D-Town

We headed to Dwight last weekend to hang out with Uncle Mike and enjoy the weather.  Kate and Erin joined us and the Flotts stopped by to visit.  We even got to see Aunt Carrie and Uncle E.  It was fun to see the kids interact with each other.  I imagine it was similar to when the Sands and Flotts played together 30 years ago!!

 Shooting hoops with Dad

 Life lessons from Uncle Mike

Laughing with Clara 

It was really hard to get all 3 kids in the same picture 

Plotting against us

Your Wish is My Command

Our last post asked for spring to hurry up...seems we got our wish.  The last few days have been great...trips to the zoo, park, Scooters.

C'mon Spring

We're all going a bit stir crazy in the condo.  And for Ryan, spring can't some soon enough.  In the meantime, he's been practicing his jumper and getting ready for bathing suit season.

Nice form.....notice the bent knees, "L" shaped arms,  and shoulders square to the basket. 

My winter abdominal workouts will pay dividends this summer....

Suit, check.  Towel, check.

Big Guy!!

It has been so much fun to watch Ryan change week to week, month to month, etc.  In the past few weeks, he has started to show some independence.  He likes putting clothes in the hamper, hanging his coat up and choosing what he wears (see picture below).   He loves sports...basketball, football and hockey (or hock as he calls it) are his favorites.  He is alway running around with some sort of ball in his hand.  February was also a big month for family birthdays...Grandpa Scott, Uncle Mike, Cousin Kate and someone's 30th.  We celebrated with some chocolate cake which Ryan loved!!

KC

Happy 1st birthday to the one and only Kate Eder!! We love you and can't wait to see you on Saturday!!

Ryan also sent Kate a special happy birthday video today...

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Road Trip!

On Saturday, we made a trip to Wenona, IL to watch Uncle Mike coach his 7th grade basketball team in the Elite-8.  Even though the team didn't win, it was a great game and Mike did a great job coaching all season long!!

Better late than never...

When Ryan turned one, I wanted to have his "one year old" pictures taken.  Well, life happened and we ended up having 20 month pictures taken at Heidi Peters Photography.  We love the finished product!  Enjoy!!

 

Cold Season

So far, the Sand family has spent most of 2012 buying kleenex and running vaporizers.  We have managed to find time for some fun...

playing with blocks (shirtless of course)

enjoying a Ritz

hoarding crackers in the trunk of his car

running around

getting "tackled"

Who would have thought??

Who would have thought we would be able to enjoy a nice day outside in January??