Almost Spring.....but not quite

Going to a friends birthday party (82nd birthday) - Sydney had to be a princess

Sydney the Gymnast in her new leotard

Family Field Trip to feed our friends horses

Boy are we ready for spring. The snow is melting and we are enjoying what is affectionately called "Mud Season". It is exactly what it sounds like - mud as far as the eye can see. The roads turn to mud, the parking lots are mud, the yards are mud. You can tell who the tourists are because they don't have a sheet of mud caked on their car. We are considering just embracing this mud frenzy and letting Sydney and TJ go crazy. Stay tuned for the 1st annual Olson Mud Bowl.
TJ has officially given up crawling. He tries to run but quickly finds out that he's not quite up to it yet. He walks with his hands up in the air. Some may say it's for balance but we feel that he is in a constant state of worshippig God. He's quite spiritual.
Sydney is now signed up for preschool in the fall. On our way to the school she was begging to just be dropped off. She didn't want mom to go in their with her. I told her I have to sign you up and she said she would sign up; I told her I have to pay and she said she would pay, just "PLEEEEEAAAASE drop me off". Apparently she's not too broken hearted to leave mom for a couple of days a week. She's suddenly very independent. Everything is "I'll do it myself". Gotta love toddlers.
Church is good and Tom has been playing worship the last couple of weeks. His sermons are online for all of you Tom Olson fanatics out there. www.pagosabiblechurch.com
We pray that everyone is doing well. Please keep us in your prayers also, especially our health. Can't ever seem to all be feeling good at the same time. We miss you all!

These are the days of our lives.....

Good times! Last month we decided to pack up the fam and go to the big city (Santa Fe, New Mexico). Of course the day we were suppossed to leave everyone got the flu but nothing was going to stand in the way of the Olson's getting to Target and Trader Joe's. We loaded up the car with our fever-ridden kids and conquered the open road. It's amazing how much money you save on food when no one is eating. All in all it was a good getaway and the Olson's did their part to help our crumbling economy.
We also had our first visitors from California. It was so fun to see Ryan and Danielle! Tom and Ryan got to go skiing and Danielle hung with the rest of the clan. We had a great time and most likely scared them to death about ever having children of their own. - Sorry Gail!
The biggest news we have is our little Sydney is fully potty-trained. We are so proud of her and we're enjoying the extra cash we are saving from buying her diapers. Yea!!!!!!
Thomas is continuing his quest of walking. His favorite passtime is playing under the table (his jungle gym). We think he learned this under-the-table passtime from his best friend Suki the Sheepdog. He even tries to eat all of the scraps of food his big sister drops on the floor. We're thinking it's time for T.J. to spend more time with humans.
Life is good and so much fun. God bless you!!!!!!