Visit from Grammy

Grammy came to visit and watched the boys while I got so much done, and helped get rid of all the ugly wallpaper upstairs!

 Turning the trampoline box into Captain Hook's Pirate ship with Grammy

 Trampoline + Energetic Boy= HAPPINESS!!!

EASTER

In Wheeling the Easter Bunny likes to ring the doorbell and hop away leaving the easter baskets behind.

We hosted an Easter egg hunt and BBQ for the other residents and their families in our ward.

On the Go

These boys are happiest if they riding, pushing, or doing anything where they can move!

A family outing on the trail

Trying out Jared's new toy....Standup Push-boarding.

Our new van which I love, especially since I regularly have to haul all of the on-the-go vehicles all the time everywhere we go.

Ward can already ride the electric vroom-vroom by himself, he just wants to do everything Van can do and he is very determined.

Happy to be able to walk like his brother!

For weeks before Ward could walk, all he wanted to do was push things around all day long. He would do speedwalking laps around the house with his push toys.

Visits from Haltermans

Jared's parents came for a visit and were nice enough to drive all the way from Arizona so they could bring us their old minivan we bought from them. We watched conference, worked on house project and had a great time!

At the Pittsburg Zoo

Van loved having people around to read him books!

A family bike ride before general conference

Dying easter eggs

Ward was pretty scared of grandma, and anyone else who isn't his mother!

Ward took his first steps while grandma and grandpa were here, mostly out of desperation to get to mom when someone else was holding him.

Van loves his grandma!

Watching conference

SPRING

We went on a family vacation to the Great Wolf Lodge in Ohio, and indoor waterpark hotel. It was great, Van loved it as long as he stuck to the small slides!

We reluctantly cut Van's shaggy hair since he was always tilting his head up to see anything! These boys love to play in their toy jeep together!

Shaggy and Carrot-Top

We love Van's shaggy hair! We will be sad when it gets warmer and we have to cut it!

Ward gets attention and comments everywhere he goes about his red hair!

The other "Dr. Halterman" in the house.

My little helper. This is his favorite place to be

I WISH I COULD FREEZE TIME!

Both of these kiddos are growing up too fast, I wish I could just pause time for a little to enjoy these ages a little bit longer (maybe with the addition of some extra sleep though!)

Van in his new sunbeam church clothes

They both LOVE to play in the car. We spend many hours here.

This guy loves to play with balls! And his hair seems to only be getting more red every day!

He is getting to be a pretty fast crawler. His favorite thing is to try to get to the cat food before I can put it away or get to the cat before she can escape!

Our birthday party for Winnie the Pooh.