Nev on the Iphone

These first three pictures are of Nev the past three days; so fun to see the outfits she puts together. Day 1 she went outside to pick some flowers for me, it was raining so she wanted her boots and jacket with hood over her tank dress she wore all day. Day 2, it snowed and she was excited to wear her snow suit, jacket and boots. And then Day 3, she was back to tank top and shorts (with snow boots) while eating snow!

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Nev LOVES Band Aids, especially Dora, Princess or Barbie ones. She got a pack of Barbie Band Aids the other day and, by days' end, she had 13 of them on her legs :)...

Nev just being silly...

At a hotel last month with her awesome sis...

Nev loves to come in our bunkhouse where we have all our workout stuff and 'workout'. She MUST have her 'workout' clothes on and always changes into them before heading out there...

Sis + Niece + Nephew = Fun :)

We all had a blast with Amber, Nia and Jacoby over last weekend....

At NAAG Gynmastics, where I spent much of my youth! The kids loved the open gym!

 

Nia did great on the beam!

Nev absolutely LOVED swinging on the rings; she was afraid at first and then was so proud when she did it. She was swinging and then falling into the pit.

Cousins, ya think? :)

Beautiful picture of Nia with her super cute haircut!

Soooo glad I've got my girls!

Amber is the best mommy!

Saturday afternoon we had a birthday party for Dad/Opa and Jackie. Fun!

Great pic of my sis and her kids. Thanks for coming to visit again!!!!

Future Sports Blogger, Military or Stockbroker?

I want to blog more about the everyday things that our kids do or are into; here's an attempt to that end :)

Willem got a 'dog tag' necklace at the Lane County Fair in August and has worn it nearly non-stop ever since. He is obviously proud of it and thinks it is pretty cool as well. 

On the right of the collage are a few examples of what I find all over our house. Willem is constantly writing lists of college football and basketball conferences and the teams' records or scores of bowl games. Sometimes he writes the teams actual records and/or bowl results and other times he creates conferences or records. Willem is constantly on the internet looking at the ESPN website and can tell us which teams are in which conference and many of the teams' football records and bowl game scores over the past several years. He knows so much more about this stuff than I do. Chad will often ask Will questions about a score or a team's record or Chad will quote a team's record and Willem will correct him; we've learned that Willem is usually right!

So, does this all mean Willem will be a military guy or a sport blogger or a stockbroker? Or just a dairyman who is in the reserves and runs fantasy football/basketball leagues on the side? It'll be interesting to find out :)

Spring Walk

When the weather was nice last week, Genevieve and I went on a few walks around the dairy which we hadn't done all winter (except when cousins visit). She enjoyed our walks so much that she has been asking to go out these past couple days when the weather hasn't been as nice. We found a little window today when it wasn't raining and headed out for a little while. Her favorite part of our walk today was this puddle. I am sooo looking forward to warm days when I will really look forward to our daily walk around the dairy.

Braces!

Cade got braces this week! It actually wasn't as big of an ordeal as we feared. Cade didn't complain much of pain though he was annoyed he couldn't eat like normal the first few days and he also doesn't mind how they look. He says he's just glad he's getting them now and not in high school. I think he looks pretty good in them and they make him look a little older. It still is weird looking at him and thinking he is almost 13 and growing up so quickly (he grew another nearly half inch the past 3 weeks and is now 5 ft 2.5in.)!

Right before the braces went on

And right after!

Nev Photo Shoot

Nev and I had a lot of fun taking pictures yesterday. She was laughing and giggling as I tickled her then she wanted to see the pictures and take one with both of us in it. I love that these pictures are so 'Nev'; her hair is a little messy, she has her tank top on in the winter and she is silly and happy. She's just a whole lot of fun :)