4th of July Up North!

We went to the Fromm cottage for the long 4th of July weekend. These are pictures from the zoo in Lakewood, WI.

The boys are HOT - literally.

The girls are swinging!

Savannah and Rachel feed the goats.


And Rachel gets a month older!

Eventful weekend!

Rachel had Dairy Queen write "Happy Birthday Mother" on my cake.

Cousin Olivia came for a visit!

Then it was Father's Day!

Rachel dressed in her Sunday finest.

Happy Father's Day!

Baptism on Sunday. Nicholas with his godparents:

Aaron Ole and Auntie "M'

Father Mauthe did a wonderful baptism. He is a blessing!

Big sister "crossing" her brother.

What a great head of hair, that Nicholas!

Phew! All done!

June is my birthday month!

June is my favorite month. Not only because it is my birthay month but because the weather is usually nice. Unfortunately, these first few pictures were taken in May. June in WI this year has been bi-polar.

Memorial Day Parade

I take at least one picture of my kids per month.

And sometimes 2. I love this one because Nicholas beats to his own drum. He likes to bop his head around when he hears music. Apparently, he was hearing music.

The offial 9 month picture

Bad blogger...

Sorry folks! It has been a while...but life has been busy since I last posted. We have a big girl now who can dress herself and makes us laugh (and bite our tongues) everyday. We have a crawler who has had a tough winter battling lots of colds, coughs and ear issues. Thankfully, everyone is very happy and healthy and looking forward to a beautiful summer.


Here are some pictures in no particular order (because this blog site really had a dumb way of uploading pictures)

Nicholas' happy face! We see it so often.

Our Memorial Day camping trip on our land somewhere north of Crivitz!

Rachel is with Ella and Mya - her 2 besties.

Self explanitory :-)

What? You want me to smile?


Hey man, the sun is in my eyes....

Mother's Day Princess Cake - courtesy of Rachel and Joe

Big girl riding her bike!

Did I mention she is 3+2 months now?

Golden Birthday!

Pictures from a party - no particular order because this dang blog doesn't make it easy to put them in order. My baby is 3!

Princess Cake!

Daddy's Girl!

A hug from Miss Susie, her former teacher and best babysitter!

I've been told she is a mini-me. I've been told I look like my mom. So, I guess Rachel looks like Nana!

mmmmm...good cake!

Fun with wigs - Ariel and Cinderella. Cinderella's real name IS Ella!

Rachel and Dervie (what she calls her Grandpa!)

A close up of Ariel

Blowing out candles...I told you this wasn't in order. Rachel is sitting between her friends Mya and Ella. They live accross the street and have lots of fun together.

Cinderella

And a new bike. But, it took her a while to know it was a bike. She thought it was a purse.

And Rachel with Miss Flavia, her teacher and BFF. She wishes Flavia were here mom, I swear!

I can't believe Rachel is 3 already! We had a great party with her neighborhood friends and family.

Disney Princesses!

The Disney Crowd....

Three excited princesses - Rachel, Madee and Eden in the stroller

Who wouldn't love this face? Milk ba-ba princess!

Florida Vacation Part 1

One half of the Midwest Van Dervens went to visit the Florida Van Dervens. We had some awesome cousin fun.

Left to right - Eden, Madee and Rachel eating their breakfast!

We spent lots of time - three in a row...

Rachel and Madee had lot of fun playing in the sandbox in the back yard. What a treat for Wisconsinites!