Annika's First Bike!

Annika got her first "big girl" bike. We let her get a sticker for every day that she was a good listener, and mostly that she would go right to bed at night and stay there. She did such a great job! We went to Walmart and bought her a 12" bike. She loves it and got the hang of it pretty quickly too. Kiersten saw Annika's new helmet and wanted one too...this is the best we had!

Kiersten's Dedication

Today we had Kiersten's Dedication at our church. It was a really special time for us to go up front at church and agree to teach Kiersten about Christ's love and ask for the church to help us in our journey of raising her. Auntie Lisa, Uncle Ryan and Sam came down for it and we had a lunch after with them, and our small group Bible study friends at my parents house. We've got a big job ahead of us in raising our kids! We pray that they will come to know God's love in a very personal way. When I was dedicated in our same church as a baby, the church elder who prayed, prayed that "I would never remember a day in my life that I didn't know that God loves me". This is also our prayer for our girls.


In front of the church with Karen Heiligenthal (Children's Ministry)

Our family with Pastor Staff

Kiersten with her almost twin cousin Sam who came for the event

Cousin Visit!

Craig's sister and brother-in-law and their two boys, Wyatt and Owen came for a 5 day visit! We all had so much fun together. Too bad they have to live over 600 miles away!

Here's Annika praying for her breakfast (at the top of her lungs everytime). She makes it quite difficult for us to remain reverant! It's just so cute!

It wasn't as nice of weather out as the snow was melting and it rained most of the time so we went out to the Plex to let the kids run around one morning. They loved it as usual!

She's a Climber!

Kiersten will be 15 months next week. All in one day, these are the places we found Kiersten (actually, these are just the places I got pictures of...add to this the coffee table, the TV chest, on top the stereo, and the couch)! How are we supposed to keep up with this crazy girl!

That's right, she's in the sink...

...On the Dining Room table...

...let's not forget on top of the buffet cupboard...

...On the chair in the Living Room

I mean, how on earth is she learning to do this?????? Hmmmmm

Father/Daughter Date Night

Our church had a Father/Daughter date. Craig took Annika and Granddad took Kiersten. It was so special sending them off on their dates!

A Pajama Party!

We went up to Minnesota for my neice, Linnea's 4th birthday party. It was a pajama party and was so cute. Annika and Kiersten love going to see their cousins!

Here's the Birthday girl

I got to make her cake which turned out pretty cute...if I say so myself.

Complete with teddybears and marshmallow pillows. Don't look too closely at the frosting though...I did that at about 12:30pm and was so mad that I couldn't get it smooth. If I ever do this again, I will take off the thin chocolate on the swiss cake rolls I used for their bodies because the frosting was NOT sticking to it but it was too late to turn back!

Happy Valentines Day!

Our Valentine's Day consisted on rearranging our ENTIRE upstairs! We moved all three bedrooms. So romantic!

Kiersten and Annika moved into a room together. They now share the master bedroom.
Craig and I now have Kiersten's room.
Annika's room is now Craig's office...that's right, after a year of officing out of the closet, Craig has a room again! I guess that was a Valentine's present for Craig!