He Is Risen

We just wanted to wish you all a Happy Easter. We pray that you take a moment and reflect the true meaning behind Easter. We are so thankful for our Lord in Savior, Jesus Christ who died for our sins and rose again so we could be free.

So on behalf of the Klauser family, may you have a blessed Easter!

Grandparent Weekend

This past weekend, Nate's parents headed up north to see the kiddos and meet Kallen for the first time. The weather wasn't the best, but the company was perfect. Our time was very simple, yet memorable to say the least.


One of the highlights, especially for the kiddos was going to the Easter egg hunt. A local church put on a free event for the community. The event had tons of eggs for the kids, food, blow up jumpers, music and firefighters/trucks. Only bummer was that it was chilly outside, but we still had lots of fun!


Special thank you to Mike and Kathy for coming up and spending your weekend with us. We loved having you and look forward to doing it again soon.

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall,...

...Who is the Fairest One of All?

With lips red as a rose, hair black as ebony, and skin white as snow - her name is, Snow White.

So this post is way overdue. Previously in the Christmas post I wrote about the cutest present Elyse received from her Uncle Steven, Aunt Kim and cousin, Chloe. This is it, isn't is adorable? Elyse loves dressing up as Snow White, only if she has the hair on too :)

A Simplistic Easter

This Easter was very simple, yet perfect; especially thanks to the weather and company. We spent the day with my side. We went to church and did our other traditional Easter activities.
We color dyed our Easter eggs
We told the Easter story to Elyse through resurrection eggs
We read the Easter story to Elyse
Elyse went on her Easter egg hunt, she was smiling the entire time
Caleb woke up from his nap just in time to open the eggs and their Easter baskets.

We hope you too had a blessed and memorable Easter.

He Is Risen

We just wanted to wish you all a Happy Easter. May it be full of joy, love and laughter. May you also take a moment and reflect the true meaning behind Easter. We are so thankful for our Lord in Savior, Jesus Christ who died for our sins and rose again so we could be free. We love you all, and again, Happy Easter.

Celebrating Christmas

This past Christmas like all the others, came and went with a blink of an eye. We spent the past few days with Nate's parents. It was great having them here and Elyse sure loved all the attention. Overall, we spent the Christmas season by, being with family,
making a birthday cake for Jesus, and of course, eating it,
opening presents and,
playing games. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa, Elyse even got to get some game playing in this year. Puppy Bingo, highly recommend this game if you have a toddler.

Anyway, hope you all had a wonderful and memorable Christmas.

Merry Christmas

We hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Christmas! May you and your family rejoice in the day and celebrate the reason for the season.

A Full House

For the past four days Nate and I had the opportunity to fill our house with people we love. This included, my brother, sister-in-law, and their beautiful and precious daughter. My uncle and aunt who drove up from Nebraska, my mom, stepdad and my stepbrother. We spent the entire time inside playing games, eating, watching football and playing with the two girls. Even though it got loud and crazy sometimes, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I LOVE having my house full of people, especially over the holidays. Nate, Elyse and I really had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Thank you all for coming and spending the holidays with us! We love and miss you already.

Below are just a few good pictures. My favorites are still yet to come!
(picture above really gets me excited for our family pic of four soon)

Thankful For

Thanksgiving is a holiday that tends to be focused on either football, shopping the next day and/or food, instead of thanks. As I am typing that thought, I realized there is so many things I am thankful for, these are just a few...
-Jesus Christ who loves me and sacrificed His life for my sins
-An amazing, patient, leading and handsome husband that I don't ever want to be apart from
-A perfect, beautiful and precious daughter that I love unconditionally
-A little son that will soon be placed in my arms
-A supportive and loving family that's there whenever needed
-Friends that I consider family
-Good health for myself and those around me
-My house that will forever be a home
-Being able to do my dream job everyday
-Laughter, something I just don't do enough of
-Having four seasons, even if the winter season came a little faster than normal this year (coldest Thanksgiving in 21 years)

I could go on and on, but since that perfect, beautiful and precious daughter of mine is calling my name, I am going to go get my everyday morning hugs from her that I am so thankful for.

