Table Manners 101

Brenna usually doesn't join us for meals except while in her exersaucer or bouncy seat on the floor next to the table. A lot of times she gets fussy and seems to demonstrate that she's feeling left out. During one of our evening meals last week, we decided to put her up on the table with us...we think she is an extravert. We could tell she enjoyed that place of honor much better. There was some tin foil on one of the plates to keep some food warm and she couldn't keep her eyes off of it. Pretty soon she was bending way over to grab at the foil, and before we knew it she was nearly up-side-down. I told Steph to run and grab the camera. It was so funny. We'll have to help Brenna with a few of her table manners so she doesn't do this on her future dates.

Can Someone Say Disco Fever?

So we got together with Caleb, Maranda, and Easton the other night to watch some NCAA basketball. Caleb pulled out Maranda's shades and this is what happened. So funny! Easton would stick his tongue out or get big eyes while the flash was going off. Brenna was in bed already otherwise we would have tried it on her too. See more pics on dropshots. Someday these pics will be on his wedding video for sure!

"Captive" - Easter Production

Well, we are free from the POW camp now. All 5 services went really well. It was a lot of fun to hang out with the guys and bring our church a little something different than the traditional Easter service. Pretty positive response from most people. It was good having Jeff Dodge explain the different characters and the roles that they played. Here is a picture of what we looked like. The guys were so filthy and by the last service their clothes were pretty much black with make-up. This week I'll be Mr. Brown the Fox again for D6. Hope you can all come out and enjoy a laugh as I impersonate James Brown in an afro wig and fox tail. Swedish pigs are on the menu.

Charlie, Mr. Brown the Fox, Officer #1...let me explain

Many of you remember that I was Charlie in our church's Christmas production this year. Some of you know that I have shown up one time so far on stage at our church's family ministry (D6) as a James Brown impersonating fox named Mr. Brown the Fox along with the other Nursery Rhyme Woodland Creatures, and in a few weeks will make another appearance. Not many of you know that I will be acting in our church's Easter drama entitled "Captive" in a small but less than insignificant part as Officer #1. It takes place in a POW camp in the jungle...going to be pretty intense. I want to invite all of you to join us at one of the 5 services this coming Easter weekend to watch the drama and witness me in a full military uniform. I need to practice my salute. Go to the following link to get more information about the services and come to church so you can pick up your free tickets to one of the services.
www.cornerstone-church.com

Brenna's First Solid Food

We've come to a pretty huge milestone in the growth and development of our 4.5 month old...SOLID FOOD! Let the games begin. So apparently, you buy these rice flakes, mix them up with some of mom's milk, and watch your infant lap it all up like a dog and that's their introduction to solid food. Pretty funny stuff. It seemed like she enjoyed the food for the most part. The majority of it ended up in the convenient plastic pouch on the front of her bib. I guess so you can spoon it out of there and back into her mouth...we didn't do that by the way. From here it's on to a bunch of messy clothes, sticky floors, and crusty dried stuff on the walls. Can't wait! Enjoy the video on dropshots.

Expanding the Team

For those of you who didn't know...I recently expanded my real estate team. Jessica Starmer was our JDR Closer for a year and a half, but got her license in January and is now my Buyers Specialist. She put together two sales already last week! Way to go Jess!! Stephanie is going to help our team as well. Her official title will be Client Services Coordinator. That is a fancy way of saying that she will help me with some administrative work when it comes to providing my clients with feedback from showings, and organizing my referral and networking programs. She's excited to be a part of the action. By the way...if you ever know of anyone looking to buy or sell, send me their contact information and our team will gladly assist them. We're never too busy for any of your referrals.

"I hope YOU didn't have a tired Valentine's Day!" - Brenna

Happy Late V-Day everyone. Hard to believe that it was 5 years ago to the day (Feb. 14th) that I asked Stephanie to be my "Life long ministry partner." Glad she said yes. It's been an awesome time.

Bohlen Family Christmas in January

Our 3rd Christmas celebration was at our house with Steph's immediate family. We had a lot of fun. Here are a few pics from our time.

New family addition!

Congrats to Caleb and Maranda on their new family addition. Easton Braden Van Cleave was born at 12:15am on Christmas morning. He weighed 10lbs 1oz and was 22" long. We're all super excited for them and look forward to having Brenna and Easton grow up so close in age.

1, 2...why not, 3 family Christmas gatherings

We enjoyed a Bohlen extended family Christmas gathering, a Van Cleave immediate family Christmas gathering, and in a few weeks we will have another Bohlen immediate family Christmas gathering at our house. I don't mind, It's always nice to see everyone, and better yet, have some good food! Good times were had by all this year, including little Brenna. She was a hit sporting her 1st Christmas outfits. Steph and I got a new camera so we should be able to get some great pics.