3 yrs old

This is a very different day than the one we remeber from 3 yrs back on the day of her birth as the weather was very hot and sticky ranging in the upper 90's. Today was perfect, no humidity, and a cool lite breeze coming from the lake.

It was a great day to remember this birthday celebration. We had a very happy little girl very glad to see her friends that had come to have supper, make pretzel and play dough with her. And of course the celebration was topped with a delicious cake from Captain Sunday. It concluded with opening of presents and playing with her friends.

It was so nice to see how she was excited by all the events and that she knew what what coming next, especially when she saw the cake coming with the candles lite.

Our little girl is growing up and changing by the day!

Family Vacation at Sleeping Bear Dunes

This is our third summer going up to the National Forest and Lakeshore of the Sleeping Bear Dunes. We just love it and go back every year for the last full week of June. There is so much to do. So here we have some of the highlights of the trip. Fishing, and lots of it which both kids enjoyed and I too since I was able to just relax and sit on the beach. Tubing down the Platte river, kayaking, sit by the campfire eating hobo pies and marshmallows. Of course a few trips to town for ice cream, visiting a local fish hatchery, and playing at the park. Hanging out at our campsite a little with the kids helping out doing the dishes and food prep. One memorable moment was us meeting a wonderful christian family form Iowa. We got to spend time at the beach, by the campfire one night and of course the common thread that got us together at first fishing. We hope to see them again!

Overall it was a true vacation and great family time filled with many rich memories.

cute pictures of my kids

These are just pictures taken on a random day. And they turned out pretty good I thought. I had no reasons or specific events why I was taking them. The clothes don't match.....

But I had a great time shooting and the kids enjoyed it as they where hugging, smiling, giggling. I just love those moments between the two of them.

They do not always get along good but still they cannot be apart of each other. they always end up playing together, coloring, singing, talking, and of course getting in trouble together. I always enjoy listening to the both of them talk and make up scenarios and stories of what they are doing together, whether they are playing on an imaginary boat, going down a path in the rain forest, or just plain making a pretend recipe!

Its just plain to cute.

It sure help to make up for the tougher days.

25 weeks

It's growing, its growing, and I can sure feel the rumbling inside of it. I think it was wishful thinking to have a quiet baby. This one will be my other two monkeys. Active, alive, and keeping me busy all the time.

I feel good most of the time and I am enjoying these moments as much as possible knowing this is my last time living them. I have about 15 more weeks to go before we meet this baby, so more growing ahead of me and a chance for you to keep updated on the progress.

Even if it is my most uncomfortable pregnancies I have to take moments and just enjoy them!

a special encounter

This afternoon we where privilege to meet with our little peanut of 24 weeks gestation.
Everything looked good and it seems very healthy. It did not lack vigor as it moved a lot and it was difficult to get a clear picture a times.
It always amazes me to see hoe perfect they are already and how we could already make a resemblance with the others. For example we can see a big similarity with Julien in the profile picture at the mouth level!!!
So we have more or less 16 weeks to wait to meet this little bundle and it will be at the same time that we will be able to tell you whether it is a boy or a girl that we will be holding in our arms.

A new style

Here a a few pages made this week. I am trying a new style call more free and artsy! Some call it freestyle. It is not those clean lines that I like all in order and neat. So this is totally out of my comfort zone. But I had a lot of fun trying this. I am not giving up my old habits but a jump in something new was good to get me going again and have m ore inspiration to keep on going. I took pictures I had laying around my craft room so they are some of my favorites that I had around just to look at and they inspired me for these pages!

2 pages

that I got done this week!

I broke a cycle of mine that is to work in chronological order with my photos. I am about 2 yrs behind and usually I use photos of Julien when he was 2-3 yrs old. these pictures are only 3 weeks old but they where extras that I had develop to give to the grandmas for mothers days. since they where sitting on my work table I thought I would give a try and work some recent photos. I felt uncomfortable at first but I like the results. I did the same for the page of Olivia only that those pictures are from this fall.

thanks for looking!