Zoey's "Happy You!"

Here is our birthday girl... she still won't say birthday and when I ask her to say "Happy Birthday" she says "Happy you" instead... Her Care Bear themed party was last Saturday and guests included all three of her grandma's and grandpa's all of her aunts and uncles, godparents, cousins and neighbor friends as well.


Cousin Logan and Uncle Jeff
Uncle Joe and Henry
Opening presents
"Cousin" Ellie
Birthday sweetie...
Cousin Nora with her birthday hat

Baby sister Alli with her hat... she looks like she was saying What the Heck!!
Baby sister Alli with out the hat... much happier!

Cousin Liam


So now our big girl is TWO!

New Job and a parade

I started my new job on September 8th at the Simley Alternative School...and while I was really worried about it It turns out that I LOVE my new job... the kids are great and the work is fun... I am glad that I took it! I do miss some of my old co-workers tho...
Last week end we went to the Parade for Inver Grove Heights days...














We had a lot of fun at the parade and during the day... we almost all took a nap... some people went to the park then they came home and played with trucks in the garage...after wich Henry needed a tubby... and then Zoey wanted one... until Nora. Liam and Logan decided to get in too...which all proved TOO much for Zoey... I don't think that our tub has ever been so full or so dirty!! After some Angelo's pizza everyone, but Alli, Matt and I, went to the Fireworks... These proved too much for Nora so Papa brought her home and shortly after that Zoey and Amy came back too... they didn't like them much better in side our house... but that was the day... now I am going to go and read for a while!

catching up

Here are some random things that we have been doing... from a while back...
We went to a farm fest down near Kasota and Nora decided that she wanted to go for a ride on the train... she was fine at first and then she wanted to come back... the nice guy driving the train held her and brought her back...


The day after the farm fest we babysat for Nora and Henry... They played with their new sand/ water table...




and of course a funny Nora picture...




We also went to the fair... with Matt, Amy, Zoey and Allie...

Here is Zoey playing with the blocks again this year... and here is Allie at the blocks...




Here is Zoey with her cool hat...


And here is Zoey eating a hot dog on a stick... she didn't want the bun but was having fun eating it off of daddy's Pronto pup stick...




Here is Allie later in the day...




and here is Zoey at the beer garden where she watched the Karaoke...