The Kruse News

Spring Is Here!

2010-05-05T10:08:00.004-05:00

Just so you don't think the Kruse's vanished....we are still alive and well!

I am so sorry for not updating sooner...I just haven't had any great pictures to post. The camera battery died at Christmas AND on our fun trip to Kansas City to see the Red Sox play...BUT I will have some soon!

We just got some pictures taken by our WONDERFUL friend Lindsay from LE Photography...she is SOOOO amazing and I can't wait to see them all! Please visit her sight at http://lindsayernstphotography.blogspot.com/ . You too will see how amazing she is!!!

As soon as I get the pictures I will post them soon...I promise!

Nothing Beats Thanksgiving in Mullen!

2009-12-10T22:48:00.003-06:00

I couldn't have asked for a more relaxing weekend then our trip home to Mullen for Thanksgiving. We had such a great trip! Alex loves everything about being at "Drandma & Drandpa's."

Alex posing for a quick picture before we left for Omaha.

A nice third year generation picture.

ANNIE!!! Alex loves my Dad's horse, Annie and of course we had to go see her several times while we were home. Alex also thinks every horse in the world is named Annie.

The first time Alex sat on Annie!
He didn't know what to think of it at first. He didn't hate it, but he didn't stay on too long!
Mom getting to lead Annie around the carrels, with the help for Alex and Grandpa.

This is Alex's favorite toy at my parents. He never forgets it...AND...he also didn't forget that the last time we were home that Grandpa pulled him aournd in the car with a rope. So of course we had to play that game agian!

Chad pulling Alex around in his car.

Alex was having the time of his life!
Just enough time for a quick photo...then he was off again.

I just love hanging out back home in Mullen, there is nothing to worry about and only time relax and enjoy the company. And if your Chad...you got to catch up on some major TV time! I love ya babe! :)

A Little Family Time...

2009-12-10T22:05:00.005-06:00

The Kruse family has been able to hang out quite a bit during this Advent Season. We have done lots of things as a family. Here are some of them...

Alex all decked out in his winter "Puttin' Up Lights" Gear.

Alex and Dad on a little break from hanging up Christmas lights outside.

Although Chad looks drunk...I can guarantee you he isn't! This is one of those squeeze together and hope we can all fit into this picture, picture.
This may be the cutest pose over...actually after decorating outside, he settled down to watch a little TV and this is how I caught him sitting...too cute!

Alex putting the Angel on top of our Christmas tree.

Alex loves riding the wheel and Mom is terrified of it, so Dad got to ride with him. This could be on Alex's Top 5 List of things to do!
Alex and Dad getting off the Wheel.

S N O W D A Y! -
T H A T T U R N E D I N T O 3 S N O W D A YS!!!

Alex helping Mom and Dad shovel show during our 1st big snow of the season.

What a little helper! Like father, like son.

Alex and Mom got to spend 3 whole days at home becuase of the snow! Dad got to spend one day at home with us too...but he was not fun because he had to work from his computer the whole day!

Tailgating 2009!

2009-12-10T16:02:00.005-06:00

Gotta love our Shives Tailgate! This was before the Oklahoma game, where we dominated the Sooners!! A big Thank You goes out to Gary Shives for all of the hard work and good times he has put in to make such a fun tailgate. Go Huskers!

Chad & Mia
Jessie Shives, Mia & Nicole Shives - I love these girls! By the way...Congrats to both of them...Jessie is now engaged to Paul and Nicole is expecting their 1st child!!!! Yah!!
Jessie and Paul...Doing what they do...whatever that is!??!??!

Chris Shives (the new daddy-to-be!!), Joe Hefflinger (love the smile), Carl Bartholomew & Chad Ruwe

Alex, Paul and Chad...I believe this picture was taken before the shots came out, although it may not look like it! :)

Kim Hefflinger and Nicole

The one and only Mr. Gary Shives, Allison and Alex Shives (engaged too!!) The Crew

Jessie waving the Husker flags to the cars drving by before the game...Just trying to get everyone PUMPED!

