Summer is on it's way!!!

We spent the weekend in Olympia, Washington celebrating our nephew Trent's High School graduation. We flew in early Thursday and returned on Sunday morning. It was Greta's 2nd flight and she did great. It sure beats a 12 hour drive. We went to the Zoo in Tacoma on Thursday and Greta was able to see all those animals we see in her books. The weather was a bit overcast but very comfortable.

Trent Haberland, Class of 2010

Greta and her Aunt TheresaAunti Jodi having BIG fun!

Kristi's college friend Katie met us at the rental car place to let us borrow a car seat for G. We went to her house and spent some time with her and her girls. This is her middle daughter Josi. The girls had a lot of fun with Greta. Many thanks to them for helping us out.
Greta at the Zoo feeding the birds. She was pretty excited to have them land on her stick. She was trying to grab them which apparently is against the rules.
Greta sitting in front of the monkey cage. She wasn't nearly as excited as I expected her to be.

All the crazy girls at the kid play land at the end of the Zoo tour.

The monkeys goofing around. Pictured are Reese, Josi, Ashlie, Greta and Hannah. Reese, Josi and Hannah are Katie's daughters and Ashlie is Johnny's daughter (sister Jodi's boyfriend).

G and her Mom.

G playing with Mom's cell phone.Family photo in front of the elephants. Those things are huge!

Of course Greta needed a stuffed toy at the Zoo.

Kristi's sister Sandi on her porch during the festivities. Sandi's son Trent graduated high school in Olympia over the weekend.

Sandi and her husband Mike hamming it up with G.

Mike and his daughter Tawny at the campfire.

Big Mike.

The view from their house on Summit Lake. It was beautiful for the party.

Kristi and Sandi

Kristi, Johnny and Jodi

Super G.

My bride

Johnny, Jodi, Ashlie, Jeremy and Shelbie. Jeremy and Shelbie are sister Jodi's kids and Ashlie is Johnny's daughter.

Picture of the new house. We moved in about a month ago. It seems like we have been here for a week. I cannot wait to have it feel like home. The garage is still pretty full of stuff for a garage sale.

The back yard. We had a fence put in for the dogs the day we moved in. It is so nice not to deal with leashes all the time.

Another picture of the back yard. We are adjacent to farm land. It is very peaceful. I bought a bridge at Costco to cross the irrigation ditch.

G in the yard tonight.

Greta helping me pull weeds out of the rock bed. She is a great helper.

G sporting PJ's and white tennis shoes. She wasn't ready for bed quite yet.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you great Mothers out there...

Happy Mother's Day Kristi! This blog post is dedicated to Kristi for being such a wonderful Mom to our little sweetheart. We enjoyed a relaxing day today by going to brunch at Riverside with the Zantos and spending time together at home. We are looking forward to the big move on Thursday into our new home. We are very excited to finally have a "house" with a real yard for the dogs. We have been in our condo for almost 10 years. Wow, how time flies by. Grandma Carol and Grandpa Roger will arrive on Thursday to help out and Grandma Angie and Grandpa Fred will be here by the end of the weekend or beginning of the following week.

Greta playing with one of her 3 Elmo toys.
Greta hangin out in her cool PJ's.

G with some other PJ's

Kristi and Greta after the big gift opening session.

G and her Mom.

Cuddle bug.

Greta helping her Mom read her Mother's Day Card.

Celebration!

Greta and Kristi after brunch at Riverside.

Greta on the floor.

Nice...

New family photo.

Happy Mother's Day Kristi! We love you very much.

Belated post...sorry all.

It has been a month since my last post. Spring is here and the grass is greening up.

Greta has been talking up a storm. She loves her books and her Elmo. We went to Moonlight Basin for Easter weekend with Kristi's parents, her brother Gary and his wife Theresa and their son Seth. Jim and Pam Grover came up for 2 nights as well. The snow was great and Seth learned to ski! He wanted to stay and keep skiing, so I think he is hooked.

Greta and her cousin Seth at Moonlight.
It snowed the entire weekend giving us some fresh "Pow Pow" (Powder) on the hill. Kristi and I were able to ski together with the help of Grandma and Grandpa and the Grovers watching Greta.

Theresa and Kristi at Moonlight. Greta loves to go to the park and swing and slide. She runs around and has a blast.

Sweet little thing.

Greta at the Grover's a while back.

Greta on Easter morning with Elmo.

First Easter Egg.

Greta hangin out watching some cartoons.

She points to animals in her books.

For hat day at daycare, Greta threw on her Bobcat gear. The daycare is overrun with Griz fans, so they really appreciate her t-shirt that says "I took a Griz in my diaper".

G

Spring Football this past weekend. Saturday was their last scrimmage. Only 5 months till the season begins.

G "just a swingin"

March is here, we are seeing signs of Spring

The weather has been warming up. It has been 45 to 50 degrees for about a week. Our snow in our yard is starting to melt. I think we are down to about 1 foot still on the ground. We have been taking some walks around the subdivision with Greta's sweet new wagon. I found it at Hastings for $7.50. I am quite the big spender. She is very independent and would rather pull the wagon than ride in it.

Kristi and Greta reading her new book. She has been recognizing things such as apple, banana, dog, cat, etc. and pointing them out in her new book. She amazes us every day. Greta without her hair "done up". It is crazy how long it is getting.Greta in the bath having some fun.

Our little "angel" with her "look". Her Mom says she gets it from me.

That's more like it!

Greta in her Puma sweat suit. She is so adorable crusing around.

Greta pulling her wagon.

Greta pushing her wagon.

Finally, Greta riding in her wagon.

Kristi and G photo op.

G

Hmmmmm, seen this one before?

Greta using pockets for the first time. If she takes after her Dad, she will never have anything in them!

digging deep.

Sweet vest little G!

Greta, Kristi and I went to Murdoch's to check out the bunnies, chicks and ducklings. She thought they were pretty cool. She also REALLY likes cats.

Self explanatory...

Greta and Kristi were walking down the toy isle in Walmart the other day. All of the sudden Greta yells out "ELMO"! Needless to say, she took one home from the store.