Streidl Reunion 2011

Nothing better than good family fun at Lake 16.

"Thanks everyone for the wonderful weekend!" Love, Carolyn

Orsborn Visit! (8/5/2011)

I haven't seen my Uncle Marvin (Ink) since high school and I always enjoy seeing my cousins Jeff and Amanda and their kids so I was so excited that they were all in town this summer. It was actually our first time meeting little Oliver. William was just a year old the last time we saw them.









Here are William and Eleanor the last time we got together. Aren't they too cute!?!?

Firsts - Word and Steps

Matt got to witness two of Hank's biggest milestones this month. On July 22nd as Hank was finishing dinner he looked at Matt and said "All done" doing the sign with his hands. This was the same first word/phrase of his biggest sister Eleanor.

Then on July 23rd Hank took his first steps, about 6, for Matt. Hank was just about immobile 2 weeks ago. He just started rolling a little, crawling a tiny bit, and pulling himself up. Now throw in walking! He's gone from a complete procrastinator to overachiever in absolutely no time!

Addendum: Another first just days later - first time falling asleep in highchair. He is actually the first of our kids to do so. Guess he had a rough day. Notice he still has hold of that pizza crust.

First Blood

Hank is crawling now and his naughty momma put him in a sleep sack (aka a fart sack). Well it didn't work out well being in that thing and trying to crawl and Hank took a nose dive into the hardwood. And therefore had his first bloody nose.

LaPorte County Fair 2011

Being a former 4Her, I can tell you that it's either scorching hot or raining during the fair. This year it was scorching hot - possibly the hottest I've ever experienced. But it was Emma's last year and the kids wanted to play the mouse game, so darn it, I took a day off work and by golly we went to the fair.

We saw Emma, we pet the animals, we walked through Pioneer Land, we ate beef and noodles, we drank fresh milk, we played the mouse game, we ate snow cones...






And then we got the heck out of there and went to Grandma's pool!!!



Ahhh! Much better!!!

Hank 10 Months

Ah, with Hanks 1st bithday just days away, I find myself backlogged on blogs and needing to tell you all that he was doing at 10 months. How quickly we forget. I can say this: he still had just 8 teeth, was barely crawling, barely pulling himself up, still nursing just in the morning and at night (no more pumping, hurray!), and still just the happiest (and cutest) boy in the world!

Traverse City/Kewadin - 4th of July Weekend

This 4th of July weekend found us getting out of town a day early to spend the evening in Traverse City. We enjoyed an evening on the bay at the Holiday Inn and then took in a little shopping downtown making sure to try the cherry samples at Cherry Republic. We tasted chocolate covered cherries, cherry salsa, cherry bbq, cherry soda and cherry wine - which we bought 4 bottles of.
And then we were off to the cabins on Birch Lake. We enjoyed all the cabins had to offer including the peace, good company, card playing, reading, skiing, fishing, tubing, eating and just relaxing!


Hank absolutely LOVES the water!


And if our weekend weren't filled enough, we spent a few hours with the Rockford Youngs at their new cottage on the lake. We were even lucky enough to see the Sherwood Clan. And I skiied for the first time since high school! What a rush made even cooler by the cheers coming from the boat by my girls and their cousins.

Happy Birthday America!!!