Spring is here, errr kinda.....

 

By the calendar it says spring is here but the weather has a different idea! It's nice for a fews and then snow. This family is ready for it to be nice all the time!

This past weekend Chris had opening ceremonies for his baseball. He is on the Great Falls Firefighters team. His head coach is his Daddy! Still trying to figure out who is having more fun, Jim or Chris. They have had some practice and got to play a scrimmage game at the opening ceremonies. However, his first offical game is not until May 2nd. Watching him and his team mates play is probably one of the cutest things that I have ever seen! They are just too precious! Charlie likes to be apart of the team too. He helps his Dad coach and runs bases with the kids.

We are registering Chris for Kindergarten on May 4th. Hard to believe that he will be in school this fall! And little Charlie is going to be 2 in May! Our guys aren't babies anymore! They are growing up way too fast. Chris will be attending Lewis and Clark Elementary, which fortunatly is right across the street from where we live so we get to take Chris to school and pick him up everyday. He is quite excited about that!

The boys are really looking forward to Easter this weekend. Jim's family, as well as my grandparents Charlie and Muffie, and a classmate of mine from highschool will be joining us for dinner. This will be the first we actually get to host a holiday. "Chef" Jim is quite excited to show off his master culinary skills. Should be a gret weekend!

And congrats goes out to our dear friends Kristi and Tim Mauws! They welcomed their first child Libby Jo last night! Can't wait to meet her!

What was once was lost, is now found.

Sorry to everyone (especially Aunt Jackie), that it has taken us so long to post something new.  After our last post, we lost the charger to our camera and there are people out there (not naming names, ah hem, Jackie) that would like to see pictures along with posts. Just kidding Aunt Jackie! Life has been quite busy for us since our last post.

Great Falls has had some interesting weather. It will go from 40 above to 30 below in two days.  It is making us all crazy! They boys are getting a very bad case of cabin fever! The cold weather caused the power steering in our Caliber go out. So after we got that fixed, the dealership informed us of several very expensive things that needed to be done in order to keep the car in tip top shape. So after a long talk and lots of research; we decided to use the money that we would have to put into fixing the Caliber, to use as a down payment on a newer car. So after a long day at the Dodge dealership we got a 2011 Dodge Nitro. It is a nice fit for our growing boys.

Our Grandpa Charlie had a some heart issues and ended up having to have a triple-bypass heart surgery. So we traveled to Missoula for a few days when he had his surgery. The boys were very excited to spend time with all of our families. Grandpa is recovering very well. He is one of the toughest guys we know! Love you Grandpa! However, during our stay we had a slight accident. Our new car and our grandparents car got into a little tangle! But everything turned out all right. What a week, let us tell ya!

Jim is keeping busy at work. Especially, on the nicer days. We are keeping our fingers crossed that he gets his own store here this summer. Sarah is keeping busy with work and school! She is having to learn the word relax, after having a weird virus that settled into the heart area. Finally recovered and learning to take the time to stop and smell the roses!

Christopher and Charlie are busy as ever! They are ready to get out and run around. We signed Christopher up for T-Ball last week. We are not sure who is more excited for him to play, us or him! We can't believe how fast our little guys are growing up! Opening ceremonies will be held mid April but the T-Baller won't start until the first week of May because they don't run around enough to stay warm in the early Spring weather. After the sign-ups he was ready to start playing that day! We went out and got him some new cleats that he seem to want to wear around the house everyday!  Can't wait to post pictures of his games! Charlie is talking better and better everyday. And at the same time seem to get more stubborn by the day too. Hard to believe that they will be 2 and 5 here in a few months!

 Not much else to report now but we promise not talk MONTHS off from posting. Much love Jim, Sarah, and the boys!