Happy Birthday Babies!

Can you believe it hase been six months already? I can't!

Great Grandma comes for a visit!

Last week my parents came over for a visit and I entitled the blog entry for that day "ol' folks come for a visit" I teased grandma that after today I would have to say Really Ol' Folks Come for a Visit! Seriously how cool is it that my three girls have great grandparents. Nathan only ever knew one grandma before she passed away, and I have been blessed to know everyone of my grandparents. In this day and age where so many people are foregoing parenthood for the career and big house and fancy toys, sometimes I can feel a little jealous that we don't own our own home yet or have lots of luxuries because we did the kids thing first and decided to wait to have our big house and toys. When I get to see my almost 79 year old grandma holding my babies I realize that the sacrifice Nathan and I made to bring children into this world first has been all worth it.

Hannah's Wet Birthday Party!

Hannah had a super birthday at the Monticello Community Center Pool and water slide. I loved it because they did all the work and I actually got enjoy Hannah's birthday for the first time ever!

Ol' Folks Come for a Visit

Grandma & Grandpa came over to play this Sunday! It is so nice to be able to see them.

quarter size ice nuggets!

It is that time of year! The weather is volatile. Last Sunday after church there was a big tornado warning in Buffalo an we all had to pile into the church gym for a half hour. When we were driving home I felt a strong impression to drive around the storm down through Buffalo, St. Michael, then Otsego. Once we got to Elk River the black sky and hale hit us and the radio was telling everyone to get off the road and take shelter. We were a few miles from the safety of our home so I drove very fast! I told Nathan to have his finger on the garage door opener so that when we got close I could just zoom in. I was really bad! Then we got home and within a few minutes it was beautiful and sunny. Crazy Minnesota weather!

Today the sirens went off again and we headed for the basement, I then realized how unprepared we are for any sort of emergency. It really bothers me because I used to be so good with emergency preparedness, and the oldest three members of our family would have been fine, but there were no diapers down there, no blankets, etc. I guess I know what I will be working on in the coming weeks, updating our 72 hour emergency kits to have "baby" stuff.

Please pray for the families in Hugo who lost loved ones and all of their earthly possessions.

A Whole New World....

Hannah is in yet another play. Youth Theatre Workshop is producing Disney's Aladdin. It is the best one we have done yet. The costumes are beautiful, the singing is fantastic, and the kids are doing a great job! The show times are:

Thursday 7pm

Friday 7pm

Saturday 2pm & 7pm

Sunday 2pm & 6pm

You can purchase tickets online at http://www.youththeatreworkshop.org/


If you have a chance come and check her out. She has worked really hard on this one.

Growing up, Climbing Hills, Fighting, and Scaring Our Parents!

It is really neat that my little babies are getting so big and making little milestones everyday. My dear friends Terry and Ellen just welcomed their little Oliver into the world yesterday 8 1/2 weeks early and he is fighting to get big & healthy. All of this makes me think about what our little girls have accomplished in the last 5 months. I really gives me hope for little Oliver. I know he was born earlier and has more hills to climb. But I know how special children are to the Savior, he wants them to thrive and grow.

This is Emma & Sara in the NICU five months ago.

Look at my sick little babies now! Chubby and eating cereal and pears...

Hang in there Oliver, before you know it you will get your cereal and pears too!!

Ellen & Terry are strong, faithful people that want nothing more than prayers that their little guy will heal. Please pray for strength and peace and hope for our friends and check out their progress at http://thebeaudrybeat.blogspot.com/

Last night

Last night was a great night! The girls ate every three hours like clockwork during the day. 7am-play,then nap,

11am-play, then nap, (Emma fussy, got up early),

2 pm-play, then nap (Sara fussy-got up early),

then at night it gets closer

4:30pm-then a short cat nap,

6:30pm then we went out to dinner.

They were super good the whole dinner, which is rather amazing, they are usually bucky at that time of night. We got home from the restaurant at about 8:40, then they got dressed for bed and ate again and were sleeping in their crib by 9:40. I was in bed by 10:00pm and they slept until the next morning, Sara was up at 5:30 and we woke Emma up and they both ate at 6am. Then after eating and playing for about an hour they went back to bed and slept until 9:30ish. They laid in their crib and talked and played together until we went in and fed them again at 10am. I know some of you were praying for us. Thanks, it worked!

Sleep, sleep...

I had to publish this picture. I am hoping that the girls will sleep very well tonight, I really need sleep. It has been a rough couple of days/weeks/months.

Happy Birthday Hannah!

Happy 9th Birthday Hannah!

My little baby is 9 years old. She woke up to streamers and her special box of birthday cereal. Right away Grandpa H was calling, then Grandma H, then her cousin Isaac, and then Jamie! Nathan took the day off and we went to lunch at school today and then she challenged Nathan to a game of air hockey when we went out to dinner tonight. Hannah got a new bike, complete with streamers, and a telescope. We are looking forward to a super fun summer with her new toys! At school she got a special surprise, Jamie sent her flowers and a balloon and she got to go down to the office to get it! The office worker said she was beaming from ear-to-ear. I am glad she had such a special day.