Random happenings

So, here's an update of sorts on other things we've been up to over the past several weeks. There really is no "theme" to this post; it is just a compilation of random photos and news!

Our beloved 1999 Subaru Forrester...that we sadly have to sell! There just is not enough room in that backseat for 3 car seats to fit well, so with baby #3 on the way, we had to move on to the next stage in family car ownership....the minivan. But we will definitely miss our "silver bullet"! It's been a great car! If you or anyone else might be interested in buying it, contact Bryan at bryan.dik@colostate.edu.

And here is our newest addition to the car family, a 2002 Kia Sedona EX, sleek, black, and stylin'. We are really enjoying this minivan so far and are excited to take the "Black Panther" on a road trip to Michigan this summer!

Yes, it has a sunroof! I am loving this feature!

Here are the boys water-coloring and finger painting. They both love to be creative and artistic!

Eli has been building several towers a day lately with his Wedgits blocks. They are the greatest! He is getting more and more adventurous and making some incredible towers. Most of them are even bigger and more creative than this...I just happened to take a picture of this one.

At a yard sale, I found a play fire-engine tent, some firefighter helmets, and a video of Elmo going to a fire house. That was Eli's inspiration to draw a picture of a fire engine spraying water.

Silas, being his goofy self.

The clouds above our house one evening. (For those of you that may not know, I love taking cloud pictures) The past month has been crazy weather-wise. We've had a huge tornado (our home was not damaged thankfully!), several thunderstorms, hail, extreme winds, hot weather, cold overcast days...we never knew Colorado could be like this!

Eli and his friend Will went to Vacation Bible School for a week at the Wellington Community Church. The theme was God's Custom Car Garage. They seemed to have a fun week!

Here's Eli watching a slideshow of the past week of VBS at the end-of-the-week program.

Eli singing with other Pre-K'ers on stage.

"Come on, get up! Rev it up!"

Now this video is of Eli singing and doing motions to the VBS theme song. I apologize for how dark it is...they had the lights off in the church and their spotlights were pretty weak. We were in the second row and had some trouble seeing him!

This past Sunday some members of our church small group went to Library Park for Victorian Sunday. They had free popcorn and lemonade and live music. Some people were walking around in period-style clothing. They also had the Fort Collins Museum open, which the kids love! Here are Brenna, Eli, Jenna, and Silas inside the teepee!

And Eli inside the old school house, pretending to be the teacher.