A Bee-Day Party!!

Last Saturday was Chase's bee-day party!

:: We invited several of our dear friends and my parents were in town ::

:: Yellow and black abounded ::

:: Kids had a great time playing on the playground ::

:: Yummy cupcakes were eaten ::

:: Fun was had by all ::

Can't believe another year has gone by!!

The Pumpkin Patch

We got to go

with Mimi and Grandpa

to the pumpkin patch!

What fun it was!

A little bit of a pitiful patch in comparison to our cousins' up in WA!!

This is the face that Mimi calls "little John"

We have truly been experiencing Fall out here.  It has been cool and rainy for days on end now.  

Even my parents from Colorado thought it was a bit too dreary and cold!

It's been fun.  But I'm ready to see the sun again.

A Two Year Old's Celebration!

This is how her day began.  Remembering to take her Minny Mouse napkins to school for snack time.

Birthday dinner with the Carters.

Opening her first gift from Great-grandparents Heinkel.  Tupperware dishes.  But what to put them in....

A fabulous new cupboard which used to be mine. (Refurbishing photos to be shown later in the week)

The big reveal of the cupboard...

Already a big hit with the girls!!

The Carters' gift...a pink laptop!  What every 2 year old needs.  Just ask Ava and Emi.

Singing Happy Birthday to the big girl!!  John thinks that Chase is the link between Ava and Emi.  I think he has a good point.  Ava is on left, Emi is on right.  It's almost like she looks more like each of them than they do like one another!  Does that make sense?

 

The end of a fun day!  Look for photos of the big birthday bash!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Chase!!!

It seems like just yesterday that this proud Papa held his baby girl for the first time!

Look at that sweet face!  Born at 10:02pm on a Sunday night and weighing 6.8oz.  We couldn't believe how tiny she was!  It was an ordeal getting her here involving a last minute c-section. 

Doesn't she look so sweet and innocent?  Just give her a few weeks to truly "wake up"!

I would be remiss to not mention Chase Josephine's namesake.  She is named after John's grandmother, Josephine Krider.  Mamo Jo to her grandchildren.  She was a godly woman who was southern through and through!  This was the first time the two met, in May of 2009.  Mama Jo went to be with the Lord on August 23, 2010. 

Our Chinese student, Minny, sent Chase a birthday gift.  She was born in the year of the mouse!

Oh Chase how we love you so and enjoy the fun and adventure that you've brought to our lives!!

SEEDS!!

Last night at church we had a fun family concert.  Seeds Family Worship is Scripture that is set to fun music.  So it is a great way for children to hide God's Word in their hearts!!  This is the second time they've come to our church and both times John has had the opportunity to play in the band.  It is a really fun night.  We invited our good friends the Carters with their girls.  All 3 little girls had so much fun dancing, jumping and clapping!  Here you can see all of the fun that was had (by A and CJ)!

Here is a heart-warming photo of our little friends



Daddy showing of his guitar playing skills!!

We are thankful for these fun yet meaningful opportunities as we parent!!



Hello Fall! Come on In!!

Our Swiss Visitors

This is Reudi and Madeleine and they live in Bern, Switzerland.  Reudi is my grandma's first cousin.  We have kept in good contact with them for as long as I can remember.  John and I visited them in Switzerland in 2005.  This trip, they've been all over the US and came to our house in an RV.  I got permission for them to stay one night in our neighborhood (strict restrictions). But they were awakened at 4:15 in the morning to banging on the door by security guys ready to tow them!!  Madeleine explained everything she knew to them, and blah blah....they gave them a citation.  I'm sorry that had to dampen their stay!

Chase just loved meeting them and really warmed up to them quickly.  So much so that they babysat her while I went to a mom's group this morning because she couldn't go to the childcare due to sickness.  Reudi was a very big hit and she was always keeping an eye on him!

Madeleine often tells the story of when they were here in about 1981 and that made me about 4...one time I yelled to my mom "I said NO, N-O spells NO!"  hmmmm, I wonder who that reminds me of????

 

Adieu, A bientot!!