Wow! Sorry for the long time between posts. The past 6 weeks have been wonderfully filled with family and babies. I will try to catch up on it all in one long post, which will probably be the longest blog post ever, so feel free to just skim :-)

Starting with...
February 26
Our niece Ava Joy was born. She has already lived up to her name and brought our family a lot of joy. Here are a few pictures taken when she was just a couple of weeks old.







The pictures I took when we visited in the hospital can be seen here:
http://hollypetersphotography.com/babymuench/

After Ava was born, we enjoyed having Ellie and Graham with us for a couple of days. Greta loves spending time with her cousins!




Please continue to keep little Ava in your prayers - specifically that she would continue to gain weight. If you are interested in reading more, Carrie and Carter have started a blog here.

March 4
Another prayer request...one week after Ava was born, good friends of ours from church had a little girl named Geneva Joy Selvig. She was born with a diaphragmatic hernia. Unfortunately we haven't been able to meet her yet because she is still at the Children's hospital in Minneapolis. They have a website for Geneva here.

March 10
Jon's brother and family came home from Mexico (and yes, I will call wishingly call Eau Claire home for them). We hadn't seen them since September, so it was fun to see how much Zoey had changed and how Zoey and Greta interacted (and they did just as you would imagine two stubborn red heads would :-) We got to spend the majority of the week up at the family cabin. Here are a few highlights:








March 11
Our niece, Olivia Lynn Sprouse was born. It was hard to be so far away from Heidi during this time, especially since she ended up having a c-section. I was fortunate to be able to use my frequent flier miles to visit her a week later. On Sunday the 16th we celebrated my mom's birthday with the Kohlhepps and got to meet Olivia for the first time via webcam.

Greta was fascinated with both the computer and Olivia.

Greta and Great Grandpa Kohlhepp


March 18
One week after Olivia was born I flew out (by myself!) to visit Heidi. My parents flew out with Greta on Saturday night before Easter. We enjoyed going to Heidi and Bill's church for Easter and watching Olivia be a quiet and sweet baby and Greta be a wild and crazy toddler.

Sweet Olivia





Olivia bundled and ready to go

Olivia and Grandma K.

The Girls

Aunt Heidi and Uncle Bill read to Greta

Grandpa and his granddaughters

Grandpa teaches Greta how to ride Uncle Bill's cycle

Greta "enjoys" a stroller ride

Uncle Bill gives Olivia a sponge bath - love those lil cheeks!

All clean!


A few more babies...

My college roomie Amber is expecting in October! Congrats!
The Roberts' Blog.


Our good friends Aaron and Heather Jones are in Korea right now picking up their daughter. We can't wait to meet baby Liv! You can read more about their story here.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading the longest post ever if you made it this far!

Hello Hollywood

361 Days to Race Day

On Saturday, Jon and I went to Hayward to watch the American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race. For those of you who don't know the history behind the race, here is a clip from the website (www.birkie.com) and Jon's constructive edits:

The 51K American Birkebeiner is the biggest cross country ski race outside of the olympic games. The American Birkebeiner was founded in 1973 to honor and re-create a historic Norwegian event when in 1206, two warrior soldiers, called "Birkebeiners" because of the birch-bark leggings they wore, skied infant Prince Haakon (Hō-ken) to safety during the Norwegian civil war. Prince Haakon subsequently became King of Norway, and the Birkebeiner soldiers became a Norwegian symbol of courage, perseverance and character in the face of adversity.

Over the years many thousands of people, both elite and "Citizen Skiers," have enjoyed the thrill of personal triumph crossing the finish line of the Birkie and earning their prestigious award medallions.


We were both semi-inspired to ski next year, so we'll see how that idea turns out. It would be fun to do as a family someday - at least the 23K sounds fun, I'm still not sure about the 51K :-)

It's a ...

Girl!!!

We are expecting another sweet girl on June 30.

Proud big sister Greta



Little sister "???" (we're open to name suggestions :-)


And more Greta pics...

California Girl

So these pictures are a few weeks old, but I had such a hard time narrowing down my favorites. We had a blast visiting Allison and enjoying the warm, beautiful weather.

We spent a lot of time on walks and at the park... Greta especially loved the swings



On Friday we drove to Santa Barbara and arrived just in time to see the beach at sunset. Greta wasn't a big fan of the sand at first, but eventually she didn't mind walking around.


Our little thinker...

So big...


Greta loved playing with her auntie Allison...


and loves getting kisses from mommy

Snowy Day

Just when I think I can't take another single day of winter, we get a nice little snow storm that takes your breath away. This picture doesn't really do it justice, but our backyard is really beautiful in the winter (especially when viewed from the cozy couch by the fire :-)

Cabin Time

We spent last weekend at the Peters family cabin. Here are a few pictures from the occasion:

Merry Christmas!

Grandma Connie's latest

Here is the latest production. The verdict is in, we have a genius child - she beats Mozart by at least two years!


Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books

O Christmas Tree...

Two weekends ago we went to a neighbor's farm and cut our own Christmas tree. Greta really enjoyed helping her daddy decorate. We don't have to worry about the ornaments too much because she is actually scared of the tree and won't go near it.

November 4

I apologize for the LONG time between posts. I will try and make up for it in the next few weeks.

We celebrated Greta's birthday just over a month ago. Here are a few pictures from the occasion:

Little Chick Music Video

Grandma Connie's production...