Kuiper's House

Since moving to Omaha, we have spent MANY of our weekends visiting grandpa & grandma Kuiper's house in Sioux Falls. The kids love to go to gramma's house. I don't know why...they get treats galore and constant attention...what kid wants that?


Reading is a favorite whether we are at home or in Sioux Falls. There could be pictures of Grandpa & Grandma reading too, but here are a couple with daddy and Paige.

Bella likes to put on singing and dancing shows. Here is one on the counter, but don't worry, there are 3 attentitive adults ready if she takes a step too close to the edge.

Snow & More Bella Birthday

We enjoyed another snow fall over the weekend and snow that was packable enough to play in. After Izaac & I built a snow man, Casey and Izaac had a fun snow ball fight.

These pictures are of Bella's birthday party at Grandpa & Grandma Kuiper's house. Notice Bella in the background of this picture...very excited!

Thought for the day:) Izaac has been really into games lately...the Wii, Monopoly, dominoes, Uno, etc. He is very concerned about the score and who is winning. Sometimes I just think he doesn't even enjoy the game because he is so worried about points. Last night when we were bowling on the Wii, he was commenting on who was winning and I just thought to myself, "I wish he could live in a world where there are no points." Then I thought, that must be exactly what God was thinking when he sent Jesus to earth. No keeping score, no wondering who is ahead, we just get to live and enjoy our lives...what a blessing!

Bella is 2!!!

I can't believe our baby is 2 already! Bella had a great birthday on Wednesday. We started out our day checking our e-mail as usual.

Bellevue has this great early childhood development center, which is basically two big rooms filled with toys and books and craft making supplies. Bella just loves it there. So she and I went there in the morning. She made a card (for Paige),

played some toys,

and during music time the teachers gave her a birthday crown and all of the kids sang to her.

She also got to pick her favorite song, which is the "monkey song".

Then after nap we picked up Izaac from school and went to Burger King for some kid's meals and ice cream. (Not a great picture, but the best I could do through the netting of the playstructure).

We came home and opened a few presents, tried to take a picture but the kids wanted to be goofy instead, and Izaac was off to Awana.... a very fun day!

Here are some older picture of the kids watching the Viking's game, which we all had smiles on our faces for most of the game. (Thanks Grandpa K for the awesome hats!!!)