Trip

Our Cabin in Tofte

The shores of Lake Superior

On the shore with Mommy

Playing with Grandma

The Gondola ride to the top of Moose Mountain

View from the top

Papa pretending he was a grandma (Avery wasn't too sure about it).

Avery got to spend the day with grandpa and grandma.

She had lots of fun.

Undies and boots... acceptable Minnesota apparel.

This and That

 Big slippers to fill...

Mom already having fun painting little toes! 

 A big helper in the kitchen...doesn't look the least bit mischievous does she?   

 Loves her books and her baby

 Took a trip up to Ely to Great Grandma's house...

 Snow sculptures

 Lots of snow to play in!

Some went sledding... 

 others got stuck in the snow.

Got to see Mandy's cousin David! 

(Avery wasn't sure what to think of all the big fish)

Learning Letters

Cheerios

*Gulp

I was shocked and horrified to hop on our blog and see that we have not updated in 3 mo.!!! The whole reason for our blog is to keep family and friends up to date on what’s going on and for us to be able to look back on the things that have happened...so to our dear readers we are deeply sorry for we have officially failed =)

So, a lot has happened in the past few months to say the least. Avery has turned one! She still is not walking, so therefore we refuse to consider her a toddler. She is still our "baby" and until she learns to walk, well... then I might accept my denial. Chris also accepted a new job which most of you already know, so we have journeyed back to our homeland. We've been back for three weeks now. Chris has been at his new job for a couple weeks and seems to be enjoying it. It was a really hard decision to leave Idaho and his job that he loved but we are enjoying MN and love being closer to family. We are still trying to sell our house in Idaho. Without being there we know it's not in our hands, once again, God is teaching us this whole patience thing the Bible talks about. We are searching for a church we can call home and are excited to see what God has in store for us here. Our prayer is that we are continually seeking God's will and glorifying Him because ultimately we know it's not about us. Here are a hodge podge of pics....

Avery has been enjoying the walks to the park...

Weeee!!!

Helping Dad pack up the stools

Big fan of mashed potatoes!

Avery's 1st Birthday

Also a fan of cupcakes =)

She absolutely loves her baby. She loves to hug, pat, kiss, and give her baby bottles.

Her Birthday dinner included corn on the cob

A good friend showed me how to make a tutu and leggings for Avery. I could just gobble her up!

That's it for now! Hopefully see you before three months.

Chris and Stacey's Trip to Idaho

I love Avery's sideways binkie

Bre all bundled up and cute as can be

Our campsite


Cousins


Sisters :)

Michael's got them

Michael wanted me to show him the picture after I took it. He looked at it and was shocked. "what's on my forehead?" he asked. It was a firetruck sticker he had put on a few hours prior. He said "oh I thought I had a owie" he took off the sticker and said "can you take another picture?" He was embarrassed and here I am posting it :0 Miss that little guy.

Caitlyn, Michael, Megan and Bre

We got her... #1

Trying to smile standing in the freezing cold water...

Couldn't stand it any longer

Some beautiful flowers Michael picked me!

Bre and me!

Caitlyn loved holding Avery

Our hike to Titus Lake

Titus Lake

We miss them =(

They did such a good job hiking 4mi. (Stacey included)

"umm this looks good guys but where's our crib?"

Getting into mischief together (starting already)