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OK, So I'm FINALLY getting around to updating our blog, I mean after all it's only been 9 months since our newest addition joined our family! William Robert joined our lives a few days late on July 23rd, 2011. He was 7 pounds and 7 ounces and cute as can be. The last nine months have been incredible. I can say that I have two of the best kids in the world. </div>
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</div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-15572879984625888672011-07-13T09:38:00.000-07:002011-07-13T09:47:25.300-07:0038 weeks, 6 days.Oh boy, I think I'm finally ready to admit that I'm sick of being pregnant. I was feeling pretty good until the last few days, now all the aches and pains are setting in. I went in for my 39 week check up this morning and was hoping that I had progressed enough to be told "it won't be long" but not so much. I have been dilated to 3, 70% effaced since last Thursday and nothing new today. I was hooked up to a fetal monitor for about 40 minutes today to make sure that baby is OK, I haven't been feeling a lot of movements yesterday and this morning and the heart rate was lower than it normally is. My blood pressure was quite a bit higher today but not high enough to induce. During the first 10 minutes on the monitor the baby's heart beat only spiked once, I guess they were wanting it to happen twice in under 10 minutes so they "shocked" my tummy and that got things rolling. Still no movement but the heart rate increased and all was well so eventually I was sent away. No contractions were detected during the monitoring either.<br /><br />I was told last week that this babies tend to be like their siblings as far as due dates go, I had Kaitlyn at 39 weeks and 2 days, if we follow that schedule I expect this little one to be along Saturday, we'll see!<br /><br />I feel almost ready. I started a new position at work and will be working from home in August, just doing the last minute things to get ready for that. The nursery has been cleaned out and the crib is back up. I didn't unpack many clothes because we're not sure if we need to be shopping for blue or unpacking the pink. We bought a yellow coming home outfit a few weeks ago and some plain white onesies, it's so hot that this baby will probably live in onesies for a while anyway. The car seat was put in the car two weeks ago and Kaitlyn has finally adjusted to be crowded out in the back seat, I think she is looking forward to being able to poke the baby from her seat, she was moved into the center so we could leave room on the edge for the dog. Hopefully that works out otherwise she'll get moved behind the driver's seat and the dog just won't be able to leave the house!<br /><br />Tis the season for pregnant women, I know about 16 people pregnant now and almost 10 that have already had babies this year, it's scary to know that I'm next! I'm past the anxiety of being pregnant and raising a child, right now I'm focused on the actual labor. Hoping that everything goes as smoothly as it did with Kaitlyn. I love my doctor so I really hope she is on call at the hospital when I deliver however I know she is only there next Wednesday, I'm hoping it doesn't take that long for me to go into labor.Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-8190373444596837442011-05-23T10:11:00.001-07:002011-05-23T10:22:58.722-07:00Andy, the fire fighter!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejPfeIWqxuE9CZGtEyHHNx9hv3lWSZskHMEX1DpM9Z9Z9i00oUZdytnbYpJUUPZLEKtJHz05dWX4yJ_Le7kLGui7feXfodswDRAUVcoFIvLIsCllXR6Bwv2GgTvIRPHIcZ3Zt4sW4sMg/s1600/229468_10150260522077216_515872215_9055755_538769_n%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609960966820297394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejPfeIWqxuE9CZGtEyHHNx9hv3lWSZskHMEX1DpM9Z9Z9i00oUZdytnbYpJUUPZLEKtJHz05dWX4yJ_Le7kLGui7feXfodswDRAUVcoFIvLIsCllXR6Bwv2GgTvIRPHIcZ3Zt4sW4sMg/s320/229468_10150260522077216_515872215_9055755_538769_n%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbpXnwY6VD80i-b7d7_yt0iCseiZ4Odjfwq9abdD59j47enELRAgt6HZFCQzQd3BT_U1K7OEPFMVK3Pp42MzYVlmwAD6YszWD7_DfdN291T1lbTeIOjieXHGHsbAHB4tIqirHRUtVH0k/s1600/248359_10150260516732216_515872215_9055726_1246021_n%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 191px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609960956809209810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbpXnwY6VD80i-b7d7_yt0iCseiZ4Odjfwq9abdD59j47enELRAgt6HZFCQzQd3BT_U1K7OEPFMVK3Pp42MzYVlmwAD6YszWD7_DfdN291T1lbTeIOjieXHGHsbAHB4tIqirHRUtVH0k/s320/248359_10150260516732216_515872215_9055726_1246021_n%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkGBg3qcPQHR6HxNxVxoVcA-r9qZ6D-rjbp96fvcqPuRleZ1CZ3QIT16SRby-gpOHaIijjVjLZpK1rYIx6nnWaGBGUvvKVZWJKDsvDgLMpnvYPBv-0qjUtplKcnfeKQGg8zIZxH7IuT4/s1600/225307_10150260478057216_515872215_9055412_5933062_n%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609960948740053874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkGBg3qcPQHR6HxNxVxoVcA-r9qZ6D-rjbp96fvcqPuRleZ1CZ3QIT16SRby-gpOHaIijjVjLZpK1rYIx6nnWaGBGUvvKVZWJKDsvDgLMpnvYPBv-0qjUtplKcnfeKQGg8zIZxH7IuT4/s320/225307_10150260478057216_515872215_9055412_5933062_n%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a> About two weeks ago Andy joined the Waverly Volunteer Fire Department and so far he loves it. They've only had two calls both of which were while he was at work but he was able to participate in a controlled burn (house) and a waterball tournament. Saturday was a gloomy day but it was the Waverly Community Fair and 4 local departments competed in a waterball tournament. Basically they have teams of three people and you aim your water at a can in the air and try to get it over a line, kind of like tug of war. In the picture above Andy is on the team to the left, he was in the middle. His team was out in the second round but he really enjoyed doing it and I finally got to meet some of the guys on the department that he is always talking about.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Andy has been keeping himself super busy lately. After 6 months at home with Kaitlyn he is now busy about 90% of his time. He is back working 40+ hours a week in landscaping and this week he will finish his EMR (emergency medical responder) training. He enjoyed the class so much that he decided to continue on and become an EMT. Last week he began his EMT classes, right now he is gone Mon-Thur at classes at the Red Cross in Minneapolis. Once he gets licensed he will be the 4th EMT on the fire department and will respond to the medical calls. This winter he will be put through 100+ hours of firefighter training, at that time he can officially enter a burning building, until then he just gets to ride along for any fires.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>In addition to getting his education Andy is also looking for part time work, last week he interviewed with Canterbury downs, the horse track in Shakopee, as a security guard/EMT. If that works out then he will work weekends at the track so he can get experience and build his resume. He's excited about all of it and it's fun to see him finally find something he loves. He thinks he's going to deliver this baby because he took one day of training on child birth, that is SO not going to happen! