We are still here!

I really stink at updating!!!

Here is what we have been up to in pictures!! Enjoy

Tristen turned 4 in March

Brayden lost his 1st tooth

We love playing in cornstarch, water and food coloring!!

We are still in an apartment, the boys have adjusted well! The pool opens on Sunday and we can't wait!

I will try to do better updating!!!

Yes not one Easter picture!! Between Uncle Tim's amazing dog, that I would take in a second, and 9 grandkids I didn't take one picture!!!

(not sure whats wrong with the spacing~sorry!)

one day away

Happy 2011!!! Hope you all enjyed the holidays! We are one day away from being back together as a family of four!!!! I have never been more excited for something I take for granted on a daily basis. Tomorrow we will be moving into our apartment~YIIPPPEEE!!!!! Finally two parents and two kids under one roof with one set of rules and LOTS of readjusting!!!

I just wanted to mention that I don't know that we will have internet so I will do my best to keep you updated when at all possible. If you need to reach any of us please call our cells.

On the move

We loaded two Uhauls and sent them with Dave and his sister and brother in law to Lincoln on Sunday! The boys and I have managed sleeping on the floor, watching TV on the floor, eating on the floor and are looking forward to beds and couches tomorrow! My dad is coming up to help load the rest of our stuff and then we are heading to NEBRASKA! We have been in Iowa just 5 days short of 4 years. With a new year comes a new town, new house (we hope soon), new schools and new friends. Wish us luck!!!

I will try to post about our happening while living with Gma and Gpa but, no promises! I will definantly let you all know when we are back as one family under one roof in our Lincoln apartment.

From the Boehle's to all our friends and family, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Quick Update

Just wanted to let everyone know a few details of our lives. We have successfully managed 6 wks of separation. Dave has been living in Lincoln during the week with his sister and her new husband (way to start a marriage) We are SOOOO thankful for all that they have put up with!! Thanks Mary and Andy~how will we ever repay you? I have adjusted to getting up earlier and have managed breakfast, which has always been Dad's job, only one day that Brayden really wished Dad had made his bacon! My parents have made many trips and their basement has become our own personal storage unit~THANKS Mom and Dad!

We will be loading the moving truck this weekend, the boys and I will stay until Wed. after Brayden is done with school and then move in with my parents for Christmas vacation. Come Jan. 4 we will have our family back together~YEAH!!!! We will move into an apt. Jan 4 until we find a house~hopefully soon!

We hope you all have a Very MERRY CHRISTMAS! I will do my best to keep you posted on all our changes!

This is where my time has gone....

Let me bring you up to speed on what has happened since my last post~Brayden started 1st grade, Tristen started preschool, Brayden turned 6, Dave lost one job, Dave hung out at home for a few weeks, Dave found another job, we listed or house and sold it within 10 days, we celebrated Halloween, have been house hunting in Lincoln, Dave has started a job with Bank of the West and not to mention everything else that happens in the "normal" day to day life of the Boehle's!

So after reading the above let me give you some details, the boys LOVE school and are not looking forward to moving! Brayden is reading above where he should be, now if we can just get him to slow down and follow directions as well!

Tristen is amazing me with all the Bible stories he can recite! I really could have used him when I was subbing and teaching about Abraham and Lot!

Dave has accepted a job with Bank of the West in Lincoln! He has been doing training in South Sioux this week and will head to Lincoln on Monday.

We have sold our house in Sioux City! The boys and I will stay until the end of the semester and hopefully by then we will find a house to move into in Lincoln.

We are thankful for all the new adventures coming our way! We are looking forward to being closer to some of our family.

Now the dreaded chore of packing the WHOLE house! Wish me luck!

Wedding boys

I am having trouble uploading pictures today so start with these! Here are Brayden (almost 6) and Tristen (3 1/2) at Mary and Andy's wedding!

We had a great time and the boys did just fine! I will try to share more later~no promises!

Long week trip!

We are heading out of town tomorrow for an extended trip prior to the wedding. We will hit up the zoo Wed., head to may parents do their fair and carnival Thursday, get to Lincoln in time for pedicures and picking up tuxes on Friday, then rehearsel and Saturday is a whole day of events leading up to Mary and Andy's wedding!

Hopefully I will get some good pictures to share! Check back later next week!

Quick Update

Just a quick note to let you know that our lives have been crazy!! We found out that as of Sept. Dave will no longer have a job due to the closure of Wells Fargo Financial. He has begun the job hunt but nothing yet. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

The boys and I spent 4 fun filled days at my parents. We enjoyed some great trips fishing and adventures with the cousins! (I am waiting for pictures from my sister so I can post them!)

