Testing YouTube

I'm just trying out working YouTube in to the blog. Here's a recent video of Jayda practicing her dancing.

Looking forward - Summer 2010

This spring and summer are already busy and the chaos is just beginning. Two toddlers running around, collectively building a machine shed complete with living areas, followed by a new baby, followed by selling and moving out of one house and building a new house. Throw in possibly a new dog for Grandma and Grandpa, a little golfing and travel. Whew. Actually it all sounds pretty good.

I am preparing myself with one of these little bad boys--a mini video camera, so hopefully between working and living there will be plenty of updates as things happen. And for the amateur tech geek in me, this should be fun.

-Cliff

We broke ground...ha!

A week ago our roomies came home from Israel. Woohoo!!! We missed you Mom & Dad!

This also meant that the work has just begun for them and us...we even broke ground where our house will be...sort of:) (makes some great dirt for your garden, right Heidi?)

and here is one of our windows that were delivered today. I didn't realize they were the size of a person!

And last but not least...meet our new friends. Mommy Duck and Daddy Duck. This morning they snuck up on Dad and we ran out to feed them some bread. They made their way back to our house three more times today. The kids loved it. Is it possible to feed a duck too much bread???

awesome

Remember this? 15 months later the kids are still working on their sweet moves:)

a first

I guess this is what happens when your 3 year old is done taking naps (it's been over a week) and your 20 month old decides that he will no longer sleep in his crib. If you know Jonah, you know that something is seriously wrong with this picture! I have to admit they look pretty sweet, but I want my sleep loving baby back!

Happy spring forward everyone! What a great day to be outside! This morning we headed out to "the trees" to see how wet the ground is. I still can't believe how quickly all that snow melted.By the time we reached the shed, our boots were totally sinking into the mud.

We also went to the park for the first time this year. Big moment for all of us! Jayda wanted to go to the park by our old house- you can see her running ahead of us. This was also Jonah's first time getting to actually climb around on the playground. What a big boy. Jonah now LOVES to be outside and almost always has to be carried back inside kicking and screaming.

Looking forward to many more days outside...the kids were so worn out, they were both in bed by 8!

We can't wait to live out here!!!
Make sure your volume is turned up to see Jonah's new skill...the slide. "Weeeeee!"

Jonah's first haircut

Wow...2 posts in 1 week? Could this be a record?? So we've been talking about getting Jonah's hair cut for a while now.... it was a little said, but more just fun to see him look more grown up:) He did SO well! Daddy held him the whole time and he let the lady do her thing until she was finished. It's all cleaned up around his ears and still a little shaggy, but doesn't he look handsome? (the pictures downloaded backwards, so scroll down to see the before pictures!)

and after!
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