Happy Birthday Kaleb

It was Kaleb's 2nd birthday yesterday the 25th of April. We had such a fun time celebrating with family. Kaleb had an Elmo party and of course was spoiled rotten by everyone. He got lots of outdoor toys and some clothes. We can't believe Kaleb is already two. Time flies.



Uncle Aaron and Kaleb Fishing.



Grandpa Shurtleff and Kaleb starting a band.


Kaleb going down his new slide. It was raining outside
so he was able to play with it inside. He also got a new
sandbox, pool, lawnmower. Lots of fun things to keep him
busy in the sun.


Mom and Kaleb playing with the Maraca's



Kaleb blowing out his birthday candles.



Kaleb loves Elmo.

The Great Outdoors!

Here are a few random pics of Kaleb playing in the yard. Picking flowers, play in the rocks, and basketball. He loves being outside, we will let him play outside for a couple hours and he still doesn't want to come inside. It must be that long winter we had. Well, Enjoy.

Take Me Out to The Ball Game!

Kaleb and I ventured out to the ball park yesterday with my parents and brother. It was lots of fun. Any baseball fans out there will appreciate the excitement of opening day. It is also cool to see Ryne Sandberg. He is the coach of the Chiefs here in Peoria. Well last night the second batter step up to the plate. FOUL BALL! and guess who caught it? that is right: ME. Then later in the game Kaleb was on the big screen at the game and he was also excited to meet Homer the Chief's Mascot. It was a fun night of Hot Dogs and Nachos. Sad to say the Chiefs lost miserably. Not the right way to start off the season, but Kaleb enjoyed the sights and sounds around him and was excited about the baseball game.

Kaleb and Homer the Chiefs Mascot

Kaleb and Grandma Shurtleff

Our ticket from opening day, the Foul Ball,

and poster of Ryne Sandberg.

New Arrival

We are excited to announce the coming
of our second child. The arrival date will
be some where around October 14th. We are
excited for Kaleb to have a sibling and to be
an older brother. He is so cute he already points
to my belly and says baby, but then again he points
to his belly and says baby. Well we will keep you
posts on this upcoming excitment.

Spring Time!

Flowers are appearing in my front yard it must be spring.
I am so excited to see them since I didn't even know they
were there. We haven't even been in the house a year and
when we moved in it was already fall so they were gone.
This is probably one of the first times I am really enjoying
the signs of Spring. It has been a long winter and it makes
me realize why spring is one of my favorite times of year.
Not to sound corny, but it is cool to see the world around us
come back to life after the cold and dead winter.

Lake of The Ozarks

For Easter weekend we went to Lake of the Ozarks in Southern Missouri. It was a lot of fun. It was nice for the mere fact that it was in the 70's and we haven't seen those temperatures in Illinois for a long time. We are still waiting. Sadly we were to early for all the boating and jet skiing, but we were able to go caving, miniature golfing, and shopping and NBA finals. You will see Erich and Kaleb playing basketball in the Condo. We bought Kaleb a little basketball hoop at the outlet mall and Erich couldn't wait to set it up. I think Erich played with it more then Kaleb, but is that a suprise? They have a huge outdoor outlet mall. If any of you have been to the one in park city just imagine that then double it. It was awesome. So needless to say we did some shopping. But most of all we just enjoyed our time together as a family. It is rare that we see Erich this much so Kaleb and I cling to him when he is home. Well here are some pictures. I hope you enjoy.