Family Photo

 

Christmas Morning

Natalie's reaction to the new dollhouse Santa brought her

Merry Christmas

 

Audrey Walking

These aren't her very first steps, but this is what they look like.

Bye-Bye Lucy

For those of you who don't know yet, we gave Lucy back to her owner. She was a great dog, but it was just not the right time for us.

Happy 1st Birthday Audrey

 

Lucy Shepherd

Please welcome Lucy L. Shepherd to the family. One of the Nurses at Josh's work had a litter of Beagles and so we deceided to take one home for the weekend for a test drive. Well... two days into her visit we gave her a name and it was all over from there. She is the sweetest little puppy and is so good with Natalie and Audrey.

 

Snow Storm

We welcomed December in with a 10 inch snow storm. It is beautiful. Audrey took 4 steps today. She is getting braver every day.

 

Poppins tattoos

We visited Nana in Minnesota over the Thanksgiving weekend. We went to see the Mary Poppins Dayton's display, and the Hollidazzle parade. It was a great weekend. Natalie got Poppins Tattoos and shared them with everybody

Cutie pictures that never made it on the blog

Three princesses- Natalie has started really enjoying the dress up thing- especially with her friends.











Tub time
 

Howdy Partner

We had another great halloween. We had a nice party at the church with trick or treating and dinner and square dancing. They had a professional caller come in to teach everybody how to dance, it was a lot of fun. Even Natalie danced in one of the squares, she fit right in with her little outfit.


 

Matt and Sarah Pavek

Matt and Sarah came to spend the night with us. It was great to have them here. We are very excited for them, they are expecting in April. 

A Special Wish for Auntie Terri

Love, Cowgirl Natalie and the family 

September Hail Storm

Natalie thought they were delicious 

A Beautiful Day for Golf

Josh played hookey from work and Nicky locked the kids in the van so we could enjoy a perfect fall day on the nines.
 

Apple Farm

Fall has arrived in Wisconsin. It is a wonderful time of year. We celebrated with a trip to the apple farm. We found our favorite apple there (the Honey Crisp) and brought a bag home with us. Natalie and Audrey were very good helpers in picking the apples,
 

5 YEARS!

We celebrated our 5th anniversary back in August. Here are some pictures from the night. We went to all our favorite places back in Minnesota; Muffaletta's, Sebastian Joe's, and the remodeled lake Harriet Bandshell, with our bench where I proposed. It is still there with our engraving. We want to buy it from the park. Anybody have any contacts within the MPLS park system? It was a wonderful night with my sweetheart.

Audrey vs. The Oreo

The weather has tuned very pleasant in the past couple of weeks so we have taken to eating dinners outside. The added benefit is that we can just hose down the patio after Audrey is done.