Year in Review - Part One

You know when you get out of a habit and it's so hard to get back at it? Guilty. But we're going to change that. Right now. Here is part of our past year in pictures starting with Christmas 2011 and going through July. I'll be back soon with the rest of the year. :)

The American Girl doll - Audrey named her Violet Rose.

Luke got a Nook. Everyone probably already knows this.

1st Place in the Pine Wood Derby!

Great weather in March.

Easter

Tee Ball!

6th Birthday!

Last day of kindergarten and 3rd grade.

Meeting our new friend, Wade.

Colorado Vacation!

Grandma & Grandpa went with us to visit Kara in CO.

We did a lot of fishing this summer!

Audrey caught the big one! (With some help from Andy and Jess).

Celebrating our 10th anniversary fishing with the kids. :-)

p.s. Thank you Jenni for kicking me in the butt and getting me back on my blog. :-)

Quick Note on Thanksgiving

We just had a really fun Thanksgiving vacation in OK with the fam. For the most part, the cousins got along great. The boys had to work a few things out (like, who the boss is) but in the end they played well together.

Meeting the Baby

See how happy he is?

We were able to make a trip to WI and meet baby Bryce this weekend! We just couldn't wait to see him and see Joe and Becky as parents. They really look like they know what they're doing and he's not even a week old. ;-) Audrey is totally in love with him, although she didn't want me to tell anyone that. Shhhh! He is a very content baby and while he slept most of the time, he had a long period today when he was awake. Audrey was a good helper when I changed his diaper a couple of times and she even picked out a onesie for him to wear. But most of all she just liked looking at him and touching his soft skin. Luke on the other hand wouldn't hold him, although he did say, "Awwww" a few times.

Love you Baby Bryce!

Brief Update

This is going to be quick - just wanted to say that we had a great Christmas. This is my favorite picture from the weekend.

To say the 4 of them had fun is an understatement. We are getting high-speed internet soon, probably next week, so we hope to post much more often!