J.D. is 16!

J.D. turned 16 on May 13th........so of course we gave him a car.................

...........and a gas card.  ;)

Up North for Our 7th Anniversary

We spent 2 nights in Grand Marais & 2 nights at the Grand Superior Lodge for our 7th Anniversary.

Todd on the shore in Grand Marais.

We stopped at the Temperance River on our way down to Grand Superior Lodge and walked down towards the lake.

Todd building a stone tower.

Sonja by Lake Superior

It is tradition to eat our anniversary dinner at Betty's Pies.  We always like to get chili cheese fries for an appetizer.  Yum!  :)

Maddie's 5th Birthday

Maddie turned 5 on April 27th.  Brenden, Tyler, & Maddie were spending the weekend at our house because Jeremy & Kim were out of town for a basketball tournament for J.D.

Jeremy sent Maddie some birthday flowers.

  She was very excited when they came.  :)

Maddie & I made a chocolate birthday cake with purple cream cheese frosting.

Grandma A, Angela, Evan, Luke, Anthony, Heather, Andrew, & Alex met us at Perkins for dinner & then came back to our house for cake & ice cream.  I surprised Maddie by putting pink marshmallow flowers on her cake.  :)

Maddie blowing out her candles.

Then Maddie opened a couple of presents.  I think she had a pretty fun birthday.  :)

Big Snow in April

We had a lot of snow storms in March & April.  Tyler & Maddie had fun playing in the snow after one of the snow falls in mid-April.

Tyler & Maddie playing on the "snow plow" hill.

Tyler's action shot.

We even made a tiny snowman.

Tyler, J.T., & Maddie watching a movie & having a snack before bed.

J.T.'s impersonation of "Men in Black".

Easter Sunday 2013

J.T. in his Easter suit.

Maddie

Luke

Tyler & Maddie colored a beautiful picture on my collar.  :)

All Things New 2013

J.T. was in the All Things New Easter production with us.  He did a great job going out for the scenes holding Nana's hand since she couldn't lift him. (He was over her 10 lb. limit.)  Sonja had to drop out of several scenes for safety, but she still was able to do 6 of the scenes & her solo & duet.  :)  J.T. was in 3 of the scenes with her and was one of the favorites of the cast.  :) 

J.T., Uncle Todd (a pharisee), and Great-Grandma A

J.T. sold strawberries in the Market Place.

Nana & J.T.

J.T. loved petting the bunnies while we were waiting to go in for the   Market Place scene.  :)

Cervical Fusion C6 - C7

Sonja had surgery for a herniated disc in her neck on March 4th.  Evan, Luke, & Angela came with   Sonja's Mom to wait with Todd while she was in surgery.  The surgery went very well.