I had a nice surprise late Saturday afternoon. The doorbell rang and, of course, Noah went running to the door, so I had to get it. (I don’t think I’ll be able to “hide” from those door-to-door salesman’s for awhile if Noah keeps running to the door!!!) But to my surprise, it wasn’t a salesman – it was brother Reid!!! He told me that I should have been a little more excited to see him, but I was so surprised to see him standing at my front door!
His friend, Ross, wanted to go to a Royals/Twins baseball game and asked Reid if he wanted to come along. It was raining on Saturday afternoon and they didn’t want to sit at the baseball game in that, so they came directly to our house. I think Reid had more fun playing with Noah’s train set anyway!!!
Sunday morning, there was some donut eating by all of use, some Mario Kart racing on the Wii by Rick and Ross and some train playing by Reid and Noah! Then we ordered Papa John’s – it’s a stipulation that when Reid’s here, we need to have Papa John’s at least once! After we ate, the boys needed to get going to the game.
It was a great weekend and Reid got to meet his niece for the first time!!!
Sunday morning, Faith was baptized at our church. My mom, sister, her two boys and Rick’s parents came for the occasion. Mom and Renae ended up deciding to come on Friday after school was out, so they didn’t get here until a little later that night, but I’m glad they did. That way, the cousins had all day Saturday to play. Kahle and Bodee really loved Faith – it was great to watch them with her!!
Sunday morning, Mom and Renae dressed Faith – they thought she needed to wear tights and a bow in her hair!! She also wore the same baptism outfit that I wore when I was baptized. There were also 3 other babies that were baptized the same time, so all the families stayed after church to have lunch. After everyone ate, we cleaned up and then Mom and Renae left from church. Rick’s parents came back to the house to pack up their stuff and then they were off.
It was a great weekend to spend with the family. Now we just need to make it back to Iowa for the rest of the family to see Faith!!! We’re thinking sometime the first part of May.
My sister and her family decided to come on down to KC for the weekend!!! They are such great troopers!! They brought our Christmas presents from Iowa being that we never made it back, so they got to watch us open some presents!! Noah did have a little help from the other boys!
It was great having them here!! Rick and I even got to go over to the neighbors New Year’s Eve party for a little while and they made us go out on a date on Friday night too!!! Micah helped Rick with the attic closet project, Renae cleaned and they both helped take down our Christmas tree!!! It sure would be nice to live closer together!!!! We could maybe get some stuff off our to-do list a little quicker!!!!
On New Years Day, the neighbors came over with their little girl and I think all four of them were on a sugar high or something!!! There was lots of chasing each other, screaming and laughing! It was pretty funny to watch them all play with each other.
I didn’t take too many picture while Renae was here. Seems like the time always goes by so fast. They ended up leaving Saturday afternoon so they could have a day to get prepared before they start school again. It was probably a good thing they left when they did, because we got another couple of inches of snow last night. Which means that Rick was out scooping this morning again…I think he’s considering moving further south!
Christmas morning we opened presents and Noah must have been a very good boy this year! Santa got him a small drum set, but it doesn’t make a small noise, that’s for sure!!! It has already made its way upstairs in his new room! Santa also got him a puzzle, a couple of books and a farm set.
Rick’s parents came down before the snow started flying. They are hoping to leave on Sunday, but we’ll see how the roads are before they take off. They, of course, spoiled Noah! He got a pop-up tent, a firetruck, puzzle, a bowling set and a couple of Hot Wheels.
After lunch, Rick thought he’d start scooping the driveway. Must have been a good time for all the neighbors because most of them on our block were all outside starting to scoop. Rick’s Dad even went out and helped for a while. It still took them awhile to get it all done!
Today, Noah wanted to go for a walk. He just kept saying, “walk, walk, walk”, over and over again. So Rick and his Dad ventured out to look for some snow boots – they actually just wanted to check out the roads. They headed to Walmart, but they were sold out of boots and sleds, so off they went to Target. They found some boots there – we would have liked a bigger size, but they only had one size, so we got those. They are a size 5, which is what Noah is wearing now, so at least they work.
So we bundled Noah up and headed outside. At first he didn’t know what to think of all the snow, then he started getting into it! We put him in a box and slid him down the driveway, which he seemed to really like. Then Noah still wanted to go for his walk and he headed down the street. I guess he was serious when he was saying he wanted a walk!!
Well, I don’t think we will be heading anywhere this year. This is the first year I won’t be with my family for Christmas, so it’s diffidently different. I do have lots of candy that I made, so that’s the plus side!!! Not that I need it, but I figure I have an excuse…I just keep blaming it on the little girl!!
Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and is staying warm!!!
On our way to George, we stopped to eat at McDonald’s. We ended up sitting by a window and then all of the sudden, Noah got a big smile and pointed out the window. He seen this big duck. I have no idea what the meaning of this duck is, but it was great entertainment for Noah!!
On Thanksgiving Day, Mom’s side came over at noon to have a Thanksgiving meal. We had lots to eat and I don’t think anyone went home hungry!!
Here are my boys eating their Thanksgiving meal! We had my Dad’s side at night, so we had another big meal!!!
On Friday, we headed over to Renae and Micah’s house and put up Christmas lights on the house and the little boys played. Renae and I did some shopping for some girl clothes…let me tell you, it was a little overwhelming with all the pink stuff. Renae pretty much picked out everything and told me I had to deal with it! After we were done shopping, we headed back to George and hung Christmas lights on Mom’s house.
On Saturday, my cousin, Jeremy Klaassen, got married to Ashley Knuth. We thought we’d take a quick family picture being that my sister was there to take it!!
When we got home on Sunday, we were unpacking everything and I turned around and Noah was getting into the cooler. Then he ducked down and played hide-n-seek in the cooler!
