Saturday, January 19, 2013

Happy Birthday!

 Happy Birthday, Daddy!  We love you!!

Today we had a party to celebrate Macie's 4th and Ethan's 6th birthdays.  Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Michelle, Victor, Carrie, and Megan came.  It was super fun - the theme was Cars 2.  Both kids are really into that movie right now!






Thanks for a great day!!!

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Christmas Festivities

We have had some fun Christmas celebrations!  We spend Christmas Eve morning with Aunt Rose, Uncle Tim, Lauren, and Great Grandpa Glenn. 
In the evening we went to Aunt Shelley and Uncle Jason's house and played with Andrew and Camryn.  How fun!


Here are a couple shots from Christmas morning. . . . We've had a great Christmas!

We also went to Uncle Bob and Aunt Carol's this weekend for the Gonwa family bash.  They are always a hoot :)


Monday, December 10, 2012

Getting Ready for Christmas!

Macie had her Christmas program for daycare at Hope Lutheran Church last Friday.  She was very excited to perform!


St. Nick came to our house on Saturday night.  We had a fun morning on Sunday opening our stockings!


The kids are in a BIG "Cars" kick right now!  *photographer Ethan submitted this pic :)

We went to Schultz's Barn in Eleva to see Santa and Mrs. Claus.  Macie wants a huge orange ball and Ethan wants a giant gas tanker.

We also went on a horse and wagon ride.  Ethan and Macie were lucky to be the guest drivers!


Ethan is really into the calendar right now.  Saturday morning we woke up and wanted me to paint the dates that all the Wednesdays fell in each month.  He dictated this to me from memory from the 2012 calendar.

We are having lots of fun waiting for Christmas to arrive!  

Sunday, November 18, 2012

100 Lawn Mowers/ Auntie Rose


Ethan has reached his goal of getting 100 lawn mowers hung up in his room.  He made his room look very "fancy."  He is now working on printing out, cutting, gluing, and hanging up 100 trucks as well.  Since starting Kindergarten we are so excited with his interest in cutting and gluing that we are allowing this to happen.  He has shown such awesome growth in his fine motor skills!  His teacher even e-mailed this picture of him to me on Friday morning to assure me that his coloring is coming along nicely . . . (look how proud he is)

Today Ethan and I went to visit Auntie Rose in the hospital.  Her cancer, which we thought was gone, has come back and is in her liver and bones.  She is pretty sick, so I have visited her with both kids a few times throughout the week.  Ethan was a good boy at the hospital - He asked the nurse when her birthday was and then told her the day of the week it fell on ("December 19!  That's a Wednesday!")  He did the same for the lady who was working in the cafeteria when we went down to eat some lunch.  :)  We are praying for Auntie Rose throughout her struggle with cancer.  It is hard to see her in so much pain.  Between Macie and Ethan, we are trying to keep her spirits up.

Ethan playing guitar with daddy in the basement -
My little bee and police man on Halloween!




Sunday, October 21, 2012

Fun in La Crosse!

Yesterday we took a fun family trip down to La Crosse.  The kids love the Children's Museum there and we get in free with our Eau Claire membership, so we love going too!

One of the best parts is putting the scarves in the "whoosh" machine and then catching them when they fly out.




After the Children's Museum, we went to Chuck E Cheese's for the first time.  The kids had a blast.  They loved the rides, the pizza, and meeting Chuck E himself!



Friday, October 12, 2012

Fall Fun!

Macie and her preschool class went on a field trip to Beaver Creek to enjoy learning about nature.  Her big smile tells me she had a great time!

The kids love going to the library- especially with Grandma Mary.  Macie usually plays a game on the computer while Ethan chooses his 10 books from the non-fiction vehicle section.  



The kids have enjoyed playing in the billions of leaves in our yard this fall!  They are becoming quite good at raking too!


Thursday, September 13, 2012

Back to School!

Macie had her first day of preschool today.  She was so excited!  She's been waiting to go back!


Grandma took her since mommy and daddy had to work.  They got to spend some time playing in the classroom.


Here is Ethan's official kindergarten back to school picture.  He has been in school a little over a week now and is loving it!