Tutu!

I found this idea online to make 4th of July shirts for the kids, so we got busy one day and everyone painted a shirt. I've never had so much paint all over!

Then, being the mommy that I am got the brillant idea to make a 4th of July tutu for Brooklyn... so we already have her outfit ready!

Decided to give up on a decent picture and lay her down!

Camping

We had another nice weekend at the lake!

Tall enough to reach!

Snuggling with Petyon before bed

Sitting by mommy's pretty flowers

Daddy teasing me!

Nap time:)

Swinging at the park

Loves the water especially when she can walk in her tube on the bottom of the pool!

Have a great weekend!

Have a wonderful weekend! We're headed to the lake as soon as Mike gets home today:) I absolutely love my lake time.... it's so nice to leave my "work" and get away to RELAX!

Avera Clinic

I had the pleasure of going to tour the new Avera Clinic last night or as they call it the POB (Physician's office building) and providing them with feedback as they make the finishing touches.

I am very excited for this to be open, as I have had many too many issues within the past year with ACMC! So glad that Avera has added Dr. Hanna for pediatrics and recently added two CNP's and it sounds like a husband/wife team are supposed to be coming late this summer for more family practice doctors.

It is very, very nice! It will be sooooooooo nice when it's opens! SW Ophthalmology will be on the end, followed by peds, family practice, ob, etc... I think that it may take some time getting used to the new exam rooms, it was designed so you wait in what kind of appears to be a hallway and you face doors which are the exam rooms. Inside the exam rooms, the staff can enter from another door. So, for each different area of the clinic, there is the receptionist desk and on both sides is the waiting area and exam rooms with the nurses/doctor's area in the middle.

On the move...

Brooklyn has fell in love with her doll stroller from Grandma.. just loves to push it around!

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

Father's Day weekend...

Of course, we headed to the lake this weekend. We met a few more families this weekend and even ran into Mike's great aunt and uncle who were camping with their camping group. We completed the deck and started on our bar table:)

"Most likely to spend daddy's money"

Chillin' on the deck

ALL DONE!

9 month check up

We had Brooklyn's 9 month check up on Friday, she was 21 lbs, 12.5 oz and was 28.5 inches long. She faintly heard her heart murmur, so that is a great thing!

9 months

Miss. Brooklyn is 9 months old today! WOW, it's hard to imagine our life without her! She sure knows how to light up our life with her goofy little personality! She has her 9 month check up tomorrow with her new doctor, Melissa!
Her favorites:
Ranger rides with Daddy or a ride on anything that moves excites her:

Not loving baby food much anymore, but loves to feed herself:

Loves her baths:

Her friends:

Over the weekend, she learned how to say dada, just yesterday, it was mama!

2 teeth....

Brooklyn's two teeth are shining thru!

Wordless Wednesday!

Jemma turns 1

Sunday, we celebrated Jemma's 1st birthday, hard to believe that she is already one, and even crazier to think that in almost 3 months Brooklyn will turn 1!

Menards

Saturday, we made a trip into Menards to pick up a few things to work on the deck at the lake. Of course, gotta snap a few pictures!

Golf Tourney

Here are a few pictures I have from the golf tournament over the weekend. It's always a day to remember Scott and enjoy the company of great friends, laughs and a few drinks:-)

In memory...

5 years ago today was a day that forever changed our lives! I will never forget any of it... it was one of those days where the daycare kids and I were having a "lazy afternoon",  I figured we could just as well have snack a little later. Well, during snack time, Mike came up drenching wet and told me I needed to call all my parents to let them know that they needed to come pick up their kids and that Scott had been in an accident. The part of me that is devoted to my daycare said, well I can just come afterwards, as it was already 3:45 and my day was almost over... He corrected me and told me, no, he's gone, he isn't coming back.

He was driving home from work and hit the guard rail on the bridge, the truck was in the water and Mike came across it. After, the kids left, I headed down the road and will never forget, the county highway men were blocking the road.I stopped and said that I needed to get thru as it was my brother-in-law that was involved in the accident. The worker, didn't say a word, just tapped his hand on the inside of the window to signal me to go ahead. I will not bare you with other details from that day or the days to come.... 

MISS YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY SCOTT! Oh, how I wonder daily what life would be like with you here today. I'm positive that you would be an awesome uncle to Brooklyn! Keep watchin' over us:) Until we meet again.....

Here's a few pictures I found:

Boys with the cross they made for the accident scene

Down by the bridge...

Down by the bridge...

All the fireman in their orange shirts during the ceremony in honor of Scott

Scott's friends each left their favorite hat wtih him

Mike and Adam, planting trees

Just the good ol boy

Scott with his buddies



Me and Scott at our wedding, 2004

Brothers, 2004