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Kaitlyn and are I having fun "reconnecting" after I had a busy winter and didn't get to see her much. I think she misses all her fun times with Andy but we know that all this hard work will pay off eventually. His classes end in August and we're hoping that he'll be able to miss a few days in July for the baby.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-67655718703175334752011-05-23T10:09:00.000-07:002011-05-23T10:11:22.943-07:00Easter 2011<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxIuRfYrnmhntd0e1x9W4v38I5EBZycuvEpShw_C2aUhm6ivveRsXhg4PGp2HpWJbpLSWE1-70Filj22IbylnBOAAPGpfT2uNCY9Pu6ExxaJO_wNwzTlJR1omAPxPfnqd_h2G7wmgKqk/s1600/Easter.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609960048724578770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxIuRfYrnmhntd0e1x9W4v38I5EBZycuvEpShw_C2aUhm6ivveRsXhg4PGp2HpWJbpLSWE1-70Filj22IbylnBOAAPGpfT2uNCY9Pu6ExxaJO_wNwzTlJR1omAPxPfnqd_h2G7wmgKqk/s320/Easter.jpg" /></a> Pretty much sums up the relationship of the cousins! Kaitlyn was not a fan of cooperating and Alex is too young to understand.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkDzQcROYP4zRIQ_9Jz76I97KTQyoX4Hc1P8EEkinJNJZdyHV1ndgLb8UmdEIY9pt05djfir_4Ga4vGv5sGK2Y_TyI3_9l5YZAN-TIBB6w2fc5tx-Bc1BZBpWd3AO5crDIU7QpkBYo14/s1600/Easter7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609960041305781106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkDzQcROYP4zRIQ_9Jz76I97KTQyoX4Hc1P8EEkinJNJZdyHV1ndgLb8UmdEIY9pt05djfir_4Ga4vGv5sGK2Y_TyI3_9l5YZAN-TIBB6w2fc5tx-Bc1BZBpWd3AO5crDIU7QpkBYo14/s320/Easter7.jpg" /></a><br />Left to Right:<br />Alex, Riley, Wyatt, Lauren, Kaitlyn<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwVoBldpFBiv6oPM-Fmi7EvtKE7IZzpYqZClRNUvLnDwXz0cxfFfCFIcPHgat9Wrc_jLZptdmca-g1tTxOmKMJUEl9ieQmx4puiTL4KrB3cGXh_yYg-5fWkYNErqxySKcWXjl2OdeerA/s1600/Easter2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609960038997060578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwVoBldpFBiv6oPM-Fmi7EvtKE7IZzpYqZClRNUvLnDwXz0cxfFfCFIcPHgat9Wrc_jLZptdmca-g1tTxOmKMJUEl9ieQmx4puiTL4KrB3cGXh_yYg-5fWkYNErqxySKcWXjl2OdeerA/s320/Easter2.jpg" /></a><br />Found her first (and last) egg. She didn't want to look any more after that, it had money in it.<br /><br /><div></div></div><br /></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-27015902838940441662011-05-23T10:05:00.001-07:002011-05-23T10:09:26.366-07:00Belly Pics<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3IPX8b69yfVu4eT6NRQwASh0bmSxYORuB34tPiffXLqXPCWmbVvWbMSqAFIXPqhnEfdGjxrb1_0DMsAbPt2sfYXD5hVNzallTMJoLov8hd6oGfAw6HM7LUBzZSmvysb81MfeeIzeezY/s1600/226476_10150257845427216_515872215_9037665_519794_n%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 234px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609959702389311026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3IPX8b69yfVu4eT6NRQwASh0bmSxYORuB34tPiffXLqXPCWmbVvWbMSqAFIXPqhnEfdGjxrb1_0DMsAbPt2sfYXD5hVNzallTMJoLov8hd6oGfAw6HM7LUBzZSmvysb81MfeeIzeezY/s320/226476_10150257845427216_515872215_9037665_519794_n%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a>30 Weeks-at the cabin for fishing opener </div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTSN1XUlaQJuWm98TsUksYXZoEkMz6U8BT9aZnurLzaKBDK6esjVHrUeB9aTH9lyu6uz3qh1rDlQGr3M04CiqxJ_9iXcK_xOPVe0aMkc3OLtpIdBYh_0YtGDNZVV7Z7ac_rSkn1gf6KY/s1600/198938_10150169289542216_515872215_8467785_2113284_n%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609959692368458050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTSN1XUlaQJuWm98TsUksYXZoEkMz6U8BT9aZnurLzaKBDK6esjVHrUeB9aTH9lyu6uz3qh1rDlQGr3M04CiqxJ_9iXcK_xOPVe0aMkc3OLtpIdBYh_0YtGDNZVV7Z7ac_rSkn1gf6KY/s320/198938_10150169289542216_515872215_8467785_2113284_n%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a><br />24 weeks-St. Patrick's Day!<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpKcYxFTlEpZe8XjFu76grp3hnKMnM1-9BtTE_DLIlhjIL1r3q9KIC_-EtyoPrRbU6pGi-LWqW2LbKN-K4vAjcdufPJVl6EeRqcixoQqEWIJmxG49TnuxNgBT3eMCwGueysQagraDLgo/s1600/DSCN3498.JPG"></a>OK, I realize it has been a while since I've posted pictures. Only 8 1/2 weeks left!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-33116423825021518922011-03-07T13:47:00.001-08:002011-03-07T13:52:59.201-08:00Tinkerbell's paradiseLast weekend we finally got some time to work on Kaitlyn's new "big girl" room. We moved her into our spare bedroom and we'll be putting the crib back up in her old room for the baby. Since we've decided not to find out the gender and the nursery is very genderal neutral we decided it was best to move her and give her the most girlie room we can. The walls are already a pale purple so we don't have to do any painting just some new furniture and decorations. It's still a work in progress but we're eventually getting it all done. Her dresser is now full of clothes, we have to put up some shelving in the closet before moving that stuff and then decide which toys go and which stay in the baby's room.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VFpEDn_L9pA4fG6cwBJ6TqXcWohJ3NlfOQvt3-RoEhJiJPHAIgHZwKRpxw4AMFI07zxKktjeDszKdjLH4Wse0yAoMt9TnF2sIBs6T-M8EbIwVVsHnxWyUfb-QnHgnkRNn6n4-lJvAUM/s1600/232323232%257Ffp73396_nu%253D324%253B_979_744_WSNRCG%253D35%253B488423532_nu0mrj%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581458097547513474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VFpEDn_L9pA4fG6cwBJ6TqXcWohJ3NlfOQvt3-RoEhJiJPHAIgHZwKRpxw4AMFI07zxKktjeDszKdjLH4Wse0yAoMt9TnF2sIBs6T-M8EbIwVVsHnxWyUfb-QnHgnkRNn6n4-lJvAUM/s320/232323232%257Ffp73396_nu%253D324%253B_979_744_WSNRCG%253D35%253B488423532_nu0mrj%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a> "If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning....."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVez0YOFUNYIMI73e_EXlaxVg42WAhT3BJxoBJQOoHnfNuNIvb_eHatGinMEHHJWkBG6-us3B2BwZYYWRQU1F0uwlqwKO-t5Sm2eXTfqOUC4GSjv7L6X_2nzxmPBJljbj2-6alz6KAjPU/s1600/232323232%257Ffp7339__nu%253D324%253B_979_744_WSNRCG%253D35%253B487_94%253B32_nu0mrj%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581458097277054418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVez0YOFUNYIMI73e_EXlaxVg42WAhT3BJxoBJQOoHnfNuNIvb_eHatGinMEHHJWkBG6-us3B2BwZYYWRQU1F0uwlqwKO-t5Sm2eXTfqOUC4GSjv7L6X_2nzxmPBJljbj2-6alz6KAjPU/s320/232323232%257Ffp7339__nu%253D324%253B_979_744_WSNRCG%253D35%253B487_94%253B32_nu0mrj%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a>Making sure dad is doing it right. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kSfxpnHKfGaITahoUBagH0IlKkUwf9uTs-KSZXl1QCnO2IA5gvTDxAGYy8cNHLNhkYfqjHsvODfRuNUaCSwY9gHlKp1lkUeUiDc8hKXPNe-VuNcCHAsWU6wHRYf1VgFef50iF_ksRk0/s1600/232323232%257Ffp733_5_nu%253D324%253B_979_744_WSNRCG%253D35%253B4883%253B_532_nu0mrj%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581458094741408450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kSfxpnHKfGaITahoUBagH0IlKkUwf9uTs-KSZXl1QCnO2IA5gvTDxAGYy8cNHLNhkYfqjHsvODfRuNUaCSwY9gHlKp1lkUeUiDc8hKXPNe-VuNcCHAsWU6wHRYf1VgFef50iF_ksRk0/s320/232323232%257Ffp733_5_nu%253D324%253B_979_744_WSNRCG%253D35%253B4883%253B_532_nu0mrj%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a> Supervising my dad and Andy.