Inquiring minds want to know

Jackson is now at the age where he is really starting to change. As parents, Matt and I are both excited to see him grow up and sad that our first born baby is becoming a little boy. His questions of us have changed from what objects are to more meaningful questions. "What does experiment mean?" "What is a degree?" "What does it mean to be a natural at something?" "What is exhausted?" These may seem like simple questions, but when you really have to answer them so that an almost 4 year old can understand them it is tougher than you think. Although the questions are frequent, they really make me smile and warm my heart that he is really starting to think about the world around him. I know everyone says that life goes by fast, but each day since his birth has raced past us. Hopefully we have been able to slow down enough at times and enjoy our children each step of the way.

Viva Las Vegas

Hoover Dam
Freemont Street Experience

Gondola rides inside our hotel
Picture of shops/restaurants inside our hotel
Temperature inside car (in the shade) on our first day--yes it says 114!!
Matt and I at the Grand Canyon
Amazing shot of Grand Canyon

Las Vegas was amazing!! We were there just 2 and 1/2 short days, but we managed to do almost everything. We visted the Grand Canyon and walked on the glass skywalk there, visited the Hoover Dam, saw two comedy shows, toured most of the hotels on the strip, gambled, ate, drank, and had a wonderful time. It was great to be together just the two of us. We did not win big (what a bummer!), but really enjoyed every part of the trip. Thanks again to my wonderful mother-in-law. She survived and kept our house spotless, laundry done, and took great care of the kids. We really cannot thank you enough!!

Pan-tastic

I recently purchased a "Pancake Puff" pan (www.pancakepuff.com). Jackson and Mia kept seeing the commercial on TV and were begging for the pancake puffs and brownie puffs. So far we have only made the pancake puffs and it did take some practice (next time I will practice alone instead of having a 3 year old underfoot asking "Are they ready? Are they ready, mom? I want pancake puffs!") Just a simple pancake batter and some patience and even you can have pancake puffs at home. Don't you want to try?? They are a definite hit at the Steuer home.

Please no comments about the dirty stove. Oh, when Matt sees this picture...sorry honey:(

A visit from Uncle Chris

Post Flood

Cilantro from our garden
Peppers from our garden
Basement post flood
Dark part of fireplace is how high water was in basement

Here are some pictures of our garden that survived the flood and some basement photos. As I type this the sky is turning dark and thunder and lightening is starting. Here we go again...

Crazy, Happy Weekend

Matt and Liam at the wedding reception
Nana and Jackson (our very handsome little man).
Mia and her snacks (our little princess flower girl)
Aunt Kelly and Jackson sharing a pickle:)
The bride and groom--Kelly and Charley

Bizarre orange sky

Kelly and Charley at the rehearsal dinner

Well, the weekend started out great and ended great in the end:). I had the whole weekend off as we were standing up in Matt's sister Kelly's wedding. The rehearsal was wonderful--Jackson and Mia were the ring bearer and flower girl and actually walked down the aisle (which I definitely was not sure if they would do). We had a wonderful dinner at Buca Di Beppo's.

On the way home from the rehearsal dinner, Matt and I saw this crazy orange colored sky with the all kinds of lightening. We both thought it was so weird and didn't "seem right" especially since it was 9:30pm.

We wake up early Saturday morning to rain as I am sure lots of you. Long story short, a creek by the one street from our house out of the neighborhood flooded the road off and on throughout the day. I was finally able to leave for the wedding with Jackson and Mia, but Matt left 10 minutes later and wasn't able to cross (although he tried many, many times). Unfortunately, he missed Kelly's wedding. A friend was able later to get to Matt, my mom, and the babies in a truck and bring them to the reception.

Kelly looked beautiful and the wedding was lovely. The reception flew by and I didn't get nearly as many pictures as I would have liked. The kids had fun as did we. Jackson loved dancing. Mia warmed up after the cake was served (this is definitely my child!) and started dancing too.

Oh...did I mention our basement flooded again (3rd time's the charm, right?) So now we are drying out the basement and waiting to put it back together again. How many days to Vegas?????

Havin' a party

I just finished the invitations for Grant and Liam's birthday party (can anyone guess the theme?). I really enjoy crafting the kids' party invitations. It is sort of therapeutic for me in a way. Not sure if you can really tell in this picture, but the boys are looking more and more alike everyday. We still are not 100% if they are identical and hope someday to know for sure, but they definitely look it to me. When they are dressed alike it can be difficult to tell at a quick glance. There is a 1 pound weight difference, a slight difference in their ears, and personality differences, but it is getting more difficult to tell. I can only imagine the kind of trouble they could cause when they get older. Matt and I still cannot believe we were blessed with twins. Truly a miracle!