Video of boys circling table

The boys love to run around our table. Here you can see that Carsten still has a bit of a limp, but it is getting much better. Sorry for his attire (or lack there of), it was almost bedtime!

Last few weeks

These past few weeks seem to have flown by. We have not really done anything extra, but we seem to have been busy. We have been spending some good time together as a couple, as a family and with many of our Canadian friends. We have gotten together with several different couples for game nights, meals and lots of good conversation. It has been neat for us to see the relationships we have developed in our community finally getting to a deeper level. It just shows us that no matter where we live someday we will have to put in a lot of time and energy to really get to know people. What a fun process to go through, although it does make saying goodbye that much harder!

The kids are all doing well. Carsten is still walking with a slight limp, but is doing much better. We have had an interesting winter this year with not all that much snow. As you will see in the following pictures the first few have little to no snow and the next few have a lot. They were all taken this week!

So happy to be able to ride a bike again!

Always happy to be outside riding his bike!

Racing down the hill

Showing off his jumping skills!

And climbing skills!

First time riding a snowmobile!

Waiting his turn to ride the snowmobile

Happy feet

Thank you for thinking of Carsten! Today his cast was removed. He was so excited to get it off. Jeff is the one who took him and he said Carsten just kept rubbing his leg and looking at it. Now he wants to walk everywhere he can! It is fun to see him up and about again.

Two happy little feet!

The other day Logan was playing with a toy and he got it stuck on his face. Here are a few photos that show what happened. It was pretty funny to see!

Not sure what to do...

Trying hard to get the toy off...

Happy that the toy is gone!

Video of Carsten walking again

Date Night

Jeff and I finally got a chance to go out on a date. We were so excited as we have not been out alone since Logan was born! That was 5 months ago! Our good friends from Australia sent us on a date to a local restaurant. It was so fun! It was such a sweet and generous gesture on their part. We not only had an incredible meal with dessert to top it off, but we got a chance to talk and enjoy each other's company uninterrupted!

Yummy chocolate mint cheesecake!

Carsten's Cookie Monster Party

Today we celebrated Carsten's second birthday (it was on the 14th) by having a Cookie Monster themed party! 9 of his little 2-year-old friends came to celebrate with him! We had lots of blue snacks and a Cookie Monster pinata. Carsten was so excited to have his friends over. He has been asking for days when his birthday party was. Here are some pictures from the party.

Cookie cupcakes with blue coconut to look like fur.

The table set with snacks and the pinata.

The party favors filled with blue frosted sugar cookies.
It says, "Carsten's Birthday was brought to you by the letter  "C"
and the number "2." Thanks for celebrating with us today!

Enjoying the snacks with his friends!

Rylan hitting the pinata which never actually broke!

Beach day and a broken leg

Our trip to Florida went well. We got a lot of information each day at our conference. We brought a friend with us to watch the kids and she did such a good job taking care of them! On Friday we ended up having the day free, so we rented a car and headed out to Daytona Beach! It was a little chilly (nothing compared to Canada!), but we still had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures from the beach:

The only downside to our trip was that on Wednesday afternoon Carsten hurt his leg going down a slide at the park. He cried for a long time and we tried to figure out where it was hurting. We had a friend who is a doctor take a look at it and he said just to keep him off of it. Carsten did not even try to walk on it. Anyway when we got back to Canada we took him to the doctor and is leg is actually broken. The poor little guy will spend the next 3 weeks in a full leg cast. He seems to be feeling good now. He was very excited to show both Logan and Rylan his cast when he got home today! Here he is: