Jackson's First Fishing Trip

As promised, here's the video from our fishing trip the other day and Jackson catching his first fish!

Tulip Festival in OC

Tulip Time in Orange City has come and gone for another year and so have our friends, the Loerop's. This is the second year in a row that they have come to visit us from sunny Florida to partake of the festivities. Jessica and I have been best friends since the 6th grade and apparently, we are so in tune with each other that we keep having babies at the same time. Jackson and Nathan are only 5 weeks apart in age, and we are both pregnant again (both with boys again!) and this time we are only 2 weeks apart in our due dates. Seriously, how crazy is that? Couldn't have planned it if we tried! Anway, it makes for really fun and easy times since the boys really dig playing with each other- including Todd and Jonathan! Here is a picture of the Loerop's- Jonathan is a fellow Dutchman, so they are sitting in front of the Friesland plaque, which is one of the provinces that his family comes from.

And here are out cutie boys- even harder to get to sit still than last year!
A few of the fun things that the boys really enjoyed this year were the carnival rides, as always, but this year, Nathan and Jackson were big enough that they could go down by themselves a few times which was really fun and scary for me! They both really liked visiting the horses that do the horse-drawn tours around town during the festival, and Jackson still keeps reminding me of how they pee in the streets. Apparently it made quite an impression. Too bad he won't take a cue and try peeing somewhere other than his diaper, but that's a whole other blog post.

And one of the last full days we had together, we all took the boys fishing which was surprisingly quite fun! Everyone got to catch a fish, some larger than others, but at least they were biting. I got some cute video of Jackson when he caught his fish that I'll try to post soon. Got lots of catching up to do, but packing for the move has commenced, so we'll see what happens.

Here's the latest...

It seems like lots has been going on so I'll give the short version of all the news around here.
-We have a house!! Hopefully- inspection is tomorrow morning and as long as everything checks out ok, we'll close on June 5...that's soon! I'll try to get some pictures up soon- at least of the outside of it.
-The OC Tulip Festival starts on Thursday, and our friends the Loerops are coming to visit us again for round 2 of the tulip festival! Yay! Jackson and I will pick them up from the airport in the morning.
-Hmmmm...I can't think of anything else! I really thought there was more- or at least that's how it has seemed. Sorry to get you all excited for just a little bit of news!