Here they come!....I just love the Tunnel WalkBring on the Huskers!
I already can't wait until next year...go get the Arizona Wildcats!

Snow Before We Rake The Leaves??...CRAZY!

2009-11-09T17:15:00.010-06:00

Isn't crazy to think we received our first snow before we raked our leaves. Actually we have raked our leaves and mowed our lawn twice since the early October snow...Crazy I know. Here are some picture of our fall fun in the leaves. It has been a beautiful November so far! God Bless and enjoy the weather!

"Helping" Mike and Liz rake their leaves on the day after Halloween.

Truly helping Mike and Liz rake their leaves!

Our neighbors Ali and Emily had a blast playing with Alex all afternoon. Alex loved it just as much!!

Laying in the leaves with Ali and Emily. They just loved posing with him...I bet I took 50 pictures of the three of them!

Alex's offical job was the "leave smasher". He was the best kid for the job, we fit so many leaves into that trash bin!

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-09T16:45:00.006-06:00

Alex and Mommy pre-trick-or-treating

Taking a picture with Dad was so much easier...I think it was the talent of the photographer!Our Little Dragon at his school party.
Alex and Mommy trick-or-treating at our neighbors...isn't the little dragon butt the cutest you've ever seen! The front view was just as cute too, with the wide hips. I just loved it!

Ringing the door bell at our neighbor Jacob's house...this was the only house Alex actually rang the door bell and he didn't act too shy. (he refused to say "Trick-or-Treat"). Alex didn't really enjoy trick-or-treating as we only went to about 5 houses, but once we got home that is when the fun began. Everytime he heard the door bell ring...he would go running to the door saying "Trick-or-Treaters!!!" The three of us all enjoyed a nice, relaxful Halloween at home handing out candy.

Snow...on October 10th??!!!??

2009-10-10T12:37:00.005-05:00

BELIEVE IT OR NOT....IT SNOWED ABOUT 6 INCHES ON OCTOBER 10, 2009!!!
Just wanted to share some photos of Alex playing in the snow on Saturday morning. He was so excited that it snowed...he was just bummed that he couldn't "shovel". Luckily for Chad, it was warm enough out that the snow didn't accumulate on the concrete!
The first of running through the snow...I know this picture is blurry, but it shows how much snow was on the ground!

This is awesome!
Hurry and take the picture Mom,,,I have lots of playing to do.

Happy Harvest...??!?

The 1st Snowman of the year!

Fall Already??!!??

2009-10-08T10:53:00.010-05:00

Seriously my last post was the beginning of August...I am such a slacker!

Well Alex and I are back in school and one of us is just loving it...and it's not me. I do have a much better group of kiddos to work with this year and I am enjoying it...but not totally loving it.
Chad just got a promotion at the Nebraska Medical Center as a Project Leader for the Facilities and Planning Department.

Alex is growing so much and KNOWS so much. He is starting to out smart us and the little things we used to do to change the topic or to get him to avoid something...doesn't work with him any more.

The little dude is just growing up so much. Alex has not had a wet pull up for five straight days...Yeah!
Even as an educator I can't believe that he knows his ABC's (although he may not pronounce them the best yet!), knows most of the basic colors, shapes, and has a memory like I have never seen before! He recognizes who's parents are who at school and he even knows the cars they drive! Unbelievable!

Here is a little update on us and a couple of pictures to make you laugh...enjoy and Happy Fall!

Alex running around "nake" and decided to help Dad hang the new curtain rod.
Cooking with Mom this summer!

Chad & Alex enjoying life camping with Uncle Brian, Aunt Tiff and Papa.
Just watering the lawn like everyone else does...naked!
Have no fear...he knows how to pee on a tree and he's not afraid to do it.