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhgnA0RiEgKxKXwk5023H0EQok8-NQyD5kY1Xa7lviK4MQqYCgtBw8zzdc_ovINWeZ1ix0yQUFn3jie67pAfW4ZkeMnRztdG5xzHu-W6X44DSP1v0uI2-CpmD-mMFJB0MT93GwH9-pYk/s1600/232323232%257Ffp538_%253B_nu%253D324%253B_979_744_WSNRCG%253D35%253B487_96%253B32_nu0mrj%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581458088583652002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhgnA0RiEgKxKXwk5023H0EQok8-NQyD5kY1Xa7lviK4MQqYCgtBw8zzdc_ovINWeZ1ix0yQUFn3jie67pAfW4ZkeMnRztdG5xzHu-W6X44DSP1v0uI2-CpmD-mMFJB0MT93GwH9-pYk/s320/232323232%257Ffp538_%253B_nu%253D324%253B_979_744_WSNRCG%253D35%253B487_96%253B32_nu0mrj%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a> The new bedding and "Kaitlyn" decal. I'm kind of surprised she hasn't tried to peel it off the wall yet, hopefully she doesn't think about it because it is not reusable. Her bedding has little lights in the comforter that are motion activated so it twinkles when she moves around. Thanks to my mom for getting it all, it looks great.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-63419468919508911892011-03-07T13:37:00.000-08:002011-03-07T13:54:46.624-08:00Jessie's 30th B-day bash<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lY8FbtUXWaV1UmGEdJGwfTP1qHaDAGZ1Htv2g-6l_YyrCbacz2i9wMCHb3vdSnnDWfnhpFuG1xV_px5JnV_2Z4_FcqLtv9WICISxoM36AYsCh2nFLp_IiGwhx2l0fP_NMKZLmUJ51Cc/s1600/DSCN3347.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581455636628717186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lY8FbtUXWaV1UmGEdJGwfTP1qHaDAGZ1Htv2g-6l_YyrCbacz2i9wMCHb3vdSnnDWfnhpFuG1xV_px5JnV_2Z4_FcqLtv9WICISxoM36AYsCh2nFLp_IiGwhx2l0fP_NMKZLmUJ51Cc/s320/DSCN3347.JPG" /></a> Jessie, Megan, and Leah<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4NOyr2q9sbae5xYEeYBJERdrYD2hoWrS7hkgluW3FPPhZL9ioG7N-zz1V0RcoM-QkoIEPCFqIw7C8kozJgGshAzyc0WKFDcMDSa11I-LRiGtPYpRXuV1oR_sSPDB-xE4wFDVxuqL6EY/s1600/DSCN3345.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581455628961968466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4NOyr2q9sbae5xYEeYBJERdrYD2hoWrS7hkgluW3FPPhZL9ioG7N-zz1V0RcoM-QkoIEPCFqIw7C8kozJgGshAzyc0WKFDcMDSa11I-LRiGtPYpRXuV1oR_sSPDB-xE4wFDVxuqL6EY/s320/DSCN3345.JPG" /></a> Sara, Roller Girl, Jessie, and Lah<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKUpftn_VX9Poe8t9C_JJtihU1nTbk3bcJF3l66vBAnkJoQqdNr74CUEAuC6GoWA0mweaNTU6a8xZ0JssLzDhE3nnp2Zb5ajd_ALCbpY2koPQM6Lux5Ak7tqffpDhc2wSqXgy1KXZabc/s1600/DSCN3336.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581455623711010946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKUpftn_VX9Poe8t9C_JJtihU1nTbk3bcJF3l66vBAnkJoQqdNr74CUEAuC6GoWA0mweaNTU6a8xZ0JssLzDhE3nnp2Zb5ajd_ALCbpY2koPQM6Lux5Ak7tqffpDhc2wSqXgy1KXZabc/s320/DSCN3336.JPG" /></a> The Bratwurst Brothers Polka Band-half time show<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejBaDiRKEs80OuzcftmGf2yd_Db87KApJNX9CW4vxUaRddwirHRSGTHWQeGX8ClHwmGUKspvsz84IJ-Suv8mj0k658QmP_FJtVjY8i5w3XNGJl-Q0aMU3Sw-iur3i7T8pvKJlLuNaRpM/s1600/DSCN3358.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581455617484780834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejBaDiRKEs80OuzcftmGf2yd_Db87KApJNX9CW4vxUaRddwirHRSGTHWQeGX8ClHwmGUKspvsz84IJ-Suv8mj0k658QmP_FJtVjY8i5w3XNGJl-Q0aMU3Sw-iur3i7T8pvKJlLuNaRpM/s320/DSCN3358.JPG" /></a> Jessie's official 30th birthday shot, taken just after midnight on the 6th. She got Crown Royal while I had sprite, you can't let a girl drink alone after all!<br /><br />This weekend we got to celebrate the 3oth birthday of my best friend and Kaitlyn's godmother. My friend Megan and I made a fabulous Italian dinner for 10 friends then we all headed to St. Paul to see our first Roller Derby bout. It's an interesting sport, we're thinking about going again sometime. After that we headed to Uptown for cocktails. Lucky for us Kaitlyn slept until 10:30 Sunday morning so we got to recover, I was tired, Andy was "sick".<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-59807207562192629502011-03-07T13:15:00.000-08:002011-03-07T13:34:33.899-08:001/2 way there!I'm officially 20 weeks and feeling good. This pregnancy seems to be going by really fast, almost too fast for me. <br /><br />We had our 20 week ultrasound last Monday and Andy finally got to take a peek at Baby Burak. We've got a little gymnast, that baby was curled up into the smallest ball you can imagine, I told Andy "it" looks kind of like a hedgehog so we refer to the baby as Sonic now. We opted not to find out the gender of the baby and we were told that due to the position they wouldn't have been able to tell anyway. Guess we'll find out in July! Andy and I are both thinking it's a boy but we've got a 50/50 chance.<br /><br />I'll have to take pictures and post them soon, in the past week I've gotten huge, or at least I think I have. No more sucking in this tummy.Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-24965170152385785742011-01-26T08:47:00.000-08:002011-01-26T09:04:32.220-08:00Lauren's 4th Birthday Bash<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1V_44pMxJ5IU6kRtLv_0dpVGw34eqZea5ei__EdFeERrPVcIBKPasm6yYzmfI0ep68hoYevncxyFtMzcJTthukrRhvPtiumyJpXIUAdKRq2LE3CqBUw7tBbdapnLLJPIVfT3KxiV2dWE/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566541126224744002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1V_44pMxJ5IU6kRtLv_0dpVGw34eqZea5ei__EdFeERrPVcIBKPasm6yYzmfI0ep68hoYevncxyFtMzcJTthukrRhvPtiumyJpXIUAdKRq2LE3CqBUw7tBbdapnLLJPIVfT3KxiV2dWE/s320/1.jpg" /></a> Wyatt and Riley getting ready to go down the waterslide<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcm_5GyTNTF_Rt4mwxBmv6zyW16oXXqqHVTqEvIfW_6mQPrMvamZ9bG-sapUPuqjoEqCV5hH_GP3ghxzZbMtOpOk4h7wLTatXWv7YCqnTljP0wCi3vrF1rfxsRt2qA-T74b-UnokGtXw/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566541120828562802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcm_5GyTNTF_Rt4mwxBmv6zyW16oXXqqHVTqEvIfW_6mQPrMvamZ9bG-sapUPuqjoEqCV5hH_GP3ghxzZbMtOpOk4h7wLTatXWv7YCqnTljP0wCi3vrF1rfxsRt2qA-T74b-UnokGtXw/s320/2.jpg" /></a>Kaitlyn shooting water at people in the pool<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9JTqHh2JvonSiwpZ9p59rXo3hAM5YNnx8rU0u674X1gGXQTrEASJijFBZ_IKSBkEpPgLTRLnvQHkAb9-m0qL0nUyrlYsnNKohQvrTEnoTjUUlPVAaB_e3s7TopgOYFiH88Jq0JITAVA/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566540902536869810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9JTqHh2JvonSiwpZ9p59rXo3hAM5YNnx8rU0u674X1gGXQTrEASJijFBZ_IKSBkEpPgLTRLnvQHkAb9-m0qL0nUyrlYsnNKohQvrTEnoTjUUlPVAaB_e3s7TopgOYFiH88Jq0JITAVA/s320/3.jpg" /></a><br />Kaitlyn and my dad watching the kids on the slide, she went down once with Sean and that was enough!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSN5r0eqsKCX2nHNezz-dc-6o6XHuOKdiEu3LNFQUKQ0EofsPZV0JJ-9i8jHXRSxH3yrHLSyy7NzjXQ1g6JwhK5okwJP09dflxr_f1amMYFdcq1krQ-jKe7HJ8FsRdsYkgU1S0LI-WP5s/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566540897153573634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSN5r0eqsKCX2nHNezz-dc-6o6XHuOKdiEu3LNFQUKQ0EofsPZV0JJ-9i8jHXRSxH3yrHLSyy7NzjXQ1g6JwhK5okwJP09dflxr_f1amMYFdcq1krQ-jKe7HJ8FsRdsYkgU1S0LI-WP5s/s320/4.jpg" /></a> The lion head spitting on me.