March Madness

We've been enjoying sporadic events in columbia and loving everything but the occasional tornado warning! We recently ended up in the basement of the library for a half hr while the storm passed. Kai definitely won't miss that about missouri. 

 Little Darc is an occasional thumb sucker, just out of boredom and she is crawling everywhere and pulling herself up onto everything now. She is a very intense little creature, and also a very squishy one ;)

 She wasn't so sure about her first swim...

 We enjoyed a trip to nashville to visit rich's brother and cousins! The kids had a blast. We practiced little or no parenting skills, let the kids run a muck, and everyone enjoyed themselves ;) We went to a cool park, the zoo, a famous bbq cafe, saw one of the largest hotels with indoor gardens/waterfalls, and stayed up late playing pinochle. We all had a great time and we're sad to go. It was a great trip that we hopefully get to repeat!

 Here's a few of the 6 mo pics we took of sweet little Darci!

 Oh and last but not least to add to the craziness this month we even had a visit from mr. leprechaun! sneaky little thing!

 Blessed to have these little people!!!

Uncle Tony

We were so blessed to be able to spend time with uncle tony before his passing. He will be missed so much. We found out early in January of his cancer that spread to the brain and it was heartbreaking news. He was very much the life of the party and the kids will miss his playful spirit. He got to meet Darci for the first time and told us how beautiful she was. He always told us we made beautiful children. 

 We enjoyed one outing together to the kid's favorite playland in town and he got a cherry slushy. He wanted to get lots of pictures and videos of the kids in the playland. It's a great memory.

 When Meili found out uncle tony was sick and not going to get better she said with tears in her eyes, 'oh no that's so sad. He's so much fun to play with and he always gives us fun toys.' She loved to walk by him and tickle his feet, she and Kai would next to him and read, and Meili especially loved his googly eyed stuffed animals, which he ended up giving to her. She has since put his picture in a locket that she loves to wear. The kids think about him when we watch his despicable me 2 movie that he left after we watched it together and I think about him every time I make another green smoothie.

 He loved my smoothies and I loved taking care of him. 

I'm so grateful that I was able to serve and grow closer to he and Dennis. It brought our family together and it was so amazing to have so much love in my home. It truly felt so empty as our time together came to a close. We had many good times and lots of difficult ones as well. He will be missed so much.

February Fun

We love going to gymnastics meets at Mizzou and the kiddos just love Truman! 

 Little Darc is just 5 mo now and is up on her hands and knees and rockin and rollin! She is lunging forward and I'm sure will be crawling before she's 6 mo. She is so yummy :)

 12 years ago on Vday was our first date! I love taking a 'LOVE day' photo every year just to remind myself of the beautiful life we started way back when. We created such awesome little valentines :) Happy love day!