Alex before he lost his pants...helping Nana water the lawn and play with rocks. We went to Mullen to see my parents in August. We all had a blast...Alex especially! He loved being outside in Grandpa's big shop playing with tools, the vacuum, this car, you name it...he found it in Grandpa's shop! Big A - Out for a Drive!
For Chad's b-day his wonderful wife :) got him a tee time at Sand Hills Golf Club in Mullen!

Joining us at Sand Hills were our great friends Chris (right) and Gary (middle) Shives.

I promise to do a better job of updating our blog this fall!

Keith UpClose....Real Close!!!

2009-08-05T17:20:00.008-05:00

Enough Said....right?!!!!!
This was my birthday gift from Chad this year. I knew that Keith Urban was in town this year on my birthday. I knew we were going to the concert with one of my girlfriends and her husband, Tracy & Ethan Mann. I knew that our seats were kindof up high. BUT I didn't know that Chad had a trick up his sleeve, by getting us up close to see Mr. Urban!
The wonderful thing about watching Keith, beside for his looks, is that he is so musically talented!!
This is one of the guitarist in Keith's band. He came over by us, sat on one of the amps and that would be my hand you can see and how close I was from him!

A terrible picture, but good attempt to get a pic of Chad & I on my birthday at the concert. Love ya babe...Thanks for a great birthday!

Summer Fun

2009-08-04T08:17:00.013-05:00

We have absolutely loved our summer! There is nothing like a mom who gets to stay home with her child...even if it is just for the summer!! We have done so many fun and memorable things this summer that neither Alex or I are excited to start school again in a week. Just talking about going to school brings tears to my eyes....so enough about it. Here is a snap shot of a couple of the things we did this summer - when we had a camera.

We had friends over! Caleb and Adrienne came over to play a couple of times. I made chocolate chip teddy bear pancakes...they were lovin' life!
Here they are all squeezed into one of the cubbies in our toy chest.

Chad helping the kiddos build a track for Thomas and his friends. Both Caleb and Alex LOVE Thomas...and poor Adrienne...she doesn't have a choice!

The end of the night...winding down watching Thomas on the tube. The look on Adrienne's face says it all, "You boys are obsessed!"

1st CARNIVAL!!! AND WE LOVED IT!!

We enjoyed a nice saturday with the Wewel's and all of the clean personal working at the LaVista Fair Carnival. :) Chad, Alex, John & Thaden on the carrousel!

Alex loving the motorcycles, as he is riding on the back of Thaden's "Harley!"

Chad and Alex rode down the tall slide, Mommy even got to ride down the slide with Alex...just no picture. :(

Alex and Thaden riding the train...more than once of course!

Needless to say, these two boys had a blast!
PLAYING AT THE FALTI'S!

We got to go play at Mary & Pete's house one Saturday afternoon and Alex just loved making monster puppets (made out of playdough) on his fingers....well they all loved it. And Mom enjoyed talking and catching up with Megan and Dad got to help Marc with his new roof.
ALEX LOVES TO READ...ESPECIALLY ABOUT THOMAS!

I love these moments....when I walk into a room and find Alex doing something that just makes my heart melt. This was right before Alex got his big boy bed and I caught him laying on the floor reading books. Alex loves this Thomas book so much that we read it before nap and bedtime everyday! He has every page memorized and will always say the last word on every page!

Wow...How Times Flies!

2009-05-25T23:28:00.026-05:00

For some reason the pictures of Alex's 2nd birthday are at the bottom of this post, so after our update will be the pictures from his party.

Now don't get me wrong...I am fully aware that our blog is totally out of date...I just never upload our pictures onto the computer for posting. But wait no longer. I decided for times sake to just post several pictures and give you a brief discription of each to get you caught up to what has been going on in our lives...ENJOY!

Here is the fast forward version of our 2009 so far...or what has happened when a camera has been present!

This is what a bath looks like on most nights for Alex...a couple toys, laying on the belly with water dripping onto his feet! The water dripping is essential!

Alex loves taking baths (aka: "bafs") and this time Murphy decided to join him for most of it...and A-man loved it!

