Grandma's Visit

Grandma "Soon" came all the way from Texas to visit us for a few days! We are excited to have her with us, and we have been doing a lot of fun activities. We went to the Mall of America, the Children's Museum, and shopping for Easter/Flower Girl dresses! We don't have any pictures of the Children's Museum, but here are a few random snapshots of our recent adventures:

Samuel and Daniel

Once a year, our church hosts the "Annual Baby Day Parade"! It is a special (indoor) parade of all the young ones who stay in the nursery during services. This year, we have two of our children in the parade - Samuel and Daniel! Daniel is actually the youngest baby of the parade (as was Becca in 2002), so he gets a special honor from the Pastor. The theme this year is "Your Favorite Bible Character", so we decided that Samuel will dress up as...Samuel! And Daniel will dress up as...Daniel! ;-) We are even putting together a little "Daniel in the Lions' Den" float for our baby boy. Here are some pictures of Samuel in his outfit for the parade. We'll post some of Daniel later when we are done with his float.


Samuel enjoys "reading" his little Bible Storybook.

Baby Smiles

Escape to the Tropics

We decided to put our Minnesota Zoo Membership to good use today! The best part about our Zoo is that it has the "Tropics Trail", which is always warm and humid. It was nice to see so much green, and it almost felt like we were on vacation to some exotic island!

We took some pictures of the kids enjoying the adventure:

Eric and the kids see the otters sleeping the day away.


Becca sees something new in the Komodo Dragon exhibit.


It's nice to get out of the cold for a while!


"What's that, Mommy?"


It's just so exciting!


This is Daniel, enjoying the Zoo his way! ;-)


Sam was fascinated by the tropical fish in the aquarium!



Peek-a-Boo!

The Content Baby

Nothing like a happy, content baby, except...
a happy, content baby in his crib! ;-)
Ahh, but he does love his Mama.

Indoor Fun

Now I know why Christmas is in December...because somebody knew that kids would need to get a lot of new toys to keep them busy and happy during the cold winter months while they would be cooped up in the house. So, we have been enjoying all of our Christmas gifts while the weather continues to be bitterly cold and uninviting. I have to admit that I have been pining for Spring, and I'm holding my breath until I hear what Punxsutawney Phil has to say on February 2nd! ;-)

Daniel and Goliath

Samuel sure seems like a sweet little boy, that is until he gets
next to Daniel! Then he seems like a towering giant.