Who Do You Think You Are?

So, I don't watch tons of tv but I do have a few shows that I enjoy watching...among them Bones, SYTYCD, Biggest Loser and those cake shows on Food Network but I have recently discovered a new favorite and I really hope that it has good ratings and continues. It is on NBC and is called "Who Do You Think You Are?" And I love it, who would have ever thought there would be a weekly show about geneology and that it was actually interesting?

Here is the link in case you want to watch it http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/

I'll stand by you...

Our little man loves to stand-it never fails to bring a smile to his face. If you hold his hands whiel he is standing he will take off running-it is so cute, for now anyway! And I swear the child has no fear, he will let go and just fall towards you!

Mother's Day-Officially

So this was my first official Mother's Day! I was getting ready to feed Peter and I went to go get his bib and when I came back he had a present for me. Is that not the cutest face ever! Luckily I was not gone long or else the envelope would have been slobbered and shredded! Alan made dinner for me which was yummy, and it was so nice to relax for the evening and not have to worry about making dinner! My favorite was desert, I know-not a real shocker there! Alan made chocolate lava cakes and they were fantastic! And rich! I could barely finish one.

Thanks Alan you are the best! Love you!

Land of the Buckeyes

Alan's sister and her family recently moved from Alaska to Iowa and it happened to correlate with Alan's week between semesters so we made the trek to central Iowa. Mapquest said it would take us 6 hours and 6 minutes, it would be nice if they had a button to click to calculate the difference when you have a baby in the car...But we finally arrived and Peter was more than happy to be out of his car seat.
One of the days we went to a state park and enjoyed the trees and stream. It was a lot of fun. Peter loves spending time with his Grandpa Jensen, they are good buddies. Everyone was either throwing or trying to skip rocks in this little stream and Peter of course wanted to jump in, so I took his socks off and let him dip his toes in. He didn't quite know what to make of the sand and cold water. But after a few minutes he was ready to take off downstream!

Here are some candid shots of the cousins taken by Alan.

Another day we went to a little Dutch town nearby that was having a Tulip Festival. I have never seen such tall tulips before. They were beautiful.

And of course Peter needed to destroy at least one...

It was nice to spend some time together with Alan, Peter especially indulged in some daddy bonding time.

Peter has been working on feeding himself, as you can see he still needs a little work!

Grandma and Grandpa Jensen and the grandbabies.

On the way home we decided to break up the drive and stop in Carthage. I haven't been there since I was a kid and boy has the place been updated. The grounds are beautiful. One thing was still the same though and that is the Spirit that resides there. Even as a child I remember feeling it.