Putting pictures up here again to share with the girls and teach Kaarina about computers.

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MidContinental Railroad trip

We love Wisconsin Dells!

Gingerbread House in June!

This kept Kaarina AND Grandpa enthralled for 3 hours! And now they are practiced up for Christmas.

Happy Easter!

Sorry for the delay but we have been busy and as everyone knows, downloading pics takes time! Also you need a card reader to download. . . and after losing my third I am just a bit jaded about the situation.


But here are some good ones from Easter that I was able to sneak off at my parents computer.

And announcing our new "walker" or "putter" just in time to walk into Westminster Abbey!


Kaarina is coming home with new words that I now ask her not to repeat like "yuck" and after asking her not to say "I don't like you" she now says more appropriately "I don't like your work" - those are the ones I can repeat.

Famous Dave's Birthdays

Famous Dave's is Kaarina's favorite for Birthday's. So we celebrate Al's and Kaarina's there. Here you can see why she loved it. Juliana's 2 front teeth are coming in so she also loved the rib bones!




Check out Kaarina trying to blow out the sparkler! She loved it.

Merry Christmas!

The video shows Kaarina's normal 3-year old styling. FYI - She did put her dress back on after dinner before presents, but only when it was her decision.




And the Christmas excitement helped Juliana make the turning point to crawling.




We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did too!

Indian summer continues...

I love matching the girls and Kaarina has so far enjoyed it. She picks out her clothes every morning, but agrees to matching her little sister! So apples it is!




























We had an awesome vacation weekend with Al's family on a golf course on a lake in the middle of the state, the name is eluding me. Kaarina and Lauren peddled all around the golf cart tracks!

















Here they are doing their second favorite thing to do on vacation, making jewelry out of play dough! Juliana loved it too!

We love fall!

Juliana is 6 months old and is still the most content little baby.









She was so interested in the leaves and didn't mind sitting in them at all!
























Juliana just started solid food. Don't you think homemade apple is the best to start with?













Everyone that meets Kaarina these days comments on how grown up she is. Her daddy isn't quite ready for it, but I the changes are fascinating. Going to Montessori school has made her into a real worker bee. She pleaded to do the dishes with Karolanne today. Now we all just need the patience to include her and Karolanne does!

I love 4 months

This pics are from when she was about 4 months! Soo cute!

Thomas showed the love by lining up his trucks/disc/anything else on top of Juliana!

Irishfest with the cousins!

There is nothing better than Irishfest with the cousins! This is now the second time they have visted that weekend. And I think they will be coming back!

Kaarina's Musing

In addition to WHY being asked after every sentence, Kaarina's favorites include:

"Yook It" - Meaning Look It
"See Something" - Means come over and show me this.
"Mommy My Mommy"

When answering the phone it goes like this "Hi, good, No sleep" Since the other end of the conversation goes like this "Hi, How are you, Did you take a nap"

She knows how to sing: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star & Yankee Doodle & Happy Birthday

She finishes the sentences in Goldilocks and the 3 Bears. Too "hot", Too "cold", Just "Right." And when you accidently say Goldilocks she corrects you to "Kaarina"

"Broken - Papa Fix It" "Papa when fix house"

"Tear down house by my school, make parking lot"

Now that Juliana's 4 months old.

Kaarina is allowed more "holding" time since she is big enough to hold her own.
















She can still do back bends on the changing table.

















Kaarina can show me how to use the playmat.

















And Al can watch both girls!

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The Katie's

We had a very nice weekend when the Katie's (my college roommates) came to visit this weekend. Katie from Iowa came with her 3 daughters, so we had a basketball team of girls ready to go.

Here is Al taking care of the babes while we had a hula hoop contest!

Then we celebrated all the birthdays, especially Ella, Addie and Audrey's summer b-day's!

Father's Day and Dairy Breakfast

Kaarina made Al such a perfect father's day gift!

And Juliana's smile was equally perfect.





The next weekend we enjoyed a lovely breakfast at Dairy Breakfast in Bangor. Here are the nicest cows around!

Our cherry trees!

Our cherry trees have caused quite a stir. The squirrels love them.




We enjoyed the few cherries that this pink netting has saved from the birds and squirrels.