Easter Weekend

The Easter Bunny found Colin in Minnesota this year. He loved his basket...the card was the most exciting part for him.

Colin is continuing to get harder to take a picture of! Grandpa was pretty active during this shot too.

Colin and Aunt Melissa! Colin giggles anytime she is in the room. He really enjoys her.

SATURDAY

Colin and I made our first visit to Eden Prairie High School to see Dad's record up on the wall. Matt still holds the EP High School record for the 110 High Hurdles...way to go, Colin has big shoes to fill! (If I knew how to play music on the blog you would be hearing "Glory Days" right now)

On Friday when we got to Minneapolis we took Colin to get another haircut. he did great and he is ready for spring now.

Thursday night we stayed in Des Moines because Matt had to work on Friday morning there. The hotel was having a fire alarm test...it was not fun and this is how we saved Colin's ears. He was a trooper!

We hope everyone had a good Easter Weekend.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

What a fun weekend! We celebrated St. Patrick's Day and my birthday on Saturday. A group of our friends took a bus on a small town bar crawl. We ended in Imogene, IA. Colin stayed with Grandma Hughes for the night so mom and dad could have fun. We all had a really good time and I can't wait for next years bus =) Matt and Colin got me a new camera, so expect a lot of pictures to come!

He Laughs at Himself

I thought everyone would like this clip! Colin's laugh is pretty funny - it changes all the time. Some times it is normal and sometimes we hear what you will hear in this clip. Enjoy!

Busy Weekend

Pete and Emily were in town this weekend to attend the funeral of Martha Winum - amazing lady who will be deeply missed by her family, friends and this community. Pete and Emily are expecting their first child in June (their blog is under favorites) Emily and I saw / heard Colin whistle, so that is our next challenge. I promise he did it =)

I have decided to throw away all of my black clothes because I am sick of funerals and sadness. I am ready for spring and some good news. I am trading in my black clothes for Green due to the upcoming St Patrick's Day festivities!

This weekend we went to watch our friend Jake in a weight lifting competition. It was a new world that we didn't know existed. After that Matt, Colin and I went to the mall to waste some time. Colin missed his morning nap, so he was excited to get in the car and head home. I had to work Saturday afternoon, so Matt took Colin to get the oil changed in the truck and had a guys day out.

This picture is of our friend Kumari with Colin at Jake's weight lifting event. Colin had a mohawk for the competition, we thought it was fitting. He was reading his new favorite book, "That's Not My Robot"

Crawling

Our lives have now chanaged, he is on the move!

What Were We Thinking?

On Saturday it was SO nice here...60 degrees. So we thought it would be a good idea to get the dogs out and let them play. Savannah has been so anxious to get outside and play, it has become annoying. We got a lot of energy out of her on Saturday. We all met at Jake and Michelle's property, they are building a new home about 5 miles from our house. They brought their 3 dogs, Lauren and Justin brought one of their dogs and Kumari brought her puppy Lucy. The mud was so bad everyone was having problems walking. No one really thought about how we would get the dogs clean before going back home. So we had a dog cleaning party at our house. Everyone had a good time! Colin loved being outside - he just smiled and laughed the whole time. I can't wait for summer.