Easter

For Easter, we hosted Matt's family for lunch on Saturday.  Becky, Paul, Julia, and Garrison came as well as Grandma and Grandpa Holthe.  We had a great time eating, talking, and dancing to the Wii!  

On Easter morning, the kids discovered the Easter bunny came to visit.  He left some good stuff!  We also had fun hunting for the Easter eggs.  My family came for lunch and some fun time playing outside with Clay (the dog).  What a great weekend!!

Rachel is 1!!!

On March 26, we had a birthday party for Rachel!  It was a great day surrounded by friends and family celebrating.  Despite only being in our house for 2 weeks before, it at least looked good enough for a party.  We love the extra bedroom in the basement that seems to be the "I don't know what to do with this" room.

I made my first attempt at creating a birthday cake.  I decided to do a simple ladybug.  After one mishap with the body, and a close call with the second batch, it actually turned out pretty cute!  What a great day!!

It has been such a fast year!  I can't believe Rachel is already 1.  She is such a big girl and is developing such a fun personality.  We love everyday with both kids! :)

Our new house!

On March 11, we FINALLY closed on our new house!  The moving truck was waiting for us when we got back from the bank.  We watched them unload all our things into the house, then the fun began!  We started in opening up all the boxes.  The kids were excited to see what toys the movers brought back.

It was a crazy weekend because that night my Mom, Rachel, and I drove to Red Oak to host a bridal shower for my cousin Megan the next morning.  It was so much fun, but we made it a quick trip so we could get back to more unpacking and spending the first night in our new house!

Three weeks later, we have made it through every box and have put most things away.  It is looking more and more like our home each day!  We are anxiously awaiting our new furniture.  We are also anxiously waiting for the weather to warm up!  We have a great slide in our backyard and a place for our swing - now we just need the weather to cooperate so we can get out there and use it.  Here are some pictures of our first 3 weeks in our new house!

Living with Grandma and Grandpa!

We lived with Grandma and Grandpa Holthe for about 2 months while waiting to close on our new house.  Here are a few pictures from our time there.

We're not in Kansas anymore.......

The Holthe's officially live in York, Nebraska now!  On January 10th the packers came and put all our stuff in boxes.  On the 12th, the movers put everything on a "big rig" and took it to Nebraska.  We are living with Matt's parents right now until we can close on our new house!  Here's some pictures of our Kansas house as we packed everything up.

Rachel's tubes

Rachel had to get tubes in her ears on January 7th. Here is a picture of her at the surgery center right before the procedure. She did great, and so far the tubes are helping!!

Catching Up... Again!

Well, the Holthe's have had a lot going on in the last couple months!  Let me catch you up.....

We spent Thanksgiving in Fullerton with both sets of Grandparents.




We had our very first Christmas in Kansas City this year.  The Krings family came the weekend before to celebrate.  There wasn't enough room under our small tree for all the presents!!  It was a fun weekend!




Our next Christmas adventures took us to Red Oak, Iowa to spend a couple days with my Grandma, Grandpa, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  We had lunch on Christmas Eve with my family, then headed out again to Minnesota to Matt's Grandma's house.  We spent Christmas Day in Minnesota.  The next day we drove to Brookings, South Dakota to spend time with more of Matt's cousins.  After a quick stop there, we made it back to York and finally back to Kansas City.  It was a lot of driving, but we had a great time seeing all our family!



During all this time, we discovered a job opening at Nebraska Public Power District in York, NE.  So, Matt interviewed for this job and accepted an offer right before Christmas!  So, after we got back from our Christmas trip, the next 2 weeks were spent getting our house ready to sell and our stuff ready to move!