Every year, I say that I'm going to take pictures of the beautiful spring flowers, and this year I finally did it! I tested my new camera out and I was pretty pleased with the results. I need more practice, but I thought the flowers and trees were so pretty that I couldn't pass it up! It was a beautiful day yesterday and a great time to enjoy nature!

Our 8th Anniversary!

Today is our 8th Wedding Anniversary! My how time flies! Because of work, school and busyness of our day today, we decided to go out this past Saturday to dinner. We went to Longhorn Steakhouse - which neither one of us have been to before - and ate entirely WAY too much! It was fabulous! After dinner, we shopped around the Bass Pro Shop (Dave's favorite place) and a few other stores. After walking off a little bit of dinner we ended our nice evening away from the kids at ColdStone Ice Cream! Yummy!!! It's amazing how fast 8 years has gone by. It just seems like yesterday we celebrated our 1st anniversary!

Ian's Preschool Field Trip...

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

What a great Earth Day!

Today, Ian and Luke got a bug box. You would have thought it was Christmas the way they acted over this $2 item! They spent most of this beautiful 77 degree day in one spot on the driveway trying to catch ants and bugs. It was great to see them playing together and being quiet! I, likewise, enjoyed the warm day and lounged a little on the deck watching the boys play and reading! (And for some of you that will come as a shock, because I don't like to read!)

AMY'S NEW CAMERA!!!!

Oh, yes... it is SO very true! I finally have moved to the digital era in photography!!!! I know, I know... It took a LONG time to convince me that I could still take great pictures with a digital! hahaha What was I thinking! After the last year borrowing my parents digital camera and taking many portraits and different pictures, I decided that it was time to stop mooching off of them and get my own! Thanks to that nice tax break, I found a great 4 month old camera on EBAY and won the bid for this great camera! I'm excited to get to use all the functions of the camera to take, hopefully, even better pictures than I already take. (If I may be so prideful!) From now on, no one will have to wait a month to see what pictures I've taken! I love my camera!!!

Time Out for Women 2008

Better late than never, but I was able to attend and LDS event called Time Out for Women on Feb. 29th and Mar. 1st. It was a great experience for me and a MUCH needed time away from everyday life! I had a lot of time to be with women and feel the spirit of the event through music and speakers. It was very uplifting for me and I enjoyed every minute of it! It was in Chicago and we we able to stay overnight in a wonderful hotel! It was fun to stay up with the gals and chit-chat about life and everything else. I really had a great time!

Easter Fun!

The Friday before Easter, the boys and I visited our friends house and colored eggs with some of the kids! It was stressful (for me) but fun for the boys! After they colored eggs they did a little egg hunt in their apartment, since it snowed that morning!!!
On Easter Sunday, we went to Grandma Beeler's house for lunch and a 'competitive hunt' in their basement. It was cold, but sunny, so we got a picture of all the little cousins together. It was a great day!

Moving Up...

Since baby boy #3 will be here in less than 4 months, we decided it was time to get Luke out of his crib! The only way we could do that and still make it sqeeze, was to get the boys bunk beds and put them in the same room. We found a great deal on ebay and are excited to see the boys as they enjoy their room together now. It has only been 2 nights so far, and they really seem to sleep well. Luke did however fall out last night, but I don't think he wants to do that again! Ian loves sleeping on the top bunk and Luke enjoys being by Ian at night. So, now we have room for the baby, and the boys are happy!

Potty Time!!! March 10, 2008

Luke is on his way of being a big boy! In Late February, Luke FINALLY sat on the potty and saw himself pee for the first time! It was a spectacular event for him and he was so excited! Since then we have tried to just encourage and remind him if he needs to go potty. Sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't, but he is pretty much training himself! YEAH for Luke! He finally went #2 in the potty last week for Dave and was really excited about that too. He's wearing pull-ups now, and in a few more weeks we'll get him into training underwear. I'm glad this is happening now, cause I don't really want to buy 2 sets of diapers when the baby comes!

Dave goes to Florida - February 13-16, 2008

In February, Dave was able to go to a National Home Builders Association Competition for school as part of the Construction Club at Purdue North Central. He and his team placed 4th out of 12 other of the nations Universities. He had a great experience and looks forward to next years competition!

Dave and his team, Jen and Nick.