Mother's Day

For Mother's Day this year I wanted to spend the whole day with my boys. So, when Bryce had to go into the University to strike a set, Owen and I went with him. We spent part of the time helping Bryce and the students in the theater, but we also spent quite a bit of time playing outside on campus. There is a really neat area near Bryce's building where there is a pond with Koi fish, rocks for Owen to climb on, hills for him to run up and down and, a really neat ambiance. Here are some pictures that I took of us having fun on Mother's Day:

Owen Feeding the Koi Fish

Owen the Rock Climber:

Owen having a lot of fun playing outside:

Hugs for Mommy = Happy Mommy

Weathering the Storm

Hi there everyone! We are safe and sound and are surviving the nasty spring weather in the midwest. The airport here in St. Louis got hit by a tornado last night but our neighborhood should be fine - we're actually out of town this weekend, so we aren't completely sure, but at least a tornado didn't hit our area. We thought for a moment that one might have, but apparently it was April of 2010 that a tornado hit Des Peres, not this April.

Right now we are enjoying a nice, quite Easter weekend in southern Illinois. We are visiting with our friends Leslie, Captain and Harvey Smith. Owen and Harvey love being together and are the best of friends. Bryce is having a chance to relax and gear up for the end of the semester and I'm enjoying adult conversation during the daytime. It may be stormy outside, but we are safe, dry and having a wonderful weekend.

I hope everyone else out there has a great Easter weekend as well and we will stay in touch.

The Minds of Men and Women

My Grandma Christensen sent me this video clip and I got a great laugh from it.  Although I personally don't mind the "nothing box," most of the time, it makes me laugh to think about the times that it has bothered me.

Enjoy:

Our House

I know that we've been living in our current house since August, but some people (like my Mom) want to know what it looks like so they (she : ) can picture things when we talk on the phone.  I've been getting pictures together to try to sublet our house, so I'll share the pictures here as well:

Here is an approximate floorplan of our house 

(very approximate - not to scale at all).

Our house from the outside - Front View:

Our Backyard:

The Front Room:

Dining Room:

Kitchen:

Upstairs Bathroom:

Family Room:

Spare Bedroom:

Downstairs Bathroom:

Our bedrooms still need to be cleaned, so I don't have pictures of them yet, but they are just bedrooms so I'm sure you can use your imagination to fill in the details.  The best parts about the house are that there is room for us and for friends to come visit and that I have a front room that I can keep clean easily.  We also really like our neighborhood and it's not too long of a commute for Bryce so it is a great place for us to live.

Owen Playing Baseball

Owen took advantage of the warm sunny weather on Saturday and played baseball in our back yard.