Wishing you all a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

A Halloween As "Sweet" As Can Be

As you can see from the picture below, Elyse and her friends all went as M&M's this year for Halloween. My friend, Jenny and I made the costumes. I don't think they turned out all that bad and the kiddos looked so adorable in them.

The Sweetest M&M's ever: Dieter, Aiden, Elyse, Mason and Willow
The M&M's and Mari the ladybug right before trick-o-treating. They were troopers, going almost an hour in 40 degree weather. They LOVED it and their pumpkins sure were heavy at the end.
Overall, it was a very successful and super fun Halloween. We had all our friends over for some great fall foods and then spent the night celebrating with the kids. Nate and I feel so blessed to be surrounded with such amazing friends and neighbors. I could keep going on about this evening, but after taking the decorations down, doing this post and getting ready for tomorrow, I'm exhausted. Good night and hope you all had a Happy Halloween!

Storytime Halloween Edition

Storytime at the library today was extra fun and that's because it was the Halloween edition. The kids, the librarian, Ms. Kay and her puppet, Arnold all dressed up in their Halloween costumes. The books were all about Halloween, the room was decked out in Halloween stuff, and the kids even got to take home a cute trick-or-treat bag. It was not only enjoyable for Elyse, but I.
After storytime, best picture I got. Too many cameras at one time.


Elyse didn't wear her actual Halloween costume because I didn't want her to ruin it or spoil what she is really going to be. Super excited about it though. Therefore, she went as a ballerina (thanks Aunt Amelia for the tutu). She spent her entire morning dancing and twirling. I did not show her what to do, but as you can see in the video, she knows just how a ballerina dances. Guess Nate and I better start saving up for all those dancing leotards and costumes ;)

Not Quite Rockafeller's Tree

Today Nate and I spent our afternoon putting up the Christmas lights on our large outdoor tree. Why today? A few reasons, nice weather, Elyse was napping, our weekends are filling up fast with plans, and lets face it, we live in MN, it could snow tomorrow. We also take it down every year because it gets so tangled with the wind. As you can see from the pictures, it's one annoying task with such a beautiful result (lite up picture was taken last year).

Happy Father's Day

I love you Dada! Thank you for being silly, gentle, and my Dada.
Hope you have a Happy Father's Day.
love you always, Elyse

Below is Elyse's special Father's Day gift to Nate:


Hope all Dads reading this have a great and blessed Father's Day too.

Easter 2010

Well we hope you all had a blessed Easter. Ours was really nice and relaxing. We went down to my parents' church, then out to a magnificent brunch and then just relaxe at their home the rest of the day.

Easter Egg Hunt

Early this morning, Nate and I decided we were going to take Elyse to her first Easter egg hunt. We did some morning practice runs in the house so she got the idea. Well it took her matters of seconds to love finding them and putting them in her basket. Overall, she had a wonderful time and so did Nate and I. It was a lot of fun seeing her get eggs with all the other bigger kids.

Ready, set, go...she was off with the best of them.


She even stopped to pick up eggs for other kids, what a good sharer


Opening the Easter eggs. They were all filled with candy, but since Elyse doesn't know what candy is, Nate and I got lots of goodies :)



Just in case I don't get around tomorrow morning to post a Easter post, us Klausers wish you all a blessed Easter. May you take time to focus on the real reason of Easter.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." -- John 3:16

Christmas Break

Nate, Elyse and I had the privilege of hosting my brother, Steven and his wife, Kim from December 23rd until January 2nd. We LOVED having them here, especially Elyse. She adores her Uncle Steven. She even would say "Steve" and "Kim" when she wanted their attention. It tended to sound very Russian, but still too cute. We spent much of the week playing with Elyse, celebrating Christmas, bowling, playing cards, going to the zoo, shopping, watching movies and talking. I really don't know where the 10 days went, but I know I miss them already. We look forward to seeing them again in just a few months!!!
Here are a few pictures that were taken throughout the week:
Thanks Steven and Kim for coming to see us and making our Christmas break a memorable one. We love you guys!!!