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HBu7jK62YW-UDPuSY8IKEg2iF89JqKujk0oQNFWPUsOkfN8OKOs59V4BIIYx-E2-igiz50gvi6jdAQtcAZrq8duww8fzZ749apaaU4XGDDyKIXqImCFUyc7TZRr0ek4sTkd5rX7KAVo/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566540893010502578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HBu7jK62YW-UDPuSY8IKEg2iF89JqKujk0oQNFWPUsOkfN8OKOs59V4BIIYx-E2-igiz50gvi6jdAQtcAZrq8duww8fzZ749apaaU4XGDDyKIXqImCFUyc7TZRr0ek4sTkd5rX7KAVo/s320/5.jpg" /></a><br />Party in our room!<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566540889392853266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RNRhJJT9W-xHxl0PjfeEcNGKTszagKFmbow6vC_tkJiDrHcdoc7d3r9NaC2TKl2auhAxzVOHpY7ykineApleCg2ZrW9673ONPbZ0wgafw7V1yfPFiG-ObXBbW6pirMS2UzvCbZgmpFk/s320/6.jpg" /> No more monkeys jumping on the bed.....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUT8nGG-jz3cvfNJzT8IMo3Jy2nyWJraCQrQsTAZVtr5DSOzvDcIn-wkWhjXRnqoqkjkM3_Z0cr1bOHY_H2C7E9B9dewkCscEWgSK9HfZeZOObN9lwcwaTK7YorxZkEbWlCdyCRMmsn4/s1600/7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566540889737387810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUT8nGG-jz3cvfNJzT8IMo3Jy2nyWJraCQrQsTAZVtr5DSOzvDcIn-wkWhjXRnqoqkjkM3_Z0cr1bOHY_H2C7E9B9dewkCscEWgSK9HfZeZOObN9lwcwaTK7YorxZkEbWlCdyCRMmsn4/s320/7.jpg" /></a> Practicing his flying skills<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4ScgO0INSbIb-SBnn-k0gDXwt8R_MtGu1VXK8XFAJ4OUsHcj3VlYzd9u1KGSxGPf9ehFlPuRgVMi1nB39ryF2vUZwEfjC4NcO45cEYiuHUEAI2RD4gL3c0ZB59R1bNoaUrYowZwqrRw/s1600/DSCN3081.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566538320525411378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4ScgO0INSbIb-SBnn-k0gDXwt8R_MtGu1VXK8XFAJ4OUsHcj3VlYzd9u1KGSxGPf9ehFlPuRgVMi1nB39ryF2vUZwEfjC4NcO45cEYiuHUEAI2RD4gL3c0ZB59R1bNoaUrYowZwqrRw/s320/DSCN3081.JPG" /></a><br />MMmmmm.... Pizza!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVQ3EZNd0QRfVI6aSr38XC3GB9fwedWRLiRgBI_Q4AJQ88TnN3EX4OZ006Tbd0hzNrxPaTh88zDkyBdmT3SdKH-ZTnG4YrluhDowo8l_CoGobL5u5sl6GqrnsKf2VW3tqAdPzTnZuJZw/s1600/DSCN3078.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566538307799681794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVQ3EZNd0QRfVI6aSr38XC3GB9fwedWRLiRgBI_Q4AJQ88TnN3EX4OZ006Tbd0hzNrxPaTh88zDkyBdmT3SdKH-ZTnG4YrluhDowo8l_CoGobL5u5sl6GqrnsKf2VW3tqAdPzTnZuJZw/s320/DSCN3078.JPG" /></a> My lovely maternity swim suit<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxMpnDeX1zdHnYEp4R79GpI6I-sUe_M5oSxm-qZGLwg7OGpeiyl36TvwbMwzBvbwW4xLGkxiGRusa835GX-IlnfKZs-FG2gRyLScnWrcwWaWgSyG9eptwTjAzDx33MPgKbMJYOGqgQpo/s1600/DSCN3075.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566538304543335778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxMpnDeX1zdHnYEp4R79GpI6I-sUe_M5oSxm-qZGLwg7OGpeiyl36TvwbMwzBvbwW4xLGkxiGRusa835GX-IlnfKZs-FG2gRyLScnWrcwWaWgSyG9eptwTjAzDx33MPgKbMJYOGqgQpo/s320/DSCN3075.JPG" /></a> The little kid's area of the water park<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPrp3491fmKM9TX3vWifOw2n2u5sm6hDAACf2BOplq3qM18EbK4_WnmmgBEsWtoai3MhhA_x7rk3rv_gw-vELgvEXCRbhgCwLM9t2J4W8v8ezjiydLJFdVR0-3m5f7O6WvdARAhFO-7E/s1600/DSCN3070.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566538300942648770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPrp3491fmKM9TX3vWifOw2n2u5sm6hDAACf2BOplq3qM18EbK4_WnmmgBEsWtoai3MhhA_x7rk3rv_gw-vELgvEXCRbhgCwLM9t2J4W8v8ezjiydLJFdVR0-3m5f7O6WvdARAhFO-7E/s320/DSCN3070.JPG" /></a> Taking a break<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYCSzMfiTz0KE-bfex3Hdq4PJCHL70k-DvvvHI6xL_2rsWW4MuhWO_KxgCE4zneAUDOZslrggTwdA3PZLnvBV6vC3L3Suq1aUXbqxC1gN83mDPtHUZRTMtrMBjA_KVu48PPqAlIzSLuk/s1600/DSCN3059.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566538296624080562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYCSzMfiTz0KE-bfex3Hdq4PJCHL70k-DvvvHI6xL_2rsWW4MuhWO_KxgCE4zneAUDOZslrggTwdA3PZLnvBV6vC3L3Suq1aUXbqxC1gN83mDPtHUZRTMtrMBjA_KVu48PPqAlIzSLuk/s320/DSCN3059.JPG" /></a><br />Riley and Lauren<br /><br /><br /><div>Friday, the 21st we went to the Venetien Water Park in Maple Grove to celebrate Lauren's 4th birthday. It was a great "staycation" since it's only about 15 minutes from work. The whole family was there and had fun playing in the pools then we all spend the night in the hotel. Mom and Dad let the kids run wild in our room and jump on the beds, that is what happens when you play until 10 then go up for cake and ice cream! Once the kids passed out we played cards for a while.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-24403588561613439022011-01-26T08:32:00.001-08:002011-01-26T08:47:30.787-08:00Jason and Erin Chapman's wedding<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGQ6WY8R8i4JKgdrO0G5H6DmPoL91wkY5FKFAWVcZXTO6ZzEp63B3RiAXMybZ1pw9tiowY9O7aswGyD3KUeXfvu7trHMs92G9PFyxkWFAtgGc7-qugSzm_7eYi0Zd6F5TQWveBa6y3C0/s1600/DSCN3130.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566534083321706466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGQ6WY8R8i4JKgdrO0G5H6DmPoL91wkY5FKFAWVcZXTO6ZzEp63B3RiAXMybZ1pw9tiowY9O7aswGyD3KUeXfvu7trHMs92G9PFyxkWFAtgGc7-qugSzm_7eYi0Zd6F5TQWveBa6y3C0/s320/DSCN3130.JPG" /></a> Erin and Jason<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkZXS3tK7eulThJM-GVebWsp3KtXlZU33ESABeyO8t6lqCMlXGqzlpIB2K6a-fbtA3Qlk7OrtTzLyJ3_sbpHg5GH1_QLNcRmnjdHuX_T_gTfmjBGoUyir2KXdzLrfpzs_2CHNalJ9Spw/s1600/DSCN3122.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566534075445678066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkZXS3tK7eulThJM-GVebWsp3KtXlZU33ESABeyO8t6lqCMlXGqzlpIB2K6a-fbtA3Qlk7OrtTzLyJ3_sbpHg5GH1_QLNcRmnjdHuX_T_gTfmjBGoUyir2KXdzLrfpzs_2CHNalJ9Spw/s320/DSCN3122.JPG" /></a>Bette, Terry, Eileen, and Andy<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566534070718788674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzV8unvxQjJ3Oq_0_Tj3SJTPdXSnp_LPbvl9mfL1uyTRh7zHWabFisWkHxubw6nh-Uys1Q_Nn6PzqVatwNsX8NLk0UWy5wClnwemGsDZ7DbmEqvd-6IkyGbWWMsVlbCDIKTA5ymzKJ1Y/s320/DSCN3102.JPG" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyh-z0jRXkqsDIGwvzH_Ya9X-Nn5wVgojbjVH7QjXl7cMk57Gy4z6x6ci4LSZp1d2imWplgxh3Z0r-yhCpzVT1yGP3EqOsHgxn8SQQTVFAlNEn9Zw8NyoaeE0rohx4UMuLX1po6daJBg/s1600/DSCN3098.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566534066997982994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyh-z0jRXkqsDIGwvzH_Ya9X-Nn5wVgojbjVH7QjXl7cMk57Gy4z6x6ci4LSZp1d2imWplgxh3Z0r-yhCpzVT1yGP3EqOsHgxn8SQQTVFAlNEn9Zw8NyoaeE0rohx4UMuLX1po6daJBg/s320/DSCN3098.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMwRTT7d4PAB1kzK7h8YK51dcZGi4jWz2jY2wdHenCDszPEsTNDulIiIpn3Vn54ZABuB1HERpJrUGrl852qA-IVZDT0NCmpE_F7kJDhllHWfWC6RQce1Ivz5lBhd0nbvFvcIr4E1LixI/s1600/DSCN3084.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566534062051850194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMwRTT7d4PAB1kzK7h8YK51dcZGi4jWz2jY2wdHenCDszPEsTNDulIiIpn3Vn54ZABuB1HERpJrUGrl852qA-IVZDT0NCmpE_F7kJDhllHWfWC6RQce1Ivz5lBhd0nbvFvcIr4E1LixI/s320/DSCN3084.JPG" /></a><br />Classic "talk to the hand"<br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Andy's cousin Jason got married last weekend. Kaitlyn had a blast, she danced for hours with all the little kids there, she didn't know any of them but it didn't seem to bother her.</div>I posted a few videos of her dancing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-84197326289366356022011-01-26T08:25:00.000-08:002011-01-26T08:31:59.839-08:00Dancing Queen<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx2crEB-Zc2SWwVVnsyo3C6t_nnuGQMihrQvPookKHJFFNsbkW1Sau3SNKIM_SfsZObGGYGMhpr39qeaak' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Sorry I couldn't get it upright. This is Kaitlyn dancing with Andy's Grandma Eileen and her friend Anita at Jason's wedding on Saturday the 22nd.