One of our favorite things to do.... Play the Piano with mom.

Easter Fun

Here is a bunch of pictures from our Easter Weekend. It started with an annual Easter egg hunt (That was HUGE) with a stake family...it doubled in size from last year 1600 eggs for everyone. When we got home my VT called she invited us to their family's Easter egg hunt, so we went to that one too! Then we still had the small family basket that Ehre and Benjamin used clues to find this morning...but those aren't on the computer yet so there will be another post soon!

Happy Easter

Ehre is sooo cute! Today we attended two Easter Egg hunts, and she had a blast! We've tried to make today the commercial day and tomorrow the Spiritual day... I guess its working allright...this was her prayer this evening. She said the first few things and then I helped her out...and this was the result. I think she got confused, but Jeff and I had a good laugh!

Dear Heavenly Father…thank you for this day, thank you for my blessings and that I can sleep, thank you that the Easter Bunny is going to come… (Mommy helping her) “thank you for Jesus and the atonement so that we can return to thee.” … “in”….in …. “the”…. ….. house “name”….name…. “of”…. of …. “Jesus Christ” and the Easter Bunny…. “Amen”…Amen.

Apparently Ehre has gotten a full dose of Easter!

Happy Easter Everyone...pictures will come shortly!

Knock on Wood....

Our kids are well again. :) And today is Sunny so we walked to Purdue....all in all this makes us a very very happy family!

NYC

There is a slideshow of all our pictures....all ~250..... We had so much fun, and it seems like my dad enjoyed the time with the kids as well. There were so many different things to see and every night when we got home, my legs ached from walking all day. We only rode the subway 5 times and that was mostly when we had to meet a time commitment, other than that, we walked and walked and walked. It was fun, we saw, Newark Airport, Penn Station, Museum of Natural History, Chicago Uno (good pizza), NYC Temple (where we had church), Central Park (90% of it), Wall Street, Trinity Church, Ground Zero, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Battery Park, The Bull on Wall street, Mariners monument, Brooklyn Bridge, a professional photo shoot on Pier 17, China Town, City Library where they filmed "Day after tomorrow", Grand Central Station, Empire States Building, Soho, had Gellatto in Little Italy, a MONSER burger at Jackson Hole, .... and I'm still missing things here, but I can't remember them all. We stayed really busy and had a great time! Everyone should see NYC atleast once in their life time.

NYC

New York City Trip

Yup he's sick again...sorry dad!

Well, we just got back and Ben is sickkkkk. Ehre is all better but Ben's ears look bad...that explains the whole "momma's boy" syndrom for the past week. So yeah Dad, hopefully you don't hate us after this week..... so if no one sees us for a while....A) Jeff and I are in NY B) Our kids are sick and we arent' sharing. ....sorry!

doom doom doom ........doom!

..............pink eye is back. What does it take to cure this?! Poor Ben I can't figure this out at all! So I guess we'll be going back to the Dr. :(

German 101

MOST of you may wonder why I am posting this, but its something to show for all my hard work now that its mid semester. I can now write a few paragraphs about myself in German! Enjoy the reading!

Some of you may ask what our daily schedule is...well here it is:

Guten Morgens! Um sechs Uhr wache ich auf und lese das Buch Mormon mit meine Familie. Gegen sieben Uhr essen wir Früuhstuck. Wir singen Musik und spielen bis meinen Sohn schlafen geht. Mein Sohn heßt Benjamin. Er is ein Jahre alt. Meine Tochter heßt Ehre. Ehre und Ich lessen gern. Um Mittag essen wir . Benjamin und Ehre gehen um halb dreizehn Uhr schlafen. Ich machemeine Hausaufgaben. Mein Man ist Jeff. Er kommt nach Hause und nimmmt unsere kinder. Ich gehe an die Universität. Gegen achtzehn Uhr haben wir Abendessen. Meine kinder gehen um neunzehn Uhr schlafen. Mein Mann und Ich gehen um Zweiundzwanzig Uhr schlafen. Gute Nacht!


oh, did you have trouble understanding that...so did I!


My Daily Schedule.: I wake up at 6 am and read the Book of Mormon with my family. At 7 we have breakfast. We sing songs and play until my son takes his first nap at 9. My son’s name is Benjamin. Benjamin sleeps and my daughter and I work on reading. My daughter is named Ehre. At noon, we have lunch. Benjamin and Ehre go to bed at 12:30 pm, and sleep till 2. I do my homework. I leave the house at 3:45 to go to Purdue. My husband is named Jeff. He comes home and watches the kids. I go to class. Dinner is at 6. My kids go to bed at 7. My husband and I get ready for bed at 9:30. We go to sleep at 10.



Ich spieled as clavier gern. Ich singe gern. Ich wandere gern. Ich speile basketball nicht gern. Ich spiele tennis nicht gern. Meine Tochter tanzt gern. Mein Mann singt gern. Mein Sohn schlaft gern.

