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! 
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.
Enough Said....right?!!!!!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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!
Alex wasn't too concerned about the animals at the zoo...but he was loving the WATER!!
