Our attempts at a Spring family picture. We didn't really catch a photo where all of us were looking at the camera with eyes opened. Here are some just for fun!

Love this of Colbie enjoying the wind.

Precious

New Hippo P.J.'s

spitting at the camera

Alexis got to feed Colbie a bottle

Colbie's favorite: Bath time

She tries so hard to pull this metal piece off

We took a drive over Easter break to see Lake North. Alexis and Colbie fell asleep. Both kids love to sleep in the car wherever we go even to the grocery store unfortunately they wake up when we stop and then are cranky. Long drives are better drives that's my motto.

A beautiful farm

Lake North. Could be a fun place to go if we had a boat This edge slopes slightly down and then drops off about 6 feet straight down to the water super dangerous for kids! We had fun throwing rocks in from a distance.

Easter fun

Eggs!

Eggs that Alexis couldn't find. I guess they were just out of her line of sight! Funny!

Alexis and I got a dual pedicure together. It was a first for both of us. We will definitely do it again. It was a super fun mother daughter date! Alexis loved sitting in the fancy massage chair and they put Cars the movie up on the giant plasma flat screen t.v. for her to watch.

The Easter Egg hunt

Love this hidden egg

Our tradition of coloring eggs. We take them and turn them into potato salad for our Sunday ham dinner.

Well it has been forever since I have been able to have a minute to get on the computer so I'm playing catch up. Lately the weather has been awesome so we have gone outside. Over Easter we barbecued and flew kites at the park. Shaun even got the f-18 kite flying. It was really fun to enjoy some time together. We listened to conference (a semi-annual church broadcast) on our computer and took a relaxing drive. Yesterday we potted some plants for our front yard. I will post the pics for those too. We are getting ready to put in some sprinklers and yard. I think we have narrowed down who we want to put in the sprinklers. We might try to do the yard ourselves. All of our new neighbors are so great and friendly. As far as our church responsibilities...The missionary work here continues to move forward at a quick rate. We have had some Spanish speaking missionaries sent to the area and have already seen 3 baptisms. Shaun was able to help in translating and teaching some of the church investigators. Our branch is now offering some Spanish speaking classes and translating for meetings. This Saturday there are 3 more baptisms. It is amazing to see the miracle of it and the way the gospel has changed the lives of these new members. We are so grateful to be here and to have work to support our family. We feel truly blessed. Family we miss you!!!!

New Furniture!

We bought some furniture for the first time in our marriage!

A new leather couch and chair. Yay! Simulated Picture of our Living room with our new couch and chair in it

What's that you say?

Colbie has started to say a couple words. I don't think she associates the meaning yet. Although it seems she might know from listening to Alexis that I am "Mommy" she was calling "ma ma ma" in the night for me to come feed her last night. How precious!

I love my girls!

Alexis begs to hold Colbie and I try to give her every opportunity to do so. First thing in the morning she goes and says hello to Colbie. "Hey Colbes" she'll say. Even though Colbie pulls her hair alot she still want to give her hugs all the time. She loves her so much. One of her favorite things is to play roll the ball with Colbie and I. Colbie flaps her arms and gets so excited whenthe ball comes to her. Colbie also gets excited to see Alexis after she has been gone at preschool. While Alexis was holding Colbie she started reading her this book it was so cute I had to get a movie too.
Alexis and I played fashion show. These dolls are ready to walk down the runway. I love the girl on the left with 7 pairs of shoes on and 3 hats. The girl on the right has a white hair elastic on her head like a halo. I also got a movie of her descriptions of the people walking down the runway. Too cute. I love having girls!

A Shout out to Lisa and Greg. We Love you. We are praying for you!!!

Our five monther!

Paul and Julie

Grandma and Grandpa Cornia

At Paul's wedding

The ducks

Birthday goodies!

Happy Birthday Shaun!

Happy Birthday Shaun on the 14th of January. I know it's way past but I just don't have the time to blog anymore! Shaun got the flu and was home sick for a few days so we celebrated his birthday later. We went to our friends house and had cake and iceream with them. His birthday is a couple days later than Shaun's. Over the weekend we had our own cake. Shaun always loves German Chocolate cake!

Love you sweatheart!

We had an Ice storm and fog that left beautiful white frost all over the trees. I took Colbie to Pawnee Park and took some photos. While we were there some ducks came up to us and suddenly got scared and flew up right in front of Colbie. She was so amazed. It was a beautiful day.

Shaun's cousin Paul got married. He lives in Omaha and is a dentist there. His wife is also a dentist! She is super nice and we were so glad we could go to their beautiful wedding. We are looking forward to having her in the family. We got to see Shaun's Grandma and Grandpa Cornia. It was fun to see some family members. Shaun even danced with me to the big band music even though we were the only ones on the dance floor. It was even more special because I knew he was doing it just for me. I was so surprised he got up and danced in front of everyone! He also danced with Alexis. It was priceless.

We are getting a bit more settled in our house we have put up a couple curtain rods and some bathroom towel hooks. We also got the boxes out of the garage to where we can pull in our two cars.

Time marches on. We are busier than ever with our little Colbie. Shaun is still serving in the Branch presidency which keeps him a bit busy with church stuff. I have been released as the first councelor in the relief society, then I was the compassionate service leader and the provident living specialist, now I am going to be the primary music leader. I am excited to try this new calling and nervous at the same time. I love hearing the songs and the kids sing so I know I will enjoy it.

We have been praying for my sister and brother-in-law. They are currently in California doing a specialized form of invitro called ixie (don't know how to spell it). They have been blessed to find the doctor who is probably the best in the United States for this and the first to do some of the proceedures. We feel miracles have taken place so far to allow them to be where they are in this journey. We continue to keep faith and hope that they will be starting their family very soon! We love you! We are praying for you! Please keep them in your prayers!

Happy Valentines this month and Happy Birthday to Alexis this month she will be 5! I can't believe it!