What I like to do: I like to play the piano. I like to sing. I like to go hiking. I do not like to play basketball. I don’t like playing tennis. My daughter loves to dance. My husband likes to sing. My son likes to sleep.


Ich heiße Ann. Ich bin 24 Jahre alt. Ich bin verheiratet und habe zwei kinder. Mein Mann heißt Jeff. Er is 26 Jahre alt. Meine Tochter heißt Ehre. Sie is drei Jahre alt. Mein Sohn heißt Benjamin. Er ist ein Jahre alt. Wir wohnen im West Lafayette. Wir kommen aus Orem UT. Die Eltern meines Manns heißen Garren und Becky. Becky kommt aus California. Sie ist Möllig, Klein und Hübsch. Sie hat braune Augen und hat rot-braune Haare. Garren kommt aus Wisconsin. Er is groß, mollig und freundlich. Er hat braune Augen und graue Haare. Meine Eltern heißen Mark und Doreen. Doreen kommt aus Arizona. Sie hat braune Augen un Haare. Sie ist klein und attractive. Mark kommt aus Lybia, Africa. Er hat grüne Augen und graue Haare. Er ist sher groß. Meine Eltern und die Eltern meines Manns wohnen im Orem UT.


Tell me about your family and what they like to do: My name is Ann. I am 24 years old. I am married and have 2 children. My husband is named Jeff. He is 25 years old. My daughter is named Ehre. She is 3 years old. My son is named Benjamin. He is 1 year old. We live in West Lafayette IN. We come from Orem UT. My fathers parents are named Becky and Garren. Becky comes from California. She is short, has brown eyes and brown hair. Garren comes from Wisconsin. He is tall and fat. My parents are named Doreen and Mark. Doreen comes from Arizona and Mark comes from Lybia Africa. My mother is short and friendly. My father is very tall and big. My parents and Jeff’s parents live in Orem UT.

NO MORE COLD WEATHER!

Myself and a friend have been emailing back and forth on the common theme that we are both ready for spring. To help me pass the time, I had Ehre help me with a craft project. We made this hat, bought some apple cider and delivered it with this card.... hmmmmm did we make a point here? Obvilusly not its raining today and really cold!

New York City

Well....ok we've not left yet but we are getting ready and so I'm officially reserving a huge spot on this blog, for a complete description of the wonderful time we are going to have! Stay tuned for a new post in a week!!!

The Allen Family

The Allens drove with us on our last trip to Wisconsin. We had so much fun, but as you can tell the trip home was quiet! So here you go, meet our friends; Mark, Tamri,and Elsie Allen!

Cute Pics

I was uploading pictures from the camera and found these, most of them were taken Feb 3 just before we went to church and just after we came home. My family is soooo cute!

Pink Eye

Have you ever wondered what Pink eye looks like? From experience I have learned that if your child wakes up looking like this...... Pink eye would be the correct diagnosis. (WARNING: This picture is not pretty)



Imagine the horror I felt finding this in Ben's Bed...What happened to my son?




15 minutes of clean up....



My not so happy guy, but hey he can breath and see again!



I can though happily report that Ehre and Ben are both feeling better. I am assuming that their ear infections are curred, and the pink eye is gone, becuase they are my happy children again!

SPRING

Its just me here making a desperate cry for SPRING! I hate to complain but I am sick and tired of SNOW, ICE, FREEZING RAIN, SLUSH, MORE RAIN, COLD WIND, and what ever else Indiana Winter brings.

I am soooo ready for sandals, sunblock, walks in a park, playing in the park, picnics, sunshine, longer days and warmth!

I pray that the Lord will give me enough patience to last through the rest of this winter, however long it may last!

ALL IN FAVOR FOR SPRING SAY "I"

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Its just me here, making a desperate call for SPRING! Sorry to complain but I am SICK of RAIN, SNOW, SLUSH, ICE, FREEZING WIND, and whatever else Indiana calls Winter. My soul and body are craving sunshine, hours outside, stroller walks, trips to the park, and sandals!

May the Lord grant me enough patience and cheerfulness to last me through how ever much longer we have...till spring.em>

Driving to WI

Did you know its fun to get lost if you get lost with friends? We invited our neighbors to drive up with us to WI, they had friends in Jason's ward. It was a fun car trip and it made time fly. This is Tamri and Mark Allen, with thier daughter Elsie. They have been one of our finest neighbors, alwasy willing to hang out and play games, or have a play date. By the time we came back the kids were exausted, can you tell?

Ehre's going to be a Doctor!

Isn't this picture cute!!! I had a crazy day, and at the last moment a friend was willling to have Ehre come over and play with her son Dallan to help out.... 1st this was such a blessing. 2nd, these two had so much fun! Just look at that smile on Ehre's face, she's loving it!

Benjamin's First Birthday!

What a party, Benjamin loved his chocolage cake, so much that he put his foot in it. (Sorry there isn't a picture to back up that statment) He had fun opening his gifts as well, wow where did the last 12 months go, how time flies!