Our first "whole" apple...check out the next picture to see the damage!
Not too bad, ugh?!! Mommy was so proud of him for eating this much of the apple that now Alex thinks we can grab an apple out of the fridge, take a couple of bits and then be "All done!" Oh well.

Easter 2009

Alex with our wonderful neighbors Alli, Christen and Gracen on his very first Easter egg hunt. He loved it! And Aunt Tiff came with us too. He wasn't too excited about picking the eggs up at first, but once he knew he could put them in his basket...he was lovin' it!

Alex and the Wooden Gang after the hunt! They all love each other so much!! After hunting Easter eggs, Alex of course had to drag Aunt Tiff and Mommy to play at the park, even though it was pretty chili.Finally we got Big A loaded in the car so we could eat after the egg hunt...look at that chili red nose!
Alex opening his Easter baskets. Of course he loved his Thomas the Train book!

Nana and Aunt Tiff bought Al Peep Glasses....Aunt Tiff's dog chuck thought he looked pretty good!

It snowed right before Easter this year so Papa and Alex built a snowman, and Alex loved every minute of it...even if his hands were all red! But...building a snowman wasn't the only thing Alex helped Papa built.......
he also helped Papa, Dad, and Uncle Derek build the new sun porch for the hot tub.

And he takes his building seriously. Chad helped him climb the ladder...this was only the first of about 500 trips up th ladder. Alex loves his tools and helping Daddy and Papa build!

Chad & Mia on the left and Uncle Brian & Aunt Tiff on the right....crashed after the awesome Easter turkey feast prepared by Nana!

The whole Kruse family! From left to right Mr. Alex, Maria, Chad, Sarah, Derek, Tiffany, Brian, Mary & Cary. We are quit the group....this was taken right after Easter Day Mass. What a blessing it was to have everyone together for such a wonderful holiday.

Just Playing Around!

Just another lazy Sunday spent with the Wewel's! Alex and Thaden are reading books together...who would have thought that the two of them together could sit this long - they are always on the go and love each others company...for the most part!

Alex lovin' life in his sand box...mom was even nice enough to let him have a little bit of water. For those of you who know Alex well...you know he LOVES water!

This would be Alex saying "Please, can I have more water for my sandbox!!????!"

This would be Alex "who isn't tired" laying under our end table.

Alex has two loves in his life. He loves tools and he loves....

CLEANING! And this particular time he wanted to "vac" in Mom's flip flops I guess.

Our good friend ANG (aka Angie who now lives in Wisconsin...we are so sad...we love and miss you ANG!) Anyway, ANG loves Runza (which they don't have in WI) and so she picked up some chicken strips on the way to our house. As she was eating them, Alex decided she needed some help eating the french fries and since ANG was dipping her chicken he needed to walk over and dip his fries. Well as you can see from the picture...the honey mustard spilt right on his head and Alex was not to trilled about it - but took it like a champ. ANG and I were laughing and crying so hard, I am lucky I got this picture taken.

A Break for Mommy and Daddy!

Chad and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary this May and the sweet husband he is surprised me with a trip to Kansas City to stay in a suite in the plaza. Nana, Papa, Uncle Derek and Aunt Tiff took Alex to Randolph for the weekend to watch him and brought him back just in time for his birthday party. Chad and I hung in the plaza and meet up with some of our great friend from KC. We even managed to sneak down to the new Power and Light District for a couple of drink. What a cool area! This was the view as Chad and I threw back a couple sitting on the couches looking at the big screen at the Power and Light District. We totally enjoyed ourselves on our little trip away. It was definately needed for the both of us!

The ZOO!!
Alex wasn't too concerned about the animals at the zoo...but he was loving the WATER!!

Alex is 2!

2009-05-25T16:44:00.012-05:00

May 25, 2009 -- Alex Turned 2 Today!

The birthday boy next to his Thomas cake!

Alex's good friend Caleb. Caleb too loves Thomas so really I think he thought this cake was for him.

