Figure Skating

Hadley got skates for Christmas! There is a little rink right at Bayfront Park by our apartment...here she is trying out the skates with Andy and help of a chair. She had a great time. She wants to learn to twirl and spin and wear pretty costumes! :)

GrandPAW Ken

Here is Hadley posing with Grandpa Ken at Christmas time. When Hadley was first learning to name her Grandmas and Grandpas, she teased both of the Grandpas by calling them Grandma. Both Grandpas responded by emphasizing the GrandPAW. So, now when she refers to either of the Grandpas, she makes sure to emphasize GrandPAW!

Guitar Hero

Hadley Style

Comfy arms of older cousins

Theo spent lots of time snuggling this Christmas! Pictured above with Olivia and Gabbi.

Christmas Memories

Thought we better post Christmas pictures before Spring!
Here are Hadley and cousin Ali enjoying the Christmas tree...











Hadley singing a lullaby to an ornament of baby Jesus...

Theo

Time for Theo to play catch up on blog time....
Here are some of our favorite pictures.

Daddy time

Hadley and Andy built a house the other night! A gingerbread house...complete with a tree in the front yard and a gingerbread man on the roof. It was a pretty funny night as Hadley couldn't keep her hands and her mouth off the candies. :) The picture shows her hands completely blue from candy. Andy kept asking her to stop eating the candy...and as he used the frosting to make the house he licked the frosting from his finger. Hadley's response to that was, "Dad, don't eat the frosting!"

Singing debut

Yesterday, Hadley and all the other children at CBS (Community Bible Study) sang for the moms! Shortly after we moved to Duluth this fall, we were able to join CBS. Hadley is in a class for 2yearolds and Theo and I joined the "Babes in Arms" group. It's the first Bible study group that I've found welcomes moms with very young babies to join. Hadley's class is complete with a lesson, singing, crafts and snacks! Hadley sings all the time at home, in the grocery store and etc. She asked if she'd get a microphone to sing with...but, while she was up there, she didn't sing a note.:)

Just want a candy cane!

Last week we went to UWS (University WI- Superior) for Winterfest. It is a great event for the community and students. Students from the education department had crafts and cookies and ornaments for kids to decorate. Choirs from area schools performed. There were rides on a horse drawn carriage with s'mores over a bonfire to warm up after the ride. And, of course, there was Santa! We were hopeful that Hadley would be brave enough to sit on Santa's lap herself this year....but as you can see from the picture, Theo was the only brave one! :)
PS Many of you probably know we try to limit Hadley's sugar intake...well, there were elves a plenty at this event and they all gave Hadley candy canes. By the end of the night she was in rare form- screaming and hysterical about wanting another candy cane. That was fun for Mom and Dad.:) A couple days later, I said to Hadley, "What do you want for Christmas?" Her response was simple and very funny. She simply said, "candy cane."

Four Months Old

Theo is four months old!!!
Unfortunately, that means he had another Doctor appointment with immunizations. Here's a shot of Hadley showing him what was going to happen at that visit.

SNOW day

last Saturday it snowed and snowed and snowed and snowed...
We currently live in an apartment in downtown Duluth. We have no shoveling or plowing responsibilities- so snow means fun! Andy and Hadley found a spot in the city (right below the Radisson) to jump in, climb on and make angels in the snow.

That smile!

After a day of crying and fussin' it's so good to see that smile! We're not sure if Theo is getting a tooth or a cold...but we're happy to see the smile again.

Tea Party

Hadley loves to have tea parties. Here she is explaining to Theo how it works. She loves to teach Theo new things. And, so far, he is a very good listener. :)

Lil Hunter

Recently, I was able to go hunting with Lisa's dad and brother in Hayward with some others Wuebbens (Eric, Chad, Rick, Derek, Ryan and Cade). It was a good time. It wasn't too cold and I was able to get out in the woods...far far away from city. I didn't even see a deer in the woods but, it was still great. The cabin in total got 4 deer (1 buck & 4 does). Pictured here is the doe Kevin shot. No, I haven't started bringing Theo out there yet. :)

Reformation!

