Hold on, this train is fast!

Good thing her barrettes were there to hold her hair down!

Give me all your dough!

Ellie decided that she should be able to eat what Nate eats so she stole his bread! She was really proud of her accomplishment.

Dutch Pommel Horse superstar!

Here is Nate doing a little Dutch Pommel Horse practice for the olympics.

Cruising!

Nate and his sister Ellie taking a ride in the Jeep

Cheers!

Just Chillin and havin a drink with Opa.

How did I get this way?

I came around the counter and found Ellie sitting like this in her bouncy chair. She seemed to like her new position!

Ready for camping!

Nate is all ready for camping, he just got a new sleeping bag. It will keep him warm and cozy in the middle of the night.

Playing Together

Ellie wants to be a big girl and play with Nate's toys.

Aren't we cute!

King of the park.

Since it is not so hot outside, we ventured out to the park. Nate is getting quite adventurous.

Tuesday-A Day of Firsts

Yum yum! I just had my first taste of vegetables (peas) and I am so full!






My very first time in my crib and I slept great!

Our 5 month old happy camper.

Here's Ellie chewing on some toys in the tent trailer.







Here's Ellie and a proud Oma posing for a picture during one of the rare and brief moments where it wasn't raining.

Cheese and Mud!

Say Cheese!! This is a picture of Nate posing for a picture while on a hike in Greer.






Nate hears the call of the mud and answers it! He loved playing in the big rain pond that was created by all the rain in Greer.

Diaper Models

Check out our Pampers!

What did you say??

What did you say? There is something in my ears.

Taking a nap.

Sleepy girls taking a snooze on the couch.

Sitting Pretty!

Sh'es getting really stable. Within the last few days she has really gotten good at sitting up.

Like father like son

Looking good in blue!

I love this thing!

Having a good time!

Remember me?

See the look in my eyes!!! They tell a tale of a future 2 1/2 year old.

Anybody want some rice cereal?

This is the face I make whenever you put rice cereal in my mouth.








This is my face after I have eaten rice cereal. So despite the scrunched up face in the first picture, I seem to like rice cereal.

Sitting up!

I'm sitting up with a little help from my Boppie!

Aren't I cute!!

I look like a 2 1/2 year old boy don't I!!!

Don't I look smart?

Uncle Nick let me borrow his glasses for the photo shoot!

Anyone for a game of twister?

Wow she is flexible!

I'm being eaten!

Yikes! One minute she's sweet and cute and the next minute she's eating my face!
Ok, well she is still sweet and cute and she can eat my face any time she wants to.

Wrong way Nate!!

Stuck in the Exersaucer!! I had to pull him out by his feet, it was pretty funny.

Rollin, Rollin, Rollin

Ellie is getting determined!! She wants to go places!

Here, play with my cars and trucks!

Nate thinks little girls should play with cars and trucks too!! She doesn't seem to mind.

Conductor Nate!

Nate and his new conductor hat! He is also wearing appropriately themed pajamas.

Mandy and the kids on the train!

Mandy and Nate sitting by the window of the train car.






Mandy and Ellie also sitting by the window of the train car.

Going to Durango, Colorado

This weekend we are going on vacation to Durango, Colorado so there will probably be no new pictures for a couple of days. We will be back on Tuesday. Nate is really excited about riding on the D&SNG railroad. We have been building him up for a couple of weeks now and he is ready to go. There will undoubtedly many pictures to post when we return.

Brother and sister hanging out.

Nate lovin on his sister!







Nate is lending a helping hand or maybe he is trying to catch some drool.

There's a monkey on my back!

I was just sitting there playin with my little girl when a large blue-eyed monkey jumped on my back. I tried to shake him off but he was holding tight. Eventually the monkey got off but seconds later he was back on again! At least he was a handsome monkey.

Ellie and Mommie!

This is mommy singing to our little Ellie girl.

Some B&W shots of our little girl!

She's cute in B&W or in color!







Peacfully sleeping.

Swimming at grandma and grandpa's house!

Here we are swimming at grandma and grandpa's house. The water was plenty warm at 90 degrees! Nate is really getting good at getting himself around the pool. Ellie seems to really like the water also, she was kicking and and splashing just like Nate.




Here is a picture of Ellie and her grandpa enjoying the pool. She doesn't have a smile in this picture but we could tell she loved hanging out with her grandpa. I think grandpa liked it too!

Jam Session!

Nate and I are having a little guitar jam session. Ellie is our audience! You can't really see Nate in this picture but he is there behind the guitar. Nate loves to play also so he has his own guitar though it might be a little big for him.

Cecilia and Ellie!

We went over to our good friends Brent and Maria's house to see their new baby girl Cecilia. This is a picture of the two girls hanging out. Ellie was fascinated by Cecilia.

The boys!

Trying to take a picture of yourselves is tuff!

Swimming tires me out!!

We went swimming tonight and it tired our little girl out! We put her in her play yard to get Nate dressed and she fell asleep. She was still very wet when we laid her down but she didn't care. Aint she cute!

Puppy Loves Wal-Mart

Nate decided to take his stickers from Wal-Mart and place them over Puppy's eyes. This was all his own doing and quite creative I thought. What a great kid!

The kids and their Oma and Opa

We went camping this last weekend up on Mingus mountain at the Potato Patch campground. This is a picture of Nate and Ellie hanging out with their Oma and Opa at the camp. The kids had a great time and so did Oma and Opa. We also had our good friends Andy, Rebekah and Avery Keizer camping with us.