the reason I missed the finish...
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
Grandma's HERE!
Sorry I am M.I.A (missing in action) but, my mom is in town. She got in on Thursday the 4th and leaves Thursday the 11th, so I plan on continuing to be M.I.A but, maybe now it's more like I.A (in action) because we have been going, going, going! I do still have the chance to check my e-mail so if you need me just send me a e-mail. I hope that everyone is doing well! Talk to you in a couple days.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Our Rock tastic Family Home Evening with the Halls
Rock Band is awesome! We had a ton of fun on Monday night playing Rock Band on our Play Station 2 with the Hall Family. We put 3 out of the 4 kids to bed and rocked till way too late. Thanks for playing with us Hall's! If anyone else wants to play let us know, we are always up for Rock Band!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Some pictures of my sweet babies last Sunday, the 24th of August
I think Grace looks model like in this picture (thank you Abby and Mandy for the pretty dress!)
Grace's 1st ever pony tail, it lasted for about 5 minutes before she so kindly pulled it out.
Our Handsome Michael
Ready to go to church
Walking hand in hand to church
I had to include a picture of our beautiful new church building along with the kids
Grace's 1st ever pony tail, it lasted for about 5 minutes before she so kindly pulled it out.
Our Handsome Michael
Ready to go to church
Walking hand in hand to church
I had to include a picture of our beautiful new church building along with the kids
Saturday, August 23, 2008
My Cuties!
I have tried uploading a video of Michael 3 times and it doesn't upload after hours what am I doing wrong?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Busy, Busy, August or as my computer file reads Augurst
Michael's getting pretty brave on the little rock walls, this one was at the Iowa Children's Museum in Coralville. We went and had fun there with our friends the Halls on Friday Aug. 1st.
Grace enjoyed pushing around a shopping cart just her size in the grocery store.
So did Michael
Grace got bored sitting in the stroller while we did artwork in the art center, she figured out how to take off her shirt and didn't keep it on until we left
Michael and Makaya doing there artwork
After we were done at the ICM we went to Hobby Lobby, Grace crashed!
August 2nd, between the Lake and Reservoir
Daddy and Michael got to climb
Walking through a little stream in between the reservoir and lake
Someone there was nice enough to take a picture of our family
August 6th, we went to the Beaver Park Zoo with the Hall's
Gotta love spring loaded rides
Michael and Makaya
Me and my babies
Grace wanting me to stop taking pictures of her
Kason and Grace
We got to have a little family vacation to Des Moines on the weekend of August 9th-11th.
On the 9th, we went to the Iowa State Fair. We started out the day looking at all the livestock ie cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, horses of all size, that was my favorite part. We then ate lunch and then the boys went on some rides. Then we were all done with the fair and went back to the campsite. We borrowed Mike's dad's truck and camper and stayed at a KOA camp ground.
We got to pet a 6 or 8 day old calf
This calf was only 2 days old, I felt so bad for it's mom for not having any recoup time after having her baby. Oh, and I also felt bad for so many of those poor cows being so engorged, it made me happy that I am done nursing.
When we got back to the camp ground we hung around the camp fire and made friends with the neighboring campers and cooked smores.
Grace enjoyed playing Goldilocks and tried out every chair she could scoot in to
Sunday the 10th the boys fished at the little pond at the campground and us girls cleaned up the trailer a bit.
Grace and I walked down to the pond to give the boys some waters and she enjoyed scaring us by falling down the hill and almost into the pond.
When the boys were all fished out we drove to each of the remaining Bridges of Madison county, there are 6 now but, there used to be 19 if you want to learn more about them check it our here:
http://www.madisoncounty.com/bridge.html
Hogback Bridge
Cedar Bridge
Cutler-Donahue Bridge
Holliwell Bridge
Imes Bridge
Roseman Bridge
And of course we were so close to John Wayne's birthplace we had to stop
On August 11th we went to the Blank Park Zoo and after we drove home..
Pretty bird
Grace in her new harness, she loved it
The Wallaby, you can stand right next to them without a fence or anything, we think it's pretty neat!
Riding the train
Us girls watching the boys feed the giraffe
The boys feeding the giraffe
Some kind of Monkey
Big Cats
Grace wasn't feeling too good this day but, stuck it out like the trooper she is
My lovely husband
Michael in the middle of the ground hog exhibit
Michael got to pet a baby alligator
Checking out the newest penguin
Feeding the llama and goat
Grace crashed, while I fed the Coy fish, the sounds they make are so sickening and they literally jump over one another to get the food.
On August 12th, we went to a local favorite for the kids, The Play Station. It is like a gigantic play place that you would find in a fast food restaurant, we went with the Lee's and the Hall's from church
Rachel and Michael being cats
Caleb, Michael, and Rachel
Devon and Hannah
On August 14th, I took the kids to Jones Park aren't they so sweet to each other?