</p><p> </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw_VRD46-w9OgAnoVA2prOEyL2W4QDfKTl6P_6HSAJCtWfPVdK8Vq1xMnTGtBP_tSlQmFlSYzev0mI0L1VPNQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-74963768047939192822011-01-19T19:20:00.000-08:002011-01-19T19:28:39.015-08:00Toddlers helping the grieving processJust over an hour ago the world lost one of the biggest jokesters I've ever known. My dad's brother Marty passed away after battling many health problems. Sunday we spent the afternoon with him and had a good visit. His breathing with heavy but he was able to make fun of us every once in a while. At one point I asked what he needed and he said "well, I could use a kick in the ass". Later he propositioned the nurse, if she gave him a shot in the butt he and my dad would take her to dinner. I think she only came in to check the monitors but she was tempted to take him up on the offer. That is exactly the kind of person my uncle was, he always had something to say and he wasn't shy about it.<br /><br />Kaitlyn saw me crying tonight and she said "Mom, why are you crying? Are you sad?" Then she got me a bath towel and wiped my face off. She ran down the hall and said "dad, come here, mom is crying, she is sad"<br /><br />My niece Riley is 4, when my dad called from the hospital to share the news she answered the phone and said "Papa, is your brother an angel yet?" I guess having a toddler around helps with the grieving process.<br /><br />Tonight there is a new angel in heaven and many heavy hearts left here on earth.Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-37338322655088886932011-01-11T14:25:00.000-08:002011-01-11T14:29:29.961-08:00It's Official!I had a successful doctor's appointment this afternoon. My doctor retired last year so today I got to meet my new one. Turns out, she is the doctor that delivered Kaitlyn. She is an absolute sweetheart and I'm looking forward to my visits with her. My last doctor was lovingly called "dr. fruitcake" by Andy. He was an interesting fellow and we never really hit it off.<br /><br />Today I FINALLY got to hear the heartbeat. It was about 160 beats per minute so a lot faster than last time. It's such a relief to hear that and be on my way to my second trimester.Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-73004203054684302522011-01-06T07:03:00.001-08:002011-01-06T07:18:50.321-08:0012 Weeks!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBQCpEEtApTXJXiOk55KO-Mra_uMEAy1gOZPp7HMP5O7bGH5eTsnp0HPvzSvcVNguZF2fgoJQz9jQ0Gb6yOK99373hEa0oSlyJ7pLVFtcCARSqsVisJaALBe_JimFnKADGC8KT_YXRhQ/s1600/DSCN3021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559088766166232498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBQCpEEtApTXJXiOk55KO-Mra_uMEAy1gOZPp7HMP5O7bGH5eTsnp0HPvzSvcVNguZF2fgoJQz9jQ0Gb6yOK99373hEa0oSlyJ7pLVFtcCARSqsVisJaALBe_JimFnKADGC8KT_YXRhQ/s320/DSCN3021.JPG" /></a> Well, finally made it to 12 weeks! Next Tuesday after my check up with the doctor we'll make our official "we're pregnant" announcement. So far just our family and a few close friends have been told.<br /><br />On November 14th we found out that we were expecting our second child and we're both very excited about it. Somehow we were able to keep the secret until Christmas. I made a binder for my parents for Christmas, in it was a bio sheet for each grandchild and a recent picture of them. It included their birth date, favorite outfits, most memorable moment, etc. They went in birth order starting with Wyatt. The last page was a bio for Baby Burak and a picture of the ultrasound that was done at 8 weeks. Making up the stats for the baby was kind of fun. Favorite outfit was a "birthday suit", hobbies included swimming and developing organs, biggest achievement was having a strong heartbeat (148 at 8 weeks, 5 days). I can't believe that no one had a clue, it was so much fun to tell them.<br /><br />I'm definately showing a lot sooner this time. I haven't announced it at work but I'm already wearing maternity clothes, I'm just waiting for someone to ask. The other day I walked by Andy with a tighter fitting shirt and he said "Oh my god! You're pregnant!" I replied with "Hmm, I thought I already told you" Evidently that was the first time he realized I was already showing.<br /><br />Our due date is July 21, I'm hoping everything is on time so I'm out of the hospital in time for my 30th birthday August 3rd!Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-65738570249229394162011-01-03T09:16:00.000-08:002011-01-03T09:29:57.588-08:00Random Holiday Pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjht6cn_wzSL2M5WeH6VA5NendsildRU4MgksAoT1Z7CowLVZOgJV0XHZhVF3r1GNLksBVQqdKOlvKjV800CMjiy62vLTAtkFGxICQ3KMU5u78DxEVGsY8XU_xlWHU1H2mpS6OSYME_sPU/s1600/DSCN2898.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558012961182752210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjht6cn_wzSL2M5WeH6VA5NendsildRU4MgksAoT1Z7CowLVZOgJV0XHZhVF3r1GNLksBVQqdKOlvKjV800CMjiy62vLTAtkFGxICQ3KMU5u78DxEVGsY8XU_xlWHU1H2mpS6OSYME_sPU/s320/DSCN2898.JPG" /></a> Kaitlyn and Riley in the Calvin Church Christmas pageant. Kaitlyn was a stable dog.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Acamxy9XiFfG7zN_JaI_3bVTRdFQ9am_U9TTQ46BfjZNTc4QJkvKOHSLbT6hY_EVXmN3-y07JxSomE4j3pH3xCQPiGArJz1M38H75OwK4ehJs6DP8y4C94lJusihma6O7XXpvHv75qo/s1600/DSCN2880.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558012959480859570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Acamxy9XiFfG7zN_JaI_3bVTRdFQ9am_U9TTQ46BfjZNTc4QJkvKOHSLbT6hY_EVXmN3-y07JxSomE4j3pH3xCQPiGArJz1M38H75OwK4ehJs6DP8y4C94lJusihma6O7XXpvHv75qo/s320/DSCN2880.JPG" /></a><br />Wyatt and Lauren's Christmas program at daycare<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn_TnjC6ENPKSqr-jYaY6LmuOR1fjFv_6jt-jm2AkEi8Vm41ffx5UTYStFPUXtePMb094tKae9dT6mzOrGO6cMmMNdX_L0dQSmFFMteM8COAOnqTdVESyT6oLwPAWTL7Pqx8vS1BTXVA/s1600/DSCN2934.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558012953205541186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn_TnjC6ENPKSqr-jYaY6LmuOR1fjFv_6jt-jm2AkEi8Vm41ffx5UTYStFPUXtePMb094tKae9dT6mzOrGO6cMmMNdX_L0dQSmFFMteM8COAOnqTdVESyT6oLwPAWTL7Pqx8vS1BTXVA/s320/DSCN2934.JPG" /></a> Lunch with Liz and Melissa, my theta ladies.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEod5FPqFQ-DaspyPoS5R19agiiDyhdrN1SQhubaEetRa0JbubjqTT_zjy7FGrMhJD8hf1gNfwaYUZ_TkHsZ8lxNqlDWXc4_dLk6X_enQWz1v3HmTV_KIF15WNQwWm8GvYUlqiorYVWjc/s1600/DSCN3005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558012950256545314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEod5FPqFQ-DaspyPoS5R19agiiDyhdrN1SQhubaEetRa0JbubjqTT_zjy7FGrMhJD8hf1gNfwaYUZ_TkHsZ8lxNqlDWXc4_dLk6X_enQWz1v3HmTV_KIF15WNQwWm8GvYUlqiorYVWjc/s320/DSCN3005.JPG" /></a> New Year's Eve<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RMTya0h3w4sGiB6BKFZ_Di2FXN9Y8d9OihPkOhvUHbb7F-RzwIQZN6lej7mTKbkJZ4Y57GNaBShc8wq2UA3t7eOTdRuNjJIpce-tcN-q6CEu8c5mbpWWAzfRJL07lWBmXT2koJ7Fhqs/s1600/DSCN3004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558012943106488450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RMTya0h3w4sGiB6BKFZ_Di2FXN9Y8d9OihPkOhvUHbb7F-RzwIQZN6lej7mTKbkJZ4Y57GNaBShc8wq2UA3t7eOTdRuNjJIpce-tcN-q6CEu8c5mbpWWAzfRJL07lWBmXT2koJ7Fhqs/s320/DSCN3004.