~ Easter ~

We have a very busy Easter weekend. Glad that the weather was nice for once too!! Saturday we spent the afternoon/evening with my side of the family. James had a blast with his cousins Asher & Seth!! Sunday morning he woke up asking about them, it was pretty cute. My parents had a nice Easter egg hunt for the kids. James was much more into the egg hunt this year, so it was fun to watch. Sunday morning James finally noticed that the Easter bunny came and brought him lots of treats such as yogurt treats, M&M's (his favorite) Kit Kat's, new Thomas movie & book and goldfish. He also got his first fishing pole too!! We than headed down to spend the day with Don's parents. James had another egg hunt and got a chance to try out his new fishing pole. He did pretty well for the 1st time using it. James came home and took almost a 4 hr nap which we had to wake him up from. Than had our easter egg hunt at home. In the end James got a HUGE amount of candy & toys. Enjoy the photos!!!

~ Spring Time Fun ~

It has been VERY warm here the past few weeks and we are LOVING it at the Sharr house!! This means late nights of playing outside till it is dark, which is later now :) Grilling, long walks & sunscreen!!! James has been sleeping pretty well the past week due to playing so hard during the day. He has spent alot of time down at his grandparents house throwing rocks into the pond & watching his daddy fish. Yesterday he helped grammie Sharr decorate some cookies for St Patty's day and today has almost all of them eaten. :)

Don & I have been busy with work & trying to get our yard ready for spring/summer. Our grass seems to still be alive, which is a relief!! It is spring break this week at my work so it is going to be CRAZY busy at work for me. Friday we helped over 600 customers in 8 hours, it was exusting, and to think I will have to do it all over again next week....ugh!!!

Enjoy the pictures!!

Bowling fun with Cousins!!!

My sister and her family came down for the weekend last Friday. Grandma & Grandpa Lorenzen took everyone bowling and out for pizza!! James had a very fun time, he has been wanting to bowl for a very, very, very long time. He actually had a really good score around 60, with the help of the bumpers too. :) Don & I were both a little sore the next day from our bowling. I guess no matter how much you workout if you are not use to using those muscles it really wears you out!!! Enjoy the photos!!

SNOW....FINALLY!!!!!

Well it took till the 1st weekend in February but it has finally snowed enough here in Des Moines for James to go out and play in it!! He had a blast, he wasn't sure about it at first. He is kinda of OCD in the sense that when he got any snow on him he would start to cry.  We got to try out his sled that he got from Santa for Christmas. James also helped us shovel. Today is pry the first time that I missed living in the condo, since we had to do our own snow removal. Enjoy the photos :)

Santa

We took James to see Santa tonight. We knew it would be a toss up weather or not he would freak out or not, but he did pretty well & no crying this year!! James even told Santa what he wanted for Christmas this year. Which was Anna & Clairabell from Thomas & friends. It was very cute :) This is the same Santa we have gone to for 3 years now he is great!!

Thanksgiving

Well Don & I cooked our first turkey together this year!! It turned out pretty well :)
Thursday we spent the day with Don's family, his brother from Missouri came up for the day. We had a pretty laid back day on Thursday even had pizza for lunch!! Friday evening we decided to invite over both sets of grandparents for a fest!! We had a turkey, standing rib roast, green beans, corn, potatoes, gravy, bread, cherry salad, & of course cherry & pumkin pie.....YUMMY!!! My stomach still hurts even thinking about all that food again :) James enjoyed having everyone over and got to show off all of his stuff for everyone. My grandmother and Aunt were able to come as well!! Enjoy the pictures below :)

Bye Bye Crib!!

This week we transfer James out of his crib into his big boy bed! I started on Monday with putting him in there for his nap and he did pretty well. James went right to sleep and slept for about 2 hours. Monday night I still put him in the crib. Tuesday night James slept in his big boy bed. Once again he went right to sleep. He woke up at 3AM & than again at 5. He has gotten better every night & last night he slept from 8-6:30!!! So tonight we took the crib apart and got the rest of his room ready. James decided on a Thomas Bed, enjoy the pictures :) Having computer problems with post the picture of James in his new bed soon, well as soon as my lap top lets me :)