Baby Drew has arrived!

Big news from Akron this morning. My sister gave birth to a baby boy, Drew Michael. He was born at 8:30 AM and weighed in at 8 lbs. 2 oz (takes after his dad!) and 21 inches tall! Mom and Drew are doing great and big sister Alexis was excited to meet her new brother! Congratulations! Cousin Chloe, Noah and Caleb can't wait to see their new cousin!

Rodeo Day at Sunny Moon Ranch

Noah's kindergarten class spent a day at Sunny Moon Ranch learning everything they need to know to become a Cowboy. The kids were able to see and brush a real horse, lasso a runaway bronco, go on a hayride and eat by the fire!



He does make one cute cowboy! The boots light up!



Cowboy Caleb taming a wild bronco and making friends with the stable sheep!

Easter in Akron

We spent Easter weekend at Oma's and Opa's. The kids were spoiled with Easter candy which they found during their indoor Easter Egg hunt. We needed to keep it inside since there was a few inches of snow on the ground! I think the highlight of their weekend was eating Oma's homemade crepes.

Easter Egg Decorating

Chloe's Piano Recital

Chloe played in her first piano concert and she did awesome! She loves taking lessons from Mrs. Weston.

Fort Rapids

Noah decided to invite his cousin, Alexis, down from Akron to celebrate his birthday at Fort Rapids indoor waterpark. The kids (and adults!) had a blast in the park. Everyone slept well that night!

Noah's 6th Birthday Party

Chloe's Speech Meet

Sleeping Beauty

Caleb has taken it upon himself to stop taking normal afternoon naps to Jen's despair. Every so often we find him on the couch just resting his eyes!

Rollerskating

Chloe and Noah had their first experience on skates at Victoria's birthday party. What a sight!

Centric Holiday Party '07 in Las Vegas

Jen and I visited Las Vegas for the annual Centric Holiday Party. We were able to get tickets for the new Cirque de Soliel show Love. The weekend was also my Birthday weekend therefore my colleagues made sure we celebrated at the West Wing bar Friday night at the MGM. Saturday was the actual holiday party at a club in Bellagio called Lights. We could not have asked for better weather!

Gwenn's Birthday

Daddy celebrated his 35th birthday in style! The kids got me a new winter hat to replace my old Greenbay Packers hat. I also got some nice gloves to keep me warm on my long winter walks in the parking lot at work!

Caleb's 3rd Birthday

Caleb celebrated his 3rd Birthday with a Thomas the Train cake and a homemade train cake that Mommy made for him!

Monster Jam

Caleb, Noah, Grandpa and Daddy went to the Monster Jam at Nationwide Arena. After five minutes Caleb decided it was too loud and ended up in the lobby playing in a wooden little house while sharing popcorn with Grandpa. Noah had a blast watching his favorite monster truck, Grave Digger, win it all.

New Year's Eve

For New Year's Eve we had some friends over along with Jen's parents. The kids were so excited to watch the ball - amazingly they made it past midnight! We said farewell to 2006 and look forward to 2007.



The boys throwing their pom-pom collection

Christmas Celebration

This year we were able to celebrate Christmas twice. We spent part of the weekend at Oma and Opa's house opening gifts and having Christmas Dinner which included a well decorated, traditional Chirstmas Log for dessert. The kids were given a special treat the next morning with Oma's homemade crepes for breakfast!

Christmas morning the kids ran down the stairs to see what Santa had brought them. The rest of the morning was spent with Grandma and Grandpa opening and playing with their new toys! Brian and Wendy joined us for lunch and Brian finally got the OU jacket he had been waiting for!

We had a great Christmas break and enjoyed seeing all of the family.



The infamous OU jacket! Noah's favorite gift!


Caleb sprinkling the Christmas Log with big sister and brother supervising.


Grandpa hanging out with the boys.