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-75284896660586824842010-10-04T12:01:00.000-07:002010-10-04T12:09:43.696-07:00Becky and Sean's wedding<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEeLHxxbrrXCvtQnTMMZ2duKu7vnMBzuZddy5GupwbmbdyMNDk_q7YmGpp8AIOsk9Yc-ZEKO_ciB1_SW7lYhS4fN9eXE6JHtkjzb8M8DET097QvMuLVIuYQ6F_QgZmJfIDvnOaSriFO4/s1600/DSCN2510.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524269754297803330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEeLHxxbrrXCvtQnTMMZ2duKu7vnMBzuZddy5GupwbmbdyMNDk_q7YmGpp8AIOsk9Yc-ZEKO_ciB1_SW7lYhS4fN9eXE6JHtkjzb8M8DET097QvMuLVIuYQ6F_QgZmJfIDvnOaSriFO4/s320/DSCN2510.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sean and Leah at the end of the night.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHftlo9mtStA2_FpTiwc8zCpEysFD9428_XprGnBmDF2bDQN7OLNnJFEDa-WqwNRgh7wolrmU-m4nwIO6jC2V-Xl-Q4TaMyzaqE67FK8yQgADBpa6POl3i2Mr8lMpnn1Z_CeGA19LLz8/s1600/DSCN2457.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524269747606259058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHftlo9mtStA2_FpTiwc8zCpEysFD9428_XprGnBmDF2bDQN7OLNnJFEDa-WqwNRgh7wolrmU-m4nwIO6jC2V-Xl-Q4TaMyzaqE67FK8yQgADBpa6POl3i2Mr8lMpnn1Z_CeGA19LLz8/s320/DSCN2457.JPG" border="0" /></a> Kaitlyn taking a break from dancing.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4Sq4Fhm1qkxLf9nniOnLXZVzA66R7Cm8UiiVE6dlFMPAp3fY_zgiy-DWh1enJ5NJVoEXX7AH60YP3uBl04X5MZ8GCGFHsEonv6VMPM9pKM4L6MxE3qVhvYLEzV5J_3bXmT_Rb_PIrBU/s1600/DSCN2409.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524269744272691170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4Sq4Fhm1qkxLf9nniOnLXZVzA66R7Cm8UiiVE6dlFMPAp3fY_zgiy-DWh1enJ5NJVoEXX7AH60YP3uBl04X5MZ8GCGFHsEonv6VMPM9pKM4L6MxE3qVhvYLEzV5J_3bXmT_Rb_PIrBU/s320/DSCN2409.JPG" border="0" /></a> Kaitlyn eating at the head table with Leah<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSOzWefCY6o_CNs03OhbsxJPaog_U-9FfFogI5CZp1MDJSgEZfXA2lgjxZExOpTFAZo7rO2vu5_RgMmIZ4EUug-Q0VWqfJn6mtzJx3Pb3-UvZQ3_x_6CCrEApHZO1RSbbJADGimw62FY/s1600/Family+pic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524269739850443218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSOzWefCY6o_CNs03OhbsxJPaog_U-9FfFogI5CZp1MDJSgEZfXA2lgjxZExOpTFAZo7rO2vu5_RgMmIZ4EUug-Q0VWqfJn6mtzJx3Pb3-UvZQ3_x_6CCrEApHZO1RSbbJADGimw62FY/s320/Family+pic.jpg" border="0" /></a> Our family<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSuKBS816i1WsULYcO7sm1d5HbcvRdB4EBS2HgCxrC33aFcYUaa-4ClDH1hqYGWNi509sXTTirTFdNoOn8FlE1Aw99YNHinlmwwKQ3tpO__x0fYp41aESwgvYB7gGiiM48WfoM-OJYjk/s1600/232323232%257Ffp73397%253Enu%253D344%253A%253E9%253A4%253E6%253B5%253E253%253B9%253A47%253A6238ot1lsi%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524269735582134354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSuKBS816i1WsULYcO7sm1d5HbcvRdB4EBS2HgCxrC33aFcYUaa-4ClDH1hqYGWNi509sXTTirTFdNoOn8FlE1Aw99YNHinlmwwKQ3tpO__x0fYp41aESwgvYB7gGiiM48WfoM-OJYjk/s320/232323232%257Ffp73397%253Enu%253D344%253A%253E9%253A4%253E6%253B5%253E253%253B9%253A47%253A6238ot1lsi%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a> The "Berg" family.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>September 24th Becky and Sean got married at the Wabasha Street Caves along the Mississippi River in St. Paul. The day was gorgeous and the wedding was great. During the reception we had costumed (think gangster!) guides give tours throughout the caves. In the 1930's the cave was a hotspot for the gangsters and a speakeasy during prohibition. The history there is incredible.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-51119608259540778002010-10-04T11:59:00.001-07:002010-10-04T12:01:29.813-07:00Beer, Brats, and a Bachelorette!September 18th we threw Becky a bachelorette party at Gasthof's german restaurant in NE Minneapolis. Each fall they have 4 weekends of Oktoberfest parties. We had a blast. There were about 15 people there for the party, most of us were in costume. At some point during the night we got our picture taken by the Star Tribune reporter that was covering the evening, the picture of our party showed up on page 3 of the paper the day of the wedding!Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-61645916116651308312010-08-18T13:18:00.000-07:002010-08-18T13:33:14.000-07:00Brew at the Zoo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlj1O2MDjoVlzPiStWDq7-525h77_r1R7u8OlPVtgFjy3UiPdevwRWBdoAwYOilJjCBL48amGxAO8YfFBNUwQ8vR3RJmDXHKTmW9EX61LXIfWa147ADOy7V4VhEIFGFs2FEJFe5LxBIFw/s1600/DSCN2119.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506847686412947026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlj1O2MDjoVlzPiStWDq7-525h77_r1R7u8OlPVtgFjy3UiPdevwRWBdoAwYOilJjCBL48amGxAO8YfFBNUwQ8vR3RJmDXHKTmW9EX61LXIfWa147ADOy7V4VhEIFGFs2FEJFe5LxBIFw/s320/DSCN2119.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KC_dl9iObXInZc2NxNyxavxndVX-i8MPXbt82ztrAbtpLkCK3Z-YLCvxqFtK978TTZmuMd3gzQEga2sNhojbwJ5o6I_vvSZo6wJ9BKP0HI7SyfFKgSREgT_gDz72p1XiaREub6WZSMk/s1600/DSCN2132.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506847678115469458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KC_dl9iObXInZc2NxNyxavxndVX-i8MPXbt82ztrAbtpLkCK3Z-YLCvxqFtK978TTZmuMd3gzQEga2sNhojbwJ5o6I_vvSZo6wJ9BKP0HI7SyfFKgSREgT_gDz72p1XiaREub6WZSMk/s320/DSCN2132.JPG" border="0" /></a>The crowd listening to Tim Mohoney on the plaza near the Grizzly bear exhibit.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcDkG6AAZcHC6z44ZB31RBAb0E8UNETJS70oJmevaPPNQosTKGGMYcYJSVGLUXs2dZuanMv7iHTPyvn36EU7jSd-AsykMKONYuLTcUKIwB44dFzz-KWdGgBpMzcS62J4fgerFNpRLk-0/s1600/DSCN2125.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506847675927101746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcDkG6AAZcHC6z44ZB31RBAb0E8UNETJS70oJmevaPPNQosTKGGMYcYJSVGLUXs2dZuanMv7iHTPyvn36EU7jSd-AsykMKONYuLTcUKIwB44dFzz-KWdGgBpMzcS62J4fgerFNpRLk-0/s320/DSCN2125.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVrK-8NFyvhF57mYzInDUWZBPiwyPGNYy2dX6xIZrv5iFUZrkel4ikr1fqCgyzUDUmJ-parjU8Hp1n22hqbOegrrgJC9YTzjjSr-xIp-EjugA2S8OVju_7dgOUeoouH5UC29OQMg6Amc/s1600/DSCN2122.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506847668851588674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVrK-8NFyvhF57mYzInDUWZBPiwyPGNYy2dX6xIZrv5iFUZrkel4ikr1fqCgyzUDUmJ-parjU8Hp1n22hqbOegrrgJC9YTzjjSr-xIp-EjugA2S8OVju_7dgOUeoouH5UC29OQMg6Amc/s320/DSCN2122.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Last weekend Becky, Sean, Rachel, Mark, Andy and I went to the second annual Brew at the Zoo at the Minnesota Zoo. 25 different breweries and beer vendors were there giving samples of over 100 beers. The evening included all the beer you could possibly want, a souvenier tasting glass, dinner, and live music by Tim Mahoney. We stayed at a hotel in Apple Valley and took their shuttle so we could enjoy the event to the max! We'll definately be going again next year. I've heard they do "wild about wine" too, with wine sampling, we might try that out this year.