Sunday, April 3, 2011

Home can be a Heaven on Earth...

We have so much to post from March! Henry's interest in anything with wheels and a motor has led to a fascination with the "Trash Truck." He even has a toy garbage truck. While we watched Tangled together, Henry grew tired of the "girl show" as he calls it and climbed up, put his face in mine, and said "Trash truck...where's it?" He's all boy. Jefferson loves following his big brother around the house. He is starting to walk now-right before his first birthday.
As Bobby began draining the reflecting pond in our back yard, he made a discovery (to the delight of Henry)--a 9 inch goldfish living at the bottom under the moss (he buries himself at the bottom to make it through the winter). It was a windy day when we tried to take the picture, but you can still see his dark orange scales. The pond had been frozen with thick ice when we moved in and we didn't think anything could be living in it but the water has turned out to be a gathering place for toads as well as a home to water snails. Henry could not be happier!The best part about our house though is that the new Kansas City Temple is being built right behind our neighborhood. We did not know the site was so close until we got back to Missouri and dropped our belongings in a storage unit--long after negotiating the deal on the house. Here are a couple photos. The exterior is nearing completion. Once the spires went up, we were able to see them from our windows upstairs. The angel went on just last week.
This is the view from our neighborhood exit...Bobby drives past the temple everyday on his way to work. Such a great location!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Ode to Jefferson

Sweet Jefferson hasn't had nearly as much face time on our blog as Henry, so to even things up a bit, here are a few pictures of what we get to enjoy everyday. Jefferson is such a sweet, easy-going, happy baby--Bobby, Henry, and I genuinely love having him around :)


Party Time!

Our good friends Bill and Monica invited our family to their son's 4th birthday party at Edge Gymnastics. Their boys attend classes there, and now I see why. The place is AWESOME, and a little boy's bouncing wonderland! Henry had a REALLY fun time and couldn't get enough of all the trampolines, foam pits and blocks, spring boards and floors, and the liberty to run WHEREVER he wanted and to touch and play with whatever he could find. There was only one rule for the whole party: 1 person per trampoline (easy to follow since there were about 10 huge trampolines amid everything else to play on). It was a GREAT time, and we can't say THANK YOU enough to Bill and Monica for inviting us to come. We had a blast :)



Farm and Tractor Show!

Sending a big THANK YOU to Kansas City for hosting the Farm and Tractor Show, and to TIM for letting us know about it! Henry had a FANTASTIC time (can't emphasize that enough!). We are so excited to have been able to give Henry such a memorable experience. This event will definitely be making it on our 'to do' list every year.