So here we go...

Ok so this will be our maiden voyage in blogging. I have now been sent too many friends' blogs to not be interested in joining in! This should be a fun way to keep in touch with our friends and family.

We are a busy family of five with Kate being our oldest child at 10 years old. She is our basketball star, songwriter and horse lover. She is the tallest girl in the entire 4th grade. We keep telling her that "big is beautiful!" She has a fantastic sense of humor and keeps us laughing. Kate has already entered the "tween" stage and loves doing her hair and shopping for clothes. She is fun to hang out with.




Chris- topher (6 years old) is our resident "nerd",
whose Christmas wish list included a microscope and metal detector. He is an avid bug collector with over 59 bugs attached to his foam board. He is a real good sport, hanging out in the duck blind with his dad, even in blizzard conditions. He rarely complains about anything and is very mellow. He is a self-confessed "rocker", enjoying only music from the 80's hair-bands. His dad is quite amused by this. His favorite things are his 2 lizards, Speedy and Lightning.


Maren is a ball of fire and at 3 years old has already aquired some definate opinions. She is not afraid to let them be heard. She and Mom love hanging out together during the day. Even though Maren is spunky, she is so much fun to be with. She is the "Princess of Lipgloss", always having access to a tube or two. Maren is madly in love with her Daddy and loves to snuggle him. They are often found napping together on the Love Sac.


Deb is loving being a mom to these three and wife to D.J. Can you believe its almost been 15 years since we got hitched?? It seems like only 14! :)Deb has recently taken up snowboarding again after MANY, many years. It keeps her young, if she stays on top of the Tylenol. She is also kept busy being in the young womens' organization at church. Lots of crazy teenage girls to laugh and cry with!!




D.J. is keeping plenty busy with work but does get some free time to play a bit. His passion is duck hunting and often spends Saturday out at "The Club". I wish we were as passionate about eating the ducks he brings home. He wants to start doing Adventure racing again this summer. He and a friend from work do these triatholons including mountain biking, kayaking and trekking. He says that he enjoys it because he doesn't need to be in quite as good of shape as a "real" triathlete, which is hard to do sitting behind a desk 5 days a week. :)

So that's it for now...