TROUBLE.......

You can hardly take your eyes of this little one for a second!! This morning I walked in to get her out of bed and she was so proud of herself - she some how managed to get her pajama bottoms off and was dangling them over the side of her bed with such pride!!

Happy Birthday.....

Happy Birthday Eric - We hope you had a great day!!!

We love you - Suzie, Ana, Eli and Ema!!!

A boy....at last!!

Just wanted you all to know - that I - Eli finally have a boy cousin on my Mommy's side of the family.....it was starting to get a little rough keeping up with all these girls......Jaxson Riley was born last Friday 7/24/09 - and he sure is cute!! You can check him out here if you want......because my Mommy forgot to bring her camera every time we went to visit him....can you believe that??

My homes in Montana....(oops I mean Rapid City)

Here we are again!!! Visiting in Montana.....Papa and Grandma both told us NO we couldn't come this week...but we sweet talked our way up here!! Aunt Becky had us convinced that she was going to have her baby this week...all the more reason to come up....but so far - no such luck - she better have it quick though...I don't think they are going to allow us to stay another WEEK!

Eli enjoying his "bike"


Ana enjoying her "bike" - these two could ride these for hours outside.....


Ema enjoy her "bike" - she can not be convinced to stroll around in this for hours though....too confining for her....


Ana decided yesterday she was going to try and climb the tree.......she got farther than I thought she would......


And then she decided she was going to help Eli climb the tree also...he didn't get off the ground!!


If they are not riding their bikes - this is where they can be found....in the sandbox.....


Check out this beauty!!! Here Ana is modeling my very first formal dress from my freshman year of high school!!!

We ended our day yesterday with a trip to the splash park...where this is as close as Ana and Eli got to splashing in the water....of course they were scared of it......so after 10 minutes of trying to convince them to play...we packed up and headed back home!!!

10.1 & a few days.........

I failed to post anything when Ema turned 10 months old 1 week and a few days ago...but better late than never!!


Here she is in all her glory......crawling around naked and enjoying the kiddie pool at Grandma's - swimsuit-less and diaper-less!



Ema is on the move these days and into everything......I have to watch her like a hawk!! She is finally cutting her second and third teeth.....and wants to let everyone know it's making her miserable!! She is no longer content just sitting back and taking everything in....she wants to be on the ground and be able to go too - even if it is hard cement she has to crawl on.....She has given up baby food totally.....and even in a pinch...I think she would rather starve than eat another jar!

Our last FULL day.......

As you can very well already tell - my desire for taking pictures the last 2 days we were there was pretty much nonexistent...which is why there are so very few pictures.

On day 2 we ventured down to a town called Chichester, England....this was more of the quaint tourist type town I was hoping for.....we had a good time walking around in between rainstorms, shopping and taking in a bit of the history in here too.


This was in the center of all the "shopping" streets that came together at this center point....


This was a cathedral we walked through - they were preparing for a large concert to take place that night....so it was quite busy inside with all the set-up.


The back of the "Petworth" house - in Petworth, England - we had just a few minutes to walk through this house because it was closing not long after we got there....again I wish I could tell you more - but I can't - but be proud at least I rememberd the name of it!!!

Brighton.......

Our last 2 full days in England (post-wedding) we spent day tripping with Judi and Hal.....

Our first stop was Brighton......it was not at all what I expected...having done no research on the town itself - I was expecting a "quaint" little seaside town and instead was greeted by a big city with big city atmosphere.......


This was a restaurant/hotel on our walk down to the beach....it kind of stood out from the rest of the buildings in the area...


This was a palace I believe that we walked through.....I must admit I am not much of history buff
at all.....which is really too bad I know.....so I can't even remember the name of this "house" or who even lived there.......


This was the Brighton Pier - to say it was windy here would be an understatement......


Judi and I up on the pier.....I had decided that if I lived in an environment every day with this much wind I would have to shave my head.......



This was pretty funny to watch - every so often the waves would come in just right and all the people on this point would get soaking wet.....

The Castle....

Once we were all done at the Parsell's - we boarded the double decker bus and headed for the castle.


Amberly Castle.....



Sonja and Dan watching all their guests arrive....


The entrance to the castle....


A building outside of the castle.....my pictures will hardly do this castle justice....and we really didn't do too much exploring at the castle - so I don't really know much about it....but if you want to learn more or even stay there some day you can click here.


The long drive leading up to the castle......




Just inside the entrance....













Judi - greeting us from the Women's bathroom.....



Thanks Sonja and Dan for such a great weekend!!

The Reception before the RECEPTION.....

After the ceremony at the church - we all went to the Parsell's - just down the road - for a small reception before going on to the castle......


Ron and Mary......





Judi and Hal....


Sonja posing with the Norwegian cake that Judi made.....



Solveig, Sonja, Glennis and Rachel.....