We are in our last week of swim lessons, then it is off to Dave's parents for the boys. We will finish July with an extended trip to Omaha,, Wahoo and the big finale will be the wedding of Dave's youngest sister on July 31st in Lincoln. Looking forward to two busy weeks!

Enjoy this belated picture of the boys from the 4th~they made their shirts with our playgroup!

summer fun!

This maybe one of the best photos we have taken of the boys for a long time! Thought I should share.




Brayden played Little League this summer. After six weeks of games twice a week we are glad to have a break! He had a great time, wonderful coaches and learned A LOT!!

They finished the year with dads playing the boys, they also let all of the younger siblings hit and run. Needless to say Tristen thought we was on top of the world!

Sorry about the pictures of Tristen (don't have time to figure out how to rotate them!)

Another month, another addition, another year

It is only March 14th and what a month it has been!

On March 4 at 11:15pm we gained another boy in our extended family. Monica (Dave's sister) and Justin welcomed James Randall into their family. I don't have any pictures to share because Tristen has had RSV, pneumonia and ear infection, and now I think I have it. We have only seen him in pictures. Hopefully I will get some at Easter to share with all of you.

March 9th Tristen turned 3! Can't believe it has been already three years!! He LOVES basketball, hide-and -seek, Duplos and anything Brayden has. We celebrated his birthday with the Boehle's on the 6th, minus a few that were tending to the newest addition. On Tristen's actual birthday he was SPOILED by his Dad!!! Dad spent the day at home with us, took him shopping and out to lunch, napped, open presents, went out for supper, took in his Preschool Open House, and topped the night off with a trip to Coldstone! What else do you need when you are 3?

March 15th, David will turn 30!!! He thinks birthday's at "our age" should be no big deal, although he keeps trying to get the boys to tell him his gifts! We will enjoy a few special treats on his day!

PROMISE to post pictures after I upload them later today!

February review

No that is it March let me bring you up to speed on what happened in Feb.,
*My Grandma turned 90 Feb 2nd, we had a card shower for her as her health was in question.
Feb 9th my Grandma passed away peacefully. Although we were all saddened by the event we are thankful that she did not have to suffer a lengthy death. As we shared our sorrow we got to see extended family.
We got snowed in an extra day at my parents which allowed Grandma and Grandpa to have some extra time with the boys. Monday we headed home~CAREFULLY! We made it in 3 hours (twice the amount it usually takes).

The same week that Grandma passed away Dave's sister Monica came to live with us on bed rest. After being in the hospital twice, in one week, they decided that being in Sioux City versus Wayne was probably better. Monica spent her days laying down and playing games and puzzles with the boys, Justin did his farming during the day and came at night to get the boys all excited right before bed, (soon it will by our turn to do that to them). They stayed with us for three weeks, giving us a taste of what our grocery bill is going to be like when the boys get older.

Through it all we have finished basketball~Brayden did a GREAT job and is moving on to soccer~and have become a family of four again!

Lost in a new year!

SORRY! I really haven't forgotten about this blog I just don't know where my time goes! A quick update and I will try to do better!

Christmas was very low key~snowed in! We did manage to have a playdate with the neighbors. Made it to Wahoo for Svoboda Christmas after driving through drifts semi truck high! We had a great time!

Who goes to the zoo in December??? US!!! We managed to take in all of the inside stuff, which we usually skip! The boys had a GREAT time.

Boehle Christmas was great too! Less hectic, more food and a plastic candle! (I'll post a picture later)

Brayden has started basketball, and Tristen wishes he was 4 so he could play too!

We are paying close attention to the health of my Grandmother, she will be 90 on Feb 2nd. They have decided to move her to Hospice care . We made an extra trip to Wahoo this weekend to see her!

Promise to upload some pictures soon!

Merry Christmas!

We wanted to take a minute to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I know this week will be crazy so thought I better post now! Travel safe and enjoy all your time with family and friends! Please share with your families our Christmas wishes!

Here are our photos from our trip to visit Santa! You will see they are each holding their letters and lists, if only you could read them, we dictated exactly what they told us to write! Some laughs will come about when the time comes to reread them!

Tristen was so excited to see Santa until it was his turn~it actually went way better then expected! Santa asked if we had been good and Tristen's response was, "a little bit!" The truth be told!

Enjoy the holiday season!!!

Where does the time go?

After a much enjoyable Thanksgiving with traveling, cousins, and way too much food the time is flying by!!! I don't know where everyday goes but my to do list is long and seems to be getting longer each day!

