It's Christmas Time!

I don't know about you but this year just flew by for us! Can you believe it is already Christmas time? I am still in shock but Audrey has embraced it all... just look at here picture with Santa. Merry Christmas everyone!

Celebrating Oma!

Oma, even though we can't be there to celebrate with you, here is a birthday wish from all of us!

All aboard!

Audrey got to experience the joys of Shady Dell today... here is what she had to say. Enjoy!

Audrey's First Movie

For Father's Day, we all went out to see Audrey's first movie in the theater: Toy Story 3. Audrey is a HUGE fan of the Toy Story saga, so we thought it would be a fitting first film for her. She was so excited, and had her Jessie doll and everything!

Sound of Music

Audrey wanted to sing "Do a Deer" to Opa for fathers day. It was so cute when she sang it to him on the phone, that I set out to try and film her singing it so he could see her. This ended up being a slightly difficult task as she became rather camera-shy when I pulled out the video. When I heard her singing along in the car, I hid the camera phone on the dashboard and hit record. At times, though, I think she somehow knows she's being watched. Well, here you go Opa. Now you can see her performance!

Kids say the darndest things

I just received this email from Marilyn (aka Grammy), and thought it was blog-worthy.

Marilyn writes:
This morning we were watching the Sound of Music [Audrey carries on a running commentary of what is happening when she's not singing.] When Maria and the children were at the market getting fruits & vegetables for their picnic, Audrey was commenting, "See, Maria is buying apples, potatoes, oranges, tomatoes and bikinis." [She really meant 'zuccinis' but that's not what came out! I don't think I will ever look at a zuccini with a straight face again!]Have a great day and be sure to eat all of your fruits and bikinis! M.

Audrey Playing "Ball"

I swear, this entire game was NOT my doing. Audrey found one of Shatrine's poster mailer tubes, and came to me with a ball and asked, "want to play ball?" I did not initiate any of this. We weren't even watching baseball at the time or anything. It was totally out of the blue, so it caught me by surprise and I had to pull out my camera to take some video. I guess I've been watching too much baseball of late. She knew exactly what she needed to do with the bat. Crazy.

An Ode to Grammy & Oma... Happy Mother's Day!

Oh Happy Day Trailer

It was "Oh Happy Day" Sunday at Butteville Community Church; that was the theme for the Children-led church service. It was Audrey's first performance in church. Here's a sneak peek.

The full-length (13 MINUTES of priceless footage) version will be available as part of Grammy & Oma's Mother's Day gift. It will be posted shortly. Hope you enjoy our rising star.

A blogging hiatus...

So sorry for our lack of posting, it has just been a crazy 4 months. We will be posting more with pictures and videos, but we wanted to give you all a heads up we are still alive and kickin'. More coming soon!