I like that word. I like reforming things. Consequently, we decided our blog was in desperate need of reformation. So here you have it. We (mostly Lisa) are going to attempt to keep all of you posted as to our comings and goings....mostly for Grandmas' & Grandpas'.

The picture was taken recently at a Halloween/Harvest party at the church we've been attending lately.

Hope all is well.

Andy, Lisa, Hadley & Theo

Resurrection!

Greetings earthlings, worldlings and bretheren. This is a feeble/heroic attempt at resurrecting our blogsite! As you can see, the prior post was last fall. I feel like this whole blog phenominum is just so people can become more obsessed with themselves more so than for a communication tool. I feel like if more people would visit and comment that we would use this site more but it hasn't worked out that way. Maybe, we aren't as interesting as we might think we are. Maybe, people don't really care what we are doing or what songs we listen to, or what we have been thinking about, or our favorite movie. Does it really matter? I'm not so sure. I suppose the logical response is, "you'd think so if people really visited your blog." Maybe, we don't have friends? Or, friends who don't live in cyber land too often? Again, does it really matter? It doesn't. Well, looking forward to your comments. :D

Bruderhof again!

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Andy

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The Bruderhof communities

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Lisa and I's house church the past few weeks has been talking a lot about,"What is community?" Some from the group have visited the Bruderhof...along with a few of us who have seen their web site:

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You should check it out...pretty interesting and appealing.

Going Deep

This was a post I made on another aquaintences blog site. I decided to resurrect the idea and see if any still visited my blog. :)

I have thought about that whole "going deep" thing with someone to some extent, as well. Actually, myself and some of my acquaintances here in Vienna...have even commented about the "levels of conversation". We just made it up one night. So, for instance, level one would be small talk, weather talk, etc. Level two would be on a more personal level (interests, what one does, etc.) Level three would be even more personal (faith, philosophies, political ideals, life aspirations, etc.) Level four is where you share the more difficult things like struggles, sin, anger, disapointment, / or, heart felt feelings towards another's friendship, love for someone, etc. Level 5 is when you share things that only you and a select few know about (lust issues, etc.)... And level 6 is a level that isn't often reached. That is where you share something or thoughts that only you and God have known about before that moment (most often carnal thought). So, there you have it. Move over Erickson, Piaget, Milton. Check out theory can come out of simple conversation between some average Joes?! Well, we have no study that supports this theory...and not a lot of thought was actually put into it.....your thought on "going deep" just reminded me of it.For the most part I agree with one of the other posts. I think it is rare moments when we dare to talk intimately with our fellow man. Many times, in Christian circles at least, it seems forced. We have vain attempts at accountability groups...that usually end with little to no transparency ( NO LEVEL 6! :)).

Henri Nouwen has some interesting thoughts on intimacy with our fellow man in, 'Reaching Out.' He talks in there about reaching a certain level of intimacy with our fellow man through solitude (of course! What else does Nouwen talk about?!). I really like his thoughts, though. In 'Reaching Out' he sites a dialog he has with a former student. The only catch is that it wasn't much of a dialog...of words anyways. He states that after a few minutes had passed they became silent..."Not an embarassing silence but a silence that could bring us closer together than the many small and big events of the last year." "The silence that grew between us was warm, gentle and vibrant." He goes on describing their nonverbal interactions. And then after a long period of silence his former student says, "When I look at you it is as if I am in the presence of Christ." Nouwen responds by saying he did not feel surprised or in need of protesting, but could only say, "It is the Christ in you, who recognizes the Christ in me." "Yes," his student said, "He indeed is in our midst."Nouwen then goes on to say that this former student spoke the most healing words he had heard in his many years..."From now on, wherever you go, or wherever I go, all the ground between us is holy ground."

That is deep.

-Andy