Stuntman's Mom Wins Design Award!!

Hello from one tired family! Owen is working on two more teeth (center upper). They are big and they are hurting him. He has been so whiney the past few days and not sleeping at all the past few nights....this means that we are all three up at all hours in the night.
We are hoping that those things break through some time soon so he has some relief. Even when he is in pain and discomfort, he is always trying to smile and be happy. That's my Owen! So sweet.

There has been lots going on lately. The most exciting lately is that Jen won a design award through the AIGA Minnesota's Annual Design Show of Excellence, which highlights the most exceptional design work being produced in the upper Midwest and showcases the power of design in today's culture.Seems fishy that it is my organization's competition and she just so happens to win? Well, the winners are selected by independent leading design professionals from across the country...I have nothing to do with it. It is strictly her talent!
Here are some screen shots of her winning designs. The link in the upper right of this page will be working soon.
I am so very proud of her......it really is a great honor in the local design community.

ROPE POWER WITH SOPHIE T.
Last night, Jen, Owen and I joined Uncles Mike & Ty and Ava to watch Sophie in a jump rope competition. Different schools compete against each other in all these neat jump rope activities. I know you might ask yourself, what the? but it was the coolest thing ever! These kids were so talented...especially Sophie! She was one of three kids from her school chosen to the double under...she was great!! Not only that, she was jumping rope on her knees. Very talented I tell you. We had a great time!

We hope that Owen is on the Rope Power team for his school. If not that, then we hope he is at least President of the Stunt Club because.......

he does all of his own stunts, you know.

Here is a sweet picture that I took of Uncle Ty and Owen at the Rope Power competition. He loves his Uncle Ty!


OK LADIES....HOLD YOURSELVES BACK because Owen is your man.














One quick story before I call it quits. Dennis sent me an email the other day that said he took Kiana and Kayla to the St. Patrick's Day Parade. On the way, 3-year old Kayla kept telling Dennis to put his seat belt on. Finally she told him that if he didn't put the seat belt on, that she was going to call 111 on him. I thought that was pretty funny! Until next time.....

Love to you all!

Long overdue updates.

I know...I know. There are really long stretches between posts. I am planning to leave my camera out in the living room so I take more photos. I have time to post now and then but I never have any photos. So, hopefully this plan will work.



This past weekend, we met Grandma and Grandpa Bowers, Aunt Terra, Uncle Daniel, Cousin Rigo and Great Grandma Jeraldine in Ames, Iowa. We were supposed to go to Missouri last month but and it's such a long trip for Owen, that we decided not to go. Instead, we decided to meet the family 1/2 way. Thanks to G&G for the hotel rooms and clothes for Owen. He's stylin' now! We had such a good time with everyone. Owen wants the grandparents to move to the DesMoine/Ames area. It would be perfect if their farm was about 3 hours away. Owen and Rigo could ride ponies together all the time. Rigo has gotten so big. He is just as cute and cuddly as ever. He has cutest little dimples when he smiles (although none of my pics show the dimples). He is one sweet kid. We are so happy that we got to spend time with him over the weekend.

On February 18th, we celebrated Owen's Great Grandma's birthday at Grandma Pat's house. Here is a shot of the family. Look who's the center of the photo! We had a nice time and look forward to the next get-together.

Other Owen Updates:

Owen has 4 teeth now...I'll try to catch a shot of them. It's pretty funny because he has the two bottom center teeth and then two on the top...not the center ones but the ones next to the center teeth. It looks like fangs but they aren't the eye teeth.

Kris took Owen and Tess to the Zoo today. Kris said that Owen LOVED the dolphin show....apparently he got pretty excited. We wish we could have seen him. She said he had a great day. This is such a switch from how our day started. First, I bumped his head on the door on the way out. Then, when I lifted his car seat (with him in it) to move him to Kris' car and I DROPPED him. Luckily, only the car seat hit the ground and not him. He wasn't hurt in either accident but did shed a couple tears from being scared. He's been getting scared of things lately...like when we changed his diaper in public restrooms on our trip this past weekend and someone flushed the toilet...scares him so much! Also, when I try to vacuum (I don't do that when he's around anymore).

Owen sitting up and crawling...in a post coming soon??!!?? we'll get there eventually.

I'll try to post sooner than I have been.