Thursday, February 17, 2011
Love is Rising Giveaway
One of my best friends from growing up and her husband, Rachel and Landon Porter, are in the process of adopting a baby. They are innovately trying to raise money by linking up with her sisters in creating (beautiful) handmade accessories and selling them on their loveisrising Etsy shop. And TODAY on their blog you can find a give-a-way of some of their items. So check out their blog and their etsy shop. You can link to both at http://www.loveisrising.blogspot.com/. Please tell your friends about it too! I believe the give-a-way goes until Sunday.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Wintry Days
Snow days are my favorite! Being a (mostly) stay at home mom it really isn't much different than any other day but it is still fun to have an excuse to make stew, have hot chocolate and watch movies with your husband!
Jon really, really, really wanted to take Owen out in the snow blizzard last night but I convinced him to wait until the morning. So, bright and early this morning, Jon and Owen went and played in the snow! My camera was dying and so I didn't get many pictures, and the pictures I did get were not super good but they'll have to do!
Winter is also wonderful because of Basketball! Although the Jayhawks are the best team in the world, Jon remains a Gophers fan. So, for Christmas I got him tickets to the Minnesota v Purdue game. We went with his dad. The gophers won and it was a big game!
Other basketball fun this winter is that Jon is coaching Upward with two friends from Grand View. He has 4th and 5th graders. It is fun to watch the games and even more fun to watch Owen watch the games. He gets very into them and claps a lot and keeps his eyes on the court most of the time. At home, Owen also loves basketball. We have this small hoop and ball that Owen plays with every day. He puts the ball through the hoop and then right away starts clapping. Sometimes he gets too excited that he starts clapping before he even gets to the hoop! We need to get it on video soon - it is too awesome not to. Here are some pictures from Upward:
On my last post, I forgot to put pictures up of Owen with the Cougar and the Wolf. So here they are!
Well that's it for now! Drive safely this week!
Jon really, really, really wanted to take Owen out in the snow blizzard last night but I convinced him to wait until the morning. So, bright and early this morning, Jon and Owen went and played in the snow! My camera was dying and so I didn't get many pictures, and the pictures I did get were not super good but they'll have to do!
Winter is also wonderful because of Basketball! Although the Jayhawks are the best team in the world, Jon remains a Gophers fan. So, for Christmas I got him tickets to the Minnesota v Purdue game. We went with his dad. The gophers won and it was a big game!
Other basketball fun this winter is that Jon is coaching Upward with two friends from Grand View. He has 4th and 5th graders. It is fun to watch the games and even more fun to watch Owen watch the games. He gets very into them and claps a lot and keeps his eyes on the court most of the time. At home, Owen also loves basketball. We have this small hoop and ball that Owen plays with every day. He puts the ball through the hoop and then right away starts clapping. Sometimes he gets too excited that he starts clapping before he even gets to the hoop! We need to get it on video soon - it is too awesome not to. Here are some pictures from Upward:
On my last post, I forgot to put pictures up of Owen with the Cougar and the Wolf. So here they are!
Well that's it for now! Drive safely this week!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
It's been a long, long time.
I have been bad at blogging recently. Very bad. In fact, it seems I haven't done a real post since October! My apologies.
Owen is now 9 months and is as wonderful as ever. This past weekend Owen had his first weekend away from us. He had so much fun with Grandma Deb, Charlie, Auntie Anne and Uncle Pat. The most exciting thing that happened was that Owen said his first word - "dog." Jon's mom has a black lab named Hawkeye and Owen was both terrified and fascinated with him. So after a few days he was "dog, dog, dog" and looking around for him. It was so cute. And then because of his new love for dogs we took Owen to the Red Rock animal conservatory at the Merle Hay Mall and he got to pet a cougar and a live wolf licked his face! It was so much fun!
There is so much to say, but I know what you all really want is pictures of Owen! So here is a snapshot of what we have been up to since the middle of October:
Random Pictures of Owen:
Trip to Idaho to Visit Matt, Melanie, Katherine and Wesley:
Halloween:
Living with the Richeys:
Thanksgiving:
Christmas:
Anne's Baby Shower:
Owen is now 9 months and is as wonderful as ever. This past weekend Owen had his first weekend away from us. He had so much fun with Grandma Deb, Charlie, Auntie Anne and Uncle Pat. The most exciting thing that happened was that Owen said his first word - "dog." Jon's mom has a black lab named Hawkeye and Owen was both terrified and fascinated with him. So after a few days he was "dog, dog, dog" and looking around for him. It was so cute. And then because of his new love for dogs we took Owen to the Red Rock animal conservatory at the Merle Hay Mall and he got to pet a cougar and a live wolf licked his face! It was so much fun!
There is so much to say, but I know what you all really want is pictures of Owen! So here is a snapshot of what we have been up to since the middle of October:
Random Pictures of Owen:
Trip to Idaho to Visit Matt, Melanie, Katherine and Wesley:
Halloween:
Living with the Richeys:
Thanksgiving:
Christmas:
Anne's Baby Shower:
Sunday, December 12, 2010
testing, testing, 1, 2, 3
Some of you have noticed and have given me trouble for not posting in awhile. This post is going to be short and I will give a better update later with pictures!
So, the big news is that after a week of thinking I was right on the edge of getting the flu and three pregnancy tests later... we found out that baby #2 is on his/her way! I am five weeks pregnant and, although we weren't planning on it, we are so thrilled to have another baby to love and include in our family. The due date is August 15th.
My little sister said it best when she said that "the best thing about babies is that you have 9 months to plan/pray!" And so, we'd appreciate your prayers that our baby would be safe as its still early in the pregnancy and a lot could happen.
So, the big news is that after a week of thinking I was right on the edge of getting the flu and three pregnancy tests later... we found out that baby #2 is on his/her way! I am five weeks pregnant and, although we weren't planning on it, we are so thrilled to have another baby to love and include in our family. The due date is August 15th.
My little sister said it best when she said that "the best thing about babies is that you have 9 months to plan/pray!" And so, we'd appreciate your prayers that our baby would be safe as its still early in the pregnancy and a lot could happen.
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