Luke, Brady, Tiff holding Adrienne, Caleb and Derek holding Alex while A-Man tastes his Choo-Choo cake. He took one hand full all the way up the side. He too knows how good Mary Ann cakes are!

Our wonderful friend Nicole playing with Alex.

Alex wants to be just like ANG. Since she had her "drink" in a napkin...Alex had wanted that too.

ANG and Mia. Wow...we miss you girl! Can't wait to see you over the 4th!

Alex opening presents with help from Dad, TJ, Caleb and Adrienne.

The after math of the present opening! There were a lot of presents...Alex was so spoiled.

Caleb enjoying his moster piece of Thomas cake.
The last and biggest present was his new TREK bike from Nana and Papa! Papa of course had to help him ride it!

Alex and his tools...inseperable!

Papa taught Alex how to use his measuring tape and measure with a pen. Nicole was helping him with this and so was our next door neighbor Dru.

Alex getting good use out of his new basketball hoop G-ma and G-pa Younkin got him....oh I mean Chris, Derek, Chad and Brady got good use out of it!

Chad and Caleb givin Alex and Adrienne a ride in Alex's wagon that he got for his birthday last year.

Uncle Shives playing with Thaden, Caleb, Luke and Alex in the sand box in our back yard. All the kids love Uncle Shives...he is a great friend to have and we are so glad he and Maria were first friends first way back when!!! haha!

Everyone who was at Alex's 2nd birthday party (except for Angie she already left)
from left to right:
Chris, Nicole, Chad, Derek, Cary, Mary, Tiffany, Maria, Crystal, Steve, Adrienne, Lindsay, Lindsay, Miles, Brady, Luke, John, Thaden, TJ, Caleb and of course Alex on his new bike.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-13T15:35:00.022-06:00

This fall we enjoyed a beautiful, yet chilly day in the park with the best photographer in the world...our great friend Lindsay Ernst! Thanks so much for the wonderful shots and all of your hard work you put into your photos! Love ya.

Gotta love that Tongue!

It's a new year and time to update our blog once again. Alex and Mommy (or Mama, according to Alex) absolutely loved their nice time off during Christmas break. Daddy (aka Dada) was also lucky enough to take a whole week off of work too. We went to our friends Chad and Karolina's wedding, traveled to Grandma and Grandpa's Younkin's in Mullen, then on Christmas eve we drove to Nana and Papa's in Randolph. While in Randolph we enjoyed time with Uncle Derek who is finally residing in the states again, and his new fiance, Sarah. Also got to see Uncle Brian and Aunt Tiffany...we always enjoy spending so much time with the two of them. Alex also got to play around with his great-grandparents; Grandma Kruse and Grandma & Grandpa Hoesing.

Alex sayin "cheese" (which is what he does when he knows he is getting his picture taken!) He was lovin' the "real phone" at Gma & Gpa Younkin's house. Sadly, I realized that we didn't get any pictures with Don and MJ. I guess they are going to have to visit soon so we can get some pictures with them!

Christmas morning at Nana & Papa's house with Uncle Derek, Sarah, Aunt Tiff. Uncle Brian was unavaliable because he was tending to the cows (becuase they need love on Christmas too!)

Nana teaching Alex how to play piano!

We came back to Omaha only to have no kitchen sink for eight days. First our pipes were clogged and luckly Papa was here to help fix that. We were able to get new kitchen counter tops and since Papa was here, he help Chad take out our old ones, so then our kitchen sink lived on the floor for four days. Finally we are back to normal ...well as normal as we can get!

Alex was playing Mr. Fix it after watching his Daddy and Papa fix our plumbing and re-installing the sink! Alex is now pretty handy with the wrench. (Good thing Aunt Tiff and Unlce B bought Alex his own tool set, so he can 'safely' fix everything around the house!)

Surprise! I am in the cabninet!

