Petersons Visit!

Silliness at dinner

The three S's - screens, snacks and silence!

Sydney and Andrew working together to solve a maze.

Manicure time

Brenna was a master Lego creator

These photos are out of order, but I'm too tired to fix them. Here's Hannah showing off her bright green manicure!

Sydney mailed us Flat Stanley and he cheered for the Shockers in the Final Four. Sadly they lost, but they made it to the Final Four, which is more than any other Kansas school could say this year.

Hannah and Brenna flying a kite.

Pool noodle or swords? - boys will be boys!

The Peterson Ladies came to visit the first week of April. This visit was extra special because instead of just visiting, they were here to house hunt and school shop! We are so excited that they are moving back and are going to leave a mere 20 minutes away instead of 2 days by car. This is the first time Jill and I will live in the same state since we got married. It's been almost 12 years, and that is 12 years too long.

The week went by in a blur, with lots of bonding of our children. Unfortunately, Sydney was sick for almost the whole week with a mysterious fever. Poor girl was so miserable, which is why she isn't in very many of these pics. But even sick, the week was a success. Jill found a house and a school and we are so very excited to see them again in a month or two!

Jill visits and a Hoedown Reunion

Hannah and Auntie Jill reading books

Auntie Jill is the best bedtime story reader!

 

Our view down a desserted dirt road as we tried to find our way to the Lenkner Hoedown.

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Jumbo projection of the K-State game

party swag

the band

besties

Stacey, Jill, Travis and me - together again. It's been way too long since our days at the Bertrand house!

2012 - We have aged gracefully!

Back in mid-October, Jill came for a fast weekend trip. The visit was much, much too short, but we squeezed in a lot of fun! Our little Travis is getting married and had a wedding reception in Coats, KS, so we roadtripped out there, without kids and had such a fun reunion! Jarrod and Stacey were there and we go to meet their two sweet girls. It was so fun to see old friends and meet Travis' fiancee.



2000 - we were so young and carefree!

Petersons Visit!

Brenna (5), Andrew (6-1/2) and Jonathan (4)
I think only Andrew was excited about this photo!

Andrew, Sydney (6 1/2), and Brenna

silly faces!

There was some hide-and-go-seek playing - Brenna and Andrew are it while Sydney and Jonathan hid.

Jill and I managed to squeeze in a few hours of kid-free shopping and I found this new purse, red of course. And Hannah (16 months) immediately claimed it for herself. She's such a girlie-girl.

Auntie Jill joked that the purse was as big as Hannah and she could fit in it, so we gave it a try. Thus the evil glint in Jill's eye.

The girls got some new accessories from their Aunt Tara and Sydney put them on display using the old-school telephone cord.

I love this diva pose!

Working on crafts early in the morning. Andrew had already left for school so he wasn't in this photo.

Jonathan and Brenna

Last weekend, Jill, Sydney and Brenna, made the long flight to visit us! We were so happy to see them! It had been much too long since we had seen each other. The kids picked up, mostly where they left off - screaming, chasing, figuring out which buttons to push, just like siblings. Sadly the visit was much too short and Andrew declared as soon as he got home from school how much he missed them. The sentiment was shared by us all. Thanks so much for making the quick trip, and we can't wait to see you all again!

Happy Easter!

Waiting for their Easter baskets...

Sorting through their loot

Hannah checking out Auntie Jill

a rare picture of us

Sydney, Hannah and Brenna in their matching Easter dresses

So sweet!

Happy Easter! Somehow we didn't manage to get a picture of our family together, but if you squint at all the pictures, you can imagine what we looked like on Easter morning. :)

Easter Egg Hunt

Sweet friends!
Tanya, Jill, Lisa and Lora

And all our kiddos!

Let the egg hunt begin!




Even Hannah found an egg, with a little help from Auntie Jill.


The boys and their loot

Enjoying the bounty

Brenna got a blue bug in her egg.

Sydney loved her little grasshopper.

Andrew and Mark

The whole gang

On Saturday, we headed over to the Argetsingers for their annual Easter egg hunt. The kids had so much fun and the adults had a little chance to chat and catch up. This was the boys' first big egg hunt and they loved it! Andrew asked me today when it will be Easter again because he is ready to look for more eggs. We may need to discuss the real meaning of Easter a little more next year...