It's been a while.

It's been a few months since we've posted an update.  Life is good in TN.  We've just been doing our usual routine: get up, go to school, come home, have fun together, go to bed, do it all again tomorrow.  It's been smooth sailing since Christmas, but life will be getting a little more hectic from now to the end of the school year.  We'll try to post more often to keep everyone updated.

Here are some really late pictures from Christmas.  The first two are from our Christmas at home, the rest are from our travels to MI.

 Evan loved his new bike, but insisted riding without his shirt.  It was the first present he saw when we got to the bottom of the steps and he literally jumped out of my arms, yelling "BIKE!!!"  He also thoroughly enjoyed the mega blocks in the background.  Daddy helped him build a really cool tower.

He also got a kitchen set to pretend cooking dinner like daddy.  Notice he had to go shirtless here, too.  (For the record, Chris does not cook shirtless.)  Evan cooked up a lovely pot of cheerios for us.

Grandpa treated us to some Christmas carols on his MSU trumpet, and Evan had to get in on the action.

Checking out the newly fallen snow.

Evan helped build his first snowman.  

Thanks Claire Bear and Aunt Amy!

I think I have this exact same shot of Evan and Claire at the park this summer, minus the snow and winter gear!

Evan really liked playing with Lily, too.  Although, he couldn't pronounce the "L" sound, so he just called her baby.

Evan and daddy at the hotel on our way home.  We had just gotten back from swimming.  If you look closely, Evan's lips are still a little blue.  He had a blast at the pool, but shivered for the next 20 min.