We didn't let the whole "no sink and counter tops" get in our way of hanging out with friends. One day when Maria's friends Angie and Lacey were over, Mommy wasn't paying the closest attention to Alex and he kind of got into her make-up. There is lip stick all over his shirt and the side of his face!

Alex and Maria enjoyed a little play date over break at the Ernst home. The kiddos thought they all needed to play in only their diapers. Isn't this the cutest picture ever?!?

A perfect close to a wonderful Christmas was the baptism of Miles Anthony,the son of our wonderful friends the John and Lindsay Wewel. Chad and Maria are so blessed to be Miles Anthony's God parents. God bless you little baby boy. (sorry the picture is blurry.)

We hope everyone had a great Christmas and enjoyed some time with your family and friends like we did. May God bless you in the new year!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-23T13:42:00.008-06:00

So...you can plan on the Kruse's to only publish a new post around the holiday's. Well a lot has happened since we posted last in June. We have new teeth, first husker football tailgating experience, a trip to the ER, long adventures in the car, first time at a pumpkin patch, strep throat, bumps, bruses, giggles, fits and many, many laughs!

Mommy really misses not being home with Alex now that school has started but she is coping with it all.

It is so fun to watch Alex learn new words, actions, and watch his personality grow every single day. There has been so much that has happened since the last post, so we thought we would just some pictures to catch you up.

May God bless you all. Happy Thanksgving from our family to yours!

Alex is 1!

2008-06-23T11:38:00.011-05:00

Wow...I can't believe that it has already been six months since we created our last blog. I know we have really been slacking, but time has just flown! Our little Alex is already 13 months old!

On May 25th we celebrated "Al Pal's" (Daddy's newest nickname) 1st birthday. It was a blast and Alex was spoiled rotten. It was just a small party with our clostest family and friends, and it was so much fun.

This summer Mommy and Alex get to hang out all day together. Mommy already says she is going to cry her eyes out when she has to go back to school in August. The two of us will be traveling to Mullen at the end of the month to see Grandpa Don, Grandma Jane and Uncle Steve, Aunt Crystal, Brady, Luke and Alex will meet for the first time Uncle Kevin, Aunt Becky, Braden and Logan. We can't wiat. Look for those pictures to come. Enjoy the photos from Alex so far in 2008!

Alex learning to eat with a fork. He is actually really good at it and always requests one at every meal!

A-Man loves to eat!

Alex and Mommy at cousin Lyndsee's and Andrew's wedding. Alex is all happy because he just got done sleeping through the entire ceramony!

Alex playing at his birthday party with Thaden and Ella.

Alex's First Birthday Cake!

Alex prefered to poke at his cake and eat very little. So far he is a boy who doesn't like sweets.

Mommy got a little creative with the hair gel!

Goodbye 2007....HELLO 2008!

2007-12-30T22:54:00.001-06:00

Wow! 2007 has been a wonderful and exciting year for the Kruse Family. At the beginning of '07 there was only two of us. And now at the end of '07 we are very proud to be a family of three! It is so hard to believe that when we woke up on Christmas morning our Alex Matthew was 7 months old. He is doing so many fun things right now. He is sitting up on his own, crawling all over and getting into EVERYTHING!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year, traveling all over the state of Nebraska in order for Alex to spend the holiday with both sets of his grandparents. The trip to Mullen from Omaha was a very long one, with Alex not wanting to be in his car seat for at least 80% of the trip. It taught us how to truly "block out the crying."

We finally did make it to Mullen after being the in car for 6 1/2 hours and only stopping 4 times! But it was worth it. Alex loves being around Grandpa Don and Grandma Jane. Alex would only give kisses to Gpa Don and Alex loved receiving kisses from him as well. Gma Jane loved to pamper him...lets just say that Alex was given the royal treatment in the Sandhills.

While in Mullen, Alex was able to see his Great-Grandma Elva again. This was the second time the two have been able to see each other. Grandma Elva will turn, 99 the end of January. Alex did not get his picture taken with her this time, as she was already laying down getting ready for her mid-morning nap.

