The Fireman and the Pink Poodle

Here's the gang before we went trick-or-treating...Avery, Tate, Knox and Lizzie

Some Fall pics

I'm a little late posting these...seeing as how most of the leaves have fallen and it's Halloween tomorrow. But, I have to post the obligatory Fall pics:) I must add that my sweetest Godmother, Sheri, gave my kids the pumpkins. She carved their names into them when they were still little and they grew as the pumpkins grew...how neat is that.

My new favorite of Lizzie:)

A week in paradise...

Kory and I returned home Sunday night from a cruise in the Caribbean. It was our first real grown-up vacation since having children, and it was so wonderful. We couldn't have done it without our parents help...(thank you Meme, Poppie, Grandma, and Grandpa!) It was a little risky scheduling a vacation while it's still hurricane season, but we couldn't have asked for better weather. We got a little spoiled with all the sleep, sun, eating, and relaxing...I would say reality hit me hard Monday morning:)

I was even too lazy on vacation to take many pictures, but wanted to share a few that I did take.



Princess Cays




Magens Bay, St. Thomas


Grand Turk - The Turks & Caicos had been hit pretty hard by a hurricane about a month ago, so it was pretty wrecked...very sad, but the beaches were beautiful.

Happy Friday!

Lizzie found these boots in the closet and I just had to share this picture:)

Evening at the park

Monday night I met my mom and the twins, Avery and Tate, at the park for a little picnic and playing. It's so funny to watch all three boys run around and chase squirrels, pick up every stick they find, and roll around on the ground wrestling. Boys will definitely be boys. When I see them all together I always think, I'm so glad I don't have three 3 year old boys. One is enough for me, so kudos to Jenn for having two:)


The boys trying to get the squirrels...


Very excited!

Boys being silly!

My attempt to get a picture of me and Lizzie...she wasn't very cooperative.

All the kids doing Itsy Bitsy Spider...

A video of the kids singing Itsy Bitsy Spider...(my mother is singing in the background:))

(Warning: sorry about the screaming at the end...I was too lazy to edit it)

Fall is here...

After returning home from a long weekend in hot and humid Nashville we are experiencing some Fall-like weather around here. It's been in the upper 60's for the past few days, and it feels great! When I logged in to write a post I realized I missed the whole month of August! I almost feel like I missed it in real life, too:) Where in the world did the summer go?

Knox officially started Preschool today and, of course, I had to get the manditory first day of school pic. I actually felt pretty proud of myself since I'm not usually on the ball about those sort of things. I guess it might look more official if he had a backpack:)

He was being a little goofy while I was trying to get some shots...

Miss Independent

Lizzie has been a little stubborn about wanting to feed herself. While she is quite good with a fork, she needs a little practice with a spoon:) I normally can't stand it when meals get messy, but a little yogurt won't hurt...

I'm back...

Well, I guess the moment the warm weather hits us here in the north we don't like to waste a second of it, which I'm using as an excuse for being a total blog slacker. Our summers here in WI are beautiful, but very fleeting...how can it possibly be half over:(

We've been pretty busy around here...I think life with two little ones will do that to you. As of June 3, we now have a 3 year old living among us. I really think the day Knox turned 3 something changed...a newfound independence/new attitude. Of course we love him all the same, but there really is something to this magic number 3:)

And, as of July 5, we no longer have a twenty-something in our household. I sadly said goodbye to my twenties and turned the big 3-0. I'm working on embracing that number, but I think I'm doing a better job of denial. I did have a really great day with all my family at the lake. My wonderfully sweet husband surprised me with the best birthday cake I've ever had. He knows how much I covet really good wedding cake, so he ordered me a cake from one of the best wedding cake places in Minneapolis...it was soooooo good!

The saying on it..."Happy First Anniversary of your 29th Birthday" is from one of our favorite shows, "Scrubs". I was thinking I might just turn my birthday into an anniversary from now on. Actually, I think now that it's come and gone I'm fine with 30. It's really just harder for me to accept how fast time goes. Wasn't I just 20? How can 10 years possibly be gone in the blink of an eye? This just means I will be 40 even faster...okay, enough depressing thoughts. I am working on embracing today!

My cousin, Renee, was so sweet to get a picture of the four of us...the last one was over a year ago!!

Okay, now that I've rambled on about nothing, I have to mention something that was embarrassingly upsetting to me. Yesterday, I open up Yahoo and see that Angelina Jolie had her twins...oh, a boy and a girl...how sweet...what!...the boy's name is Knox!! I almost fell out of my chair. I don't necessarily feel proprietary about Knox's name, but really...did the most famous people in the world have to name their son that? I'm thinking after they have their 12th or 13th child, nobody will even know what his name is. Okay, now I feel a little better getting that off my chest...I hope I don't sound like a complete jerk for getting upset over this.

Hopefully, I will be back again before 2 months is gone:)

A few random pics...

I have been absolutely terrible about taking pictures lately. I took a few of Lizzie the other day, and while looking at them I realized I hadn't taken any pictures for about a month! I kind of feel like a bad mother, but I don't think my children will really care too much. Anyways, I found this picture of Knox at the airport when we flew to Nashville last month...he was watching for our plane.



These pictures are what we woke up to this past Monday morning...it was really pretty, but come on...enough with the snow...now we're moving on to the rain...


And finally, a few of Lizzie...you can actually see the hair on top of her head:)

Knox just couldn't stay out of the picture:)