Valentines Day

Halle and I woke Daddy up EARLY Sunday morning with heart shaped pancakes, a little gift, his favorite cookies, and this Card. Dan had to speak that morning on one of the hardest stories in the Bible. We wanted to encourage him and tell him we sure did love him and he was our valentine. Look closely and Halle did make her remarks as well in crayons.

We took some cute cute photos with our friends for Valentine's. It was so much fun but also challenging. It is definitely getting harder and harder to get our toddlers to remain still to take a photo. I think we were all sweating after this one.

This is our friend Denver, he is only one month older than Halle. He is so adorable and we LOVE hanging out with him and his mommy and daddy. nelsonfamilynest.blogspot.com
She's an angel.

Here is our friend Zion. Halle is only a few days older than this handsome guy. He loved smiling at the camera but wow...was he active!!! You had to be super quick to capture it. I'd snap the picture and then he would quickly charge me and tackle me. There was truly a distinction between a girl and a boy 18 month old that day. He is a wild man and so much fun!!! We love him and his mommy.


She's my porcelain baby doll.
Halle has officially been spoiled by everyone who knows her, especially her grandparents! We received a package at the door the other day. Halle saw the brown box as I pulled it through the door and her face immediately lit up as she ran into the living room and proceeded to show me where exactly to place it. She patted her hand on the ground rushing me to put it down so she could open it right away. It was soooo cute! She knows what brown packages are!! Well she got tons of Valentine's gifts from Grandpa and grandma Mock in this little brown box. Thank you guys, she loved all of it soooo much. She would not put that sucker down for two hours. She wears her necklaces everyday and has taken a special liking to that black bear. Her cookie has long since been devoured. It was incredibly sweet to get this for Valentine's Day. Thank you.

Happy Valentine's Day to all.

A Magical Christmas at Disney

Dan's parents flew us to Orlando Florida for the week of Christmas this year for our Christmas present. It was an incredible week. We stayed in a condo with the back porch opening up to a pond with a constant running fountain. The place was amazing and so comfortable. Unlike we would be able to do at a hotel we sat down at a table to Dan's mom's great cooking all week. We spent the week relaxing, watching movies, eating, sight seeing and just soaking up the nice weather. Dan's parents live in Germany and we are currently of course in snow stricken Iowa. So the 70 degree weather was wonderful, almost indescribable how much we enjoyed the nice weather. We got to spend a couple of days at Disney World. We loved it, especially little Halle! Here are some pics from the week.

Halle found a new bud in Uncle Mike! She loves him!
The first day we went to Disney, within minutes of being there, Halle took a BIG fall. We thought oh what a cute picture spot. Although this did end up being a good pic, it was not worth it. Halle lost her balance when trying to touch the frog's nose and fell head first into the concrete. Immediately her head started oozing with tons of blood! Of course this scared Dan and I to death. We were running frantically trying to find help as blood is now all over Dan and Halle and she is screaming. The paramedics came and looked at her very quickly. What we thought was surely a stitches worthy wound ended up being nothing but a couple of "scratches." Deep scratches but still scratches. After all the commotion and frantic mom and dad calmed down Halle was just fine. She enjoyed the rest of the day thoroughly. Thank you Jesus for looking out for little Halle!
This is our second day at Disney with Grandma and Grandpa!
Having a ball!



Halle enjoying her time with Grandpa Friesen!

This is Halle riding It's a Small World with Grandma and grandpa. She danced the whole way through, so sweet!

Okay she was sooooo cute with Mickey. She wasn't shy at all. She ran right up to him.
Halle loves her Minnie.
We opened presents on Christmas day at the condo. This was the first time that Halle realized what going on with opening presents. She was thrilled.
After our amazing week in Florida, we flew to Kansas City where all of Dan's family lives. We spent a few days there visiting all their family. This is the first I was able to meet them and get to know them. It was such a special time. All of his family were incredibly sweet and enjoyable to be around. Every house we went to had a gift waiting for Halle.
And of course she loved everyone of them.
This is sweet sweet Aunt Beverly and sweet sweet Grandma Doris who just adored Halle. And I adored them. Too bad we don't live near these two jewels. They are incredible women.

We then came home to Iowa and spent a few days at our place before Dan's parents had to make the trek back to Germany.

We really enjoyed our vacation with the Friesen's. Thank you sooooooo much Doug and Karen. The couple weeks spent with you were wonderful. We are so thankful for the awesome Christmas you were able to give us. We love you and will not forget Christmas 09.