On Sunday the 16th, we went for a little family adventure
Michael found a old birds nest
We found a huge caterpillar of some sort, it was crossing the road so we got out and messed with it, it actually tried bitting Mike
Having a picnic
Michael got to drive
We have a picture similar to this one when Grace was just days old, boy how they grow up so fast!
Taken 4-17-07
On the 18th, we went to Marengo to visit Grandma Brecht, we hadn't seen her all summer due to traveling so, we went to see her for a couple hours.
On the 20th, tomorrow, Michael goes back to school as a 1st Grader
Grace enjoyed pushing around a shopping cart just her size in the grocery store.
So did Michael
Grace got bored sitting in the stroller while we did artwork in the art center, she figured out how to take off her shirt and didn't keep it on until we left
Michael and Makaya doing there artwork
After we were done at the ICM we went to Hobby Lobby, Grace crashed!
August 2nd, between the Lake and Reservoir
Daddy and Michael got to climb
Walking through a little stream in between the reservoir and lake
Someone there was nice enough to take a picture of our family
August 6th, we went to the Beaver Park Zoo with the Hall's
Gotta love spring loaded rides
Michael and Makaya
Me and my babies
Grace wanting me to stop taking pictures of her
Kason and Grace
We got to have a little family vacation to Des Moines on the weekend of August 9th-11th.
On the 9th, we went to the Iowa State Fair. We started out the day looking at all the livestock ie cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, horses of all size, that was my favorite part. We then ate lunch and then the boys went on some rides. Then we were all done with the fair and went back to the campsite. We borrowed Mike's dad's truck and camper and stayed at a KOA camp ground.
We got to pet a 6 or 8 day old calf
This calf was only 2 days old, I felt so bad for it's mom for not having any recoup time after having her baby. Oh, and I also felt bad for so many of those poor cows being so engorged, it made me happy that I am done nursing.
When we got back to the camp ground we hung around the camp fire and made friends with the neighboring campers and cooked smores.
Grace enjoyed playing Goldilocks and tried out every chair she could scoot in to
Sunday the 10th the boys fished at the little pond at the campground and us girls cleaned up the trailer a bit.
Grace and I walked down to the pond to give the boys some waters and she enjoyed scaring us by falling down the hill and almost into the pond.
When the boys were all fished out we drove to each of the remaining Bridges of Madison county, there are 6 now but, there used to be 19 if you want to learn more about them check it our here:
http://www.madisoncounty.com/bridge.html
Hogback Bridge
Cedar Bridge
Cutler-Donahue Bridge
Holliwell Bridge
Imes Bridge
Roseman Bridge
And of course we were so close to John Wayne's birthplace we had to stop
On August 11th we went to the Blank Park Zoo and after we drove home..
Pretty bird
Grace in her new harness, she loved it
The Wallaby, you can stand right next to them without a fence or anything, we think it's pretty neat!
Riding the train
Us girls watching the boys feed the giraffe
The boys feeding the giraffe
Some kind of Monkey
Big Cats
Grace wasn't feeling too good this day but, stuck it out like the trooper she is
My lovely husband
Michael in the middle of the ground hog exhibit
Michael got to pet a baby alligator
Checking out the newest penguin
Feeding the llama and goat
Grace crashed, while I fed the Coy fish, the sounds they make are so sickening and they literally jump over one another to get the food.
On August 12th, we went to a local favorite for the kids, The Play Station. It is like a gigantic play place that you would find in a fast food restaurant, we went with the Lee's and the Hall's from church
Rachel and Michael being cats
Caleb, Michael, and Rachel
Devon and Hannah
On August 14th, I took the kids to Jones Park aren't they so sweet to each other?
On Sunday the 16th, we went for a little family adventure
Michael found a old birds nest
We found a huge caterpillar of some sort, it was crossing the road so we got out and messed with it, it actually tried bitting Mike
Having a picnic
Michael got to drive
We have a picture similar to this one when Grace was just days old, boy how they grow up so fast!
Taken 4-17-07
On the 18th, we went to Marengo to visit Grandma Brecht, we hadn't seen her all summer due to traveling so, we went to see her for a couple hours.
On the 20th, tomorrow, Michael goes back to school as a 1st Grader
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
AZ Cousins
Our first day we got to stop in and see Mark, Mariley, Jens and the newest family member Kale. Jens and Mariley had to go to swim lessons so we got to hang out with Mark and Kale. 6-12-08
Michael loves anything smaller than him, and he's usually great with them too.
Michael and Aaron Joseph got to hang out on 6-20-08, Michael even got to go and spend the night at their house in Maricopa.
