April....already?!?

Wow, this year has been flying by!  I can't believe March is already over.  I'm sure April will fly by just as fast as we try to figure out living arrangements, moving plans, and celebrate some birthdays & Easter during this month. 

 Since the boys were all dressed up (with fresh haircuts) we took some pictures after church.  I wanted to take some before church, but of course we didn't have time and Lane was crabby! 

 So, here are the best of my attempt to get the boys to look & smile at me at 12:30 (before lunch)...not good timing, for Kale especially, but he did pretty good :). 

 The weather was great today, windy, but otherwise awesome.  Jason got home right after naps & we spent the rest of the afternoon outside.

Hopefully we don't get the storms the weatherman has been talking about and it stays nice for awhile!

Spring Has Arrived!

Yesterday morning when we were outside we found something in the front flower bed.  When Jason got home and heard what we had found he had to go see for himself...

and put it in a bucket for closer inspection...

 and then let Kale pet them...

 baby rabbits :)

 this is the second time we have had a nest of rabbits in this flower bed, last time Jason tried to save them, but one of the neighborhood cats got them :(

  The mama rabbit was with them last night and we checked on them this afternoon and they were doing good...they should be safe from cats (Jason took care of that problem)

We're Moving!!

We are super excited that Jason took a new position with CPS and we are moving to Missouri!  We have a contract on our house and the closing date is May 12 so we have less than 6 weeks left in this house.  We will finally be residents of Missouri again!  Yay for moving closer to family (most anyway, sorry Kyle), new drivers license (no more MN!) and of course, cheaper hunting tags :)  We are planning on living in Shelby County and will be moving there after we close on our house.  Jason will be working in Illinois for a while longer (July) so it may be tricky at first, but we are happy we are finally moving "home". 

Last of March

With the colder weather & windy days we spent more time inside last week.  Even though we were stuck inside we still had fun. 

 After learning how to "rope" last weekend, Kale has been busy roping his pig & Truman

they were trimming trees across the street this past week and Kale loved watching

 Lane Wayne is getting chunky :)

Kale sharing his sippy cup with Lane...I am afraid these two might be trouble

Ready for Spring!

We enjoyed the teaser of warm temps and are definitely ready for the spring/summertime weather to come back for good!

Kale posing with Lane in his jumperoo

Lane- just a few days shy of 5 months

Kale loves to pose...here he is with "baby" & Truman with (of course) his safety glasses on!

Brody's Baptism

March 20th we got to attend Brody Kyle's baptism.  After mass and the

 baptism we headed back to the Belt's house for some great food and fellowship. 

Brody being baptized

Father Dandy & the Belt family

Brody (& rest of Belt fam) with his Godparents - Chris & Debbie and their boys - Cole & Caden

TJ admiring his baby brother

Kale & Kyle waiting for pictures to be over

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We started off the day making cupcakes

  Kale of course got a beater and Lane just watched

 Kale ready to ice them....

I should have known how much help he would be

the only cupcake Kale got to ice

all that was left...some crumbs & the paper

the finished product, ready to be delivered to dad

Kale

It's hard to believe Kale will be 21 months this Sunday and we will have a 2 year old before long.  I am getting old (but not as old as someone with a 16 year old or someone with a kid in kindergarten!)  Kale is becoming quite the character and is lots of fun (most days).  He picked out his own clothes today and looked cute so I thought I would take some pictures and share a few. Kale wanted "baby" in the picture, but Lane is napping so it's just Kale this time.  Like a typical toddler (I think) he sometimes has a hard time sitting/standing still.  I should have known the first one would be the best, but the last one is my favorite!

 

Caught up!

After a long week & weekend I am slowly getting caught up.  Kale & Lane have been sick this past week, thankfully it happened after Jason got home from his fishing trip!  After several loads of laundry, some breathing treatments, and a round of steroids they are better (or getting there anyway).  We didn't go anywhere this weekend- not even church and last night was the first night in what seems like forever everyone slept all night.  Both boys are taking extra long naps right now.  I'm hoping that means they really are feeling better!  After I finish the 8 loads of laundry that I have been putting off and get the dishwasher unloaded & loaded I really will be all caught up (until tonight)- yay!  Minus the fact we have no food left and I need to go grocery shopping.  Oh well, I think we will survive another night without bread & tea. 

I am even caught up with the blog (for now) so enjoy the pictures and I promise I will do better (I hope). 

I think that is one of the best feelings ever- now if the dryer would just hurry up!

March Mayhem

Kale's favorite show this past month has been "Last American Cowboy".  Thank goodness I DVR'ed it because it has been helpful more than once to be able to play it, especially when Jason was gone for five days.  The episode we watch shows a cattle drive.  One of the cows gets tired and the ranchers load her in a trailer using a tractor. 

One afternoon I came back to the living room to find Kale putting his cow in his loader

judging by his face she must have been heavy- you can also see he is a long haired country boy in need of a haircut!

There isn't a day that goes by without Kale playing with his hammer

he started off barely tapping on his tower

but then got a little rougher

and after it fell he looked at me like, what happened?!?

It is fun to watch Kale & Lane now that Lane is getting more active.  They "talk" to each other and Lane loves when Kale talks to him.

I was waving my hand to get Lane to look at me and Kale waved back

and then he was all about loving on Lane

While Jason was gone both boys got much needed haircuts. It took two nights (one for each boy) but we got it done and I think they both look adorable :)