kindergarten graduation party

my very nervous girl

amber's favourite part of kindergarten is playing and she wants to be a firefighter when she grows up

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swimming lessons

waiting for our first lessons of the season to begin

amber swimming without a life jacket!

olivia's first ever swimming lesson. i wasn't sure how she would react. she was not going to join the rest of the kids that day....as she clings to daddy

so she had fun all by herself as we all (amber included) tried to convince her to join her group

it was a lot different when her group went down the slide, this she had no problem joining! here she is sliding with cousin keegan

sleeping angel

sleeping angel - awake ???

yesterday while i was driving on the highway, olivia CHUCKED her rock collection at me, hitting me in the side of my face and neck......OUCH! and what was she thinking? now that i know what crushed rock feels like, i know better than to allow olivia rocks in the car.

katie!

we're home!!! yay!!

(i love how grandma and grandpa are eagerly waiting their arrival on the balcony)

beautiful babe

we lovingly welcome our newest cousin and niece. she is such a precious little bundle. she could not possibly be anymore beautiful...our beautiful babe.....

Katie Helene arrived on June 10, 2008

7 lbs 11 oz 21½"

proud mama & papa

squeaky clean

fun times in the bath with cousin kayla

t-ball

warming up with dad did i really catch it? yea!!

sunday school picnic

kari & steve

we've had so much going on since may long....but here's where it starts:

our good friends and beautiful couple: kari & steve

more trouble

the latest troubling news....olivia has now figured out that she too can climb to the top bunk where amber sleeps. (i'm surprised it took this long!) and she also figured out that mommy and daddy don't really seem too happy when she jumps around on the top bunk....(i always said liv will be the one to turn my hair gray!) have you ever heard of those stories where parents accidentally lock their child in the car? i always wondered what kind of parents would do such a silly thing. well just so you all can stop wondering...it's us! john & dayle are those type of parents! last night after work we drove over to my mom and dad's. we all got out of the car and when i went to open liv's car door.....it was locked! i try my door...it was locked! john seeing the panicked look on my face tries the doors on the other side...both locked!!! oh no....poor liv....she's still in the car! it just so happens that the day before my little wriggle worm figured out a way to wriggle her way out of her seat belt and so i had just tightened it - securing her in her seat so she could not wriggle out of it! darn! i know it's safe now, but at this moment we really needed her to be able to free herself from the ever-so-tight car seat, since i had just realized that the one set of keys was in the ignition and the other (spare) set that you need in situations like this was in my jacket pocket which I had just happened to take off and leave in the car! now what? liv thought we were joking with her when we asked her to try and reach the lock or try to push her seat belt off....not a chance...she was secure! our last resort was to call someone to get this car open. thank goodness for wes! he came so quickly and after realizing that this car was also quite secure he did manage to open it for us...YAY liv is free!

here comes trouble

olivia has been so busy lately! she finds trouble every day. she is always trying something out. she has been so good with potty training. the day we started, she didn't have any accidents and has been keeping that up since. she was just ready for the switch. another big change for her is not having her "nana" - she loves it so much. we accidentally went to grandma & grandpa's in wpg without it and and stayed their for three nights without it. she was amazing. but she knew the "nana's" were at home, so we weren't sure how this would work when we finally went home. luckily i found all the nana's in the house before she did and she has had some hard times at home, but has been amazing. she is asking to "buy more nana's?" every day. here is one our last pictures with her best friend "nana". what a goof! last night i went out with the girls and this is what happened: that's my hair product all over her.....she was sitting in the bathroom closet applying it everywhere! needless to say her hair was very smooth after her bath! two nights earlier we caught her in bed painting her toenails with polish while we thought she was sound asleep!! what a little monkey!

the last weekend in march we had a mini vacation with the family. it was all about swimming and the waterslide for the girls at the ramada in fargo.

sipping on some pepsi at famous dave's. aaahh!

we're ready! is it time to go swimming yet?

c'mon.....pretty please??

mom, you're taking too long...we're leaving without you!

goofin around with uncle quinn......while dylan sleeps through it all

going down the slide with uncle shane

very patiently waiting for her next sip of daddy's gatorade