On Christmas Eve morning, we loaded A-Man back up in his favorite car seat and headed to Nana and PopPop's in Randolph. He did much better this trip as he was able to sleep most of the time. Mommy and Daddy did have an experience as we stopped at a small town gas station to change a diaper. We went in and first of all there was only 1 uni-sex restroom. To our "city-thinking" surprise, there was no diaper changing station in the restroom. Mom held Alex in the air while Dad attempted to put a diaper on and get him dressed again. It was a success, but may have been the longest diaper change of Alex's life!

When we arrived in Randolph the whole family was waiting anxiously to play with Mr. Alex; Nana, PopPop, Uncle Derek (who made it safely home for break from Dominica!), Aunt Tiffs and Uncle B. We spent time at Great-Grandma and Grandpa Hoesing for Christmas Eve Dinner. So much of the family was there. After that Alex made his first appearance at Midnight Mass. Mommy had to stay home because she got sick, but Daddy said he did great and loved the sight of the church and especially the choir!

Baby's First Christmas!! It was finally Christmas morning. Alex was all decked out in his Santa suit that Grandma Jane bought him. By the time Alex got to his last present he was finally in the hang of how to open them! In the picture to the left, Alex is playing with his new John Deere Tractor PopPop of course had to get him! We had Christmas dinner with Uncle Brian's family - the Ebberson's. It was a delicious Prime Rib meal with all the trimmings. We are so blessed to have such a big, wonderful family! Big A was spoiled rotten by everyone in Randolph, it all barely fit in our Escape on the way back home to Omaha!

We are now home in Omaha, and Mommy is enjoying her time with her 'Lil Al' before she has to go back to school and while Daddy and the rest of his family get ready to go skiing in Colorado.

We are so blessed with all the gifts we have received in our life and especially in 2007. We can only image the wonderful blessings to come in 2008, and wish you all the same.

Take care and come visit us! God Bless each and everyone of you!

The Kruse's

Chad, Maria & Alex

Please check out our slideshow of pictures below. Enjoy!

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

Our First Blog...

2007-09-19T22:12:00.000-05:00

The Kruses are now offically part of the modern communication era. I've been wanting to get this started for just about 4 months now. (That's how old Alex is...) Our friends, the Chalmers, introduced us to this site. They've been using it for a while now. You don't realize how long it has been since we've seen each other until you get an email that reminds you of it! So, now that Alex Matthew is here in the flesh, we've decided to try and keep in touch with all of you that we care for and are thankful for having in our lives.

I'm sure through some avenue or another you all know about Mr. Alex. His birthday is May 25th. That makes him just shy of 4 months old. He is an amazing kid! Baby is probably a closer term, but the boy is very strong and his little personality is already showing. His family spoils him greatly and he doesn't lack any loving that is for sure.

Alex was brought right into the craziness that is the Kruse way of life. Always on the go and always something to do!

We traveled to Mullen to visit with Grandpa Don and Grandma Jane.

We went to Randolph to be with Aunt Tiffy for her wedding. (Because he hasn't perfected walking just yet he was named "honorary" ring bearer!)

We went to the lake with our friends the Faltys.

We even experienced camping with Nana, Papa, Uncle D, Aunt Tiff and Uncle Brian.

Now that the greatest time of year has started, it includes Husker Football. Alex experienced his first Husker Saturday a couple weeks ago. The big red was in Lincoln for the first game of the season against Nevada. He was pretty excited! (His dad was too.)

And that was only a few highlights of the summer activities! As I mentioned, we're entering our favorite time of year. (At least it's Chad's) There'll be pumpkins and falling leaves. It means cool, crisp football weather. Maybe even a touch of frost!

Here is a collage of pictures over the past few months. Enjoy!

Click to play Make your own Smilebox

Well, I think we'll sign off and close this blog as the first of many to come. We can't wait to see all of you soon! We miss you Derek! Stay Strong!

Take care and God Bless Everyone.