Planting Time

 

While we were in Bloomington for the March of Dimes, Livi, Joey, and I headed up to El Paso to help grandpa plant.  We got to ride in the tractor, and play on all kinds of other farm equipment.  To our surprise, Jake, Stephanie, and Nicholas came too.  They were showing their house to sell and needed a place to hang out.  After playing on the farm, we all headed into town and had a great lunch and had time to visit with Uncle Dave, Frank, and Arlene.   It was a fun afternoon on the farm!

March of Dimes 2012

 This year we returned to Bloomington for the March of Dimes.  Last year we tried Springfield, and it just wasn't the same!  It was a cool, rainy day, but we still had a great time marching in honor of all the babies who fought to live, and those who lost their battle.

We would like to thank everyone who donated money to this great cause, and for supporting our team!  March for Dimes is a organization near and dear to our hearts and we will continue to march every year in honor of our precious babies!

 Snuggling in the blanket to keep warm!

Figure Eights

Joey loves riding the big wheel he got for his birthday!  Today Jason put a chalk figure 8 on the driveway and Joey learned how to ride on the figure 8, gain speed, and then peel out....I declare he will be the first Heiple to have a broken bone!

Happy 4th Birthday Sweet Boy!

 I cannot believe that our baby boy is 4 years old today!  The years have just flown by, and it makes me happy and sad at the same time.

To celebrate his big day, we woke up very early in the morning to an excited little boy ready to open presents :).  We let him open his presents and then Livi and I had to go off to school.  Luckily Joey and Daddy had the day off, so Jason brought Joey out to a fun birthday lunch and they played with his new toys all day.  That night, Livi, Jas, and I brought Joey out for a birthday dinner and then went to his favorite store...Barnes and Noble.

 

 On Saturday, we had Joey's family and friend birthday party.  The theme he chose this year was tractors.  We had to be sure to represent both John Deere tractors (for Grandpa Heiple) and Case tractors (for Grandpa Dressler).  Joey decided he wanted pizza for his birthday lunch, so we had pizza for all of the children and subs for all of the adults.

Joey had a blast!  He loved playing with all of his friends, loved being sung to, eating his cake, opening gifts, and being the center of attention!

Thank you all all of our family and friends for making Joey's birthday so special and fun!  We love you all!

Happy Birthday Joseph Crane!

This year Joey was able to celebrate his birthday at school!  He was beyond excited to bring in birthday treats, wear his birthday crown, and celebrate with his friends!  Where did my baby go?

Happy Easter!

 Happy Easter everyone!  We hope you had a wonderful day with family and friends celebrating God's unending love for us!

Easter in the Heiple house was crazy busy.  The night before, Livi and Joey laid out some water and carrots for the Easter Bunny, and to their surprise, they woke up to some fun Easter gifts!  Unfortunately they did not have a lot of time to play with their gifts because we had to get ready and go to 8 AM Mass, and then immediately after, we headed to El Paso to celebrate Easter with the Sennott clan!

After a delicious brunch and fun Easter egg hunt, we said our good-byes to everyone and headed to Metamora to see Grandma and Grandpa Heiple.  We had another delicious meal (very stuffed by this point) and Livi and Joey had another Easter egg hunt.  By Sunday night, we were all tired out and had a very quiet ride home :)

Thank you to all of our family for making Olivia and Joseph's Easter so much fun!  We are so blessed to have you in our lives!