Chicago Auto Show

Last Saturday some friends invited us to go to the Chicago Auto Show with them. It was fun to spend time with them and see all the new cars. Their son Isaiah is 22 months and loved seeing all the cars and trucks. I (Anthony) enjoyed seeing all the new cars too, especially the new 4-door Jeeps. ConLai and I sat inside a new Mustang just to see what it would feel like. I was wishing the motorcycle was really mine as well. The new Stingray Corvette also looked very sweet with the massive quadruple exhaust.

Tonight ConLai went and grabbed a pillow for Ronda since she was laying on the floor. Then she grabbed the other pillow and laid down next to her mom. She is definitly understanding a lot more these days.

Also, if you could remember to pray for us this next month that would be great. I am going on a Spring break trip through Moody to Oklahoma and will be gone for almost two weeks in March. I have a lot to prepare before then and it will not be easy for us to be apart for so long. Ronda's Mom will be here with Ronda for part of the time so that is a big help. On the trip will be ministering to smaller Native American churches during the week and doing a youth camp over the weekend. It should be a lot of fun and a chance to do a lot of challenging things. I will probably be teaching Sunday School as well as preaching a couple times and sharing my testimony. We would really appreciate your prayers during this time.

Hmmmm...

Can you believe spring is so close?? With a touch of summer a week ago, we are left in the cold gasping for warm air. Oh but it will come, turning winter into a memory, just as the heart turns from cold hard winter to the blossoming and budding of new life through the touch of Jesus.
So here we are still in the warm house attempting to find things to occupy, crawling under the couch being one of them (enjoy the video at the end) and cuddle time with Daddy which never fails. Though we did venture out to watch the Moody basketball team, especially Jason LaLonde (in the center) And where does ConLai get her fashion sense from??

Bellybutton!!

Videos

The Happenings of Late January

Well it's only been a couple weeks between posts this time. Thats definitly an improvement from 2 months but still not quite up to par I suppose. We have had a busy couple weeks as most of you probably have. Between work, school, and church there isn't a whole lot of time left for other things but we managed to squeeze some things in. Landon, Mindy and Abby stopped by for a night on their way home from Ohio. It was great to see them since it we don't get to very often. ConLai and Abby had lots of fun playing together.

Also, it has been snowing quite a bit this month and we were able to take ConLai out into the small yard behind our apartment building and play in the snow for a little while. It took her a bit to get used to it but after that she had lots of fun.

Another fun thing Ronda and ConLai were able to do was go to the Museum of Science and Industry with some friends from church. I (Anthony) wasn't able to go along because I had homework that was pressing. From what I heard they had a lot of fun. The friends from church have two young kids as well. Ben is 2.5 and Moriah is 7 months. ConLai especially enjoyed the exhibit which featured lots of balls and something to do with water. The amazing thing was that the museum visit was totally free. This particular museum had free admission the entire month of January.

ConLai has been doing some other new things lately that she seems to enjoy very much. She loves to take baths and would probably take one morning and night if she had her way. Recently she has been using an old water bottle as a toy in the tub and constantly dumping water on herself with it. She also has lots of fun playing with the spices from our spice rack. She takes the spices off the shelf and brings them to us so we can take the lids of and she can smell them. The daredevil in her likes to spin around and around in our arms. I'm a wuss and can't do it with her more than twice so Ronda usually has to do most of the spinning. The two videos were taken with our camera so sorry for the choppiness. And most recently ConLai had a fever for a couple days which required a trip to the doctor. She has recovered and seems to be back to her normal smiley and cheerful self. A quick glance at the pictures and it might seem that we are hoping she becomes a chef but we are just letting her play with the things she seems to like best. The video's aren't uploading properly so I will try and put them in a new post