January - March 2013

We had birthdays in January and in March.  We also had some late snow, so we got to do some extra sledding.  Unfortunately, we broke a few of our sleds on our last trip, so we'll need new ones the next time it snows.

Kate and Mom in "cartoon mode" using the camera on our new phones

Anna in cartoon mode

Kate with cousin Luc

Opening presents in Tucson

Chef set for Christmas

Anna in the Zen Garden

The sign says: "Please don't feed the dinosaur"

Birthday girl

Who is four years old today?

candles

skating lessons

Jack on the ice

some more sledding scenes with Kate

Jack zooms past

New swimsuit

Opening birthday gifts

Kate in the snow

Late March snowstorm (isn't it officially Spring?)

snow angels

October - December 2012

We are really late posting updates.  From October to December in 2012, we finished up with Fall soccer, we visited Cincinnati and we got a chance to go sledding at home when it snowed just after Christmas.

Jack taking the ball down field

Anna with a throw-in

Halloween with the Lubans

our carved pumpkins for 2012

At the Cincinnati Nature Center; this ended up on our Christmas card

Kate peeking

with Granny and Grandpa at Museum Center / Union Terminal

Kate, Jack and Anna at Krohn Conservatory

Kate with Mom

Opening Christmas Gifts

Sledding at Slater Hill

July - September 2012

From Summer into the beginning of Fall, we were still on the move.  We visited Vermont, where Anna ran with Mom and Dad in a 5K race, and we all got to have fun playing with our friends.  During this trip, Jack and Anna learned how to ride bicycles without training wheels, so Dad took off the training wheels on the bikes at home.  We got out to the Great Plains to visit our great-grandparents, and got back in time for Dad to start teaching and for Jack and Anna to start Fall soccer.

Sunset in Vermont

Kate and Ruth

Tres Amigos

Anna and Susan finishing the 5K race

On the Fort Ti ferry

No training wheels!

Kate rides the trike

Kate plays grocery

Learning to hoop dance

"T-Rex, this is Kate. Kate; T-Rex."

Anna goalie

Anna with a takeaway

Anna traps the ball

Jack in position

Jack gets a shot on goal

Jack on offense

Keeper Anna

April - June 2012

We kept busy during the spring and early summer.  There was spring soccer for both Jack and Anna.  Anna's spring ballet recital was an interpretation of Peter Pan; Anna was one of the bluebirds who decorated Wendy's house in Neverland.  We all got down to visit the Children's Museum. In late June, we all visited Granny and Grandpa.  Jack, Anna and Kate all ran in the kids races at the Blast and then we had fun playing in the sprinkler.

Jack in action

Anna goes for the ball

Bluebirds

Digging for fossils

On the Children's Museum carousel

Helping with the watering

Clearing the ball

Goalie

Kate's long day

Kate at the Blast

Anna at the Blast

Kate with her finisher medal

Post-race milk and cookies

Anna post race

Fun in the sprinkler

water dump

it's getting wet out here