Look-a-Like

For the past several weeks as Jared has been growing his hair out for The Jungle Book, we have felt like we've had a Justin Bieber look-a-like wandering around the house. What do you think?  He has even perfected the head flick to get his hair to fall perfectly to the side.

The Jungle Book!

After 6 long weeks of rehearsals, the show is finally here!  The kids were so excited to perform in Disney's "The Jungle Book" this year at the High School.  We are so proud of them and all their hard work. 

 Jared was so happy after 3 days of auditioning to get one of the lead roles as Mowgli the mancub.  Here he is with the two cutest bees in the show.

 Clarissa also got the part she wanted as one of the coils of Kaa the snake.

 Jared with Baloo the bear and Bagheera the Panther.

 Jared, singing and dancing in the scene with King Louie and the monkeys.

On the nights that Jared and Clarissa were not Mowgli and Kaa, they were elephants.  Everyone did a great job and had a lot of fun.

Who Needs the Easter Bunny...

...when you can spend Easter with 4 China-men instead.  We celebrated this Easter with 4 of Chris' colleagues from Tianjin, China.  This was their first time eating a home-cooked American meal.  We had ham (which they didn't recognize until we explained that it was pork), scalloped potatoes, homemade rolls, sauteed veggies, fruit and a yummy orange, pineapple, coconut cake for dessert. 

 Before dinner we had an Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard.  Joe, Matthew, James, and Jao (some of them like to pick American names for fun) joined in the fun of the hunt, but then gave their eggs to the kids.

 After dinner we played some games outside, like soccer, a hula hoop contest, and spin-around-the-bat-until-you-get-so-dizzy-you-can't-run-straight-and-fall-down.

 Then we went for a walk and roasted Peeps around the campfire.  The guys thought the Peeps were too sweet.  They also said that their favorite part of America is the clear skies, the green grass and the large families.  They really seemed to enjoy playing with the kids and we enjoyed getting to know them and sharing our Easter with them.

A family picture wearing the dresses that Mom and Dad brought back from their recent trip to Mexico.

Happy Easter!

32 Weeks and HUGE!

Okay, I know I've done this four times before and it has happened every time, but I am still totally shocked at how large my belly is.  I still have 2 more months left and it doesn't seem humanly possible to get any larger without something busting through.  Speaking of busting through, the baby is very active now and there are times when I really feel that he or she will just burst right through my skin.  I have lovingly taken to calling the baby "my little alien" as I feel like my body is harboring an alien life form that never stops trying to get out, which can be very distracting when I'm lying on my back trying to read and the book is jumping all over the place from the movements.  I have been feeling the baby with hiccups, which is fun for the girls to feel as well.  Of course, with the later stages of pregnancy also comes all those annoying symptoms that make it hard to sleep, like heartburn and swollen feet.  I was just telling my friend though, that I would do it all over again for the blessing of the child that will be joining our family in two more months.