I stayed in Mesa and got to watch Jens and Kale, we had a blast 6-20-08. I miss living so close to our family.
Jens
Kale awake
Kale asleep ( so sweet.)
The Buddies 6-21-08
Grandpa hanging out with a couple of his grand babies Sera, Grace, and Michael 6-21-08
Splish, splash two boys in a bath and Grace is throwing everything she can get her hands on in too. We had a great time spending the night in Maricopa with Aaron, Deb, and Aaron Joseph 7-5-08
Michael, Grace, Sera, and Cassie hanging out at Michael and Wendy's house 7-11-08
The older cousins swimming like a bunch of fish 7-17-08
Gotta love the AZ sun set and these cute kids 7-17-08
The girls taking a bath and winding down to get ready for bed
The Buddies 7-19-08
Michael loves anything smaller than him, and he's usually great with them too.
Michael and Aaron Joseph got to hang out on 6-20-08, Michael even got to go and spend the night at their house in Maricopa.
I stayed in Mesa and got to watch Jens and Kale, we had a blast 6-20-08. I miss living so close to our family.
Jens 
Kale awake
Kale asleep ( so sweet.)
The Buddies 6-21-08
Grandpa hanging out with a couple of his grand babies Sera, Grace, and Michael 6-21-08
Splish, splash two boys in a bath and Grace is throwing everything she can get her hands on in too. We had a great time spending the night in Maricopa with Aaron, Deb, and Aaron Joseph 7-5-08
Michael, Grace, Sera, and Cassie hanging out at Michael and Wendy's house 7-11-08
The older cousins swimming like a bunch of fish 7-17-08
Gotta love the AZ sun set and these cute kids 7-17-08
The girls taking a bath and winding down to get ready for bed
The Buddies 7-19-08
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Pictures of Martin and Ta Nee while in Arizona
Auntie Ta Nee got to play dress up with Grace and paint her nails, Grace loved it! 6-14-08
Martin turned the big 30 while we were there so we got to celebrate with him on Saturday the 28th.
Uncle Martin and Auntie Ta Nee treated the kids to some yummy Cold Stone 7-17-08
Auntie Ta Nee and Grace
Uncle Martin and Michael
It was so nice to better get to know my newest sister in law, she is great and I wish that we lived closer so we could hang out more often. When the day comes Martin and Ta Nee will make great parents! Thanks for being so good to my kids!
Martin turned the big 30 while we were there so we got to celebrate with him on Saturday the 28th.
Uncle Martin and Auntie Ta Nee treated the kids to some yummy Cold Stone 7-17-08
Auntie Ta Nee and Grace
Uncle Martin and Michael
It was so nice to better get to know my newest sister in law, she is great and I wish that we lived closer so we could hang out more often. When the day comes Martin and Ta Nee will make great parents! Thanks for being so good to my kids!
Girls Night Out June 26th, 2008
While I was in Arizona I was fortunate to get a girls night out with only the Ladies, it was great!
Me and my mom
My step sister Rachael and my mom
My mom's favorite addiction Diet Coke
Lots of left overs to bring home to the kids and the men(left to right me, Rachel, Erika, and Mariley)
My mom and the girls
Me and my mom
My step sister Rachael and my mom
My mom's favorite addiction Diet Coke
Lots of left overs to bring home to the kids and the men(left to right me, Rachel, Erika, and Mariley)
My mom and the girls
Our time with Abby Doo, Alex Poo, and Mandy Boo
Our first play date 6-20-08
Abby Doo
Alex Doo
Mandy Boo
The girls in their kini's
Mandy and The Girls swimming
Mandy and her kiddos
Me and The Girls
6-27-08
Mandy and The Girls
Michael and Alex watching the Boob Tube
BFF
Playing at the play place in the mall 7-1-08
Mandy and Abby Doo
Alex Poo
We got to share Alex's 3rd Birthday with them, we were so happy we got to celebrate with them. 7-13-08
Mandy and The Girl's
Happy Birthday Alex!
Abby Doo
Alex Doo
Mandy Boo
The girls in their kini's
Mandy and The Girls swimming
Mandy and her kiddos
Me and The Girls
6-27-08
Mandy and The Girls
Michael and Alex watching the Boob Tube
BFF
Playing at the play place in the mall 7-1-08
Mandy and Abby Doo
Alex Poo
We got to share Alex's 3rd Birthday with them, we were so happy we got to celebrate with them. 7-13-08
Mandy and The Girl's
Happy Birthday Alex!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
... and they both sleep with their hands under their heads
Grace at almost 16 months 8-5-08
Michael at 17 1/2 months 9-22-03
Michael at 17 1/2 months 9-22-03
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