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-43007493328445455742010-06-29T08:54:00.000-07:002010-06-29T09:04:20.213-07:00Jeanne's weddingLast week my family was in Hibbing for my cousin Jeanne's wedding. Mom, Kaitlyn and I went there a few days early to help with the flowers and decorating the wedding and reception site. The weather held out, first day without rain in a long time. The ceremony was at my aunt and uncle's house and the reception was at the Valentini's supper club in Chisolm. This was Kaitlyn's first wedding dance where she really could run around and have a good time. The kids had fun dancing.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzL1G6uAwEIPQZF9Y-3tKj7nplfNr8EzEip_Np0RNjQZWYTBK-FLgM2D6Zg3NxRqmT3wli-33iPSfFlBGvasRfTMHCye6d-8CXp-r9HtnA4FaRNoAYMKKRS26hT5WooZqv-B5D48Q8q20/s1600/DSCN1551.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488226226292179522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzL1G6uAwEIPQZF9Y-3tKj7nplfNr8EzEip_Np0RNjQZWYTBK-FLgM2D6Zg3NxRqmT3wli-33iPSfFlBGvasRfTMHCye6d-8CXp-r9HtnA4FaRNoAYMKKRS26hT5WooZqv-B5D48Q8q20/s320/DSCN1551.JPG" border="0" /></a> My little monkey at the rehearsal<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lkRyFhxs5VUpk-oONuFShHmmEuX5XIFbFHMDv-QXAaqwipLh5Ee8W7cNrMN3y5X1MoozBM-7GY7iNIU0XEW-TTDEAOpnl4L0nvdpHfcy8D7Zsi5X2POfeomS5bOsqZX_OsdBKhZB5l8/s1600/DSCN1621.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488226216300182514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lkRyFhxs5VUpk-oONuFShHmmEuX5XIFbFHMDv-QXAaqwipLh5Ee8W7cNrMN3y5X1MoozBM-7GY7iNIU0XEW-TTDEAOpnl4L0nvdpHfcy8D7Zsi5X2POfeomS5bOsqZX_OsdBKhZB5l8/s320/DSCN1621.JPG" border="0" /></a> Someone was a little tired!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPy8RSpsghXuklhxwEb3KqHFTHpbiyTMoYwib2sA2xoW_XtPPoq6o0zP6Ec2fBEHKrsV79LR76-l1WjyaRyKxMPDNHrVEOPt-vuYqmCKWXxTtSdE-h0_sNeVhguP6CBLU9fMDYoglEdqM/s1600/DSCN1605.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488226212556765042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPy8RSpsghXuklhxwEb3KqHFTHpbiyTMoYwib2sA2xoW_XtPPoq6o0zP6Ec2fBEHKrsV79LR76-l1WjyaRyKxMPDNHrVEOPt-vuYqmCKWXxTtSdE-h0_sNeVhguP6CBLU9fMDYoglEdqM/s320/DSCN1605.JPG" border="0" /></a>My cousin Kara and I after the ceremony</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JFx_WYmWXYg79hyphenhyphen-D5oDy2Tj9NP8EZaFxRFmzx5HxW6LIaaJvjuCgkXqgh_PEoH60cbVNocrXar9VY5PybOZwuCHnLtpIB0lFt2HOpl8Q-_GjyFG6Gi_UFo181N90blfWrhYxveIqlE/s1600/DSCN1556.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488226197738906530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JFx_WYmWXYg79hyphenhyphen-D5oDy2Tj9NP8EZaFxRFmzx5HxW6LIaaJvjuCgkXqgh_PEoH60cbVNocrXar9VY5PybOZwuCHnLtpIB0lFt2HOpl8Q-_GjyFG6Gi_UFo181N90blfWrhYxveIqlE/s320/DSCN1556.JPG" border="0" /></a> Jeanne and Chad at the rehearsal<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Y-k_aJbkW4WmBL-IRFRZGQOtKSWr_IXZNTbQBbZzeN3Tl1oEBgsecL9yhdUlaGqCtzw4lEk5knIf5Jj1KTZksIUBcapOHhShvFyGIOjg20As0muPvg3pZVWU9Mm7iTjXdryehyphenhyphenhHOfY/s1600/DSCN1632.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488226189615698594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Y-k_aJbkW4WmBL-IRFRZGQOtKSWr_IXZNTbQBbZzeN3Tl1oEBgsecL9yhdUlaGqCtzw4lEk5knIf5Jj1KTZksIUBcapOHhShvFyGIOjg20As0muPvg3pZVWU9Mm7iTjXdryehyphenhyphenhHOfY/s320/DSCN1632.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The kids patiently waiting for the first dance to be over.<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-13636718362161880152010-06-29T08:50:00.000-07:002010-06-29T08:54:03.396-07:00Jeanne's wedding Dance<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwYLwNNGjGcA4IAAPu_2IkKgSybCheCB8IIDn7bkzVKmQ9QCfnnj0_HF67Hn1EgLfBoSz3_LyRrSt8a8_TWWg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-44189173340555097292010-06-01T10:34:00.000-07:002010-06-01T10:40:45.094-07:00Memorial Day/Andy's 30th Birthday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZix50YxxYzRSBaX6O-yEag6ieel1U-179HAQDi6AVWryr95XqG7_sQAhOLlxVJ1R9SR53k_PrpqfwnqBF5NrMKEzmepgXtXLMqSaVS9AX_DvEB0RktIpZoGKzbg05UsRDTg3rJvkFiO4/s1600/M1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477860516046352882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZix50YxxYzRSBaX6O-yEag6ieel1U-179HAQDi6AVWryr95XqG7_sQAhOLlxVJ1R9SR53k_PrpqfwnqBF5NrMKEzmepgXtXLMqSaVS9AX_DvEB0RktIpZoGKzbg05UsRDTg3rJvkFiO4/s320/M1.JPG" border="0" /></a> Kaitlyn hates her life jacket! She was pouting that she had to wear it.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglf4vWlWz0-4H8UI0bH1EWJPyYjGFaN0xYk-UtQ_XuKFC0gzXa69xlYJbaYEV73KuW4Dsu_E1JSAlmyWlZJDkJfkK905JljpU9LEriVUwp31WysWghj-V3qTzkvXfJBJF-482zZEhmeM0/s1600/M2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477860504781764610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglf4vWlWz0-4H8UI0bH1EWJPyYjGFaN0xYk-UtQ_XuKFC0gzXa69xlYJbaYEV73KuW4Dsu_E1JSAlmyWlZJDkJfkK905JljpU9LEriVUwp31WysWghj-V3qTzkvXfJBJF-482zZEhmeM0/s320/M2.JPG" border="0" /></a> New life jacket that fit a little better, Kaitlyn driving the pontoon with grandpa.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0f8yFOFxVaSlvc3JObOqUOHqAWY7cSAPI-D3ocQx4td2u2lreI1SQS6ps7wPK54vTjxFOgaVsfmCI-Wy6m9hOsLAf5aiW_Fi4iGvGV94yAe5r1MYVO3nXKQbRmrfF543ma5f9nqe1U8/s1600/M3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477860498581341682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0f8yFOFxVaSlvc3JObOqUOHqAWY7cSAPI-D3ocQx4td2u2lreI1SQS6ps7wPK54vTjxFOgaVsfmCI-Wy6m9hOsLAf5aiW_Fi4iGvGV94yAe5r1MYVO3nXKQbRmrfF543ma5f9nqe1U8/s320/M3.JPG" border="0" /></a> Dave, Leah, Lauren, Wyatt, Sarah and Kaitlyn on "sandy beach". Wyatt loves to take the boat to the sand bar across the lake. Notice the frightened look on Lauren's face, she had just fallen off the raft and tested her life jacket. She was screaming for a while until she realized she could stand up and the water didn't even go to her waist.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouGhkQ40RqUv-16twmRjzi_s9ozAFliv5_23kWifT36tDhRcOmK9zACIaO1Kik4V5wud3Bnrai-Lld5IkgVVyX_o5eukb9Jyf3xuGjKob09FK1D2dYvSKKqZWMeSsL_GTm_oxAe1KB2M/s1600/M4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477860486179160946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouGhkQ40RqUv-16twmRjzi_s9ozAFliv5_23kWifT36tDhRcOmK9zACIaO1Kik4V5wud3Bnrai-Lld5IkgVVyX_o5eukb9Jyf3xuGjKob09FK1D2dYvSKKqZWMeSsL_GTm_oxAe1KB2M/s320/M4.JPG" border="0" /></a> The new deck.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOuvSwIWj9VWsXg95o-rRermvsByNaUZqxwH5xdjtu6n5Cr07_as6V2U6hhfxFwvFGRn-jVik1wCZLYUi0Zqje3nL4HOgnXtM26eXsqrP8CpD4XJK82Aq8fb_imdAFmSkIyXggW0al20/s1600/M5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477860472502380706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaOuvSwIWj9VWsXg95o-rRermvsByNaUZqxwH5xdjtu6n5Cr07_as6V2U6hhfxFwvFGRn-jVik1wCZLYUi0Zqje3nL4HOgnXtM26eXsqrP8CpD4XJK82Aq8fb_imdAFmSkIyXggW0al20/s320/M5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Last weekend we went to the cabin to celebrate Memorial Day and Andy's 30th birthday. Saturday was gorgeous and we spent the entire day on the water. Sunday was cold, cloudy, and just not nice at all. Andy's 30th birthday was on Monday. We left the cabin early to help move stuff from his grandma's townhome. After the moving was done we celebrated with him family at Lord Fletcher's on Lake Minnetonka.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-1730487768679736292010-05-27T06:57:00.001-07:002010-05-27T07:01:16.920-07:00Kailtyn's Very Own House!