Tulip Time

This past weekend we enjoyed Tulip Time in Pella. Kevin's cousin Morgan was the Tulip Queen for 2009 so that was a huge honor for her. We had the opportunity to watch the lighted parade Friday evening and Tyler loved the bands. He told me that he is going to play the drums when he gets older. :)

Saturday morning we had Tyler and Avery's pictures taken in Pella. They turned out really well. Saturday afternoon we walked in the baby parade and Tyler was asleep before the parade even started ~ tired little boy.

Sunday we celebrated Mother's Day at Grandpa and Grandma Kuiper's. Grandpa and Grandma were excited because the entire family was able to make it for Sunday dinner. It was great to see everyone again and spend time together.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

Corey, Holly, Avery, Kevin, Tyler, and I, Kevin's cousin Morgan (Tulip Queen) and Kevin's cousin Meredith. This picture was taken on Mother's Day at Grandpa and Grandma Kuiper's.

Tyler & Avery enjoying Tulip Time

I will update more at a later time, but thought I would post pictures from the weekend before I leave for Minneapolis in the morning. I have meetings for State Farm on Thursday and Friday so will be out of town for the rest of the week. Tyler and my Mom are coming with me and my Mom is going to watch Tyler while I attend my meetings. I am looking forward to getting a little shopping done after my meetings are done on Friday.

Have a great week!!!

Happy Easter

Tyler and I had a lot of fun decorating Easter Eggs on Wednesday. He was so excited to make Easter Eggs and hasn't stopped talking about it since. We started out with 12 eggs and as you can see by the pictures below we actually only decorated 6. Tyler was having too much fun with the other eggs as he thought they were golf balls.

Tyler was fascinated with the colored water
Trying to hold the eggs under his chin ~ he thought that was pretty funny.

Checking out all of his eggs

Tyler's favorite egg ~ he thinks it is a basketball since it is orange

Our decorated eggs ~ what a fun day!!

As I was decorating Easter Eggs with Tyler, I kept thinking about Easter Weekend and the true meaning of Easter. Yes, it was fun to decorate Eggs, but as Christians we have so much more to be thankful for ~ Christ dying on the cross to pay for our many sins.

We pray that you have a wonderful Easter Weekend. God Bless!!!

Epcot Center

Epcot Center was the place where we spent the least amount of time ~ simply because we ran out of time. However, we did find time to ride in Spaceship Earth, see Nemo, ride the GM test track, and throw lots of Grandpa's money into the water.

Tyler was fascinated with the water & threw all of Grandpa's coins in the water.
Family picture by the jumping water

Tyler with Nemo

Tyler, Jen, & Kelly in Bruce the Shark

Spaceship Earth ~ really neat.

Hollywood Studios

Hollywood Studios was awesome ~ I will let the pictures explain our fun.

Tyler enjoyed meeting all of the characters ~ including Mickey Mouse, Pooh, & Tigger
We enjoyed a 3D muppet show.

Tyler with Handy Manny

My sisters & I by the American Idol Stage ~ they were having auditions the day we were there.

The best part of Tyler's Day was seeing Mc Queen & Tow Mater ~ we had to wait in a very long line to see them, but it was well worth it.

We also enjoyed an Indiana Jones show, an Extreme Power Show, a few rides, and much more.

Sea World Pictures

Sea World was awesome!! We had a great time watching the Shamu Show.

Shamu
Enjoying the Shamu Show

Tyler loved Shamu

We enjoyed a Shark & Dolphin Exhibit

Tyler & Shamu

Florida Fun

Florida was wonderful and we are missing the warm weather. We had a great time spending the week with my family ~ something we don't get to do very often since they live 4 hours away. We enjoyed Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdon, Hollywood Studios, & Sea World. Tyler's favorite part of the trip was seeing Mickey Mouse. He insists that we are going to Mickey's house again very soon. :)

Grandpa & Grandma bought Tyler a Mickey Mouse Ball so he has been playing with that ever since we got home. Kevin & I had tons of fun watching Tyler enjoy all the attractions.

I have tons of pictures and am very anxious to scrapbook them. Hope you enjoy!!

Magic Kingdom Pictures

My family with Mickey & Minnie
Kevin, Tyler, & I with Mickey & Minnie

Tyler was so excited to see Mickey & Minnie ~ look at that smile.

Mickey Mouse & Tyler

Tyler giving Minnie a kiss!!

Potty Training

As you can see from the title we have started the process of potty training Tyler or "Mommy Training" as I call it. Overall, Tyler has done really well so I hope it continues. He isn't to the point yet to tell me when he has to go potty, but I am training myself to take hime every hour. Tyler has decided that he dislikes diapers and only wants to wear pull ups so at least we are moving in the right direction.

February has been a nice relaxing month. We have all stayed healthy and have been able to spend time together as a family on the weekends. Kevin & I went to Ames for Valentine's Day and enjoyed a day away ~ Tyler had a lot of fun with the babysitter. Last weekend we went to Des Moines to purchase a jogging stroller ( I must admit I am pretty excited to use it this spring/summer) and went to Culver's for dinner ~ Tyler's favorite restaurant.

This weekend will be very busy. New Coop is taking us to Des Moines for the weekend so we are looking forward to that. We also leave for Florida next week so will be busy packing, etc.

I don't have any pictures to post this time, but will be sure to update when we get home from Florida. Tyler is excited to see Mickey Mouse and Kevin & I are excited for warm weather. :)