Picture Tag!

This is for you Doorly! This is the sixth picture from the sixth file on our computer. It is pretty cute. When Truman was born our friend from graduate school,Omar bought Jack some Godiva chocolate cigars to congratulate him. They were really yummy, and it was so sweet of Omar to think of it. But that is totally the kind of person he is. He would always bring gifts for us when he came to our house and he totally loved Truman. We have not seen him for a long time, so it is fun to remember him through this picture!

Trina's Vacation Enjoyed By Us!

Last weekend Jack's sister Trina and her husband Jeff were supposed to come out to DC for a visit. But they had some scheduling conflict and were unable to make the trip. They had already booked a room at the Metro Center Marriott and could not cancel it, so... we HAD to use it for them. We went downtown and enjoyed a mini vacation in the city. We had dinner at a historic location, hung out in China town and went to the Portrait gallery. Truman loves staying in hotels and he really enjoyed this one, because he left his stuffed manatee in his bed while we went out for the day and when we got back the maid had wrapped him(manatee) up in a towel and laid him on the bed. It was so cute. Any way, thanks for the free room, Dahlke Family and we hope you can come another time and have some fun WITH us!

Jack's First Baptism

Jack had the opportunity to baptise someone for the first time about a week ago. A wonderful woman named Neta became a member of our church and we were so excited to be a part of her baptism. It was a little funny though, because the missionaries did not fill up the font as full as they should have and it took a couple of tries to get Neta fully submerged. Jack was a little nervous about it but Neta just took it all in her stride.

Ten Years

Jack and I celebrated our tenth anniversary this month and it is kinda exciting! It is exciting because I still think that being married to Jack is fun! He is such a great guy and we really are best friends! We still enjoy discussing all sorts of different ideas and topics and we still laugh at each other's jokes. I am grateful that I am married to a man who enjoys my company and makes our relationship a priority in his life and who puts up with a wife who listens to the Harry Potter books on tape every single day while she does the dishes! I guess I am happy that I didn't run out of the temple before the wedding ten years ago like I thought about doing!

Trumels Turns Five

Wow! I can't believe that our little man is 5 years old! He is so much fun! He is always surprising us with funny little sayings, songs or jokes that he has made up. He is also great at giving hugs and Eskimo kisses. He wants to say every prayer of the day, not because he is a spiritual giant or anything, but because he thinks our prayers are way to long. He is a wild man and is constantly running, jumping, climbing and diving! He received a bike for his birthday and he is already "The fastest bike rider ever!!". All in all he is a great kid and we love him.
Here are some pictures from his piratical party.

Snow!!

So for the first time since we moved to Maryland, I feel like we actually had some winter weather. It snowed this week and then we had an ice storm. I had to dig my window scrapper out of my trunk and I actually had to use it TWO DAYS IN A ROW! I know, my life is hard!

New Year, Same Amount of Coolness!

Here are our happy new year tidings to all of you out there in blogger land! We had a fun Christmas and New year. We held our traditional rockin' Christmas Eve sing-a-long and this year Truman joined in on the percussion instruments (kind of). The Day after Christmas I was enjoying a delightful day of sleeping in when Jack came into our room and announced that he did not want to spend his vacation sitting around our house. Sooo.... we packed up the car and headed out to Iowa to visit my brother and his family. It was the craziest drive ever, we literally drove all night. We encountered rain, FOG, and an ice storm! But we finally made it to our destination and all of our travails were worth while because we had a terrific time with my brother , his wife and their kids! While we were there we got to enjoy the extremely brisk Iowa temperatures and Truman got to play in some snow for the first time this winter. We also toured the place of John Wayne's birth and saw one of the bridges of Madison county. So good times, great oldies!