James took the day off and we took the boys to the children's museum. It was a day that I was watching Alex so he came along to join in on the fun! The boys had a blast!

I love spaghetti!! This feeding yourself is awesome.

We had a busy Easter weekend filled with visiting family. We made our first stop in Wisconsin Dells for an Easter egg hunt with the Olson's. Collin and Kade made bunny ears then looked for eggs with a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny. Then we headed to Tomah to make Easter eggs (we made an orange on for Laura) for the Bunny to hide Easter morning. After Easter service we had a wonderful meal (Thanks master Chef Papa and Nana) and a birthday celebration for Aunt April. It was a fun weekend!

This weekend Collin and Mom went to the zoo for a birthday party for the animals. We had some birthday cake and Collin left the animals peanut butter and birdseed. He even had the chance to make a tee-shirt.

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Happy First Birthday Kade!! We can't believe it but our little guy turned one today. He loved to hear Happy Birthday being sung to him. Thanks to all who called to wish him Happy Birthday(and a few sang also). This was our little family celebration and he will be having a party on Saturday.

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Hi everyone! I just got back from a 10 day trip to visit my sister in Hungary. My mom and I went;my brother was suppose to go also but his passport application got lost and was 3 days late for the trip. We flew from Green Bay to Chicago, Chicago to London, then London to Budapest. We spent 4 days in Laura's little village of Hernadnemeti. While there I had the chance to go to school with her. Very big differences from the schools around here. After Laura's classes we went on day trips around her village. On these trips we went to some thermal baths in a cave and a castle. March 15th was a holiday so Laura had a four day weekend so we hit the tracks and traveled to Vienna, Austria. This slide show is of Laura's village and our day trips. I will be putting more pictures up of the trip to Vienna and the time we spent in Budapest. I had a wonderful time (I started downloading pictures as soon as the boys were on their rests) but I am happy to be home again with my boys. I was sure homesick for James, Collin and Kade!

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Ride'em Cowboy! Kade has been feeling under the weather but still took some time to play. Here he is riding his horse!

We took the boys to the circus. Collin's favorite part was when the man got shot out the the canon. Kade loved all the lights and was happy to help the crowd clap at the end of each performance.

Working out at the gym!

Kade and his friend Miles meet for a power workout. You should see them lift weights.

Best Buds!!!!

Collin and his friend Nick playing in the snow after the big storm.

The crew looking over the menus, Uncle Eric and Aunt April, Mom with Nana and Kade

Picture of the boys on the way home from the long weekend, Collin giving the red eyed tree frog a hug, Zach and JD having a smiling contest.

We had a big weekend adventure! Collin, Kade, and I packed up and drove over to visit Aunt April in Menominee. I figured I would do the traveling this time since April has drove over to visit us quite often to see the boys(and us) or help babysit. She works at a hotel so we got a two room suite for half the price (and much easier since each boy had a room). My mom met us at April's apartment Friday night where the boys opened valentines from Aunt April, we made tacos, and ended the night making valentines treats! The next day we headed to Mall of America where we met with Uncle Eric and some family friends. We ate diner at the Rainforest Cafe. Diner was wonderful with the five boys excited about all that was going on around them! (The Butcher's have 3 boys Simon 9 months, Zach 3 and JD 5, and then Collin 4 and Kade 10months) After diner we hit some amusement rides then headed back to Menominee. Sunday we went to Tomah to help Papa celebrate his birthday. It was a fun and exciting weekend but we are now happy to be home.

New age baby!! Kade is having fun "talking" on the cell phone. He picks it up and babbles just like his mom. He has been know to randomly call people before I can get the phone out of his hands.

This past November I was asked to join a committee at church to help plan a women's retreat after many meetings and awesome ideas the weekend finally arrived. This past weekend we drove up to Imago Dei Village (A beautiful camp) for a fun weekend "Straight From The Heart". The weekend was spent studying the Ephesians text and it was an uplifting weekend of faith, fun, and fellowship(even a few camp songs). I'm sharing just a few pictures from the weekend. We had the opportunity to stay in the Johnson building. We were only the forth group to use the brand new facility. There were four rooms for sleeping, a central meeting location with a wonderful fireplace (which we had burning the whole time), and a kitchen. Friday night was spent getting to know one another and a night of pampering the "Princess'" of the weekend. We had fondue and watched the movie the Princess Bride in which we discussed how some of the story lines could be related to our lives and the Bible. Saturday we had two bible study groups and fun activities throughout the day and ending he day with a great service that everyone helped plan. It was a wonderful weekend!