The Mac Truck Cake

TA DA!

Hiram's 5th Birthday

Hiram has been dreaming of having a "Mac Truck" birthday party since his birthday last year when he had the same plan only he got sick so it didn't happen. So I made a Mac Truck birthday cake (into the wee hours of the morning), and a bullett proof Mac Truck pinata. (Chad finally put it on the ground and whacked it with a golf club). The kids raced little hot wheels on a pine wood derby track and we ate our family favorite...white chicken chilli. He was the happiest 5 yr. old ever!

Our little family is growing. A friend of mine put it well when he said, "before I had kids I had fun, and now I'm happy". We are happy and we try to have a little fun here and there as well.

Laural Hills Hike

This is my once every 2 year post. The Crossley's are doing well. We just got back from an a vacation spanning 3 states (Utah, Idaho and Colorado). The kids had fun meeting lots of cousins and experiencing new places.

We are in the "Burgh"

Well we are now in Pittsburgh. I graduated, passed my boards and am now doing a residency with Centers for Rehab Services/ University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The kids are growing up fast. Esther has become the master scooter moving at moch speed on her belly. Kaisa and I are now burning extra calories trying to keep up with both of them. Hiram is such a talker and loves being outside. Kaisa is such a wonderful mother. It is fun to see her interact with the children. What a wonderful blessing families are. Here are a few recent pictures. Enjoy!

This is for Corrine Hannan

Yes, we are back in business. This past summer we spent some time in Chicago while I was on my physical therapy rotations. Things worked out swell. Kaisa and Hiram had tons of fun going to the beach, the zoo and as many museum's as possible while I tried to learn as much I could at the hospital.
I managed to survive a few triathlons , one in southern Illinois and the other in Kenosha, WA, and enjoyed biking to work every day through the onslaught of cars, buses, crazy taxi drivers and the ever treacherous random door opening.
We are now back in Des Moines, IA and have survived another semester of school (my last didactic semester I might add!!). We have been blessed over and over and among the biggest of them was the birth of Esther Jane.


Here is Kaisa and Hiram with Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline in the background.













Hiram, lovin it at the beach along Lake Michigan.















Our Christmas bundle of Joy. Esther Jane Crossley was born on November 27, 2007. She was 7 lb 12 oz and 21 in long. She was born at 5:13 pm.