Easter!

He is not here; He has RISEN.

Mark 16:16

This Easter was absolutley perfect. Lots of family and love and sunshine! 

We started off the weekend with a egg hunt with the Weezy's. It's really more of a egg "collecting" as there isn't much of a hunt to it. But Gabe man had lots of fun with some of his favorite peeps. yes, that was a easter joke. peeps.. get it! 

I would not include the Easter Bunny in the list of Gabe's favorites...

And they're off....

Easter morning we celebrated with a little egg hunt of our own. The Easter bunny had found our house and brought Gabe lots of goodies! 

Would you have ever guessed that Gabe LOVES jelly beans?!?

 We loaded up the van and headed to Nana and Papa's for the day. It was absolutely perfect weather for a day on the farm. It was so much fun to have all the cousins together smiling and playing. God is Good!

It wouldn't be a true Spring trip to the farm without seeing a new baby calf. This one was still wobbly and oh so cute!

What a perfect day celebrating our Risen Jesus Christ!!

Lately....

Well January (and February) snuck past us here in the Schmelzer house. 

Here's a quick update...

January started pretty cold. Like record cold. 

Most of our days are spent cuddled in the house. Gabe has become a huge fan of Daniel Tiger, so every once is a while he gets to curl up on the couch, eat some fruit loops and watch some good ol IPTV. 

On one of those super cold days in January we welcomed Mr. Jacob James to the family! And he is perfect!

While Aunt Molly and Tim were at the hospital, there was lots of time for cousin lovin! Not a bad way to spend a cold day off from schools :)

 We also got to watch the big kids (aka Ellie) have basketball practice. Gabe thought that was pretty awesome!

 And then there's this creature.

Gabe got to check "Go to see College GameDay LIVE" from his bucket list. We spent the morning in Ames and may have appeared on tv for .002 seconds :)

 Cold mornings at our house have been pretty rough.

But nothing some cookies and bananas can't make better.

We welcomed February with a foot of snow...

meaning lots and lots of cuddle time.

Time flies when your snugglin' this guy :) 

We'll see ya in Spring!

Just kidding. well maybe....