We enjoyed Brayden's Christmas program with both sets of Grandparents and Great Grandma Boehle, followed by dessert (Mint Grasshopper pie~B's special request). Dave headed to MN later last week for one day of training and 9 hrs of drive time! I was thankful for two nights of playgroup activities to help break up my day.

This weekend we finally got Christmas trees up and decorated along with family pictures taken. You know its time to do that again when your 2nd child is wearing the shirt that the 1st one had on in the last family picture! The boys did a great job and we were very pleased with Portrait Innovations.

This week we are bracing for what could be a large amount of snow! I am sure that will mean some snow football, baking cookies and scooping.

Pictures

Here are the pictures that I promised weeks ago!

Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!

A little behind!

Okay so I really don't have any reason for not updating my blog except that life is crazy and Dave and I tried to steal some time for ourselves. Here are the last few weeks in a nutshell!

Halloween came and went! We went with Brayden's class to the Pumpkin Patch (10/28) our third attempt was finally successful! I helped plan the Halloween party, was not able to attend. We had the Fall Festival at school (10/30). A very nice time for the kids to play games and have fun inside!

Halloween started with trying to convince Tristen that in order to trick-or-treat he had to wear a costume. The costume never happened for the playgroup Halloween party but with much struggle we managed for trick-or-treating. We stayed out WAY to long!!

11/1 we headed to Plattsmouth to see our newest niece be baptized! Eleanor June was baptized, spoiled and enjoyed by all! The boys had a great time playing with all the cousins (never enough time!)

The weekend of 11/6 the boys headed to Wayne for two days of FUN with Papa and Nana! They had coffee with Papa at work, checked out story time at the library, had a picnic in the park and spent much time being enjoyed! Dave and I spent the weekend doing things that we rarely do~going to movies, sleeping in, and SHOPPING! I can truly say that we have about 90% of our holiday shopping done!

Check back for some pictures~hopefully I will get those posted this weekend!

Weekend Fun

With the cool fall weather we spent most of our weekend inside. What a better thing to do then carve pumpkins. Here are the finally products!

After a week of wet weather today was sunny!!! Yeah! We took advantage of the great day, raked up our only leaves and enjoyed them!!

mini pumpkin patch

We had to take advantage of our great weather on Sunday so we visited a "mini" pumpkin patch in town. Enjoy the pictures!














Brayden (5) Tristen (2 1/2)

Even Dad got into it!




Brayden in the hay maze

So crazy!!!

So much has happened in the last week that I am sure I will forget something!

Last Thursday the boys and I headed to Wahoo for a cousin playdate on Friday. It worked out that everyone (all 9 of them) was able to make it to Grandma's for the day. The day was spent running around like maniacs, eating all of Grandma's food, playing Legos, and "Bride and Beauty." We even managed to get a picture of all of them without tears!!

Saturday morning we woke up to 1" plus of snow! Needless to say the boys were more than ready to go play in it. After breaking the news to them that I did not have snow clothes nor did we have time to play they decided going to Aunt Mary's was 2nd best! Dave's parents met us at my parents and we all headed to Lincoln. The girls were shopping for Mary's wedding dress and the boys were spending the day with Andy and Papa! After much shopping and a trip to Omaha we decided that we need one more day before Mary was sure she had found "the one."

We all crashed at Mary's Saturday night and took part in some Oktoberfest beer tasting. Sunday was church, lunch and headed for home so that Dave could get ready for his drive to Minneapolis. After switching cars and repacking he was back on the road for the drive and three days of training.

My parents arrived late Monday night and we have had yet another crazy week!

What a week!

Boy was last week CRAZY!! It started with Brayden having Monday off~how I have already forgotten what it is like to have them both home all day! They enjoyed playing together and we even stuck a trip to the library in.
Tuesday was back to school and playgroup for us! By the time the night had rolled around I was ready for a break! That never happened, by the time the boys and I had walked around the block Dave was home from work and in bed! He stayed there until he made it to work on Friday morning! Thank goodness he is feeling better! It was definantly not easy to keep the boys semi-quiet and occupied, knowing that Dad was home. They just wanted him to play!
Tristen has surprised us all with his 2 yr molar~maybe that was part of the resaon he wasn't sleeping and was SUPER crabby last week too!
Saturday came and it was my turn for a day out! Six of us moms from playgroup headed to Omaha for a day set aside to consignment shopping! We hit up the BIG Reruns sale, and two more shops before deciding that it was time to visit a couple "regular" shops! My average day turned out to be longer then expected~I need to assist a friend with some retail-therapy (her husband just deployed for a month). We finally returned home about 7:30 pm, and Dave was happy to see me!
Sunday we hit a late church service and spent the day mowing, and reorganizing and getting rid of toys in the basement! Another crazy week has already begun!