Happy Birthday Paul!

Well, I am a day late, but Happy Birthday to my amazing husband Paul! You are such a wonderful dad, husband, and friend! Me and the boys love you so very much and know that we are the luckiest people in the world to have you. You take such good care of all of us and work your butt off to keep us comfortable. Happy Birthday and just know that we love you more than anything!

Oh What Fun!

Oh what fun we have been having! Last week, we went to McDonald's with McKenzie. The boys had a blast, and I think McKenzie had a great time, eating a ton of chicken nuggets and watching the three crazy Krupp's.

Over the weekend, we celebrated Paul's birthday with Amy and Mike Schommer, mine and Paul's siblings, and other friends. We had a great time! But we just can't keep up with the life in the fast lane anymore!

Today, we got to go to Jumper's Gymnastics with Cortney and McKenzie (with Cortney's MOPS group). It was a lot of fun! The boys ran and ran...and Kenzie held her own too! She would stand on the trampolines and impressively keep her balance as the kids all whizzed past her. Lucas did really well. He actually ventured away from me quite a bit--as long as I was always in his line of sight. Thomas played super hard, climbing, jumping, and hanging from everything he could. And Kevin ran around with some of the boys that were around his age. His talkative nature makes it pretty easy for him to make instant friends!

Miss McKenzie at McDonald's

Thomas and Kenz--he's got stuff to do, no time for pictures

Lucas did not take off that hood the entire time!

Kevin and Kenz

Thomas' at Jumpers Gymnastics...this is probably the stillest he was the whole time!

Kenzie, a born gymnast

Lucas in the foam pit

And here's Kevin in the foam pit as well

'Tis the Season

Well, it is official. Our boys get cuter by the day! They are growing so quickly, and it is hard to believe that just next month, the twins will be 2 years old! Rumor has it that once they turn 4 years old, Paul and I will actually get some sleep again....but that doesn't mean I want the time to go by fast!

Anyway, we have been keeping busy. We got to see Isaac on Monday; he joined the boys at McDonald's. They had such a good time together, and words cannot even describe how cute they all were together! And today we got to meet a dear family friend--Jane Harrell--for lunch. She is the mother of Chris (one of Ryan's best and oldest friends), Nick, and Andrew Harrell. Having raised three boys herself, we found much common ground. It was wonderful to see both her and Isaac this week!

And now for the big news. I had to wait for Cortney to post the news on her blog first before I ran off and wrote about it on mine, but the wait is over and I can finally post it for the world to see. Anyway, Cortney and Aaron are expecting another little baby! They don't know the due date yet, but McKenzie is going to be a big sister! Congratulations...you know I'm crossing my fingers that it's twins!

And as if that wasn't big enough news, Jami and Noah are also expecting a baby due on August 25! 'Tis the season for baby making I guess! Congratulations to the Ingerling's, and PS, we need a girl in this family!

Well, I think the holidays wore me out of picture taking, so here are just a couple of pictures that I took today:

Check out this cool cat--Thomas loves his shades!

Lucas loves his shades too...but don't disturb him, he has work to do!

And here's Kevin, playing in my room with all of his Super Hero Figures--check out that line! It really is a shame that he has no toys :)

Happy Birthday Brittani & Marianne!!!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful sister Brittani and my amazing mother-in-law Marianne! You both are such beautiful, wonderful people and I am so thankful to have you both in my life! I hope your days are spectacular!

I have a couple of long-winded stories about the boys: a couple of weeks ago, Thomas did the funniest thing. I was changing Lucas’ diaper and as soon as I got his bottom bare, he took off and ran from me. He thought he was so clever, laying there on his bed with his nude little rump sticking up in the air. I kept encouraging him to come back so that I could finish the diaper changing process, but he just sat there and smiled at me, saying “No” repeatedly. Thomas just sat there staring at Lucas—probably proud of his brother for his deviant behavior.

I started to get frustrated with his lack of listening, and began my disciplinary ritual of counting to three (I slowly count to three and if they fail to listen by the time I get to three, then I give them a little swat on their bottoms). Anyway, I started counting…one…two….and then before I could say three, Thomas piped in and said, “THREE!”, and then he took his little hand and spanked Lucas! I couldn’t believe it! Little did Thomas know, that his action accomplished one thing only…it proved that he does in fact grasp my one-two-three tactic!

Lucas had a big accomplishment recently. It was the day after Christmas, and we took the boys to McDonald’s for lunch. We were joined by Grandma Traci, Ryan, Jordane, and Brittani. Usually, when we go to McDonald’s, Thomas and Kevin climb all through the play area and go down the slide. Thomas can even go through the entire play area without any help at all. There are actually some places where he has to use just the strength of his arms to pull his little body up, and he handles it like a pro. Kevin always runs up and down, in and out, having a ball and always looking for friends to play with. All the while this goes on, little Lucas is content hanging out on the exterior of the play area. There are three little steps that he likes to walk and practice walking down without use of his hands. And then he runs to this other platform and jumps on it a little bit. But he never goes in. And he always has just as much fun as the other two wild boys.

Anyway, this time was different. I don’t know if he wanted to impress his Uncle Ryan, or if he finally just gained confidence, but that little Lucas decided it was time to go into the play area. He climbed up the tubes and went down the smaller slide all by himself! We were shocked since we have always encouraged him to do so in the past with no success. But he did it multiple times. At one point, he even attempted to climb up to the bigger slide, but about half way there, he got a little scared and turned around and came back down. But what a big day for Lucas!

And I managed to get my first real taste of being the “uncool mom.” I dressed Kevin in a long sleeved gray shirt. Then I put on a short sleeved shirt over it. He looked down at his appearance, looked at me, and said, “I look absolutely ridiculous.” I tried to make him feel more comfortable in his clothing, and so I put on two shirts myself. I said, “See Kevin, mom is wearing two shirts too!” He looked at me, lowered his voice, and said, “Yeah, cause that’s what I want, to look like my mom.” Who knew that at 4 years old kids would already think their parents were uncool?

Little Lucas

Kevin Paul Krupp

Ornery Thomas

Happy New Year!!!!

Well, there is so much to talk about, but I will keep it short. We went to RENO for New Years, and what a crazy, fun time! We had a blast! Marianne’s brother, Howard, got married which was the purpose for the trip. The wedding was beautiful. And it was awesome to get to see many of the members of Paul’s family. I just wish we all lived closer so that we could see everyone more often! After the wedding, we went to our hotel which was in a casino. We indulged in the fun that the casino/hotel had to offer. It was really good for Paul and I to just get out and have some relaxed fun. But oh my gosh, did we miss those little boys of ours!

On December 30, Isaac had his 2nd birthday. Happy Birthday little Isaac! We love you so much very much and hope that you enjoy being 2! Here are a couple of pictures from Isaac’s birthday and our trip to Reno:

Cousins! Jake, Richard, Paul, Adam, and Jessica

What a wonderful family I joined!

The Bakke's (Tom, Marianne, Cheryl, and Howard)

Porter McHenry! and his girlfriend, Paul and myself

Dancing Fools

Cousin Jake and Jessica

Me and Jessica, wishing we could get our shoes shined

Jessica, on her mission to get pictures with random people...yes, that is the hotel cleaning crew

Thomas giving the birthday boy a ride around on the bike. Talk about double trouble!

Isaac and two of his favorite people!

Happy Birthday little Isaac!


Aren't they precious?

The birthday boy, pushing Lucas around in a car.

Jessica and Richard, practicing their dance move...they actually did get it right eventually!