Someone not to be named allowed Drew to dance on the counter top. He only dances to two songs, both of the Hip Hop Variety. This video was taken off a cell phone, so sorry the quality isn't top notch.

Thomas The Train, and hanging In Illinois

So this first picture is out of order, but neverless Drew loved being on an airplane. He has flown a number of times before but this was the first time he really was excited to be on an airplane.

This next batch of pictures is from our excursion to Thomas the Train in Heber aka The Heber Creeper. We went with our friends the Bradford's whose son is the same age as Drew. Natalie and Drew in this picture were playing with their balloon puppets, Drew got a bear and Natalie got butterfly.During the actual ride Drew and Adam couldn't stop looking over the edge. It was difficult to get Drew to look for a picture. He could've spent all day on the train ride.
Josh had to lean over the edge and look back at Drew for this shot.



Drew with his friends the Bradford kids.

Natalie giving Drew a hug. They can be very loving at times.
Family picture with Mr. Topemhat.


Drew and Adam really enjoyed the tent with all the Thomas toy trains. It was hard to get Drew to leave.

Natalie has a couple of chompers!!! She actually has 4 on the top as well.Drew at Grandma's house making a mess.
Mommy and Natalie at the Byron park.

Great Grandma Jellum with Natalie.
Natalie loves being on the swing, as you can tell.

Drew took this picture all by himself, not too bad!

This was on the way to the town Memorial Day parade. The firetrucks go down the street along with cars carrying veterans. They throw candy out to the kids, and Drew scored big time.

Natalie clapping for those that have protected our country!
Chillin' time.


Eric in the "special swing".

Sunday Pictures

Nothing too crazy here, just had some nice pictures from last Sunday that we wanted to post on here...

Costa Rica, Spring, and everything else

Once again it has been a long while since the blog was updated. Since then Josh went with sister Andra on a trip to Costa Rica, Josh also lost his job at Loomis, those (fill in the blank with unkind adjective), and Natalie had her first easter. We also had both Grandma and Nana come to visit. Here are some pics of the last few months.

Andra's motivation for planning this trip to Costa Rica was to see some of the work that our father did done there and meet some of his contacts. Our father put well water pumps in remote areas of the country (mostly jungle areas) where people were drinking contaminated water. He selected areas that were near town centers or schools so that children first and foremost had clean drinking water. The first picture is of our father's closest contact Rolando and his family. They were kind enough to take us out to dinner.

Rotary was the club that sponsored dad's trips down to Costa Rica. Here at this small park there used to be a plaque in his honor but unfortunately it was hit by a car and ruined.

This was one of the places we stayed on the eastern coast.



This is a picture of Volcan Arenal an active volcano in Costa Rica.


Natalie loves books, even if she toys around with them more than anything.

These are some pics from a picnic we took with Rachel and Matt.



We had a dodgeball competition with some friends. Josh had been talking trash for weeks claiming he would dominate, and guess what happened!!! Of course Josh's team won!

Natalie's first Easter!

Drew hugging Uncle Andy.

Drew in search of Easter Eggs.

Just chillin.

Dinner at Spencer and Britta's.

Nana and Natalie hanging out.

Proof that they can coexist!

Drew is in the process of being potty trained, and he loves to wear his "big boy" underwear. He also loves his "Superman" cape! Thanks to Tori for the cape!

Natalie loves going for a ride on Charlie the Horse!