Update: Skip ahead to Easter

I thought I should skip to the next big event we had at our house - Easter - then I'll start filling in day to day life.


Aunt Pete and Uncle Lloyd came up for the weekend. They haven't seen Kahlil since he was just a couple months old, yellow, and we were still breast-wrestling. Things are a little different these days!


We had a great time during their visit. Saturday we stopped in EVERY shoe store in downtown Corvallis. I never really thought about how many shoe stores there are... but it's quite a few. We also went to the tulip festival at Green Gable Gardens... a garden about ten miles away in Philomath. It was really beautiful. We've never been there before and we plan to go back. Oh yea, we also went to The Toy Factory and Pete and Lloyd bought Kahlil the best toy ever!



Since two of Kahlil's words are 'tractor' and 'wheel' he really loves his tractor. It will be awhile before he can reach the pedals. In the mean time, he likes to push it around, touch the wheels, and sit on it while Mom and Dad give him rides. I'm working on teaching him to steer but we haven't made much progress yet.


On Sunday the Weisels came over for brunch. Aunt Pete threw together a fruit salad and whipped up a few quiches (bacon/broccoli, sausage/mushroom, and crab/asparagus), Lloyd made yummy potatoes, Jay brewed some Gin Fizzes, and the Weisels brought some carrot muffins (VERY tasty) and sweet buns. It was SO good! (Notice I'm not on the list... :-) We had a great time visiting and eating... it was a nice, relaxing day.

Baby Jack seemed to enjoy his first Easter, but he wasn't much into chocolate or eggs this year. Maybe next time.


And now here is a picture the chocolate and Easter industries don't want you to see. This the beginning of a life long addiction...

Catching Up... Curacao

I'm FINALLY sort of caught up and settled in at home. It has been a very busy time since we got back. A few people have asked about this blog, so I thought I better get back to it. It might take a couple days to bring you all up to speed so I better get started!










First on the list is our trip to Curacao. It was really great... exactly what we needed. We got to the resort and didn't leave for the whole trip. It was a conscious decision to NOT go anywhere. We really just wanted to sleep, play, and eat. As it turns out, we are really good at doing those things.


Here is how a typical day went... Get up in the morning and put on shorts, tank top, and flip-flops. Wonder down to the breakfast buffet and eat. Go back to the room and wait for 'poopy time' to come and go. Put on bathing suites and head for water - pool and/or beach - for a couple hours. Get washed up. Eat lunch. Back to the room for nap time (on some days this was also massage or SCUBA dive time). Get up from nap and play for a while, maybe go back to the beach. Eat dinner. Hang out by the pool and watch live music. Go to bed. Repeat the next day. Not a bad way to spend a week.

We also learned a couple things about Kahlil while there:

1. He tans better than me
2. He is a little afraid of pigeons when they go under his chair but parrots in a cage are fine
3. He REALLY likes to play in water
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