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimL3QFDeVnldhIevcqXNDsQ_ekimlINEQSV8vLMWV4X0yXS1IPMZpi6sxQ8uX6GW8L6i8uy7NC-5U4SqYPCg4pI0DdMr4CBic2famx_ksXzLVrxk14j6mpJAvGZIydt1glBPZoQldy5IY/s1600/p1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475948780213696258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimL3QFDeVnldhIevcqXNDsQ_ekimlINEQSV8vLMWV4X0yXS1IPMZpi6sxQ8uX6GW8L6i8uy7NC-5U4SqYPCg4pI0DdMr4CBic2famx_ksXzLVrxk14j6mpJAvGZIydt1glBPZoQldy5IY/s320/p1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsO9pvRXDFyQCAPUerQHelpbssSkf9z5_kv8vtcS3DP_XgeIhkDW8djU1wp93ZGihIB9n-jXvd2J5QWIqG3eTYC16Ftz_lPH8dmtjxfASHQ-L93LQ65yscDs77vefRQOkSrW70ysK8Tqo/s1600/p3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475948774339963922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsO9pvRXDFyQCAPUerQHelpbssSkf9z5_kv8vtcS3DP_XgeIhkDW8djU1wp93ZGihIB9n-jXvd2J5QWIqG3eTYC16Ftz_lPH8dmtjxfASHQ-L93LQ65yscDs77vefRQOkSrW70ysK8Tqo/s320/p3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zn4jnlqSUqR1UkqT-7IiWDE4WwZXzordlEl_bxs6onRlrU1FeBUwHkg9Q-j8aXQOVu16Sr4eq_2_P3D5XOMCy_qkVT4g233eVFBrhTCuxGMRSZiP09gBRCdL59uBIvkBGeA-cRIPmxw/s1600/p2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475948767800230114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zn4jnlqSUqR1UkqT-7IiWDE4WwZXzordlEl_bxs6onRlrU1FeBUwHkg9Q-j8aXQOVu16Sr4eq_2_P3D5XOMCy_qkVT4g233eVFBrhTCuxGMRSZiP09gBRCdL59uBIvkBGeA-cRIPmxw/s320/p2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6Wyf85JJSaxLC5zbxv6tc89zRM6dNFbmR3h_bEGyVzCkW3fgQuVYs6EKg35dXwQgeXfuXkjfXegn8oOWeAjU5npp1QPrPFUUq0DxXk0GHoQmgSuMelUkKKsaxcaP-bBmXBK9IbfIm3M/s1600/232323232%257Ffp53839%253Enu%253D324%253B%253E979%253E744%253EWSNRCG%253D346%253A757%253B4432%253Cnu0mrj%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475948763215695906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6Wyf85JJSaxLC5zbxv6tc89zRM6dNFbmR3h_bEGyVzCkW3fgQuVYs6EKg35dXwQgeXfuXkjfXegn8oOWeAjU5npp1QPrPFUUq0DxXk0GHoQmgSuMelUkKKsaxcaP-bBmXBK9IbfIm3M/s320/232323232%257Ffp53839%253Enu%253D324%253B%253E979%253E744%253EWSNRCG%253D346%253A757%253B4432%253Cnu0mrj%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVd6VD64YV_4kL1DmWcnOQ_C_akh2tmVkbWmc2mjNLBI7w2ovJp4dNgiHI9QMTFYUNGLlRGOiEaQqBqT8qFz540rgpQLGSjVjNmzaNBoeTxrgps1HHB-8xq2c9oNZywuj-lW0fHWikLfg/s1600/p4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475948755040028242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVd6VD64YV_4kL1DmWcnOQ_C_akh2tmVkbWmc2mjNLBI7w2ovJp4dNgiHI9QMTFYUNGLlRGOiEaQqBqT8qFz540rgpQLGSjVjNmzaNBoeTxrgps1HHB-8xq2c9oNZywuj-lW0fHWikLfg/s320/p4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Our latest house project is building Kaitlyn's playhouse in the front yard. It's taken over a month but we're almost finished. Andy started out by putting a paver patio in the corner of the yard. He had lots of help "leveling" the sand from Kaitlyn. He had to do that several times, every time he would walk away a cat or dog would walk through it and he'd need to start over. Andy put most of the house together while Kaitlyn and I were having a girl's weekend at the cabin. The pictures above are from the night we got home when she saw it for the first time. Now that the door is on she likes to lock us out and wave out the windows. We just need to put up one more shelf, a bench seat, the toy box and the mail box. Andy will be thrilled when this is done!</div></div></div></div></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-86018762853832841312010-05-27T06:53:00.000-07:002010-05-27T06:54:00.065-07:00Riley's 4th Birthday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKLo7eh-kLVUd1PFbg5P2m2s1fOrnN1vrvAQdDHFDsNuE4oVQzmvjP48S-qeNLBJxdezIdhBhjnjxYDkuK9L65gaehqDravrVWPF2zvLLaoghyphenhyphenKgDiXrKkmD72adSjXvBUQzJSoJah6Y/s1600/b1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475947647664382098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKLo7eh-kLVUd1PFbg5P2m2s1fOrnN1vrvAQdDHFDsNuE4oVQzmvjP48S-qeNLBJxdezIdhBhjnjxYDkuK9L65gaehqDravrVWPF2zvLLaoghyphenhyphenKgDiXrKkmD72adSjXvBUQzJSoJah6Y/s320/b1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikj4VrePIeI2SQ7VFpUqRE5iqBVjbfLFWucNMtJG6-lxtP6eUG1DklPqFWoqMCWFWXAQokubk27T5Q_bHQyE2YHlrll96Z0WJA3P9XqAATXRVVp1gLhOGUvUtdRt4XDzlPHbLY6LAB1Q/s1600/b2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475947643099724562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikj4VrePIeI2SQ7VFpUqRE5iqBVjbfLFWucNMtJG6-lxtP6eUG1DklPqFWoqMCWFWXAQokubk27T5Q_bHQyE2YHlrll96Z0WJA3P9XqAATXRVVp1gLhOGUvUtdRt4XDzlPHbLY6LAB1Q/s320/b2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-3714505313448376882010-04-12T10:00:00.000-07:002010-04-12T10:03:25.572-07:00Swimming<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzBVPYk_FEnjFGAdjlwMLMm66t07khvWlRmylCK9HlDcczi7JJS48uwvFBT-Aun6ut2zc_M0RwPHoh8yk_ong' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813993967646119614.post-82521139641678359202010-04-03T20:05:00.000-07:002010-04-03T20:14:21.332-07:00Target Field<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpJADuo7Cjapl648MHrVCgsSNOOIF4algX2T0TopFsXCMMOppQh5WmYK6Gzu_yDWQoCggP6RmESZqOIpU6xmiiOsGA07j2-tJ_gbWSQp9gv8JhWnSoSMOTlYqwzfC5jd410Vkn_U_DVQ/s1600/DSCN1132.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456114958823909362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpJADuo7Cjapl648MHrVCgsSNOOIF4algX2T0TopFsXCMMOppQh5WmYK6Gzu_yDWQoCggP6RmESZqOIpU6xmiiOsGA07j2-tJ_gbWSQp9gv8JhWnSoSMOTlYqwzfC5jd410Vkn_U_DVQ/s320/DSCN1132.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfgvJ4wHrXKBFcJwc6qwBlfq3IiblKhxp2fkXPWskXrZb4GZzqjyqa2Y2OL345vd281gvVQ5-ZtVGUW03Fu_G-_bVJqJVboebZQGvJF8HVY5SI9Kzik01UOeb9IvE69_LGt4z6C5qejQ/s1600/DSCN1135.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456114952764172546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfgvJ4wHrXKBFcJwc6qwBlfq3IiblKhxp2fkXPWskXrZb4GZzqjyqa2Y2OL345vd281gvVQ5-ZtVGUW03Fu_G-_bVJqJVboebZQGvJF8HVY5SI9Kzik01UOeb9IvE69_LGt4z6C5qejQ/s320/DSCN1135.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan76efp9QU6SPjGfx7v2j-wg0FMMVnzA1yTnCqfN751bopnoUKT1HM2QjGpyTJNckjSFeargqW1dSaCe2TPddxHUrPWlm1amCpEQpCJpQt6UtzBranMiAz4x0d7E4zkYX12TB1rIcOv8/s1600/DSCN1120.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456114946648685938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan76efp9QU6SPjGfx7v2j-wg0FMMVnzA1yTnCqfN751bopnoUKT1HM2QjGpyTJNckjSFeargqW1dSaCe2TPddxHUrPWlm1amCpEQpCJpQt6UtzBranMiAz4x0d7E4zkYX12TB1rIcOv8/s320/DSCN1120.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Today Rachel and I got to do one of the coolest things in our lives, we went to the second Twin's game ever at the new Target Field. The new outdoor stadium opened last night for the first exhibition game, Twins vs. Cardinals. The stadium is incredible. I wasn't sure I would like the outdoor stadium but it was great. Our seats were in the section right above the suites in the first row, between 3rd and home. We had an awesome view of the city directly in front of us. We took the bus to the game and got there early so we could explore everything the stadium has to offer. Fortunately we were seated right in the sun, probably won't be so great there in the middle of summer, fans were bundled up in hats and mittens in the sections in the shade while we sat in t-shirts soaking up the sun. I even had a chance to get sunburned, in April!</div></div></div>Leah and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095561290352496530noreply@blogger.com0