Teacher for a Day!

One of the greatest joys of being 'Top Banana' for the week is getting to be the teacher. Emmi had her turn last week. She did a good job, I'm told... she was a little quiet, but knew what to do.

Counting straws for each day we've been at school.


Reading the morning message and finding letters with her buddy, Claire.

Bible verse with buddy Calvin.

Flag Salute


A future teacher? We'll have to wait and see. Right now she wants to be a vet, a groomer and work at the dentist with Grandma... kids!

A Wish...

We miss Oma! We are all so very sad that she could not come and visit. We hope that she will be able to come this summer. The kids had big plans for Oma... baseball games, basketball games and dinner plans (ribs topped the list). So, when Oma is feeling better we can't wait to get her to the NW!

Love,
Joey, Stefan & Emmi

Happy Birthday Joey!

Today, Joey is 9 years old! Amazing... 9 years ago on Easter Sunday baby Joey arrived and changed our lives forever...

Easter Pictures

Emmi found the egg on Daddy's head!

Oma's Kitchen

This winter Oma got a new stove, a new dishwasher and a new microwave. Just for fun, she also got a new coffeemaker that matches the black and stainless theme.

The new Bosch range has lots of nice features including an extra large oven and and 3 different convection settings. The cooktop has just one knob to control the 4 burners -- we're stilling getting used to this.

We are using the dishwasher! It is a Kitchen Aid, does a good job cleaning and is very quiet.

The microwave is a Magic Chef we bought over at Menard's. Oma loves it.

Spring Break with a little sun!

For most of the week it was cold. We even had a fire going in the pellet stove. We stayed home, had friends over to play, organized a bit, read and just enjoyed.

Finally, the sun decided to show it's face for the weekend and it was gorgeous!

We got together with the Nesbitts for a little baseball practice and dinner on Sunday afternoon.