Easter with the Tempels

Wyatt is learning new skills everyday!

Easter is almost here, however we needed to do some celebrating with the Tempels before the kids and I headed up to Chicago.  To start off the weekend of fun and Spring Break, Joey brought home a new herd of lambs!  As of this afternoon, there are 8 lambs, 25 kids (baby goats), the mama goats, and 2 billy goats!  That is a really big petting zoo!

Gwen and Wyatt spend time with the sheep after their move to Poppy's house. All are girls except 1, which Gwen has named Socksimus. 

Gwen helped make a great Coconut Cake for our Easter Dinner 

Wyatt was looking for his missing peep

Let the Easter Egg Hunt begin!!!!!! (Wyatt was working on the potty training again-hence no pants-however again he is not demonstrating that he is ready)

Baby Sheep!!!!!!!!

Check out what the Easter Bunny dropped off for Gwen!  Fancy heels to wear on Easter Sunday--and every day before and after I think.

What????

Gwen brought home a very special award last week from preschool!  She is so proud of herself! 

We were packed and ready to leave for Chicago, but stopped to give Gram a hand with a baby goat that needed some TLC.  After some work, a good hand washing, and some lunch ....we were on our way.

What's happening this week!

I'm am all caught up!!!!!!  Believe it or not, we are up to date with the blog!!!!!!  It has been a lot of hard work, but someone had to do it!  Gwen had to have surgery this morning the remove the tube in her right ear, so I had some time to work while I waited for her.  More about that in a minute, but first and update on our house!

The arches are now up!  Work is being done this week to get the porch finished and siding is starting to go up today! 

I met with the cabinet maker last Friday and finalized all the details! here is the sample of what our cabinets will look like-just imagine it being dark brown

Insulation is in!!!!  Finally our house will be warm!

Work by day, but play at night!  Who taught Gwen to Limbo????

Yes, Gwen is at the hospital again!  This time we had to have a tube removed because it just won't come out on its own.    They are taking the one out and patching the hole with a little fat from her ear--so we will have a little scab action for a few weeks.  The surgery went very well and she is back with me hanging out while we recover :-)  Gwen commented yesterday that this is her 5th date with Dr. Bob, and we hope that this is the last of our ear adventures!

Happy Birthday Wyatt!!!!

It's Wyatt's turn for his birthday!!!!!!!

From way up high, Gwen is wishing Wyatt a very Happy Birthday!!!

His very own wake up sign-he had his own table decor too, but it was destroyed before a picture was taken:-)

I'm 2!!!!!!!

Such a big guy!!!!!

Say hello to our newest train engineer!

A very silly 2 year old!

Happy Birthday Gwen and Poppy!

A birthday surprise for the birthday girl!

What a fun table for such an fun day!

The birthday girl herself!

Let the party begin!

It's Gwen's 5th birthday--here are 5 of her best faces!  #1

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The birthday kids are ready to blow out their candles!

TOGETHER! 

Happy Birthday Miss Gwen!!!!!!

Happy 30th birthday!

Guess who is 30 now????

Yep, Brad has caught up with me! 

Happy Birthday Brad!!!!!

We love you!

It's Birthday Time!!!!!!!

March is our busiest time for birthdays in the Tempel house!  We started it off right with a big birthday bash while all the VIPs were together!  Carolyn fixed dinner and I made desserts!  I had a lot of fun being creative for everyone!

Beehive cupcakes for Brad and Poppy, Cupcake cupcakes for Ashley Beth...

Miss Gwen's Ariel cake!

Wyatt, what are we having for you?

A blue jello train just for Wyatt!

What party isn't complete with a game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey? Gwen is a master!

Wyatt was so excited about his new basketball hoop!

Gwen couldn't wait to see what was inside her gifts!

Basketball star?  Who knows what Wyatt will be when he grows up, but he certainly will loves playing while he figures it out!

What could top a basketball hoop?  Joey and Ashley Beth come through again with a tractor!!!!!

And they brought Gwen a life sized buddy!

See you later February! Hello March!

Februrary/March 2013

The house continues to get work done, but it doesn't look every different from the outside. All the electric is done and waiting for power to the house--which came just at the end of February.  The trim around the house is being worked on when the temperature is above 45 degrees (which hasn't been often), and all the framing for the outside of the windows is cut and ready to be put up.  We have all the siding in the garage just waiting to show itself off!

We have power!

Adelaide (Jenn and Andy's little girl) celebrated her 1st birthday at the end of the month!  We had our own private party with her!  Happy Birthday Adelaide!

Wyatt thought her toys were awesome!

Who doesn't love balloons!  Adelaide and Gwen had plenty to share!

To start off our birthday week, we finally were able to bring Eleanor the Boxador home!!!!!!  I couldn't believe how big she was for just 7 weeks!

Eleanor meet Ashley Beth's dog Pinocchio and was checking out the scene at our apartment before heading over to her temporary home in Joey's barn 

The best birthday present ever!

Wyatt wanted to try to pick her up too, but he wasn't as successful as Gwen

Gwen and Wyatt went down for their nap, and so did Eleanor!  All that playing made all of them tuckered out!

Look out February! Here we come!

February 2013

February has started off with tons of giggles and fun!  It seems that the colder it gets, the sillier the kids get!  

Such a cute moose!

Eleanor is growing bigger every day!  It will only be a few more weeks until she comes home!

It finally happened!  Gwen found some scissors and gave herself a nice hair cut!  thankfully we only had to trim off a few inches and just blend it in.

Play time at the Tempel house!

Dancing Mimi and Bubba!