Welcoming babies!

Early Saturday morning, on March 26, Andrew and Liz welcomed their twin babies into the world!

Ryan Joseph

Allison Marie

These little sweethearts arrived a bit early at 36 weeks. 

With the help from their mommy and daddy, they are making progress day by day. 

 Both were a bit unsettled until we snuck them into the same bassinet! 

 Proud Daddy

 Twins with Twins!

                       

                    

We are so thankful for their health and fighting spirit. 

Their whole family is anxious to spend more time with them when they are able to come home from the hospital!

Hoppy Easter

 Even with a busy weekend of call for Andy, we still had time to enjoy a few Easter festivities!

We dyed eggs on a rainy Saturday.

 Brooks liked squeezing the hard shell of the egg for the first time.

 Marie loves taking her time and making the colors nice and dark.

 

 Bennett drew designs on the eggs before he placed them in the dye.

 

Easter morning the kids found their way to their Easter Baskets filled with a few goodies.

 

 

 After Mass, Grandma Nel came to visit and enjoy Easter Brunch with us.

In the afternoon we enjoyed some sunshine and a little egg hunt around the yard.

 

 

 

 We had a wonderful Easter weekend!

Egg-cellent Weekend

Although this weekend was cold and not ideal weather for activities outdoors, we still had a ball!

Saturday morning was our first Easter Egg hunt in Spirit Lake. We attended one which was held at the YMCA.

The kids were separated into age groups and were "hunting" at the same time. Thankfully we had our friend Mara in town to help. 

Brooks picked up one egg and then was done. 

Bennett picked up 10 and was content.

Marie had a strategy to get the most she could. 

In the afternoon, we traveled to Sheldon for Anneke's 4th birthday party.

We held another egg hunt on the farm and the kids were just as excited for their 2nd hunt. 

 Anneke's big present was a doon buggy. She and her partner in crime, Bennett, loved driving all around the farm together. 

These two are the sweetest to watch. They are the best of friends and it is just overly heart-warming to see how much they love each other!

It's in her blood!

Marie is finishing her first mini-season of basketball through the YMCA in town. 

She was not sure if she was interested or not but decided to give it a try. 

Andy decided to coach and was assisted by Papa.

 

After her first practice, she seemed a little defeated. Dribbling was hard, shooting was hard, there was only one other girl on the team, and she got hit on the head by a ball.

After a few pep talks she was ready for her first game. 

The game was anything but organized, but after several tries she made a basket, she passed the ball, and even (double) dribbled the ball. When the game was over, she cried she was so happy she had fun and so sad that the game was over!

It's been 6 weeks of hustle and so much learning. Marie really showed us how determined she can be and it was such a surprise to see how driven she was to become a better player. 

 Great job Marie! We are so proud of you!