Spring Concert

Bennett is on the far right of this picture. He had his SCCS Spring concert last night and it was great! The kids are very high energy! Bennett loves to sing and participate, so this was right up his alley:)

What have we been up to?

It's hard to summarize what fills our days, but I'll try:

Bennett's almost done with Kindergarten! He's having a great year. It's mid April and he is still just as excited to go to school as he was in August. He finished off a really fun hockey season last month and this weekend will start his first season of soccer.
Tate is very, very busy. His favorite thing right now is to go trucking with dad. He likes to sit up front and look out the window and ask a ton of questions. Tate is always trying to keep up with Bennett and it is just SO cute. He will be starting 3 year old preschool in the fall and he is already talking about "his school".
Dale is busy hauling eggs and egg product. He is always home on the weekends now, which is so great. He just celebrated a birthday on Friday and we are so thankful for another year.
I (Janelle), am working at Dordt as the Campus Health Secretary and am still loving it. This is my 3rd semester here and it couldn't possibly be a better a fit. Looking forward to the summer off with my boys and the camper.

photo session

Our friend Lisa spent a morning with our family and these are some of the beautiful shots she got.

Family pic on Easter Sunday




silly boys

For Bennett's birthday we went to the pool and he is crazy jumping across the lily pads!

Grandpa and Grandma came to visit for the weekend and we made our first trip to the Butterfly house.

At the Butterfly house they also had a bunch of fresh water and salt water fish tanks. This tank was a particular favorite because it housed Nemo and Dori:)

We did so many fun things over Christmas and the past few months. These are a few of the highlights from Winnipeg. The weather was actually wonderful - winter wonderful. We were able to go toboganning and skating a couple times and really enjoyed it all!

Michael, Megan, Johnny, Janelle, Greg, Emily, Noah, Bennett and Danica (dad is taking the picture).


Okay, this day was freezing, I forgot about that. We tried to go skating and it was rather frigid. But oh so good to see the gang again:)

All the grandkids (for another month or so, then this picture is outdated again!) - Noah, Sydney, Emily, Danica, Bennett and Tate.

Our visit to Grandpa's firestation. His name changes to "Cap" when we're there:)

Bennett and Tate enjoying the new tent they got from Grandma S. for Christmas

fun in the mud

We are just havin so much fun this fall. The weather couldn't be cooperating more perfectly. We have a lot of kids in our neighborhood and so so they are getting a little more creative with their choice of activies. Behind our row of houses, there is a drain that makes a wonderful "Swim hole". More like a mud hole. Anyway, Tate was dragging his "banket" through it all, while the other kids went for the more full-on approach:)

Preschool!

He insists that he is not my baby, but how can it be that he is off to preschool already? Well, I guess it is true that it all happens before you know it. He LOVES school is the understatement of the year. He did great and can't wait to go again tomorrow. Tate was all excited for Bennett, but was disappointed when he realized that he wasn't going along:(